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    Now or never for the Bruins

    By Maria Burns

    Tuesday, August 8, 2006

    I'm not a math person, but most of the time even I can do basic addition. That's why I'm having trouble figuring out how this adds up: Since winning the national championship in 2002, UCLA's recruiting class has been ranked No. 1 in the nation three of the last four years -- in 2003, 2004 and 2006 -- by College Soccer News. In 2005, they were ranked fifth, still not bad. How is it then that the Bruins are ranked eighth in the preseason rankings? That's right -- they're behind reign ...

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