Fire's Blanco leads list of standout attacking players

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His goal two minutes into stoppage time earns Chicago a tie with Real Salt Lake, as the first weekend of the MLS season sees some of the bigger names make a mark. > The first weekend of the 2008 Major League Soccer season is history and -- ignoring the Galaxy for a moment -- some of the most influential attacking players in the league already have made a mark. [link]

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Frankly Enjoying The Hell Out Of It News
Published 3/31/2008 by brucio at du Nord
... Gardner at Soccer America's Soccer Talk blog gives us his thoughts on the first weekend of games. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Michael Lewis of Big Apple Soccer with his Week 1 recap. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Jen Chang at Soccernet gives us his impressions from Week 1. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kyle McCarthy at Goal.com with is roundup of Week 1 matches. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Grahame Jones of the LA Times with notes on the opening weekend games. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MLS Rumor City - Don't ...

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