...and before anybody attempts to flame me...it was revealed by Jeff Plush, GM or whatever of the Rapids tonight at a supporters' meeting.
Honestly? I'm more interested in the rumored LA game (incl. Becks) versus Chelsea than an All Star game with Celtic.
Ticket reps are telling LA fans that this is a go. Our ticket reps rarely fail us in these matters. Oh, and ... we'll smack Celtic.
interesting. ESPN coverage for the all-star game, and (as of today) no chance of Beckham in the game.
was there seriously no one better available? as someone mentioned, DCU pasted them 4-0. Hell, the MLS all stars pasted Fulham, a mid level Premeirship squad. I would have to say, they really should have gone after the biggest teams: ManU, Arsenal, Liverpool, Barca, Madrid, Inter, AC Milan, hell, even the relegated Juventus. ( I omit Chelsea b/c they played last year.) Honestly, they should have gotten better.
Celtic? Again? Just what is needed in a busy summer. A meaningless friendly against a side DC United already handily dismissed 4-0. You'd think with signing Beckham MLS would pick a club from a higher quality league than the Scottish Premiership. Seriously though. We have the SuperLiga, US Open Cup, maybe a rumored Asian-Pacific Championship played in Hawaii not to mention players who will be coming and going from Copa America and the Gold Cup. Do we need another distraction in the form of a meaningless friendly between a bunch of players who never play together and a Scottish side which couldn't get a win against United or New England last summer?
Pretty lame shit here. If all you can get is Celtic, then just don't have the All-Star game at all. With Gold Cup/Copa America going on this summer no one's going to care about that anyway.
In pre-season their form sucks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTTmT19Brtk Look, i don't see the point. If MLS All Stars win, it meant nothing because Celtic will have a million excuses. "The grass on the pitch was too long/short/wet/dry" "The altitude was too high" "The heat was too hot" "We are in pre-season" (when all else fails) If MLS All Stars lose then it is a grand indictment of the league. I mean for goodness sake, people still are writing articles refering to the MLS Select side that lost 0-5 to Real Madrid, as a measure of league strength! This, rather than individual club vs club results and regardless of more recent results such as those of 2006. It's a no-win for MLS. And 2007 is a year where ever club's roster will be tested to the max more than likely. Don't need it. Not against Celtic. I'd rather they played this with an actual MLS team vs Urawa Reds or Vasco Di Gama.
Yes, they did...beating Manchester United in the process of doing so. And of course we won't hear any of that should MLS teams struggle in the Champions Cup.
gotten better? every team you mentioned aside from juve is in the final 16 of europe (as is celtic)....and the only team of the group you mentioned that celtic have played to date (man u) they split with.....not to mention 4 days after the mls-all stars beat chelsea last year 1-0 celtic tied chelsea 1-1 ....so i'd say the gulf if class isn't maybe what you think....especially if celtic plays thier starters
now those are all execellent and valid reasons for not wanting the game vs celtic....and i fully agree....it's a total no win for mls
I think Celtic is a good opponent actually. (1) We will win (2) We will win (3) We will win English suffer in our heat. Scottish (or anyone used to Scottish climate) absolutely fall apart Throw in the altitude, they are going to be sucking wind back by middle of each half. MLS has so much going on this next year, its going to hard to focus on the MLS All-Star game. Let's make it a no-brainer, and move on. After 5 weeks holiday, it'll be a good run-out for them, and MLS gets another great headline.
What makes you think an MLS all-star team would be better than a DC United team that practiced together every day for 4 months before facing Celtic?
Celtic won't be drawing sell outs, luckily it's only at Dick's rather than Gillette or Giants Stadium. I think it's a bad move as they were here against our clubs, don't want to see them play the league. I'd much rather go for Barcelona or Madrid, perhaps bring Milan back, just something better than Celtic.
Yay, no doubt another pointless fixture in whats generally a vastly overcrowded pre-season that noone except the daily record generally gives a shit about anyway.