Saturday's MLS Games: Nashville Chases a Record
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Many MLS teams play games this Saturday, the 31st.
MLS is a big football league in the United States.
One team, Nashville, wants to make a new record.
This is game 34 of the season. People call this a round.
A round is a set of games played on the same days.
Nashville wants to win and set a new best mark.
A record is the best number ever made in a sport.
Many fans will watch the games on Saturday.
Other football news is also happening this week.
Udinese will play against Roma in another match.
That game is in Italy, not in the United States.
Fans want to know the time and the lineup for that game.
A lineup is the list of players who will play.
Football fans like to check where to watch games.
This weekend has many exciting football matches.
Vocabulary5 words
- MLS
- a big football group of teams in the USA
- football
- a sport with a ball and two teams; called soccer in the USA
- record
- the best number or result ever made
- round
- a group of games played at the same time in a season
- lineup
- the list of players who will play in a game
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1. Set a new record 2. MLS 3. Udinese and Roma
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Many _____ teams play games this Saturday, the 31st.
MLS is a big _____ league in the United States.
One team, Nashville, wants to make a new _____.
This is game 34 of the season. People call this a _____.
A round is a set of games played on the same days.
Nashville wants to win and set a new best mark.
Many fans will watch the games on Saturday.
Udinese will play against Roma in another match.
That game is in Italy, not in the United States.
Fans want to know the time and the _____ for that game.
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