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The latest installment of the "El Trafico"
derby was supposed to serve as the season opener for both clubs
and was expected to draw an MLS-record 75,000 fans to the Rose
Bowl to see reigning champions LAFC take on their cross-town
rivals.
But MLS was forced to announce the postponement after a
slow-moving winter storm intensified over California on Friday,
triggering the first blizzard warning in parts of the Los
Angeles area in 30 years.
The storm was expected to linger over California through
Saturday, the National Weather Service said.
MLS will look to set an attendance record when the match is held
under the lights at the historic venue in Pasadena on Tuesday,
July 4, the Independence Day holiday in the United States.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Ken Ferris
and William Mallard)
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