Noticed this over the weekend on the NBC broadcast of Philadelphia and Columbus. Whatcha
think?
MLS announced on Wednesday morning that the MLS All-Stars will face Chelsea at PPL Park on
Wednesday, July 25 at 8:30pm.
Philadelphia Union season ticket holders will have access to an exclusive pre-sale starting
today at 2pm.
Union coach Peter Nowak will skipper the MLS team against Chelsea.
It's all about the 2012 All Star Game today. I'm trying to get a higher-res version of this logo
but for the time being here ya go.
Photo: Earl Gardner
Philadelphia Union
The Union issued a press release on Tuesday in which they said team and league officials will be
holding a press conference today at 11:30 to discuss "the competitive aspects of the 2012 AT&T MLS
All-Star Game," which seems like a fancy way of saying the All-Star Game opponent will be
announced.
Just a quickie update here.
Representatives from MLS, AT&T and the Philadelphia Union are set to come together tomorrow for
an announcement on details for the 2012 MLS All Star Game. The advisory give states the group "will
discuss the competitive aspects of the 2012 AT&T MLS All-Star Game – the most compelling event of
its kind in North America.
Get ready to see a smarter Major League Soccer.
MLS and adidas announced the 2012 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 25 in Philadelphia will be the
world's first "smart soccer match" and will feature the new micoach professional soccer team
tracking system, the next step in player performance analysis technology.
Photo: Nicolae Stoian
All-Stars, Le Toux rumors, and a new signing for the Philadelphia Independence are all part of
this week's KYW Philly Soccer Show.
In part one, KYW's Greg Orlandini and Philly Soccer Page writer Eli Pearlman-Storch kick of
this week's edition of the pod by talking about the MLS All-Star game, which will be held at PPL
Park, in Chester, Pa.
Featured image: Bobby Moore, Gerry Francis and Pele before the Team America vs. England game
at JFK
The news that PPL Park will be host the 2012 MLS All-Star Game means that Philadelphia will be
the host of a major pro sport All-Star event for the first time since the NBA came to town in
2002.
Who should MLS face off against this summer in the All-Star Game? (Getty Images)
Today we learned that Philadelphia and PPL Park would be home to this year's summer friendly for
Major League Soccer known as the All Star Game.
But what we don't know is who the MLS All Stars will be facing off against come July.
Photo: Paul Rudderow
It's official, PPL Park will be the site of the 2012 MLS All-Star Game on July 25.
The opponent, "a renowned international club," will be announced at a later date.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber, Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sackiewicz, Philadelphia Mayor Michael
Nutter and Chester Mayor John Linder were on hand at the press conference at Philadelphia's City
Hall on Tuesday morning for the announcement.
It has been a crazy day for me here. Busy at work. Busy at life. But I wanted to get to this bit
of news before the day really gets away from me.
The Union and MLS have scheduled a press conference in Philadelphia for Tuesday, where
Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter and MLS commissioner are expected to announce that PPL Park will
be host this summer's 2012 MLS All-Star Game.
Following the announcement by the Philadelphia Union that a press conference has been scheduled
for Tuesday at 11am to take place at City Hall in Center City Philadelphia, philly.com reports that
the Union will host the 2012 MLS All-Star Game at PPL Park.
The press release from the Union says that team CEO Nick Sackiewicz, MLS Commissioner Don
Garber, Chester Mayor John Linder and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter are all scheduled to be in
attendance.
We aren't even done with the SuperDraft this week and already some rumors are flying around
about this year's MLS All-Star game. No word yet on who the club MLS will be playing, but one has
to figure it won't be a three-peat of Manchester United.
No, the talk today is all about the location of the game.
Photo: Daniel Gajdamowicz
Philadelphia Union
Broad Street Hooligans says they have "a few connections who work down at PPL" and that these
connections "may have accidentally overheard their bosses super-secret text messages" to the effect
that Philadelphia will host the 2012 MLS All-Star Game.
With the 2011 MLS All-Star Game over and done with, its already time for the league to plan
ahead to next year's game. Kudos to the Brotherly Game for posting this earlier this morning too by
the way. Right now the league and Don Garber are looking at three potential places for the 2012 ASG
and as you'd expect it the sites involve fairly new clubs in the league.
