Major League Soccer's opening weekend did not produce impressive crowds this year. Probably the most significant gathering of fans actually occurred earlier last week, when 6,000 showed up at Toyota Park in suburban Chicago to greet Cuauhtemoc Blanco, less than 24 hours after the Fire announced the signing of the Mexican forward. (Full article: 831 words)

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