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Article: Barcelona shows how far we have to go.(Art Thiel)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- August 4, 2009
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In the fashion of a heavyweight champion from the time when boxing fans cared about multiple titles, FC Barcelona flashed the hardware of its fearsomeness.
Arrayed below the news conference podium Monday at a downtown Seattle hotel were trophies representing the 2008-09 championships of Spain's first division, the nation's Copa del Rey tournament and the European Champions League -- the first Spanish team to win all three in a single season.
One of only four teams in European history to pull such a hat trick, Barcelona's triple crowns will be on display between the benches at sold-out Qwest Field on Wednesday night against the, ahem, Seattle Sounders.
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