There’s concern that changes could lead to a less egalitarian MLS system, where teams become “haves’’ and “have-nots’’ in spending and performance much like Major League Baseball in prior decades.
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There hasn’t been much Sounders talk locally this preseason, but that’s about to change in a big year for them on and off the pitch.
The lack of local buzz is primarily due to the team’s entire training camp being conducted in warmer climes as they ready for CONCACAF Champions League play next week in El Salvador. Training finally resumes in Tukwila this week for a squad that’s won all but one preseason match ahead of Thursday’s exhibition finale in Sacramento.