Arizona quarterback Max Meylor accounted for five touchdowns and 233 of his team’s 292 total yards as the Rattlers slithered to a 49-21 season-opening win over the San Diego Strike Force on Saturday. 

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Meylor found Arland Bruce for the first of his three passing touchdowns for a 32-yard score three minutes into the first quarter to open the scoring. 

The Rattlers would not trail from there. San Diego answered with a score of its own for a 7-7 tie, but never overtook Arizona as the Rattlers rattled off 21 unanswered points in the second quarter to break the game open. 

San Diego quarterback Nate Davis completed 14-of-26 passes for 160 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Edward Vander caught five passes for 40 yards added seven rushes for 34 yards. Dallas Daniels tied Vander for the game-high five catches and added a touchdown in the losing effort. 

The win puts the Rattlers atop the Western Conference as it was the team’s first game of the season, while San Diego, which opened with a win Monday over Northern Arizona Wranglers, dropped to 1-1.

The countdown to the 2026 World Cup is on! Each day ahead of the tournament’s return to North America, Yahoo Sports will highlight an insight or moment that showcases just how grand the world’s biggest sporting spectacle has become — even beyond the expanded field of this year’s global event.

The Opening Ceremony of the 1994 World Cup was a spectacle, of course. The United States was hosting the tournament for the first time, which meant a star-studded party to kick off the month-long celebration of the sport.

Emceed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey, the event featured a speech by President Bill Clinton and musical performances by Darryl Hall of Hall & Oates and Jon Secada. The big draw was Diana Ross performing “I’m Coming Out” as dancers, confetti and balloons all enveloped the field.

As Ross sang, she made her way across the field to take a penalty kick on a more-than-ready goalkeeper. After a few stutter-steps, Ross sent her shot very left, even with the goalie guessing correctly. The ball rolled wide, but the net broke apart as it was supposed to for the stunt.

"I'm not sure that was supposed to happened," uttered British broadcaster John Helm.

The missed penalty kick was a sign of things to come. The tournament opened with Ross’ miss and ended with Italy’s Roberto Baggio sailing one over the crossbar to crown Brazil as champions.

This moment wasn’t even the most memorable one in sports that happened on June 17, 1994. There was also Arnold Palmer's final U.S. Open round, the New York Rangers' Stanley Cup parade, and, of course, the O.J. Simpson police chase.