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FILE - Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup group G soccer match between Serbia and Switzerland, at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
GENEVA (AP) — A prodigal son whose Champions League-winning career stalled in Major League Soccer. A once-dominant club that has not won a league title since 2017.
Xherdan Shaqiri’s revival on leaving Chicago Fire to return to Basel this season — and his spring surge of goals — is leading the Swiss team toward its first league title in eight years.