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Commentary: Buzz is lacking on the opportunity of a lifetime for Sounders FC and local soccer fans
The chances of the Sounders FC hosting some of the world's best teams in the FIFA Club World Cup again are somewhere between slim and none. But they get that opportunity this month.
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Commentary: Buzz is lacking on the opportunity of a lifetime for Sounders FC and local soccer fans
Commentary: Buzz is lacking on the opportunity of a lifetime for Sounders FC and local soccer fans The chances of the Sounders FC hosting some of the world's best teams in the FIFA Club World Cup again are somewhere between slim and none. But they get that opportunity this month.
