#USMNT players you could see in tonight's @MLS All-Star Game vs. @FCBayern! Watch on ESPN2 and UniMas at 9:30 ET! pic.twitter.com/JqDXCpoyTI
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) August 6, 2014
ESPN to Debut Innovative Cameras Inside Goal Posts at MLS All-Star Game http://t.co/7HgM81j7LY pic.twitter.com/3sGbWm9GS1
— World Soccer Talk (@worldsoccertalk) August 6, 2014
RETWEET to wish @erickestefano15 good luck in tonight’s AT&T #MLS All-Star Game! pic.twitter.com/SRsqOAGnrp
— Chivas USA (@cdchivasusa) August 6, 2014
Congratulations to all of the participants in today's Special Olympics Unified Sports All-Star soccer match. #MLS pic.twitter.com/J3y3dQ4Al9
— Don Garber (@thesoccerdon) August 5, 2014
Full disclosure; I’m no fan of the artificial MLS All-Star game that frankly is a lot more about marketing than soccer as even Landon Donovan admits:
“I think this year I’m realizing more than ever how important this is,” Donovan said. “When you have the opportunity to promote our game and our league, we want to do it.”
I’m still not convinced a meaningless game like this will convert new fans, but at least the sole LA Galaxy participant sounds excited — for the sponsors. Still, at least soccer-mad Portland sounds up for the event even if the players involved have had little time to prepare.
However, I will follow the lead of selected, but absent Galaxy All-Stars Omar Gonzalez and Robbie Keane and skip the whole thing with an eye on Friday’s Galaxy-San Jose Earthquakes game — just like those missing players from LA.