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U.S. Soccer released its ballot for the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Tuesday, with 31 former
players -- and 12 first-time nominees -- making the final ballot for the Class of 2012.
Among the first-timers are former U.S. goalkeeper Tony Meola and captain Claudio Reyna.
In a Major League Soccer press conference yesterday morning in Philadelphia, it was announced
that the AT&T 2012 All-Star game has been awarded to the Philadelphia Union.
The Union will host the game at PPL Park on July 25th at 8 p.m.
Although the opponent for the MLS All-Stars will not be revealed until a later date, the league
stated that the game would feature an international opponent for the ninth time in MLS history.
Less than a year after hosting it's first playoff game, PPL Park will be showcased on July 25th as
the venue for the 2012 MLS All Star Game. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber officially
announced the event at City ...
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During a session with the media at the 2011 All Star Game in, Don Garber responded to a question
from the Philadelphia media about the possibility of an All Star Game in the City of Brotherly
Love. The Commissioner suggested that Philly would soon host the event and now it is official
that the 2012 version of the event will go forward at PPL Park.
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.
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber officially announced today that the 2012 AT&T MLS
All-Star Game will be hosted by Philadelphia at PPL Park.
"That's why Philadelphia is the best sports city in the USA," Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter
said, "top notch fans, top notch stadium.
Less than two years after its construction was completed, PPL Park was awarded its first MLS
All-Star game, the league announced on Wednesday.
The game has been scheduled for July 25th at 8:00pm ET and will be televised on ESPN2 and
Galavision. An opponent has not been announced.
The soccer specific stadium, which has a capacity of 18,500, is the home grounds of the
Philadelphia Union, who entered the league in 2010.
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Major League Soccer made official Tuesday what was reported on Monday, awarding the 2012 MLS
All-Star Game to PPL Park at an announcement at Philadelphia's City Hall Tuesday morning.
The game will take place Wednesday, July 25, at 8 p.
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.
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.
The worst kept secret managed to be confirmed ahead of its own public announcement. The
Philadelphia Union will host the 2012 MLS All Star Game on July 25 according to multiple reports at
Philadelphia's City Hall today.
Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com's soccer blog, the Goalkeeper, is reporting that the event has
a start of 8 pm, with ESPN2 as the English telecast of the game in America.
Rumors are running around tonight that LIVESTRONG Sporting Park will not be hosting MLS' all star
game this year. Word out of Philadelphia is that the Union will be hosting the All Star game, at
PPL Park. The game should be confirmed tomorrow in a press conference that Don Garber will be
attending.
Their Words "Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and City of Chester Mayer John Linder will join
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber and Philadelphia Union CEO and Operating Partner Nick
Sakiewicz in making a significant soccer announcement at a press conference Tuesday at City Hall."
from the Philadelphia Union's press release.
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.
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.
Chicago Fire Soccer Club owner Andrew Hauptman opened up to a small group of reporters following
Thursday's partnership announcement at Quaker Plaza. Despite the fact that all of his official
business was already taken care of, Hauptman was still around after the media had interviewed
players, Frank Klopas, and MLS personnel.
As the Brotherly Game reported on Twitter Saturday night, it appears that Philadelphia will be
the host of the 2012 MLS All Star Game.
Philadelphia Union executive Rick Jacobs told a crowd of fans at the Sons of Ben Help Kick
Hunger event that there would be an announcement at 11 am at City Hall with MLS there as well.
du Nord spent two great days last week in Kansas City attending the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America convention and the Major League Soccer SuperDraft.
It was filled with fun, frolicking, food, fantasy, fast cars, fast women (not nearly enough),
french fries, famous players, a funky monkey, fruit plates, flaun, freaky beards, finely tuned
speeches, frumpiness, factotums, flora & fauna, fajitas, fabulous lawns, firm handshakes, fake
smiles, fake boobs, fantasmagorical nightlife, flibbertigibbets, florescent lighting, ferrets,
fission, fusion, fashion, fabulous frickin barbeque, fat fucks, fine fine music, and more futbol
fanaticos then you could ever hope to find in one place!
Photo: Nicolae Stoian
Philadelphia Union
Jack McInerney scored in the US U-23 team's 1–1 draw with the USMNT. McInerney, Amobi Okugo,
and Freddy Adu started the first half. Zac MacMath and Sheanon Williams started the second
half.
John Hackworth says of Tom Brandt, the Union's first pick in the Supplemental Draft, "We wanted
to get a quality player in the back and we feel like we did that with Tom Brandt.
Most surprising on the day of the MLS SuperDraft were the opening words spoken by Don Garber as he
greeted the viewers and public... in French. His words were spoken in order to honor MLS newcomers
and first to pick in the draft, the Montreal Impact. Beyond the initial surprise of that, the
remainder of the draft left little in the way of talking points.
ALSO FILE UNDER: This thing might just go away in 5 or 6 years
As player acquisition tools evolve in Major League Soccer, January's annual SuperDraft seems
destined to shrink in relevance. Even this year the process already is shrinking, literally,
reduced to just two rounds. That's down from four rounds just two years ago.
Happy birthday, Seba! The Flyin' Frenchman is 28 today. Did you know he's the only remaining
member of the '09 expansion draft class?
The Brotherly Game says an anonymous league source claims the 2012 MLS All-Star game will be in
Philly or Kansas City. Yesterday, Broad Street Hooligans announced that a source within the Union
had illegally discovered that the 2012 MLS All-Star game would be in Philly.
