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Sporting Kansas City and the Houston Dynamo will re-join Major League Soccer's Western Conference in the 2015 season, MLS announced on Monday.Expansion clubs Orlando City SC and New York City FC will be added to the Eastern Conference for their inaugural seasons."We've established some great rivalries in the East," Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes said. "Now we have to re-establish new rivalries in the West. This move is a product of the League's great growth and continued success."Sporting Kansas City played its first nine seasons in the Western Conference before shifting to the Eastern Conference in 2005.11833402