Official MLS All Stars vs Celtic 20/7/2007

MLS All-Stars

MLS First 11. Players that we will face in the all star game

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The MLS First XI was determined by voting from four sources: fans (25 percent), media (25 percent), players (25 percent) and coaches and general managers (25 percent). On July 10, the remainder of the 18-man MLS All-Star squad will be announced, with Nicol selecting five players and the final two spots being filled by selections made by MLS Commissioner Don Garber.


FORWARDS:
Juan Pablo Angel Red Bull New York
Eddie Johnson Kansas City Wizards

Midfielders:
Dwayne DeRosario Houston Dynamo
Shalrie Joseph New England Revolution
Juan Toja FC Dallas
Ricardo Clark Houston Dynamo
Christian Gomez DC United

Defenders:
Jimmy Conrad Kansas City Wizards
Jonathan Bornstein CD Chivas USA
Michael Parkhurst New England Revolution

Keeper:
Matt Reis New England Revolution


http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070705&content_id=103519&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp


Edit complete squad announced:


Complete MLS All-Star Roster:
Goalkeepers: Matt Reis (New England Revolution), Kevin Hartman (Kansas City Wizards)
Defenders: Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution), Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake)
Midfielders: Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo), Christian Gomez (D.C. United), Cobi Jones (Los Angeles Galaxy), Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Ronnie O'Brien (Toronto FC), Juan Toja (FC Dallas)
Forwards: Juan Pablo Angel (Red Bull New York), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards)


Nicol, who won the honor of leading the MLS All-Stars by leading the Revolution to the highest points per game average in MLS through games played on June 25, will choose the formation and lineup on the day of the game.


MLS All-Stars vs Celtic. Live on ESPN2 and Telefutura, 9:00 p.m. ET : July 19, 2007.

 

heard of one of those players .

Is that the best of the american lge ?

 

They are playing a 3-5-2 ? the chivas did that and they didn't do very well but neither did celtic if celtic play good against them they should be able to tear them apart.

 

FORWARDS:
Juan Pablo Angel Red Bull New York, I imagine this is the one you know.
Eddie Johnson Kansas City Wizards, Regular for the US national team.

Midfielders:
Dwayne DeRosario Houston Dynamo, Canadian international, one of the best players in the league
Shalrie Joseph New England Revolution, Celtic had a few bids for him turned down over the past year.
Juan Toja FC Dallas, Colombian U-20 international, signed on loan from River Plate
Ricardo Clark Houston Dynamo, establishing himself as a regular for the US over this summer
Christian Gomez DC United, Argentine, never played for their national team, was MLS player of the season last year.

Defenders:
Jimmy Conrad Kansas City Wizards, regular for the US and has captained the US on a few occassions
Jonathan Bornstein CD Chivas USA, seems to be the regular left back for the US these days.
Michael Parkhurst New England Revolution, young central defender, just made his debut for the US last month. Ireland tried to get him to play for them since his dad is Irish but he turned them down for the US.

Keeper:
Matt Reis New England Revolution, has a handful of caps for the US, was an alternate for the World Cup squad.

 

And Hes Dump!

 

2-1 loss is my guess

 

They beat Chelski and Fulham by 3 goals. Dont expect a win. I sure dont.

 

No Toronto players?

 

Im afraid not. With it being their 1st year in the League, the guys are going to need some time to develop. Mo has got some work to do, maybe he can bring in an a big import or two over the next couple of seasons.

Shaydee is right though, Canadian Dwayne DeRosario could easily be playing and starting for, not a great, but a good European side, he's a fantastic player.

 

No landy cakes?

 

ive only heard of angel and thats because he was on villa.......mls is a joke.

 

will be interesting to see joseph play seen as we'v been linked with him quite a bit over the last year as i for one certainly dont remember him as a stand out when we played new england rev last year. but must have something was he not voted midfielder of the year or something and he's now in this squad.
wonder if we'l make a move for him if he does well. he could be a cheap Appiah

 

So what if they beat chelsea and fulham celtic drew against chelsea at stamford last season anything could happen but Celtic have the bigger players but the mls team have the fitness and the sharpness.

It Should be a very interesting game.

I think it will be 2-1 to celtic if the team don't do what they did last season in america.

J

 

Wouldnt that be because most of them are people that never played in Europe? Judging from the U20 performance so far.... And nearly everyone of them are in the MLS. Well.

Im not a fan of the MLS or watch it. But dont underestimate it.

 

In my opinion when American's get into something they are generally very good at it.
They bring over the best coaching talent they can attract & players too to increase awareness.
They have good facilities, good weather & seem to encourage youngsters to become good professional athletes.
The College Scholarship system is something they should be pretty proud of, my 2 wee cousins are at Uni over there getting a good education for free cos they're good at football.
I've also know a couple of golfers & a guy who played Rugby, but got a scholarship as a kicker for american football.
The U20 American team look * hot, were as the Scottish team just look *.
We really could learn a few things from them (loathe as I am to say it).

 

Celtic has looked like a joke on their recent tours here, so I wouldn't say that. Hopefully they'll be respectable enough in their performances this summer to gather a small following of new fans. Last summer they came to DC and were embarassed 4-0, conceding many of the goals to DCUnited reserves.

I also think it's a disgrace to slate your own domestic league when you're willing to wake up at 9am to watch your European team play (assuming you actually go through the trouble, and arent just a Celtic fan because the hoops are pretty).

 

As for the team MLS will put out, if it is those 11, I can't imagine what the formation will look like, since there are 5 centre mids, 2 central defenders, a left wingback, and a pair of strikers.

 

Looked like a 3-5-2 to me, if so we should destroy them with the overlapping FB's & Donati/Brown CM.
Miller pulling players all over the place & JVoH in the air.

You can expect a totally different approach this time, we have learned from our previous mistakes in pre-season & have got together pretty quickly this time.
I hope Naka is going to make it, as he would attract some interest from American fans & also show them how a free kick should be taken (cos David Beckam is *).

 

Its like a school boys 11