PPL Park could soon show itself off to the North American soccer community, as the Philadelphia
Union's game day home is one of two finalists for the 2012 MLS All Star Game. A league source
informs the Brotherly Game that PPL Park and Sporting Kansas City's Livestrong Park are the last of
a group of stadiums, which included the Vancouver Whitecaps' BC Place and the Montreal Impact's
Saputo Stadium, but "nothing [is] firm" yet.
Spend too much time examining the MLS scheduling format and the philosophies therein, and one
will inevitably fall down a logical rabbit hole - though, to be fair, this doesn't differ
significantly from other "major-league" North American sports.
MLS version 3.0, or 2.1, or whatever we are up to, has become all about "local rivalries", or so
it seems.
Hola Amigos! Burrito been in the dawg house (Liter-ally) lately. Pero no problem, He back now!
It's been a year since MLS Commisionado El Don Garber came to South Florida to talk to Burrito's
compadres the Miami Ultras. Burrito was mad cause they no let in dawgs to Hotel that day pero
Burrito was able to steal pictures from Uncle Ed's cell phone and si the picture not good qualities
pero thats life.
Photo Credit: John Todd / MLSTo say Eric Wynalda is opinionated does do him justice. The man
has opinions about opinions! When we caught up with the former Men's National Team player and
current Fox Soccer deskman he had just finished recording his podcast, "Sent Off", with fellow Fox
man, Christian Miles.
Following you will find pictures and fan video taken during the meeting with MLS Commissioner Don
Garber on January 8, 2011. None of the video is professional so bear with us. The video does give
you a little taste of what it was like to be there.
If you haven't read all the progress made in South Florida be sure to check out www.
Following you will find pictures and fan video taken during the meeting with MLS Commissioner Don
Garber on January 8, 2011. None of the video is professional so bear with us. The video does give
you a little taste of what it was like to be there.
If you haven't read all the progress made in South Florida be sure to check out www.
The picture here is my interpretation of the logo of Liechtenstein's national soccer federation.
Just sayin'.
Now for MLS:
As far back as November, rumors swirled about David Beckham's next move. Under the surface of
the MLS blogsphere, a small media circus simmered near a boil regarding whether Becks would stay,
or move on to Paris.
As you think about David Beckham – Will he? Won't he? Where did his love for us go? – and
whether he'll keep the Good Ship Becks docked in Don Garber Harbor, let's talk quickly about
shifting values and diminishing returns.
In a way, Beckham and the attached regiments of Brand Beckham
are no different than any other goods, like a camera, a coffee maker or those awful and gaudy
Christmas sweaters.
By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Dec 20, 2011) US Soccer Players -- In Tuesday's questions, Tony
starts in the boardroom, and then travels to Canada, Italy, and England. Which organization offered
MLS the most money during recent broadcast rights negotiations? Fox Soccer, according to this
article in the New York Times.
I never know quite what to make of the Cosmos, the Poltergeist that never stops haunting our
domestic soccer community.
I plan to write more about that in the near future. For now, I'll just pass along something
interesting that MLS commissioner Don Garber just said.
Garber was talking to myself and Marc Stein, co-host of our
weekly radio show/podcast, Soccer Today.
Former LA Galaxy player, NCAA Champion & brother Julian Valentin writing for TSG
You can follow Julian on Twitter here
January 13, 2011.
Sponsored by Men's Warehouse...twice...
Zarek and I certainly didn't plan it that day, but we ended up wearing the same black suit the
buy one, get one half off special from Men's Warehouse.
Photo by Bill Barrett/ISIphotos.com
Omar Bravo's time in MLS is up.
Sporting Kansas City and top-flight Mexican club Cruz Azul agreed to a deal that will see the
Designated Player return to his native country after one season in MLS. No terms of the deal were
disclosed.
STARTERS
Tigres is the winner of the Mexican Apertura Championship. Huge win! Congrats to them.
dN
Sporting Kansas City has agreed to release Omar Bravo so he can return to Mexico and play for Cruz
Azul in the upcoming Clausura.
-I have no idea what this really means.
Don Garber's goal to become a top soccer league in the world will take many different efforts.
One of those is likely to be MLS teams attracting strong young talent from other leagues in
CONCACAF. The Seattle Sounders appear to be interested (Goal.com) in one of those, leftback Ever
Alvarado (Football-Lineups).
In a season with high TV expectations from North American soccer fans due MLS on NBC, three
Canadian teams and a huge local TV rights deal for the Los Angeles Galaxy the league will start
with a lackluster lineup of games. Instead of Major League Soccer's television partners (NBC, ESPN,
Galavision in USA; TSN in Canada) launching with the most popular teams in the nation thereby
starting with a foot forward there will be some disappointment as the Galaxy nor the Seattle
Sounders will be in the opener.
STARTERS
Newest international friendly match rumor: USA v Venezuela on Sat Jan 21.
MLS 2012 SEASON OPENERS
The league has announced the dates of the first home games for next season. All other details, like
opponents are still a few days away from being known.
When Don Garber, a former National Football League marketing executive, took over as Commissioner
of Major League Soccer in August...
Seriously, you'll never guess which one was protected...Less than 24 hours after
Galaxy lifted the MLS Cup, it's back to business at Don Garber's Playhouse. Aside from the Cup
Final, it has been a busy few days for league administrators with a few major announcements: future
MLS Cup Finals to be held at the home of the highest seeded finalist (Good); a tweak to the playoff
structure (Meh); and, the introduction of a conference-heavy unbalanced schedule (Fugly)
Today's paperwork however, was the release of the Expansion Draft Protected Lists with each club
shielding certain players from L'Impact du Montreal avec le Bibliotheque's grubby, petite, Joe
Louis-grabbing fingers.
