Former players including Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo put on a classic show as Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich in an all-star match-up. Final score: 8-3.

Image taken 10 July 2011 during batting practice for the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game.

After three years in France, Boca the beefcake is returning to Britain.

In a three year deal that sees him leaving Ligue 1′s St Etienne for the 2011 Scottish Premier League champion side, Rangers FC.

By Chris Wright

In which Zinedine Zidane stretches his legs and rolls back the years during a run out for a Real Madrid XI versus Bayern Munich's All-Star side in the 'Corazon Classic' charity match at the Bernabeu on Saturday evening...

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If you are like me, you are still burning over the exclusion of Carlos Valdes and Sheanon Williams by the group of unnamed "media experts" from the All-Star ballot.

Well, starting today, you can stick it to the man and voice your choice

You can vote for MLS players NOT included on the fan ballot via Twitter between June 17-20.

US National Team player and Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan will sit out this week's MLS All-Star Game after picking up a calf injury. The LA Galaxy made the announcement on Sunday after Donovan missed a penalty kick loss to Manchester City in a friendly. LA and Manchester City drew 1-1 in regulation at The Home Depot Center with Mike Magee equalizing for the Galaxy in the 53rd minute.

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By Chris Wright

In which Zinedine Zidane stretches his legs and rolls back the years during a run out for a Real Madrid XI versus Bayern Munich's All-Star side in the 'Corazon Classic' charity match at the Bernabeu on Saturday evening...

Highlights..

NEW! Alexi Lalas MLS blog: An All-Star XI that I think could give Man United a game

Welcome to MirrorFootball's new MLS blog, brought to you in conjunction with ESPN. Every Wednesday USA legend Alexi Lalas will be on hand to bring you the latest news from the 'States, and you'll also be able to watch the week's best goals and highlights.

"30 Rock" star and stand up comedian Judah Friedlander has been making the American soccer rounds of late and he appears in this pretty hilarious commercial for the Major League Soccer All-Star Game (July 27 vs. Manchester United... like it says at the end of the clip).
I'd like to see Friedlander ball it up at next year's "Showdown in Chinatown" charity match.

MLS All-Stars vs. Manchester United Red Bull Arena - Harrison, NJ - 7:30 pm CT TV: ESPN2 (ENG) / Galavision (SPN)

Tonight in New York, Major League Soccer's biggest game of the year takes place as the MLS All-Stars face off against Manchester United of the English Premier League.

What a credit to MLS that All-Star game was.

Let's do that next year, too, so we can add to the 9-2 aggregate score of the last two years.

Can you imagine how many converts to the league there will be because of this game?

Don't listen to critics like this - they have no clue.

Mike Woitalla of Soccer America reports on the rising attendance figures in Major League Soccer.
MLS crowds before the All-Star break were up from last season's average at the midseason point. For MLS attendance rankings ...
* At the All-Star break, MLS's attendance average of 17,417 is more than a 6 percent increase from its 2010 midseason mark.

With the Generation adidas class completed (we think), and the MLS Combine fast approaching, the 2011 MLS Draft class has really started to take shape.

A total of 10 Generation adidas players lead a strong crop of players that will also include five non-college international players (among them John "Wayne's my brother" Rooney).

Sorry for the sudden dearth of news and links yesterday. I'm not sure if everybody took the day off or what, but there was a serious dearth of anything at all relating to the Portland Timbers and very few articles regarding other MLS teams. All in all it was just kind of weird. Today has been a little better, especially since I was able to scrap together two days worth of links, but it's still a little light considering.

The 2011 MLS All Star jersey hit the league's online store today and well the look of the kit is rather interesting.

Yeah I don't know folks. Maybe it wil look better as the real thing.

By Cesar Diaz – NEW YORK, NY (Jun 24, 2011) US Soccer Players -- On Wednesday, June 22, 2011, the Steve Nash Foundation hosted their fourth Annual "Showdown in Chinatown" 8 v 8 soccer match at the Sarah D. Roosevelt Park located at Chrystie St. & Staton St in Manhattan. This year's Showdown in Chinatown event featured an All-Star roster that raised funds for The Steve Nash Foundation and its work with underserved children.

Nearly 40 of Madison's top men's soccer players were in action Friday night at Breese Stevens Field as the Madison 56ers faced a Madison Soccer Association All-Star team in a friendly match.

There was plenty of familiarity between the teams and plenty of late excitement, too, as the MSA All-Stars scored twice in the final 5 minutes to forge a 2-2 draw.

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Jul 11, 2011) US Soccer Players -- First off, congratulations to the National Team players that made the MLS All-Star first XI: Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez, Sean Franklin, Tim Ream, Brek Shea, Chris Wondolowski, Kasey Keller who never officially retired from international duty, and potential National Teamers Jack Jewsbury and Matt Besler.

US National Team player and New York Red Bulls forward Juan Agudelo and Sporting Kansas City designated player Omar Bravo will be joining Major League Soccer's All-Star squad as the two Commissioner's Picks. MLS commissioner Don Garber made the announcement on Saturday. "Juan Agudelo is one of the bright young stars in Major League Soccer and a prime example of the benefits of the MLS Homegrown player initiative and our focus on MLS club academies,".

Today during half of today's Colorado vs Seattle, commissioner, Don Garber announced the two commissioner's picks for this year's all star game against Manchester United. The two players selected by Garber were New York Red Bulls' Juan Agudelo and Sporting KC's designated player, Omar Bravo. Bravo joins teammate Matt Besler on the All Star team that will play Manchester United on July 27th at Red Bull Arena.

