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Posted on February 2, 2010

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Where there’s smoke…Why DC United could be sold–and moved

Where there is smoke...? A recent report about D.C. United seeking new "investment partners" did not set off alarm bells among Major League Soccer fans in the nation's capital. But it probably should have, as an ASN column argues.

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