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 n.— «The club, which becomes FC Dallas at season’s end as part of its re-imaging project, hopes to have a horizontally striped jersey, with red as the predominant color. The style is known as “hoops” in soccer vernacular. Scotland’s famed Celtic is among the clubs that sport the look.» —“Burn hoping for ‘hoops’ as FC Dallas” by Steve Davis Dallas Morning News (Texas) Oct. 7, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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