A Major League Soccer team in Atlanta would allow Peter Wickenden, the U.K.'s deputy consul general in Atlanta, to reconnect with a game he misses badly since leaving Britain. Mr. Wickenden has tried to follow American football but says the action stops too often compared with fast-moving games like rugby and soccer.

Should Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank be successful in his bid for an expansion franchise of Major League Soccer, the metro area would gain yet another attraction for international companies,…

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