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    L.A. likely shorthanded in Arena's first game

    By Andrea Canales

    Wednesday, August 20, 2008

    With all the parity in Major League Soccer, midseason acquisitions can be crucial to a team's fortunes as the race for the playoffs heats up. Key additions to the roster led to bottom-of-the-table San Jose comprehensively beating the New England Revolution, the newly crowned SuperLiga champs. Now the "MLS Primetime Thursday" matchup showcases whether a team that has brought in a new star player will outduel one that has opted for new administration. The Chicago Fire acquired Brian McBride i ...

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