From meetings with Diego Maradona to the passion for his beloved Buenos Aires club, San Lorenzo, Pope Francis was an avid soccer fan. And a promoter of sports in general.

He added: "I'm a guy with a napkin and a pen! Of course I have the iPad, I do the training, the training plans, set-pieces ...

In a league as young as MLS, history comes quite easily, and it certainly did on Matchday 9. With no games scheduled for ...