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    Ten questions entering the second half

    By Ives Galarcep
    Special to ESPNsoccernet

    Friday, August 1, 2008

    As we have learned far too many times in Major League Soccer history, the first half of the season isn't generally a good barometer of how things will shake out at season's end. It is the second half of the season, the crucial months from August into the fall when transfers, trades and injuries have a major impact, and where champions and pretenders are identified. Last season we saw the Chicago Fire look terrible in the first half only to have Cuauhtemoc Blanco arrive and carry the club to ...

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