Mallory Pugh is among the world’s best soccer players — and landed at No. 4 on our list of the best Colorado-born female athletes of all-time. But is she a better athlete than her boyfriend, Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson?
The sporty couple to see who would claim bragging rights in a video released Monday by Major League Baseball. These battles included soccer (Pugh won), throwing a baseball (Swanson won), basketball and trivia.
The video was part of a MLB Charities fundraiser for Good Sports, an organization that helps promote youth sports with donations of sports equipment, uniforms and shoes.
In addition, MLB Charities is hold an auction fundraiser for a chance to win either Pugh’s red U.S. women’s national team jersey complete with signatures from the 2019 World Cup winning squad or Dansby’s custom cleats featuring the USWNT colors. For more information about the fundraiser, go to .
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