mls-all-star-game Stories - Sounder At Heart
Timbers Tid Bits: Crushing Defeat Edition
I'm not planning on preparing a full MLS All Stars game review. I just don't have the time or will to put so much effort in something I never really cared about to begin with. That said, I'm not sure you could call Manchester United's 4-nil win over the MLS All Stars anything other than a crushing...
The MLS All Star Game Preview with Captain Jack Jewsbury
Before I dive head long into what's probably going to be a lengthy preview/argument against the MLS All Star Game let's be clear about one thing: the only reason why I care about the tomorrow night's game and the only reason why I'll be watching it at all is because of Captain Jack Jewsbury. I...
Osvaldo Alonso Named Inactive MLS All-Star
Seattle Sounders Defensive Midfielder Osvaldo Alonso earns recognition as an MLS All-Star after the player vote for the final six named he and five non-Sounders. As an inactive All-Star he is under no requirement to be at the game, but Alonso will get a bonus (hitting next year's cap) and the...
Colorado Rapids vs. Seattle Sounders - Game Preview
Finally, the Brian Mullan drama is finished - there was so much 'will he or won't he' during the last week that you'd think this was a 90's sitcom or something - and we can get back to remembering that there's actually 90 minutes of football to be played between the Colorado Rapids and Seattle...
MLS All-Star Fan Ballot: Where's Andre Hainault?
MLS released the fan balloting component of the 2011 All-Star Game voting. Fans have until 11:59pm ET on July 5th, 2011 to vote for their favorite players in hopes they will represent the league against Manchester United on July 27th at Red Bull Arena. Yay...that's a sarcastic yay since sarcasm...
Careless whispers
Many moons ago, prior to most of you reading this, site I suggested that MLS should rapidly expand into a true national footprint with the current round. The suggestion was to leap to 21 teams by 2012. Rollins over at 24th Minute is getting whispers that Montreal might be announced...
Making the All Star Game better
Many MLS fans decry the All Star Game. They aren't used to it. Unlike the Playoffs, this is something without a parallel in world football. This is purely an Americanization. Frankly I like it. The voting is proper. No matter how much fans stuff the ballot the First XI are basically the top...
Jaqua the All Star
Steve Kelley wrote a column on the Forward pairing of Jaqua and Montero, it is well worth the read, but one commenter called to question the suggestion that Jaqua is an All Star. If MLS goes with 6 All Star Forwards (7 last year), is Nate Jaqua one of them? We find out for certain tomorrow, but...
Hey Now, we're the LOLStars!
Sometimes a league gets their All-Star selection process right, now matter how hard the fans try to screw it up, in this case MLS has it right. We in Seattle though, are probably getting it wrong. Currently eight Sounders are in line for the fan vote XI. Eight of eleven for a team that is in...
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