Posted on 08/05/2006 3:05:10 PM PDT by soccer_maniac
2006 SIERRA MIST MLS ALL-STAR GAME
Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Ill.
Saturday, Aug. 5, 2005 (6:30 p.m. ET; Live on ESPN)
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This is the third time the MLS All-Stars have taken on international competition in the All-Star Game. Last year, on a brilliant sun-filled day at Columbus Crew Stadium, the MLS team ran out 4-1 winners against Fulham FC of the English Premier League. All-Star Game MVP Taylor Twellman gave the MLS a 23rd-minute lead, but Claus Jensen converted a penalty kick to pull Fulham level at halftime. Ronnie O'Brien put the MLS in the lead for good in the 56th minute, then Jeff Cunningham scored twice in the final five minutes to salt away the match.
In 2003 at The Home Depot Center, the MLS stars hit for three goals after the halftime break to defeat Chivas of Guadalajara 3-1. Ante Razov gave the MLS the lead in the 57th minute, then just two minutes after Jair Garcia leveled terms for the storied Mexican club, Carlos Ruiz scored in the 68th minute to again give the MLS the lead. DaMarcus Beasley finished off the scoring in the 83rd minute. Ruiz, the then-Los Angeles Galaxy striker playing on his home ground, was named the game's Honda Most Valuable Player.
That was the second consecutive year a single team of MLS All-Stars was selected for the midseason classic, as the year before the MLS All-Stars took on a U.S. national team selection following the USA's historic quarterfinal performance at FIFA World Cup 2002 Korea/Japan. All 18 of the players selected by Bruce Arena for the match plied their trade in MLS. In 1998, an international theme was also used in the MLS All-Star Game as a team of U.S. MLS stars took on a squad comprised of international MLS stars. Each of the other seven All-Star Games has featured an East vs. West format.
MLS All-Stars
Starting Lineup
* 1 - Troy Perkins (GK)
* 4 - Facundo Erpen
* 5 - Chris Albright
* 8 - Richard Mulrooney
* 12 - Jimmy Conrad
* 13 - Christian Gomez
* 14 - Dwayne De Rosario
* 15 - Brian Ching
* 17 - Joshua Gros
* 32 - Bobby Boswell
* 99 - Jaime Moreno
Substitutes
* 22 - Joe Cannon (GK)
* 2 - Eddie Robinson
* 6 - Ronnie O'Brien
* 7 - Nate Jaqua
* 9 - Freddy Adu
* 11 - Alecko Eskandarian
* 26 - Ricardo Clark
Chelsea FC
Starting Lineup
* 23 - Carlo Cudicini (GK)
* 5 - Michael Essien
* 7 - Andriy Shevchenko
* 8 - Frank Lampard
* 11 - Didier Drogba
* 13 - Michael Ballack
* 14 - Geremi Njitap
* 18 - Wayne Bridge
* 20 - Paulo Ferreira
* 24 - Shaun Wright-Phillips
* 26 - John Terry
Substitutes
* 40 - Hilario (GK)
* 6 - Ricardo Carvalho
* 10 - Joe Cole
* 12 - John Obi Mikel
* 16 - Arjen Robben
* 21 - Salomon Kalou
* 22 - Lassana Diarra
* 27 - Michael Mancienne
* 28 - Michael Woods
* 29 - Jimmy Smith
* 30 - Ryan Bertrand
Dan Loney of American Soccer News has an excellent preview at
http://www.americansoccernews.net/columnists/loney/060803loney.shtml
Kristian Dyer posted another preview on ESPN
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=374930&root=mls&cc=5901
Not quite sure how I ended up on your ping list (maybe I stopped in on some of the World Cup threads to post some sarcasm?)
Please take me off when you get a minute.
Thanks
If you can't watch it on ESPN
Online Radio/Video: http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/mls/sights/
Matchtracker: http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=08052006_ZZZMLS
Sounds like a strong narcotic.
This is the reward for bashing "the beatiful game" :)
I'll remove you from the ping list.
Why? No stereoid involved?
Just image a sport where real athletes sprint/run for 90 minutes
Chivas USA and Soccer United Marketing have announced that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has been completely sold out, at a total of 92,650 tickets, for Sunday's doubleheader featuring Chivas USA vs. the New England Revolution, in a Major League Soccer regular-season matchup, and Club Deportivo Guadalajara, Mexico's most popular soccer club, which this year celebrates its 100th anniversary, versus European powerhouse FC Barcelona, reigning Spanish and UEFA Champions League winners. Chivas USA vs. New England Revolution kicks off at 4:00 p.m. PT, while Club Deportivo Guadalajara vs. FC Barcelona kicks off at 6:30 p.m. PT. Having sold out more than 48 hours before kickoff, this marks the earliest soccer sellout in Coliseum history.
http://chivas.usa.mlsnet.com/MLS/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20060805&content_id=68246&vkey=pr_cdc&fext=.jsp&team=cdc
Please do enjoy your game. It just isn't for me (except tje World Cup).
Hey Cowboy. I'm going to DC United v. Real Madrid here in town on Wednesday. Should be a good crowd at Qwest Field.
