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    MLS State of the Union

    By Marc Connolly
    ESPN Soccernet.com

    Friday, April 1, 2005

    It was almost out of patriotism. Out of loyalty. Out of a deep-lying unselfishness. Otherwise, why would World Cup veterans and known entities around the globe like John Harkes, Alexi Lalas and Eric Wynalda leave their club teams in Europe to play for something called "Major League Soccer." Those signings took place 10 years ago, which seems more like 25. After the success of the 1994 World Cup, there was optimism amongst the top American players. Yet, it was sort of that blind faith type of o ...

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