MLS weekend round-up

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.

Colorado Rapids 4, L.A. Galaxy 0

DENVER -- Yes, Colorado -- a team that lost 5-0 to a lower division team last year -- embarrassed David Beckham (right), Landon Donovan and Co. in the season opener Saturday.

No matter how much hype L.A. gets, know this: they might be the worst defensive team in the league and won't make the playoffs. They're bad.

Galaxy coach and players blamed the altitude. Lame.

It was cool to see my boy Ely Allen, a rookie from my alma mater Washington, get a start in his first game.

Attendance: 18,943.

New England 3, Houston 0

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- In a rematch of the last two MLS Cups (both won by the Dynamo), the Revolution got the tiniest consolation in a quality season-opening win on Saturday.

Two goals came on rebounds.

Taylor Twellman (left), the poor guy that got divorced over the break and also saw his dreams of playing in England dashed by the league, was scratched with a knee injury.

New England is unbeaten against Houston in the last five regular season games (2-0-3), but lost both championship games. Losers.

Attendance: 11,116.

Kansas City 2, DC United 0

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The Wizards big offseason pickup paid off, as Argentine stalwart Claudio Lopez (right) scored in his debut on Saturday.

Lopez, who has played in the World Cup and has 10 career goals for Argentina, beat an offside trap and chipped in a shot from the top of the penalty box in the 61st minute to secure the win.

Four-time champs D.C. United, who also debuted a high-profile Argentine in Marcelo Gallardo, looked poor offensively, with only four shots.

Attendance: 10,385

Columbus 2, Toronto F.C. 0

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Some Scotsman named Adam Moffat scored the game-winner on a 24-yard blast in the 26th minute Saturday. He also cleared the ball off the line after a failed PK.

Said Moffat: "Anytime I score it's a surprise to myself, really."

Toronto F.C. fans -- regarded as the best in the league -- filled the south end of the stadium with red as they tried to invade Crew Stadium.

Attendance: 13,843

Real Salt Lake 1, Chicago 1

SALT LAKE CITY -- Cuautemoc Blanco (right) was the villian, a role he's used to, as he scored an amazing last-gasp equalizer for the visiting Fire on Saturday.

The Mexican international's shot from 20+ yards out was his team's only attempt on goal.

Real Salt Lake, which couldn't connect on 14 shots, scored one on the wrong end with an own goal 20 minutes earlier (ha!). The Utah team is 0-2-2 in season openers.

Attendance: 20,272! (Better than the average for 3 MLB teams last year, better than all but 4 NBA teams' average this year and better than all but one NHL team's average).

F.C. Dallas 1, Chivas U.S.A. 1

DALLAS -- Ex-Seattle Sounder and former Cuban defector Maykel Galindo scored an equalizer in the 84th minute to salvage a point for Chivas on Sunday.

Galindo, who exploded onto the MLS scene last year, came off the bench for the L.A. club and drilled a shot from 18 yards out.

Earlier, Juan Carlos Toja (left, with the awesome hair) scored the go-ahead goal in the 20th minute with a close-range shot.

Attendance: 17,540.

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What were your thoughts on opening weekend?