feat: implement MCP server and dashboard for football data platform

Add complete Nike football data platform with:
- FastMCP server exposing football data tools over HTTP
- RapidAPI client for free-api-live-football-data integration
- Bootstrap web dashboard with live match/standings views
- REST API endpoints for dashboard consumption
- Docker support with multi-stage build
- Comprehensive README with architecture docs
- Minimal .gitignore replacing verbose Python template

scripts/test_rapidapi.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Smoke test for the RapidAPI (free-api-live-football-data) backend.
+
+Verifies connectivity, finds MLS, fetches standings and TFC squad.
+Run:  python scripts/test_rapidapi.py
+"""
+import sys
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Ensure project root is on the path
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+from nike import config
+from nike import rapidapi as rapi
+
+
+def _pp(label: str, data) -> None:
+    """Pretty-print a section."""
+    print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+    print(f"  {label}")
+    print(f"{'='*60}")
+    print(json.dumps(data, indent=2, default=str)[:3000])  # trim for readability
+
+
+def main():
+    if not config.RAPIDAPI_KEY:
+        print("ERROR: RAPIDAPI_KEY is not set in .env")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print(f"RapidAPI key: {config.RAPIDAPI_KEY[:8]}...{config.RAPIDAPI_KEY[-4:]}")
+    print(f"Base URL: {config.RAPIDAPI_BASE}")
+
+    # 1. Connectivity
+    print("\n1) Checking connectivity...")
+    status = rapi.check_connection()
+    print(f"   Connected: {status['connected']}")
+    if not status["connected"]:
+        print(f"   Error: {status.get('error')}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    print(f"   Latency: {status['latency_ms']} ms")
+
+    # 2. Search for MLS
+    print("\n2) Searching for 'MLS'...")
+    mls_data = rapi.search_leagues("MLS")
+    _pp("MLS search results", mls_data)
+
+    # Try to extract league ID
+    mls_id = None
+    resp = mls_data.get("response") if isinstance(mls_data, dict) else None
+    if isinstance(resp, list):
+        for item in resp:
+            if isinstance(item, dict):
+                mls_id = item.get("id") or item.get("primaryId")
+                if mls_id:
+                    mls_id = int(mls_id)
+                    break
+    print(f"\n   MLS League ID: {mls_id}")
+
+    # 3. Standings
+    if mls_id:
+        print("\n3) Fetching MLS standings...")
+        standings = rapi.get_standings(mls_id)
+        _pp("MLS Standings", standings)
+
+    # 4. Search for Toronto FC
+    print("\n4) Searching for 'Toronto FC'...")
+    tfc_data = rapi.search_teams("Toronto FC")
+    _pp("TFC search results", tfc_data)
+
+    tfc_id = None
+    resp = tfc_data.get("response") if isinstance(tfc_data, dict) else None
+    if isinstance(resp, list):
+        for item in resp:
+            if isinstance(item, dict):
+                tfc_id = item.get("id") or item.get("primaryId")
+                if tfc_id:
+                    tfc_id = int(tfc_id)
+                    break
+    print(f"\n   TFC Team ID: {tfc_id}")
+
+    # 5. Squad
+    if tfc_id:
+        print("\n5) Fetching TFC squad...")
+        squad = rapi.get_squad(tfc_id)
+        _pp("TFC Squad", squad)
+
+    # 6. Live matches (just check it works)
+    print("\n6) Checking live matches endpoint...")
+    live = rapi.get_live_matches()
+    resp = live.get("response") if isinstance(live, dict) else None
+    count = len(resp) if isinstance(resp, list) else 0
+    print(f"   Live matches right now: {count}")
+
+    # 7. Trending news
+    print("\n7) Fetching trending news...")
+    news_data = rapi.get_trending_news()
+    _pp("Trending News", news_data)
+
+    print("\n" + "="*60)
+    print("  ALL CHECKS PASSED")
+    print("="*60)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()