Which players remaining in the playoffs could most use a title? Beginning Thursday night and continuing on through the weekend, seasons will end for four teams in MLS. Dreams of reaching MLS Cup will be dashed for some and endure for others. The finality of the situation got me thinking of a First XI of players who deserve their first opportunity to play in the league's Big Game. 11. Frankie Hejduk. For so many years Hejduk has been one of the fiercest competitors in Major League Soccer. I have vivid memories of him playing on the old Astroturf at Giants Stadium for Thomas Rongen's Tampa Bay Mutiny in the very first MLS season. And the amazing thing is that I recall him looking exactly the same as he looks today. With his nonstop running and tackling and a spirit that never takes a night off -- not on the field, not in the...
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