All-Star Thursday
The MLS All-Star game with Scottish powerhouse Celtic begins at 6 p.m. from the Colorado Rapids' new home in Denver. It's live on ESPN2.
Landon Donovan and Cobi Jones, in his last MLS season, represent the Galaxy; Torrance-born Jonathan Bornstein (although he grew up in Los Alamitos) of Chivas USA is playing in his first MLS All-Star game and is expected to start.
Kevin Hartman and Matt Reis will share goalkeeping duties for the MLS squad just as they once did for the Galaxy.
Here are the full rosters for both teams.
Of course, the highest profile player (I didn't say best, yet) in MLS will be cooling his injured ankle in a luxury suite rather than playing.
About 100 Percent Soccer
Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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