Thursday, May 6, 2010

MLS All Stars vs Manchester United

It's been announced that this summer's MLS All-Star team will face Manchester United on July 28 in Houston.

First of all, let me make it clear that I'm not a fan of this All-Star game format, having an all-MLS team face a foreign team. Or All-Star games in general, actually. I'm sure it's an effective way to market the league, both here and abroad, but I just think it makes MLS look weak that it has to call in a foreign club to face the best players of all the clubs in our league combined.

Also, it's too bad it's being played at Reliant Stadium, home of the Houston Texans of the NFL. The past four all-star games have been played in new soccer-specific MLS stadiums. Houston will get its own stadium by 2012, but as of now they still play in Robertson Stadium. It would have been nice to show off a new one again this time.

If I were in charge, I would have arranged to play this year's in Red Bull Arena and save Houston's turn for a couple years. Maybe there was trouble with RB Arena though, I don't know. It seems like it should have been everyone's first choice. Philadelphia's stadium should be done by then too-- at least it looks done superficially in the Union's Facebook photos.

Anyway, stadium selection aside, and given the league's insistance on playing this type of All-Star game in the first place, Manchester United is a good team to bring in because they'll draw attention and money. There, I finally got to the positive part.

-John

5 comments:

  1. good stuff John... I have no problem with the MLS all stars playing a full man united squad and don't think that any one is going to look down on the mls if they were to lose to an in season man united team with some of the best players in the world.. there are, however, two problems with the game as currently scheduled. 1) man united is in preseason and wont have any "bite" on the field 2) are the first team players really going to play in an exhibition game that could be just a few weeks after their final world cup games. They chance of wayne rooney playing in this game has to be less than 5%. MLS must have known that when they scheduled the game?

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  2. Hey Franck,
    Of course the players won't be playing with the intensity of an actual league game. But that's expected by pretty much everyone. It's still fun for people here in the US to go out to see teams from around the world that don't come through New England every day.
    I don't know how many world cup players will be back for this. Good question. The rest of the 1st team will be there though, presumably.
    Good luck with your 16-year-old problem, and thanks for giving MLS a look.
    -John

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  3. franck? as in franck ribery? well this blog took off

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