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MLS playoffs offer no comfort for higher seeds
usatoday.com - 11/4/2009
MLS playoffs offer no comfort for higher seeds
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Maybe Major League Soccer is lacking dominant teams. Maybe the top teams are cautious away from home.

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Revolution Newsstand - November 4
New England Revolution — ... As the second weekend of the MLS Cup Playoffs creeps closer, the media continues to speculate about influential factors and potential outcomes. USA Today’s Beau Dure asserts that because only nine points separated Supporters Shield winner Columbus from final wild card Salt Lake this season, higher-seeded teams shouldn’t feel too comfortable going into the second legs of the Conference Semifinal Series. The Goal.com staff do their share of prognosticating in this week’s edition of ...

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