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A fact from MLS Cup 2009 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 December 2018, and was viewed approximately 540 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the MLS Cup 2009 was the first major sports championship won by a team from Utah in nearly 40 years?
This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.
"Qwest Field became the eighth stadium to host the MLS Cup and the first new stadium to host" - hold to avoid close reptition
hold sounds awkward, so I went with "chosen for"
Why was the articial turf criticized by multiple players?
Turf is generally not preferred by soccer players, and this is relatively common knowledge. The two sources I found for Qwest Field wrt the cup did not mention this directly, though, so it has to be omitted.
"the weather at kickoff was cloudy and 45 °F (7 °C)." - and the ambient temperature was
Done, but "air temperature" is generally used here.
"who collided with Omar Gonzalez and Galaxy goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts. Ricketts broke his right hand" - Try not to have the last word of a sentence start the next one like this
Reordered.
"with a painkiller to alleviate a bruise right ankle" - bruised
Fixed.
"At halftime, the Galaxy lead 1–0" - led
Fixed.
"Landon Donovan missed his penalty, putting it over the goal despite his proficiency in penalties," - Despite his proficiency in penalties, Landon Donovan missed by putting it over the goalpost
b (citations to reliable sources): 