If Garber tries really hard next year, maybe he can shoehorn in a couple of more sponsors.Official Name: 2016 AT&T MLS All-Star Game Presented by Audi
It truly is bullshit. Imagine what arsenal would say to offering 2 of their starters so they could play a midweek preseason warm up game vs a MLS team, right in the middle of their championship push? fuck off is what.Vieira on the 2016 AT&T MLS All-Star Game versus Arsenal presented by Audi:
“I don’t care at all about that game,” Vieira grumbled. “I think it is really frustrating because you’re losing players who go to an exhibition game. We have games that are more important than that exhibition game.”
Supposedly snubbing the ASG means a player can't play the next game. Part of me wishes PV would say fine, we aren't playing a game that's pointless and we'll hold our guys out anyway and rest them. MLS loses because the fans don't get to see Pirlo and Villa (if he wasn't already suspended with the yellow) against Colorado and the team with a deep pocketed owner loses because they can't use their players.It truly is bullshit. Imagine what arsenal would say to offering 2 of their starters so they could play a midweek preseason warm up game vs a MLS team, right in the middle of their championship push? fuck off is what.
If you are going to play a useless all star game, then it should comprise "all stars" from the league only, and they should dedicate a proper rest period between the match and restart of the season.
Small minded mentality like this is what will keep the MLS as 2nd class citizens in the world view. Don't tell me it will help grow the game having Arsenal here, cause we could still do that and have them play someone like Barcelona and it will do just as much good.
Supposedly snubbing the ASG means a player can't play the next game. Part of me wishes PV would say fine, we aren't playing a game that's pointless and we'll hold our guys out anyway and rest them. MLS loses because the fans don't get to see Pirlo and Villa (if he wasn't already suspended with the yellow) against Colorado and the team with a deep pocketed owner loses because they can't use their players.
I'd rather make a statement and "sacrifice" the one match (but hope the subs can pull it out) and never have any FC players go to the ASG again. Let those guys have a midseason rest for a week to recharge before the playoff push. Risking injury and fatigue for a meaningless game is asinine.
It's a mystery. The Yanks don't play at YS until Wednesday. You can normally explain why we play on Saturday afternoon as being due to a Tuesday night Yankee return from a road trip.It's also ridiculous that we play on Saturday afternoon and everyone else (aside from our opponents Colorado) play on Sunday.
I wonder if when they scheduled it they thought they would get a national TV spot but it didn't pan out.It's a mystery. The Yanks don't play at YS until Wednesday. You can normally explain why we play on Saturday afternoon as being due to a Tuesday night Yankee return from a road trip.
It's as reasonable a guess as any. My other WAG (not Wives and Girlfriends - we already had that discussion here) is that the Yanks and Mets play 2 games at Citi on Monday and Tuesday, then 2 at YS Wednesday and Thursday. I wonder - and this really is just a WAG - if there was thought given to going Citi-YS-Citi-YS as a stunt thing, and so they scheduled the NYCFC game earlier to allow for that possibility.I wonder if when they scheduled it they thought they would get a national TV spot but it didn't pan out.
Nice to see the return of this version of WAG.It's as reasonable a guess as any. My other WAG (not Wives and Girlfriends - we already had that discussion here) is that the Yanks and Mets play 2 games at Citi on Monday and Tuesday, then 2 at YS Wednesday and Thursday. I wonder - and this really is just a WAG - if there was thought given to going Citi-YS-Citi-YS as a stunt thing, and so they scheduled the NYCFC game earlier to allow for that possibility.
Alternative clickbait headline:WHAT DAVID VILLA THINKS IS WRONG WITH EUROPEAN FOOTBALL...is how a clickbait site would title this video. Villa says that European leagues should have an All Star Game. How would that work exactly? UK Premier League Players vs. World Premier League Players? Premier League vs. La Liga?
And Lalas actually comments with a compliment
Zero.The point of the All Star Game recently has been to show off MLS's new stadiums. We'll likely see next year's game in Atlanta or Orlando (depending on construction). LAFC will get a game and so will Minnesota.
We'll get one when we have our soccer stadium, but what probability would you give to having the MLS ASG at Yankee Stadium?