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"Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson will join Kings President Chris Granger on Wednesday in Portland, where the pair is expected to discuss what could become the city's next major league sports team.Team owners will gather in Portland for the MLS All-Star Game.Sacramento is looking at this as an opportunity to sell the league on the idea of awarding the city a new franchise.The city's minor league team, the Sac Republic FC, has been very popular. Several games have sold out, proving the city does have a large fan base.Still, Sacramento will face some stiff competition if it wants a major league team.Other cities such as San Antonio and Miami are also looking to get teams, and Sacramento would have to build a bigger soccer stadium.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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