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The record Rose Bowl crowd of 93,226 largely wore scarlet and blue, chanting and cheering on mighty Barcelona's solid season-opening performance against the LA Galaxy. By the final minutes, many of those same fans were roaring for the local team's reserves as they stayed competitive with a European superpower. Luis Suarez scored in the 45th minute, and Barcelona opened its U.S. preseason tour with a 2-1 victory over the defending MLS champions Tuesday night.