As a market with a strong pro soccer following — for Mexico’s Tijuana across the border — San Diego has often been written off as an MLS expansion market. But MLS commissioner Don Garber sayshe’s always looked at the Xolos support as a positive — and the Chargers’ impending exit only makes San Diego a stronger pro soccer market.

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