title in the last five tournaments was an exclamation point to MLS. Something has to change within the league to make them more competitive in the Champions League.

So the league has formed a subcommittee to analyze the issues that have plagued MLS in the international tournament. With the Sounders entrenched in the tournament in 2010-2011, Henderson has a strong hand in those discussions. Henderson joins Columbus Crew technical director Brian Bliss, DC United GM Dave Kasper and Houston Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear on the Champions League subcommittee.

“We want to see our teams doing well and be one of the top league in the region and up until now it’s been the Mexican teams that have done it,” Henderson said. “We do well in our home games andof the country) leads to an attempted military coup by members of Japan's armed forces (GSDF). The coup fails, but was very close to succeeding. In an effort to suppress further coup attempts, Japan's Prime Minister forms a branch inside the Interior Ministry's National Security Forces (NSF) called GROUP SIX. They answer directly to the Prime Minister and are sworn to protect the Japanese Constitution at all costs. They immediately begin to hear rumors of a rogue element of the GSDF Special Forces (JINRAI) maneuvering for a second coup attempt. These JINRAI are Special Operations Group 43 (SOG43), fierce nationalist loyal to their love of country, and a desire to put Japan back into a position of strength and power.



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