2008 Opening Weekend was a Smashing Success

Overall, the opening weekend of the 13th MLS season exceeded expectations.  Here are Weekend Reviews, Best Videos, and Some of the Best of the Rest from around the web...  We won't be listing highlights every week of the season, but you should bookmark the main sites you like from below. These can always be counted on for interesting commentary, news, and links.

The Beautiful Game...

Let's take a look-see at what you might have missed this weekend, the opening weekend of the 13th Major League Soccer season.  Soccer haters, there were no 0-0 ties and 15 goals scored in the six games. The average attendance was 15,349 -- with one game going over 20K.  Home teams went 4-0-2 and foreign-born players scored 11 goals.

( http://jmayers.blogspot.com/2008/03/mls-weekend-round-up.html )

Jozy Altidore's NY TIMES (post-game) Blog...

( http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/jozy-altidore-its-all-about-being-in-mls-cup/ )

MLS Net... 

( http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080331&content_id=146476&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp )

MVN Soccer...

( http://mvn.com/soccer/2008/03/31/mls-first-kick-weekendthe-reviews-are-in-and-its-all-good/ )

Soccer City FC's Weekend XI...

( http://www.soccercityfc.com/2008/03/weekend-xi-mls-edition-329-330.html )

Best Match Video - official highlights (REVOLUTION v DYNAMO)...

( http://web.mlsnet.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w=mms%3A//a1503.v115042.c11504.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/11504/v0001/mlbmls.download.akamai.com/11504/2008/open/gp/03/032908_houner_gp_350.wmv&id=17173&pid=undefined&_mp=1 )

Climbing the Ladder Video - homemade compilation highlights (Week 1 Goals)...