Ever since Jozy Altidore's transfer to La Liga's Villareal, Juan Carlos Osorio has adamantly pointed out not only the need to purchase contracts - but the necessary reality to do so in order to compete in a very competitive Eastern Conference down the stretch of the 2008 season.

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