2009 MLS All Star Game vs Everton

posted by kidpurple July 27, 2009

MLS All Stars 3 – 1 Chivas (Mexico)

MLS All Stars 4 – 1 Fulham (England)

MLS All Stars 1 – 0 Chelsea (England)

MLS All Stars 2 – 0 Celtic (Scotland)

MLS All Stars 3 – 2 West Ham United (England)

MLS All Stars ? – ? Everton FC (England)

Wednesday night the MLS All Stars look to continue their perfect record when they’ve faced off against other professional teams from around the world.  This year it is former NY MetroStars/current US national team goalkeeper and Everton FC that will play the All Stars.

Here is the full MLS All Star roster:

Goalkeepers
Kasey Keller
Pat Onstad

Defenders
Geoff Cameron
Wilman Conde
Jhon Kennedy Hurtado
Chad Marshall

Midfielders
Davy Arnaud
Kyle Beckerman
Cuauhtemoc Blanco
Brad Davis
Stuart Holden
Shalrie Joseph

Forwards
Conor Casey
Brian Ching
Landon Donovan
Fredy Montero

Who are the biggest surprises to NOT see on the roster for this year’s All Star Game?

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Seattle Sounders FC dominating all star voting

posted by kidpurple May 20, 2009

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?

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Kasey Keller and Clint Mathis coming back to the US

posted by kidpurple August 15, 2008

Both former US National team players Kasey Keller and Clint Mathis are leaving their European clubs in order to head to the United States to play in Major League Soccer.

Kasey Keller began his career with the Portland Timbers 19 years ago. Since then he has spent some time with 7 different European clubs. Now Keller is the 2nd man on the brand new Seattle Sounders FC roster.

Clint Mathis has played with several MLS teams already in his career. His time in Major League Soccer included a poor season with Real Salt Lake in their first year of existence. Now Real Salt Lake is in first place in the West and they have re-acquired Mathis after he left MLS to play in Greece. Mathis played in 8 games and scored 1 goal for Greek club Ergotelis.

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Eddie Johnson on his way to Fulham?

posted by kidpurple January 15, 2008

Is Eddie Johnson on his way out of Kansas City to play for Fulham?

The Daily Mail reports that Eddie “the Juice” Johnson has left the US National team training camp which is a sign that a deal with Fulham is near.   Johnson has had an up and down career recently with the Kansas City Wizards.  Right now he’s on the up side of that roller-coaster.

If this does happen and Johnson does end up playing at Fulham, he will be the 5th American to join the team.  Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra, Clint Dempsey and Kasey Keller currently play for the London club.

There has been lots of talk about Americans playing in Major League Soccer to be moving to Europe recently.  If Taylor Twellman and Eddie Johnson both go to play in England, will that be good for the US Nationals?  Will it increase their chances of getting more time with the National Team? I think it they did make the move and got significant playing time it would have to help them.

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Gold Cup Roster Announced

posted by kidpurple May 24, 2007

Eight Major League Soccer sides will have representatives on the team that will represent the US in this summer’s Gold Cup.  Bob Bradley announced the roster today featuring 12 MLS players and 11 from outside MLS.  The Gold Cup is the number one priority for Bob Bradley this summer, so this should be his top team.   The US won the Gold Cup in 2005.  All of the players listed as forwards come from Major League Soccer.

MLS Members:

  • Steve Ralston
  • Taylor Twellman
  • Michael Parkhurst
  • Brian Ching
  • Ricardo Clark
  • Brad Guzan
  • Jonathan Bornstein
  • Landon Donovan
  • Pablo Mastroeni
  • Frankie Hejduk
  • Justin Mapp
  • Eddie Johnson

Non-MLS Member:

  • Tim Howard
  • Kasey Keller
  • Carlos Bocanegra
  • Jay DeMerit
  • Oguchi Onyewu
  • Frank Simek
  • Jonathan Spector
  • DaMarcus Beasley
  • Michael Bradley
  • Clint Dempsey
  • Benny Feilhaber
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