The Sweeper: MLS Cup Highlights League’s Opposing Forces
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In many ways, the opposing sides in tonight's 2009 MLS Cup final (8:30 PM EST) are representative of the two faces of MLS.
Seattle's Qwest field will see Real Salt Lake, a team that stumbled into—and through—the playoffs with the lowest wage bill in the league and no designated player to speak of, a symbol of MLS' egalitarian, singe-entity structure; face the LA Galaxy, MLS' biggest spender with two of the league's biggest names, one of them the world's most famous person, an exorbitantly-paid designated player whom many in MLS credit for giving soccer a bigger profile in North America, for better or worse.
Pitch Invasion @ Nov 22, 2009 6:28 PM EST | Blog Profile
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