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Watch: Seattle set record for quickest five goals in 7-1 rout over San Jose

With 33 minutes of kickoff, Jordan Morris, Raul Ruidiaz, Kelvin Leerdam, Joevin Jones and Ruidiaz again scored against the Quakes asthe Seattle Sounders set the MLS record for fastest five goals after kickoff. Joao Paulo and Jones struck in the second half before Chris Wondolowski. converteda penalty kick in the 7-1 rout. The Sounders fell short […]

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Going to a ghost game: A strange spectacle of soundless stands and a sad Krazy George

The latest edition of Germany’s preeminent dictionary, Der Duden, added 3,000 words. The new ones include several from English, such as Hatespeech, Uploadfilter and Lockdown. Also debuting is a word that emerged from German soccer: Geisterspiel. Geisterspiel, ghost game in English, entered the common lexicon as the Bundesliga in mid-May became Europe’s first major league […]

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No way they could play: MLS players protest latest police brutality against a Black person

I’ll probably always remember San Jose Earthquakes-Portland Timbers, Aug. 26, 2020 — even though it was a game never played. Two hours before the 7:30 p.m. kickoff, my editor-in-chief PaulKennedy texted me that the game would very likely be canceled. Within minutes, I drove into the Earthquakes Stadium parking lot to go through the efficient […]

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