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And here are some photos from the Clinic
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The MLS lineup includes US World Cup hero Landon Donovan, 2008 league MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto, past World Cup selections in Brian Ching, Edson Buddle and Bobby Convey and seven-time MLS All-Star Shalrie Joseph. LA Galaxy coach and former US national team boss Bruce Arena leads the group.

Game time tonight is at 7:30 pm and is being broadcast live on ESPN2.

The Red Devils boast a star-studded lineup with the likes of superstars Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Dimitar Berbatov and new signee, Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, who is the first Mexican player to sign with the Red Devils. The forward appeared for the national team for the first time only last September, rose to prominence with 21 goals in 28 games for Chivas Guadalajara in 2009-10, became the first Mexican to sign for United in April and propelled his popularity further with goals against France and Argentina at the World Cup.

I’m planning on watching the game at Farmer’s Gastropub if anyone would like to join me. Here’s ESPN’s take on the game, with 5 reasons to watch MLS All-Star Game

The list of players named include 11 players picked by MLS All-Star manager Bruce Arena along with his assistant for the game, Dominic Kinnear, and two selections made by Commissioner Don Garber: MLS all-time leading scorer Jaime Moreno (D.C. United) and 2006 US World Cup veteran Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo).

Arena named the following players to his squad: goalkeeper Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake); defenders Kevin Alston (New England Revolution), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Wilman Conde (Chicago Fire) and Heath Pearce (FC Dallas); midfielders Sebastien Le Toux (Philadelphia Union), David Ferreira (FC Dallas), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution) and Jeff Larentowicz (Colorado Rapids); as well as forward Juan Pablo Angel (New York Red Bulls).

Check out the entire roster, which does NOT include a single KC Wizards player, on the MLS website.

Teal Bunbury, KC Wizards by DAVID EULITT/The Kansas City Star

Nielsen made six saves in the second half, including a right-toe stop of Guillermo Barros Schelotto in the 70th minute, a left arm stop of Emilio Renteria eight minutes later and a Steven Lenhart header in stoppage time. The Crew outshot the Wizards 15-4 after the break and 19-8 for the match but did not convert any of their eight corners.

Bunbury returned to Ohio where he played last season for the University of Akron and scored his first MLS goal in the 14th minute to end KC’s 339-minute scoreless streak.

The Wizards (4-8-3, 15 points) beat Columbus for the first time since posting a 0-5-1 mark over the past meetings.

Check out the analysis on Down The Byline as well.

Dale Schilly, AC St Louis debut (on left)

ST. LOUIS, MO (June 29, 2010) – AC St. Louis of the U.S.S.F. Division II Pro League will face the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer tonight in a third-round match in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Kick-of is set for 9:30 p.m. CT from The Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Fans can follow the action on Match Commentary this evening at www.ac-stlouis.com and at lagalaxy.com.

AC St. Louis has advanced to tonight’s game by registering back-to-back 1-0 road wins over the Des Moines Menace and the NSC Minnesota Stars. Tonight will be the first game this season for the Galaxy in this competition. Major League Soccer teams enter the U.S. Open Cup in the third-round, just as English Premier League teams enter the FA Cup in the third round. Los Angeles has previously won the U.S. Open Cup in 2001 and 2005. The Galaxy have an all-time record of 4-1 in third-round matches.

Tonight’s matchup is one of polar opposites in the standings of professional soccer in the United States. The Los Angeles Galaxy enter tonight’s game with the best record in Major League Soccer, 10-1-3, plus the Galaxy have allowed only four goals throughout their MLS season. Meanwhile, AC St. Louis is at the foot of the U.S.S.F. Division II table with a mark of 2-7-2. However, AC St. Louis has turned their slow start around by recording a 4-3-2 record in all competitions since May 1. Furthermore, St. Louis is unbeaten and un-scored upon in their last four outings.

Jeremy Alumbaugh with Dale Schilly, State Semifinals, Nov 2009

“I was excited about the opportunity to work here in St. Louis, my hometown,” said Schilly. “I want to help develop the pro game in this area. It is something that this community has been starving for quite a while. I am looking forward to helping out.”

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The relief, the absolute jubilation after Thursday night’s 2-0 win over the Philadelpha Union, couldn’t have been any clearer. That feeling is what the Wizards had worked and fought hard for during a fruitless, brutal two-month stretch.

More importantly, Kansas City finally got some of its swagger back after their Thursday night, an event that signified the Wizards taking back control of a season marred by an eight-game winless streak in league play. “We needed this big time,” captain Davy Arnaud said. “It felt like this was a game that can maybe define what direction the season might head.”

Another loss at home would have been a devastating blow to a team that hadn’t tasted victory for exactly two months, when they beat Colorado on April 10, and the lack of results had clearly weighed on the team as bad breaks and silly mistakes stretched the streak longer and longer.

The team now goes on a two week break mandated by Major League Soccer in order to not compete with Group play in the World Cup. The next game will be Saturday June 26th at home against the New York Red Bull.

Jack Jewsbury, KC Wizards

]]> http://sgfsoccer.com/2010/06/01/jack-jewsbury-kc-wizards-2/feed/ 0 http://sgfsoccer.com/2010/05/20/red-bull-ny-host-columbus-for-first-espn2-700-pm/ http://sgfsoccer.com/2010/05/20/red-bull-ny-host-columbus-for-first-espn2-700-pm/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 21:40:03 +0000 Ole http://sgfsoccer.com/?p=11652 It’s the battle for first in the Eastern Conference tonight. At least an early version.

What’s at stake?
With a win, Columbus can dethrone New York and claim the top spot in the East. With two games in hand, three points at Red Bull Arena would be huge for the Crew in their attempt at a third straight conference championship. They face a stretch without several key stars due to the World Cup, so they need a win here.

Last meeting
New York beat then-defending champs Columbus by the minimum differential when Dane Richards scored in the 63rd minute last August at Giants Stadium. The rivals played an ugly one, with three yellow cards shown to each team. A week earlier, New York had beaten FC Dallas for their first win in more than three months. The win over the Crew marked the first time the Red Bulls had won consecutive games in league play since August of 2008.

Instead I’ll have the DVR set (while covering the District 11 playoffs tonight) to capture my favorites, the Fire, at KC. As always, Mike at DownTheByline does a good job with his preview of the game which includes notes about injuries to Arnaud and Auvray.

If you missed the KC Star article about Kei Kamara, who was raised in Sierra Leone and escaped as a 14 year old while boys younger than him were being forced to fight in the civil war. Well worth the read.

The Wizards will look to put the game against Houston out of their minds quickly when they take on DC United at RFK tomorrow night. Since the Wizards beat DC 4-0 on opening day, United has continued to be winless and has only scored 2 goals in league play. DC also has yet to score at home this season and with them still winless, former Wizards coach, Curt Onalfo may be making some changes to the lineup, including potentially starting teenager Bill Hamid in goal. Onalfo is looking to shake things up to change United’s fortunes. United is also in the middle of a busy schedule, including their 3rd game in 8 days

Game time is 6:00 pm and the game is being broadcast live on ESPN2. This is one of only three games we’ll see this year unless the schedule changes so now’s the time to get your video fix.

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man u is coming

Since then, he’s indicated on BigSoccer that the game is scheduled for July 25th. A number of Wizard fans have noted that the Wizards are scheduled to play Chicago on July 24th in Chicago so it will be interesting to see if that is changed. I also wonder what team you might see. It’s not just the kids that are playing too many games in a year. You might see Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs but don’t any World Cup players deserve some downtime?