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19Apr/110

Real Salt Lake Ready To Make U.S. Soccer History in CONCACAF Final

One of the biggest playoff series this country has ever seen begins on Wednesday night, and very few people are talking about it, or even know what it is. While it features some of the world's greatest athletes, and will be more exciting than a first round NBA playoff game, the majority of sports fans don't even care that it is going on.

I am not talking about anything to do with the Heat or the Lakers, the NFL has not started and Major League Baseball did not shorten its season.

The event that I am talking about comes from the relatively unpopular (only in the United States) sport of soccer.

Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake begins a two-game playoff with Mexican club team Monterrey to determine the winner of the CONCACAF Champions League for this year.

CONCACAF is the governing body for soccer that spans North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Teams contending for this title are taken from the winners of various club lea...

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