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Atlanta to launch Major League Soccer franchise on Wednesday

By David Beasley

Thursday, 17 Apr 2014 | 12:57 AM MYT

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Atlanta is expected to announce on Wednesday that it has landed a Major League Soccer expansion team that will play beginning in 2017 in the city's new open-air stadium downtown.

Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons football team, Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed have scheduled a news conference for 5 p.m. EDT (2200 BST).

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