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    Ellinger makes some odd choices

    By Ives Galarcep
    ESPN Soccernet.com

    Friday, January 21, 2005

    You see it in the NFL, NBA and that league which used to be known as the NHL: expansion struggles. A new team, trying to build from scratch with castoffs from the league's established teams, almost invariably has to battle through a death march of a first season. In most pro sports leagues, this has been the rule, with few exceptions. Not so in MLS, where the MLS Cup title won by the Chicago Fire set the standard for future expansion teams. It could be done. Even the Miami Fusion, the league ...

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