[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Conspicuously absent from the Chicago Fire’s first two games at the Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson was 2013 MLS MVP Mike Magee. His absence from the first game could be explained away as he took part in last week’s MLS media activities in New York. But he then returned home to Chicago and was stillabsent as it began its second and final week in Arizona.

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