“I’m as excited about this as I was the Super Bowl. I don’t want to end up with the same feeling that we had [with the Falcons] in ‘16. But we’re excited to be here inevery way we can be. The city’s excited — you just have to come to the stadium to see and feel that. What I say is not unimportant, but what the fans say is most important, and the fans couldnot be more excited … We have an opportunity to show the very best of soccer in North America.”

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