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Article: Struggling United Faces Champions League Test
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- The Washington Post
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- August 26, 2009
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D.C. United's ambitions have always reached beyond MLS, and with
regular involvement in competitions beyond its borders, the club has
experienced the challenges of soccer outside the modest U.S. league.
The latest opportunity to test the international waters is the
CONCACAF Champions League, which is modeled after the wildly popular
European version and determines the best club in North and Central
America and the Caribbean.
But since last fall, when this meatier concept replaced other
regional concoctions, United has had a rough time of it. After going
winless in the inaugural competition last year, D.C. labored to
survive the preliminary round this month. On Wednesday night, it
faces a ...