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As darkness fell over Saturday’s Major League Soccer match between the Columbus Crew and Real Salt Lake, a different light lit up the night. The referee briefly halted play while Crew defenders Mohamed Farsi and Steven Moreira knelt on the sideline, eating pitted dates and sipping sports drinks. The stoppage — a rarity in a sport that frowns on “timewasting” and reserves pauses in play primarily for injuries, substitutions and exuberance after goals — allowed the two to break their daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan before going on to play the game’s remaining 70 minutes. “Thank you for having this respect for our religion,” Columbus’ Moreira tweeted later Saturday evening. May all religions be treated with respect.
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