Soccer
Soccer is the only major sport where the clock does this.
Count up (as opposed to down)
John Coltraine, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday
Jazz
The 4th largest Great Lake (4)
Erie
this romance language is official in 29 countries, largely due to colonization
French
The top five European Leagues are the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, and Ligue 1, which hails from this western European country.
France
Clara Schumann, Antonio Vivaldi
Classical
Neon, Oxygen, and Boron are examples of this (7)
Element
Official languages of Switzerland include German, French, and Italian, but this language is considered Nationally recognized
Romansch
The term 'soccer' comes from slang at this English university. It's thought to be similar to 'fiver', 'tenner', and rugger. Name this University, which lies in a county named after it.
Oxford
Folk
The body's hammer and anvil are located here (3)
Ear
This language includes the "-escu" suffix in many surnames.
Romanian
This capitol city's team plays in Audi stadium, right by the waterfront.
DC United
Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinny
Riot grrrl
Popular sports news source (4)
ESPN
This French creole language is spoken in Louisiana. The people that speak it are well-known for their food, gumbo for example.
Cajun
While Olympic soccer has the traditional 11 players, including the goalkeeper, one of two Paralympic soccer categories has used this many players per side since 2004 for visually impaired players (two less than the other Paralympic soccer team).
5 (5 per side)
Brenda Lee, Lesley Gore, Connie Francis
Pop (1960s specifically)
annoying "feminist" Bridgeton sister (6)
Eloise
This language, spoken almost exclusively in a Chinese city for which it's named, became so divergent from Mandarin that it's almost incomprehensible to other chinese dialect speakers.
Wenzhounese