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    Up-and-comers shine on opening weekend

    By Steve Davis, ESPNsoccernet

    Monday, April 9, 2007

    It's almost as if the biggest of the MLS biggies conspired to magnanimously step aside and bequeath a few diligent understudies a little place in the sun, if only for a while. Before long, the 12th Major League Soccer season will be swallowed up by the substantial shadows of global bright lights David Beckham and Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who will make high-profile landings on MLS stages near you this summer. They'll be dominating the league headlines soon enough -- like, the moment ...

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