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Rapids’ keeper William Yarbrough’s trek from central Mexico to the Mile High City

William Paul Yarbrough Story hails from Aguascalientes, Mexico, a metropolis that boasts thin air, historic plazas and cathedrals, and the Baroque Government Palace with its impressive arches. Located 6,194 feet above sea level, the city is well-known in Latin America for its plethora of therapeutic hot springs and spas, friendly residents, distant mountain peaks, and where an adept futbolista was born and raised.

Yarbrough was born on March 20, 1989, to Stacey Story and Lee Yarbrough. His mother and father emigrated to Aguascalientes from the United States in 1985 to serve as Christian missionaries and establish new churches in rural and urban communities.