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    Rapids gamble big in making Gomez move

    By Ives Galarcep
    Special to ESPNsoccernet

    Monday, February 11, 2008

    "There is a sucker born every minute." There is much dispute about who originated this famous phrase, whether it was American showman P.T. Barnum or the lesser known David Hannum. What is clear is that the front office at D.C. United should make the saying its slogan. For the second offseason in a row, D.C. United has traded a player it had no intention of keeping to a desperate Western Conference team for the Major League Soccer equivalent of a king's ransom. Last year it was Real Salt ...

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