MLS All-Stars 2, Celtic 0

Thursday night was the 2007 MLS All-Star Game at Dick's Sporting Goods Park here in Denver. The game was good. The complex was even more impressive. This was our first time in a built for soccer stadium in the States - it was pretty nice. But what was better was the 24 fully lit fields surrounding the stadium. All perfectly manicured fields of thick grass (and 2 synthetic turf fields). This is a soccer Mecca.














The game was fairly good too. We thought the MLS boys played pretty well as a team, considering their practices had come at a bare minimum. They were creative, spread the field well, moved the ball, and had numerous scoring chances.

Not to mention the missed penalty kick. Let's be honest though, that was a good dose of retributive justice for Johnson's blatant dive in the box.



In our opinion, there was not enough of this...


....and too much of this. We're glad he's here, and it was cool to see him. We have pictures, but we refuse to post them - his face is on the web enough as it is. But he's not the savior of the MLS, and its gonna be the De Rosario's, Toja's and Angels that make this league great. And some success in games between actual teams, not a stacked group of all stars versus off season clubs.