Fire's Blanco leads list of standout attacking players

du Nord found this 3/31/2008 on www.latimes.com [flag]

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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Published 3/31/2008 by brucio at du Nord
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