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Fans, MLS clash over "Cascadia Cup"

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MLS and fans are clashing over the Cascadia Cup trademark.
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Updated Jan 25, 2013 7:10 PM ET
     
 

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)

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The Cascadia Cup, created back in 2004 by soccer supporters to celebrate the rich rivalry between clubs in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, is now the unexpected center of a conflict between those groups and Major League Soccer.

It started when MLS intended to trademark the term ''Cascadia Cup'' in the United States and Canada - prompting outrage from the fans who named the yearly head-to-head competition between the Sounders, Whitecaps and Timbers, and gave it a stately silver trophy.

MLS claims it wants to protect the Cascadia Cup from outsiders looking to exploit it. The supporters fear that MLS itself will be exploiting the expression.

 

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