MLS Cup 1996 was the inaugural edition of the MLS Cup, the championship
match of Major League Soccer, the top-level soccer league of the United
States. Hosted at Foxboro Stadium (pictured) in Foxborough,
Massachusetts, on October 20, 1996, it was contested by D.C. United and
the Los Angeles Galaxy to decide the champion of the 1996 season. Los
Angeles had placed first and D.C. second in their respective conferences
during the regular season. The two teams had identical win–loss
records in the first two rounds of the playoffs. The final match, played
in heavy rain due to the proximity of Hurricane Lili, had an attendance
of 34,643 spectators. Los Angeles took a 2–0 lead early in the second
half on goals by Eduardo Hurtado and Chris Armas. D.C. United won 3–2
on a tiebreaking golden goal scored by Eddie Pope in overtime that
followed a second-half comeback for the team led by assists from Marco
Etcheverry, who was named the man of the match.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLS_Cup_1996>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1740:
Under the terms of the Pragmatic Sanction, Maria Theresa
ascended the Habsburg throne.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa>
1951:
African-American college football player Johnny Bright was the
victim of an on-field assault that eventually provoked changes in NCAA
football rules that mandated the use of more protective helmets with
face guards.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Bright_incident>
1991:
An earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing
at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Uttarkashi_earthquake>
2011:
First Libyan Civil War: Deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi was
captured by rebel forces during the Battle of Sirte and killed shortly
thereafter.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muammar_Gaddafi>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
knacker's yard:
1. The area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human
consumption or other purposes are rendered down to produce useful
materials such as glue.
2. (colloquial, figuratively) A (notional) place to send a person or
object that is spent beyond all reasonable use.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knacker%27s_yard>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
On the Day of Resurrection God will ask everyone of his
understanding and not of his following in the footsteps of others. How
often a person, having inclined his ears to the holy verses, would bow
down in humility and would embrace the Truth, while his leader would not
do so. Thus every individual must bear his own responsibility, rather
than someone else bearing it for him.
--The Báb
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/B%C3%A1b>
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