MLS All Stars vs West Ham..

[OTK]

I might take a shot with West Ham +240. I just don't see how a MLS team, even if it is an all star team, could be better than an EPL team that plays together on a regular basis. I'll also most likely play the over.

 

[rolltide]

mrcleo actually angel made it ahead of emilio for some reason. no idea which players were called in place of the 3 olympians though...emilio may be one.

funny you guys are so interested in this game. i'd rather watch san jose play san jose reserves than this thing.

 

[joeyfitzclick]

Donovan, Blanco, Angel, Beckham, Joseph, De Rosario......make no mistake, this all star team is jacked and wll be very keen to win this game with a lot of interest in England due to West Ham's participation. The game is being shown live at the telly and all the bookies have a full page betting coupon so this game will definately get some attention in Ireland & England. Beckham will play most if not all of this game if its close, he takes all free kicks and will be very motivated to put one over the Hammers being a London boy so I'm gonna throw a few pennies on him to score at + 330.

 

[fhmesq44]

I might take a shot with West Ham +240. I just don't see how a MLS team, even if it is an all star team, could be better than an EPL team that plays together on a regular basis. I'll also most likely play the over.

<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><td>2002</td> <td>MLS All Stars</td> <td>USA</td> <td>3-2</td> <td>RFK Stadium</td> <td>Washington, D.C.</td> <td>31,096</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td>MLS All Stars</td> <td>Guadalajara</td> <td>3-1</td> <td>Home Depot Center</td> <td>Carson, California</td> <td>27,000^</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td>East</td> <td>West</td> <td>3-2</td> <td>RFK Stadium</td> <td>Washington, D.C.</td> <td>21,378</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td>MLS All Stars</td> <td>Fulham</td> <td>4-1</td> <td>Columbus Crew Stadium</td> <td>Columbus, Ohio</td> <td>23,309^</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td>MLS All Stars</td> <td>Chelsea</td> <td>1-0</td> <td>Toyota Park</td> <td>Bridgeview, Illinois</td> <td>21,210^</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td>MLS All Stars</td> <td>Celtic</td> <td>2-0</td> <td>Dick's Sporting Goods Park</td> <td>Commerce City, Colorado</td> <td>18,661^<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">[2]</sup></td></tr></tbody></table>
MLS views this game as a proving ground, EPL (and Chivas and Celtic) view it as a friendly, don't tackle and are still getting into shape. Chelsea and Celtic put out much better teams than West Ham will and they both lost. Fulham got hammered with a team fairly comparable to this West Ham team, only slightly worse.

The biggest difference this year is the missing MLS guys (Ching, DeRosario, Guzan, Klejstan, Rogers, Wynne, Edu, Altidore, Parkhurst).

 

[GreenDoberman]

On MLS here. Like the fact they are in playing shape and the Hammers are still a few weeks away from gearing up.

 

[joeyfitzclick]

2-1 all stars

 

[GreenDoberman]

Final 3-2 MLS. MLS pretty much dominated possession and the second West Ham goal was more of a fluke deflection. They were the better side pretty clearly.

 

[MrCleo]

man did i snooze on this one. didnt even know it was going to be played tonight. for some reason thought it was saturday

 

[PhilMoneyMargonis]

great thread here guys. looked like most posters had MLS so congrats

good day for me personally as well