Fan voting is under way for this years MLS All Star Game. Just like with other all star games sometimes the fans of one team can dominate the voting. Luckily for everyone that is not on the Seattle Sounders FC roster the fans vote only count 25% of the final tally to determine the starting 11. If that were not the case – as of today the All Star starting 11 would be made up of 8 Seattle Sounders FC players.
Kasey Keller, Freddie Ljungberg, Fredy Montero, Osvaldo Alonso, Tyrone Marshall, Steve Zakuani and Jhon Kennedy Hurtado are the top 7 in the voting right now, while James Riley comes in at the 9th highest voting total. Non-Seattle players currently in the top 11 are Columbus Crew defender Frankie Hejduk, TFC’s Dwayne De Rosario and LA Galaxy’s Landon Donovan.
How would that be for a starting lineup?
The team that is 8 points ahead of anyone else in the league (Chivas USA) would not even be represented. Certainly someone there must be worthy? Would Brian McBride not make the starting 11? How about Josh Wolff?
Maybe Seattle will get into gear and get a starting 11 fully represented by Seattle Sounders FC players. That would be swell. Would MLS realize then that fan voting for all stars is a bad idea?
What do you think? Should fans still be able to get 25% of decision of who starts the all star game?
