Baseball season has returned and is blossoming across your cable selection as we speak (not off your radar, remember?) With far less hype, here’s how Major League Soccer fared attendance-wise on day numero uno Saturday, specifically in comparison to 2007*:

SITE: Columbus
2008: 13,483
2007: 13,782
+/-: -299

SITE: Salt Lake City
2008: 20,272
2007: 18,678
+/-: +1,594

SITE: New England
2008: 11,116
2007: 18,184
+/-: -7,068

SITE: Colorado
2008: 18,493
2007: 18,086
+/-: +407

SITE: Kansas City
2008: 10,385
2007: 7,438
+/-: +2,947

*What’s great about this comparison is the fact that, other than in Kansas City, all locations held their respective season openers on a Saturday both years to make for easier assessment. KC opened it on a Wednesday night last year, hence the bumped-up total on this season’s weekend kickoff.