Category: Scramble

LAFC Scramble for Draw vs. Union in First Leg of CCL Semis

After conceding a late penalty that allowed the Philadelphia Union to take the lead, Los Angeles FC’s Kellyn Acosta scored in second-half stoppage time as the teams played to a 1–1 draw on Wednesday at Chester, Pa., in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League semifinal series. The second and final leg of the…


US Retailers Scramble to Stock Shelves as Children Head Back to School

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK—At Stationery and Toy World, a family-owned shop in New York’s Upper West Side, manager Gary Rowe is having difficulty getting all the pens and folders he ordered for the important back-to-school season. His usual vendors have low stocks of Pilot’s erasable FriXion pens and Paper Mate Flair marker pens— and prices are…