[OBITUARY] Leo Stillitano, the president and general manager of MLS’s Miami Fusion for its launch in 1998, passed away athis home in Weehawken, New Jersey, on Saturday at the age of 55. Stillitano, an All-Ivy player at Columbia, had worked for the 1994 World Cup organizing committee, in MLS and at ChampionsWorld withhis brother Charlie, who is now CEO of Relevent Sports, the promoter of the Guinness International Champions Cup.

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