[MLS SPOTLIGHT] You don’t think of Manchester City or the New York Yankees when the term “expansion team” pops up. They won’t want to field just other team whenNew York City FC begins play in 2015. They’ll want to win in Year 1, which is contrary to what usually happens to an expansion team. The history of MLS expansion teams isn’t pathetic, but it’s prettybad.

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