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MLS 2008 Eastern Conference Preview: Contenders, Dark Horses, Filler, and C.H.U.D.s
(It looks like I got a little ahead of myself down below …if only by implication. Expect the Western Conference Preview tomorrow and pre-season power rankings Friday. Which is how god intended it.) Between the super-abundance of variables - some directly inter-related, some not - and the parade of blind-spots steadily unspooling behind me, any attempt on my part to provide a detailed ...
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Previews from around the Net…
Kansas City Wizards — ... First and foremost, the big guns over at ESPN offer up a fairly optimistic preview. They list Trujillo as a player to watch. A FIFA preview briefly mentions Kansas City at the bottom of the page. Goal.com predicts a playoff berth. Soccerlens says that KC will do well if they find the back of the night. Duh. A pre-season power rankings from Center Holds It has KC in fifth. They also have a complete Eastern Conference preview available. KC is a ‘darkhorse’ Ives puts the Wizards ...

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