Son Heung-Min and Dénis Bouanga (right). (Photo: LAFC)

Major League Soccer returns this week from a two-month pause, ready to take the reins from a rousingly vibrant World Cup — on the cusp of this weekend’s Spain-Argentina final — and lure into its fold millions of unattached North American fans (and a few more across the globe) who’ve been devouring the world’s game here the past five weeks.

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