It's the Girls in the Cheap Seats World Cup final live post-game show! Co-hosted by Jared DuBois from the American Soccer Show and with an all-star guest lineup, Amanda, Kirsten, and Megan review the final of the Women's World Cup. We get reactions from Alexi Lalas and from Joan of Cross Conference, analyze the match and the tournament from every possible angle (or as much as we could in an hour), and try to figure out what it all means for WPS, US Soccer, and the sport as a whole.

I didn't see most of the knockout round games the USA played at the Women's World Cup. As much as I love Abby Wambach and friends, there are at least two other people in this world who trump their athletic exploits. And so I spent the Brazil match in a car. I spent the France match . . . also in a car.

Your All-Star ManagerThat's right ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's time for everyone's favorite football mismanagement quiz show - What Would Hans Backe Do?! The player with the most correct answers wins a prize pack that includes a dozen lame excuses, a lifetime membership to Substitutes Anonymous and gently used inflatable Mehdi Ballouchy doll.

AMSTERDAM - Manchester United are working their way around America on their way to Wednesday's MLS All-Star Game rematch at Red Bull Arena (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. ET; ESPN2/Telefutura/TSN), making it the perfect time to fill out our all-time Red Devils Best XI card.

Including the boss, six of our starting picks and two subs were on the memorable 1999 Treble-winning team.

SBI All-Star Spotlight: Tim Ream from Soccer By Ives on Vimeo.

SBI All-Star Spotlight: Kyle Beckerman from Soccer By Ives on Vimeo.

At three different points of the year MLS Commissioner Don Garber makes the big time media rounds and talks about the future of Major League Soccer. Tonight's All-Star Game is one of those times. MLS is getting really good, despite all the times they are the brunt of jokes, at getting exposure. This week they've done the traditional morning shows, as well as hosted a series of events throughout Manhattan.

Will Shalrie play the boss man tonight?

Kickoff promptly....that is about 55 minutes after the broadcast start time of 5pm PT. 5:55 PT for the kickoff.

It's the MLS All-Stars vs. Manchester United and this time Kevin Alston won't be playing rightback.

Red Bull Arena is the site as Manchester United continues their raucous North American tour.

After watching the most recent Major League Soccer All-Star clash against Premier League champions Manchester United I began to think about the current format. For the second year in a row the Red Devils showed just how much talent they have as a team compared to the squad that MLS assembled. But really, is that much of a surprise?

Boot Room: What Premier League stars will wear in 2011/12

Sportsmail has dived into the all-star boot room to deliver the verdict on the latest conveyor belt of boots set to hit the Premier League in time for the big kick-off.

View the full story here: The Mail

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Nick Sakiewicz & MLS Commissioner Don Garber

Don Garber greets Seba

Don Garber talks with his All-Star Team choice.

Faryd Mondragon greets the fans.

Amy Fadool moderates the discussion.

Nick Sakiewicz talks about the traffic situation.

Alright, you've seen me allude to it before and you all know I do not like improper info being floated in transfer scenes and the emails queries are flying in - so as much as I wanted to continue sitting on this, there's nothing to do but spill. Earlier today, NYT all-star Jack Bell posted this revelatory bit about Arsenal possibly sizing up Tim Ream and most of it is basically on the money.

The Montreal Impact selected Bobby Burling in the expansion draft yesterday. Head coach Jesse Marsch played with Burling on Chivas USA from 2007 to 2009. Marsch played as a defensive midfielder and Burling played as a defender while on Chivas USA. As such, Marsch was happy to select Burling during the expansion draft.

The Colorado Rapids announced their first roster move of the New Year on Monday by signing defender Tyrone Marshall. Per club and league policies, financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Marshall is officially added to the club's roster after being selected by Colorado with the 16th pick in Stage 2 of the 2010 Major League Soccer Re-Entry Process on Dec.

Although MLS may have stopped providing possession statistics long ago, you don't have to be a math major to notice that the New England Revolution's possession percentage fell well south of 50% for the majority of the 2010 season.

With the worst defense in MLS and the worst offense in team history in 2010, there's plenty of blame to go around for the Revs disappointing year.

Brandon Roy has notoriously bad knees. After sitting out a number of games due to knee pain, the star guard for the Portland Trail Blazers is undergoing surgery on both knees. The surgeries will be arthroscopic and will take place next week. When Roy will return to the Blazers is unknown. There's a rising chance that he'll be forced to sit out the rest of the season.

The Boston Celtics lost Game 7 last year in Los Angeles as the Lakers won their second straight NBA championship. On Sunday, the Celtics got their revenge. After outscoring the Lakers 59-42 in the second half, the Celtics posted a 109-96 victory despite Kobe Bryant pouring in 41 points in 38 minutes.

When physically and mentally healthy, Justin Duchscherer is a heck of a pitcher. In fact, he's been named to the All-Star team twice in his career. However, being healthy hasn't been a small task for the talented hurler. The Baltimore Orioles decided to bet on his health by signing Duchscherer to a one-year deal worth as much as $4.

Seattle Sounders Centerbacks of 2009

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These are the stalwarts of defense.

The Cleveland Cavaliers recently set the all-time NBA record by losing 26 straight games. On Wednesday, the Cavs went from the lowest of the low to feeling pretty good about themselves. In a stunning turn of events, the Cavs beat the Los Angeles Lakers in Cleveland by a final score of 104-99.

How could this happen?