Nutmegged 31 July @ 11:16 PM EST
It's been a busy week, so I am finally getting my weekly crystal ball readings posted after a few
thoughts about the spectacle at Rio Tinto earlier this week.
As for the All-Star Game, I have read so many blogs and comments dissing the existence of the game
and, to be honest, I just don't get the objection.
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Is it just me or is halftime the most interesting thing about the All Star game? I'm sure that
changes if you are actually there, but siting at home I find the pre-game and half-time shows to be
the most interesting part of the show. That's probably just because I am a big nerd for things like
the CBA, expansion and other topics that are typically only fit for message boards and
conversations with the league's Business & Legal Affairs dept.
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There's considerable debate about the value of the MLS All-Star game going around today. A
sold-out Rio Tinto stadium in Salt Lake looked impressive last night, but the tepid match and the
penalty kicks to determine the result seemed rather pointless does anyone actually care that
Everton won?
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Through Steve Davis' excellent new blog comes word that the DP rule is up for discussion at MLS All
Star Game (or was, I'm just a bit late passing this along). While I think the changes that Davis...
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Random thoughts and ideas from the 2009 MLS All-Star Game, which finished tied 1-1. Everton
defeated the All-Stars on penalty kicks, as goalkeeper Tim Howard rose to the occasion. Everton won
the PK stage 4-3 in six rounds, as Howard made three saves.
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Howard.
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I'm not enthused about writing this post. I'm not overly excited to break down the MLS All Stars or
their Premier League opponents. I'm not particularly keen on the All Star game, and while I...
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Dominic Kinnear has chose four players to round out the MLS All-Star team, adding them to the First
XI announced by the league last week, as well as the two commissioner's picks. Here are
Kinnear's...
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Rapids striker Conor Casey has been chosen as one of the 2009 MLS All-Star Game's first 11
players.
He is one of seven first-time members of the team. The game will be played at 7:30 p.m.
(Mountain Time) July 29 at Rio Tinto Stadium, in Sandy, Utah. The MLS All-Stars will face Everton
of the English Premier League.
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Ladies and gentlemen, your 2009 MLS All Star First XI, who will take on EPL side Everton at Rio
Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah on July 29th. Only two Sounders in the First XI, just in case you
were...
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Hey ya'll, I have to head out of a town because of a death in the family. I will check back with
ya'll in exactly one week.
Don't forget to go vote for the All-Star game. Remember that you should totally vote for David
Beckham and Schellas Hyndman.
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Don't pay attention to the details at the end of the video, just take in the message. It's time to
cast your ballot for the 2009 MLS All Star game so get it together and get your ballot ready. And
the best thing about this vote is that even though you do have to register, if you are a felon you
can still cast your ballot!
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Major League Soccer has announced that English Premier League club Everton will face the
best 11 from the MLS during the 2009Â All-Star Game.
The Toffees, current FA Cup finalists, will visit Rio Tinto Stadium, the home of Real Salt Lake,
on July 29. The game will be televised live by ESPN2 and TeleFutura.
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EPO has said that AEK will be the home team for this year's cup final. This is good news for
AEK, and hopefully it will mean we get to choose our gates (AEK wants gates 1-35, a significant
portion of OAKA, about half), our locker rooms, and whether our fans arrive by train (instead of
busses).
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I've been sitting on these for a rainy day and even though there's yet to be single drop from the
New York City sky today, it's a slow news day so I may as well not hold back any longer. Ladies,
homosexualist and those who are too young to appreciate the female form may wish to turn away now.
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I love tabloid tattle and gossip. Perhaps it was too much time spent reading The Daily Mail and The
Sun on my daily commute when I lived in London. And no one does it nearly as good as the British;
the only things they've ever been better at are playing long-ball and imperialism. And we know how
both of those worked out.
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If you are in TO tonight, hometown hero DeWayne DeRosario is holding the after party of all MLS All
Star Game after party's at Inside on Richmond St. Now I've never been there so I can't fully
co-sign on the place but as this video clearly shows at the :29 second mark the venue is not a
stranger to sexy, Asian girl-on-girl action.
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That green stuff is FieldTurf. That black stuff is the rubber gunk they pepper into the FieldTurf
to make it softer and give the blades more support. And that shiny circular thing? That is the
"lucky quid" (a pound coin) that some traveling West Ham hid in the corner of BMO Field's
pitch yesterday in their attempt to make there own luck tonight against the All Star team.
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Here's a link to The Don's State of the League address that was alluded to earlier today in a post
about expansion. Click here to find out what's what on expansion, the standard of play on the
field, fixture congestion and all kinds of other stuff that will be 13 page threads on Bigsoccer
before the sun goes down.
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Canada's sports network TSN reports that "MLS Commissioner Don Garber will lift the original
ceiling of 18 franchises and announce Thursday a new expansion plan of not less than 20 and up to
24 franchises by 2013-2014."
They add that, "Vancouver and Montreal are considered expansion priorities for Garber in 2011.
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I just read a press release trumpeting the unfortunate fact that the All Star game will be played
on FieldTurf, "the latest in synthetic turf innovation." Folks, this is like bragging
about getting some hot, Fleshlight™ action from some girl you brought back from the club; I
mean it'll do, but it's probably not something you want to go around telling people.
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Keep an eye on Twitter for the next few days. There is now an "MLS Insider" who'll be
dropping exclusive behind the scenes nuggets from Toronto in the run up to Thursday night's
All-Star game. Want to know what's going on at West Ham's practice or if Kanye West is in the
building to performance with Estelle?
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By the by, if you a plan on making an appearnace at the All Star game in Toronto next week there is
an official party at local megaclub Muzik. They giving away a few tickets to the event but if
you're unlucky you'll have to drop $150 for the chance to pop bottles with a bunch of MLS players &
suits, West Ham players, and Toronto's local club celebrities.
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Just a quick note that Sacha Kljestan appreciates your support. He wrote a little something on The
Original Winger about what it means to him to be selected for the All-Star team. Congrats dog...I
hope you both on-and-off the field in Toronto.
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If I could just say that I'm very much down with the 2008 All-Star game halftime entertainment
selection. Estelle is a tiny little thing from London who runs around with John Legend and Kanye
West. Her jam "Wait a Minute" was one the office jams at TOR Towers this past winter and
the follow-up "American Boy" wasn't bad either.
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It might not seem like it, but the MLS season is barreling toward the midway point, which means
it's getting to be that time to vote for the MLS All-Star Game. Fan Balloting has been under way
for quite some time but media were only given their ballots this week.
This got me wondering what lineup you, the SBI Mafia, would vote for to play against West Ham
United in this summer's All-Star Game.
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It might not seem like it, but the MLS season is barreling toward the midway point, which means
it's getting to be that time to vote for the MLS All-Star Game. Fan Balloting has been under way
for quite some time but media were only given their ballots this week.
This got me wondering what lineup you, the SBI Mafia, would vote for to play against West Ham
United in this summer's All-Star Game.
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It's time to talk All-Star game y'all. More to the point it is time to start voting for the team
that will face West Ham up there in Canuckistan in July. Voting has opened at MLSnet and I would
encourage you all to get in there and make your opinion heard (just like in the real election).
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After hearing names like Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Newcastle, it appears MLS has decided on West
Ham United as their opposition for the 2008 All-Star game on July 24. This year's game will take
place on the fake grass in Toronto.
As to why West Ham? Perhaps this game is part of the clubs attempt to rebuild their image after the
Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano blunder from last season or maybe their are a bunch of Hammer
supporters hiding out in Canada that no one knows about.
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