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Monday MLS Breakdown: Downward Trend at Combine? (Goal.com)

 
After a couple days surveying the scene at the MLS Player Combine, Goal.com's Kyle McCarthy wonders if the MLS Player Combine might do a better job of stocking USL than MLS. (link)

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