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MLS Postseason Goal Scorers By Country Through 11/22

RESULTS Round 1 (11/21) Orlando City SC 1 New York City FC 1; Orlando wins 6-5 on penalties Columbus Crew 3 New York Red Bulls 2 Round 1 (11/22) Sporting Kansas City 3 San Jose Earthquakes 3; Kansas City wins 3-0 on penalties Minnesota United FC 3 Colorado Rapids 0 FC Dallas 1 Portland Timbers 1; Dallas wins 8-7 on penalties For earlier results, click below: 11/20 GOAL SCORERS BY COUNTRY ARGENTINA Gustavo Bou New England Revolution 1 COSTA RICA Randall Leal Nashville SC 1 FINLAND Robin Lod Minnesota United FC 1 FRANCE Rudy Camacho Montreal Impact 1 GERMANY Hany Mukhtar Nashville SC 1 HONDURAS Roger Espinoza Sporting Kansas City 1 LUXEMBOURG Maxime Chanot New York City FC 1 MEXICO Carlos Fierro San Jose Earthquakes 1 PORTUGAL Pedro Santos Columbus Crew 1 Nani Orlando City SC 1 SPAIN Carles Gil New England Revolution 1 Ilie Sporting Kansas City 1 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Kevin Molino Minnesota United FC 2 USA Darlington Nagbe Columbus Crew 1 Gyasi Zardes Columbus Crew 1 Ricardo Pepi FC Dall...

MLS Postseason Goal Scorers By Country Through 11/20

RESULTS Play-In Round (11/20) New England Revolution 2 Montreal Impact 1 Nashville SC 3 Inter Miami FC 0 Goal Scorers By Country ARGENTINA Gustavo Bou New England Revolution 1 COSTA RICA Randall Leal Nashville SC 1 FRANCE Rudy Camacho Montreal Impact 1 GERMANY Hany Mukhtar Nashville SC 1 SPAIN Carles Gil New England Revolution 1 USA Dax McCarty Nashville SC 1

Tennis Rankings (ATP & WTA)

  Men's ATP Rankings - 11/13/20 RK NAME COUNTRY POINTS AGE 1 Novak Djokovic Serbia 11,830 33 2 Rafael Nadal Spain 9,850 34 3 Dominic Thiem Austria 9,125 27 4 Daniil Medvedev Russia 6,970 24 5 Roger Federer Switzerland 6,630 39 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas Greece 5,925 22 7 Alexander Zverev Germany 5,525 23 8 Andrey Rublev Russia 3,919 23 9 Diego Schwartzman Argentina 3,455 28 10 Matteo Berrettini Italy 3,075 24 25 John Isner USA 1,850 35 Women's WTA Rankings - 11/13/20 RK NAME COUNTRY POINTS AGE 1 Ashleigh Barty Australia 8,717 24 2 Simona Halep Romania 7,255 29 3 Naomi Osaka Japan 5,780 23 4 Sofia Kenin USA 5,760 22 5 Elina Svitolina Ukraine 5,260 26 6 Karolina Pliskova Czech Republic 5,205 28 7 Bianca Andreescu Canada 4,555 20 8 Petra Kvitova Czech Republic 4,516 30 9 Kiki Bertens Netherlands 4,505 28 10 Aryna Sabalenka Belarus 4,220 22

Unleash the Furies

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So I started reading Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief with my oldest son about a week or so ago. He really enjoyed the first four books of the Harry Potter series, but we cut him off there as he doesn't turn seven until next month and the subject matter is getting a little mature for him. Anyhow, we were looking for something else to read to him, and we settled on the Percy Jackson series.  With that, we were recently introduced the "The Kindly Ones" or "The Furies" which prompted a lot of six year old questions. So here's some interesting fun facts about The Furies: Photo Credit: https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Dodds The three "classic" Furies are Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone. Alecto was the embodiment of anger, Megaera the embodiment of murder, and Tisiphone the embodiment of jealousy.  All three sisters have asteroids named after them:  464 Megaira ,  465 Alekto , and 466 Tishiphone . The Furies live in Erebus, a place of "dar...

Top Goal Scorers From Europe's Big Four Leagues

  EPL Leading Scorers RNK PLAYER CLUB GOALS 1 Dominic Calvert-Lewin (England) Everton 8 Mohamed Salah (Egypt) Liverpool 8 Son Heung-min (South Korea) Tottenham Hotspur 8 Jamie Vardy (England) Leicester City 8 5 Patrick Bamford (England) Leeds United 7 Harry Kane (England) Tottenham Hotspur 7 7 Callum Wilson (England) Newcastle United 6 Ollie Watkins (England) Aston Villa 6 9 Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) Crystal Palace 5 Danny Ings (England) Southampton 5 Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) Manchester United 5 Spanish Primera División Leading Scorers RNK PLAYER CLUB GOALS 1 Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) Real Sociedad 6 2 Paco Alcácer (Spain) Villarreal 5 João Félix (Portugal) Atletico Madrid 5 Luis Suárez (Uruguay) Atletico Madrid 5 5 Portu (Spain) Real Sociedad 4 Cristian Tello (Spain) Real Betis 4 Iago Aspas (Spain) Celta Vigo 4 José Luis Morales (Spain) Levante 4 Karim Benzema (France) Real Madrid 4 Ansu Fati (Spain) Barcelona 4 Gerard Moreno (Spain) Villarreal 4 Carlos Soler (Spain) Valenc...