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Before you is a giant hedge maze, one that seems to stretch into the horizon, vanishing to a place unseen in the trees far away. You know that somewhere, some place in the vast tangle of brush and bramble before you, MLS Cup lies, waiting. All it takes is for you to find it. So, which way do you go? Right or left?
GO RIGHT: Go to Number 1.
GO LEFT: Go to Number 15.
1. Atlanta United
You walk into the maze and follow the path forward. After a few minutes you reach a clearing where a lone man is punching a training dummy, his back glistening with sweat. He turns around when he hears you and grins, his bleach-blond hair matted to his forehead. He says his name is Josef Martinez.
He approaches you. “Just a little extra training,” he says.
