Manchester United To Play MLS All-Stars on July 28th

I assume Beckham and Kirvoski will play a half for each team.

 

Don't forget about John Thorrington

 

Is there even a break for the all-star game this year? The Crew play Houston at home on July 24th then at Chivas on July 31st, I assume most teams have similar schedules.

 

MLS didn't have an all-star break last year either. They've wised up and eliminated it. It's just like a normal midweek game.

 

All I ask then is that any Crew players be named only to that extra roster thing that means you get a bonus and recognition but don't have to play in the game.

(is this carried over from the previous CBA? never saw it detailed out)

 

Is there any mention of the U17 SUM cup? Still haven't seen dates for that but I know it was held in conjunction with the All-Star game laster year.

 

I would expect that maybe 1/3 of the typical premiership match roster even shows up, let alone plays.

 

You're quite a ray of sunshine.

 

I would LOVE to see ManU stomp out Celtic in Toronto....I need a new job

 

I thought this was News and Analysis, not Rainbows and Unicorns.

 

Your comment really isn't news or analysis. Take a look at the Man U starting 11. How many of those guys are really even going to be on WC duty?

I'm sure all kind of appearance guarantees were built in there, just like every other friendly where everyone says no one is going to play.

 

There has not been an "All-Star break" since 2006. And even in that year six teams played on Wednesday before the Saturday All-Star game. No team, however, played again until the following Saturday so that really was a break.

In 2007, there were five league games on the weekend before the Thursday All-Star game and then four more games on the Sunday after.

In 2008, there were four league games the weekend before the Thursday All-Star game and then four more the Sunday after.

In 2009, there were seven league games the weekend before the Wednesday All-Star game and six games the weekend after.

This year has five league games the weekend before the the Wednesday All-Star game and a full eight games the weekend after.

The All-Star break is no more.

 

Houston? July? Reliant Stadium? I'll pass.

 

It is a retractable dome stadium. Will probably be comfy and 72 degrees at kickoff.

 

Looking at the Man U roster:

GKs - none going to world cup
DF - Evra and Rio Ferdinand going, and thats it
MF - Maybe Carrick makes the WC roster? Maybe Anderson. Definite Ji-Sung Park, definitely Nani

Forward - definitely Rooney, and almost certainly no one else.


No reason at all to expect their lineup to be a bunch of schlubs. Very few of their players are going to the WC.

 

Why? You got something against air conditioning?

 

I don't think so. Here are the last four opponents.

Everton starters in 2009. All of those were regulars if not always starters for Everton the previous season.

Code:

GK 24 Tim Howard
DF 3 Leighton Baines
DF 2 Tony Hibbert
DF 5 Joleon Lescott
DF 4 Joseph Yobo
MF 17 Tim Cahill 		
MF 26 Jack Rodwell 	
MF 25 Marouane Fellaini 		
MF 18 Phil Neville (c) 		
MF 21 Leon Osman 		
FW 9 Louis Saha 

West Ham in 2008. A little more mixed but some of their big names were out there.

Code:

GK 1	Robert Green
DF 2 Lucas Neill (c)
DF 5 Anton Ferdinand
DF 27 Calum Davenport
DF 40 Joe Widdowson
MF 8 Scott Parker 	
MF 11 Matthew Etherington 		
MF 17 Hayden Mullins 		
MF 20 Julien Faubert 		
FW 9 	Dean Ashton 		
FW 12 Carlton Cole 

Celtic in 2007. Pretty much the same mix for Celtic

Code:

GK Artur Boruc
D Lee Naylor
D Mark Wilson
D Stephen McManus
D John Kennedy
M Scott Brown
M Massimo Donati
M Aiden McGeady
M Teddy Bjarnason
F Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
F Scott McDonald

Chelsea in 2006. I'd say that was pretty close to their first team.

Code:

GK 23 Carlo Cudicini 		
RB 14 Geremi
CB 20 Paulo Ferreira 		
CB 26 John Terry (c)
LB 18 Wayne Bridge 		
DM 5 Michael Essien
CM 13 Michael Ballack 		
CM 8  Frank Lampard
RW 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 	
LW 11 Didier Drogba 		
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko 

 

why's that?

 

What about Wes Brown? Vidic?

So, they definitely lose Evra, Ferdinand, Park, Nani, and Rooney, and possibly Brown, Vidic, and Carrick. (Isn't Anderson injured?)

There will be plenty of players not going (Van der saar, Berbatov, Giggs, Fletcher, Scholes, Valencia) but that's a lot of talent going to the cup.

 

Mistakenly thought Serbia hadn't qualified. Wes Brown feels like a long shot to me. We'll know shortly.

 

AC + grass + gorgeous stadium = fun.

Now the wait to get into the stadium may be a tad hot. At least you can ride the rail from downtown hotels/bars before the game and don't have to worry about driving around and what have you.

 

Brown and Carrick aren't making the England team, IMO. But that's for another thread.

As I was perusing TicketMaster, I noticed that the circus will be at Reliant for several weeks before the ASG. The last performance is 3 days before the ASG. Hello shitty turf.