Beckham and Adu. Past and the future.
Never mind the haters - the attendance is the only objective indicator.
WooHOo!! I'm there!
That's cool.
I'm going to the NY Red Bulls - Barcelona match next Saturday. Word is there will be 65-75K in attendance
Thanks for the heads up. Will be tuning in.
Thanks for the heads-up.
I'm watching Spanish channel. Just checking. Chelsea's tag is S.L. in Spanish, right?
Chelsea burst onto the English and European scene in 2003, when Russian businessman Roman Abramovich purchased the squad for a reported $233 million. After luring coach Jose Mourinho to Stamford Bridge after he led FC Porto to the 2004 Champions League title, Abramovich has spared no expense in giving his coach the best available talent, spending an estimated $800 million in player contracts and transfer fees.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores106/106217/MLS702660.htm
That was a nice intro by Rob Stone
Someone hates us. Dave O'Brien again????????????
UUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Wow, Chelsea's annual payroll is over $200 million.
That's more than the NY Yankees
I recognize Schevchenko and Mikail Ballack from Chelsea. Looks like it could be a good match. Unfortunately, I don't get ESPN, so I'll have to read about it tomorrow. But thanks for the ping.
Thanks for the heads-up. What fun to see Chelsea taking on a US team! Okay, it's pre-season friendly, and everybody's a little lax, but it's still fun. Heck, I don't even mind Dave and Eric's chattiness in this context.
Whoa! Nice save!!
European stars are set for life, and have longer careers than most MLB players. Ironic how there's no socialist measures like salary caps and luxury taxes on the Socialist Continent.
The game ain't being broadcast in HD, and the quality of play is more like preseason NCAA, but it's still great to see Chelsea playing over here. Nice stadium, which I'd never heard of.
About that pitch, though.....
Is there such a thing as a lawn moth?
I'm not sure about that. I saw USA v Guatemala and Brazil v Mexico there in a Gold Cup final about fifteen years ago. My memory is that game was a sellout for a couple of weeks ahead of time. Maybe it's the earliest MLS sellout.
It's a great stadium to see a game in. The crowd noise concentrates, and there's a sort of Romans v. Lions feel to the whole thing.
Only real problem with the Coliseum is that the access is through narrow tunnels that go through the stadium walls. They can get a bit scary when they're packed. Well.... okay... that, and the neighborhood.
The socialism comparison doesn't wash in American sports, the entity there is the league. The league schedules the games. The individual teams may somehow behave like independent businesses, but the Kansas City Royals do not compete financially against the New York Yankees, but the Yankees need them as part of the league to have somebody to play.
A company isn't being socialist if it chooses to help one of its franchises over the other.
Okay, somebody has to say it....
"The aptly-named Lupe Fiasco".
That, and the marching band only knows one song.
[Oops, wrong sport. Nevermind.]
As kind of a tangent not directly related to this game, one fairly consistent pattern that I've noticed over the years that is more obvious when the US plays European teams is that the US players are in great physical shape. That athleticism is often their only edge against the highly skilled European teams, but as their skill level improves it is starting to turn into a nice advantage.
1-0 for MLS All-Stars!
Huge milestone in MLS's history.
Awesome job boys!
MVP: Dwayne De Rosario
It was a good game, but let's keep it in perspective: CFC didn't travel the full squad (including Crespo), and most of their side is in offseason condition.
Still, the MLS side didn't look fazed, at all. Can't wait for DC United (a real MLS team) vs. Real Madrid (a hard, often dirty, prideful side) on Wednesday. I'll be wearing my Sunderland kit, if it's on TV. Great seats, but over 80 bucks. Oh well.
MLS didn't have their best XI either.
Donovan, Pope, Mastoreni - injury
Dempsey, Twellman, and a few others were out due to tomorrow's NE Revs-Chivas game
What I find surprising, particularly about the EPL, is how small the stadia actually are. They make more money from merchandise and broadcast rights, sufficient to field a team, before they put a single drunk ass in the stands.
The game could work here, though the Toyota Center seems a little bit too small. Suburban or tribal lands nationwide could be fertile ground for an entrepreneur. What might actually be stopping MLS are outrageous fees to use what are essentially NFL stadia.
MLS stadiums have come a long way.
MLS now has soccer specific stadiums in LA (Galaxy, Chivas), Dallas, Chicago and Columbus.
Toronto (MLS expansion team in 2007) is currently building one, so is Colorado and NY (Harrison).
Real Salt Lake owner David Checketts also announced his intent to build a soccer stadium in the Salt Lake suburb of Sandy, Utah.
Seriously... if you don't care about soccer, why are you clicking on a thread (and posting a comment) dissing soccer?
TRSWTP is a good guy, not a hata.
As for his baseball team, they're the only side that makes me root for the Yanks.
Have a great weekend.
Nice result for the guys who make less money in a year than Mourinho spends on his suits.
I'll be at the Public Execution, errrrr, Real Salt Lake - Real Madrid next Saturday.
What a good game. The MLS looked really good. Should have had another goal too (although Chelsea should have also scored). De Rosario played really well. So did Albright and Adu.
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