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	<title>Comments on: MLS Playoffs Good; MLS Playoffs Attendance not so Good</title>
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		<title>By: Zach</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zach</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s interesting that MLS insists that it NEEDS a playoff system to sell the sport and could NEVER mess around with such esoteric concepts as promotion/relegation for fear of confusing its fans. In fact, playoff attendance for first-round matches is frequently awful, and almost all the &quot;core-soccer and Hispanic&quot; audiences the league wants to attract are very familiar with prom/rel systems and tend to like them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s interesting that MLS insists that it NEEDS a playoff system to sell the sport and could NEVER mess around with such esoteric concepts as promotion/relegation for fear of confusing its fans. In fact, playoff attendance for first-round matches is frequently awful, and almost all the &#8220;core-soccer and Hispanic&#8221; audiences the league wants to attract are very familiar with prom/rel systems and tend to like them.</p>
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		<title>By: TMC</title>
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		<dc:creator>TMC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don&#039;t worry - There will be a very good crowd at RFK for the DC United match on Sunday.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t worry &#8211; There will be a very good crowd at RFK for the DC United match on Sunday.</p>
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		<title>By: blueblood58</title>
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		<dc:creator>blueblood58</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Only 9000 hours Bob? LOL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only 9000 hours Bob? LOL</p>
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