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7+ hour, 9+ min ago (631+ words) San Diego FC Mikey Varas may have given the word azul a whole new meaning following the club's 1-0 MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference semifinal win over Minnesota United FC on Monday. "This narrative that the other team is the more blue-collar team, the harder-working team, this is garbage," Varas said. SDFC quickly built a reputation for playing a free-flowing offensive style. Its 64 regular-season goals ranked fifth in the league, and the squad's 86.4% passing completion rate ranked second. SDFC features the two most active distributors in MLS " Jeppe Tverskov and Chris McVey " as well as assists co-leader Anders Dreyer. Just look at Ian Pilcher's game-changing play against Minnesota.f Pilcher barrelled along the pitch, head down in a full sprint, as Minnesota United's Robin Lod maneuvered past Manu Duah in the 47th minute of Monday's game. After dribbling from his right foot…...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago (558+ words) What are the odds of having section champions from three different years running in the same state championship race? Not impossible, but extremely rare. That will be the case for Saturday, when the last three San Diego Section champs line up for the girls Division 5 championships at Woodward Park in Fresno. In 2022, then-freshman Ayanna Hickey from Bishop's ran away with the section title by 16 seconds before moving on to the state meet, where she placed 12th overall. A year later, Francis Parker's Ari Llorens upset Hickey, winning the section crown by 10 seconds, then moved on to the state meet, where she finished 13th. Hickey gained revenge by placing third overall. Last year, Hickey captured her second title, beating Llorens by 55 seconds before it was Llorens' turn to reverse the outcome at state, placing fourth " one spot ahead of Hickey. So it figured…...

14+ hour, 6+ min ago (1527+ words) The Cars for a Cause car show and holiday fiesta is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 7 benefiting the Autism Society of San Diego at Liberty Charter High School, 1850 Alpine Blvd. Register by Dec. 3 for $30 and get a raffle ticket. Call 619-201-8207. The Friends of the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Library will hold its holiday half-price book and media sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Cardiff Library, 2081 Newcastle Ave. The sale opens to Friends members at 9 a.m. Proceeds support the library. Visit friendscardifflibrary.org. The Masters of Harmony and Pacific Coast Harmony chorus will present a Christmas show, "Merry & Bright, Holidays in Harmony," at 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 3459 Manchester Ave. Tickets are $25. Visit" stsconstantinehelen.ludus.com. The Carlsbad Newcomers Club will host the Seaside Singers performing holiday songs at a community Coffee Meeting at 10:15 a.m. Dec. 3 at the Carlsbad Senior Center, 799 Pine Ave. Social…...

17+ hour, 7+ min ago (746+ words) My dad was a jazz buff with a substantial record collection " yes, back in the day they called them records. Jazz was an enigma to me, a child of rock "n" roll. I had little patience for it and didn"t understood its history, its improvisations or its nuances. His heroes were the jazz artists identified with the 1950s, like Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck and John Coltrane. Theirs were the records playing on the stereo in the den" yes, back in the day they called it a stereo. So with Thanksgiving here and the holiday season in full force, I"ve been more than sentimental about all this. First, on an Uber ride home the other day, the driver was playing the Dave Brubeck Quartet"s iconic "Take Five" with Paul Desmond on alto sax. Later I…...

19+ hour, 7+ min ago (124+ words) UC San Diego captured the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational title with an 87-73 victory over Towson on Wednesday afternoon in a wire-to-wire performance. The Tritons dominated from beyond the arc, shooting 16-for-25 from three-point range, while Towson struggled with their perimeter shooting throughout the tournament, going 9-for-29 from deep in the championship game. UC San Diego captured the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational title with an 87-73 victory over Towson on Wednesday afternoon in a wire-to-wire performance. The Tritons dominated from beyond the arc, shooting 16-for-25 from three-point range, while Towson struggled with their perimeter shooting throughout the tournament, going 9-for-29 from deep in the championship game....

19+ hour, 40+ min ago (667+ words) But our comunity journalism can't exist without the support of readers like you. Will you help us reach our fundraising goal? If we reach 100 first-time donors, we'll unlock additional funds! San Diego FC is two wins from delivering America's Finest City its first major modern sports championship." Not bad for an expansion club that some pundits picked to finish at the bottom of the Western Conference table. Instead, SDFC faces the Vancouver Whitecaps at 6 p.m. Saturday in the conference finals at Snapdragon Stadium with a trip to the MLS Cup championship on the line. SDFC went into Monday's match nursing a handful of injuries, but Hirving "Chucky" Lozano and Anders "El Paletero" Dreyer were none the worse for wear. In fact, Dreyer scored the game-winner in Monday's dramatic 1-0 victory over Minnesota after dealing with an unknown illness that kept him out…...

19+ hour, 48+ min ago (313+ words) San Diego animal shelters have received more than a dozen pets from people who were deported this year " nine at the San Diego Humane Society and four at the county's Department of Animal Services. That's likely an undercount because neither shelter system asks about people's immigration status. The shelters only know this information if people include it in the intake forms. "There could be more because it's such a sensitive situation that it may be that we have pets in our care, and we don't know the full story," said Nina Thompson, director of public relations at the San Diego Humane Society. Cata, a 4-year-old pit bull mix recovered from a home in Mira Mesa in October, was left behind after her owner was deported, according to a neighbor who contacted the Humane Society. Thompson said it's important for people…...