by Major League Soccer’s annual All-Star Game takes place Thursday in San Jose, where the league’s stars will take on an English Premier team.
SAN JOSE – Major League Soccer’s annual All-Star Game is taking place Thursday in San Jose, where the league’s stars will take on the English Premier League club Arsenal.
The AT&T MLS All-Star Game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CST at Avaya Stadium, the San Jose Earthquakes’ new home that opened in 2015 and can be watched on ESPN as well.
The MLS squad features players from previous U.S. national teams, including the Seattle Sounders’ Clint Dempsey and the Earthquakes’ Chris Wondolowski (Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma), as well as Didier Drogba, best known for his time on Chelsea in the English Premier League but now playing for the Montreal Impact.
Arsenal, which finished second in the Premier League last season, will participate in the MLS All-Star Game for the first time. Last year, the MLS squad defeated Tottenham Hotspur, another Premier League team, and they beat the German squad Bayern Munich in 2014.
2016 AT&T MLS ALL-STAR GAME ROSTERS:
2016 AT&T MLS All-Stars:
Goalkeepers (2): David Bingham (San Jose Earthquakes), Andre Blake (Philadelphia Union)
Defenders (7): Steve Birnbaum (D.C. United), Laurent Ciman (Montreal Impact), Andrew Farrell(New England Revolution), Liam Ridgewell (Portland Timbers), Keegan Rosenberry(Philadelphia Union), Brandon Vincent (Chicago Fire), Kendall Waston (Vancouver Whitecaps)
Midfielders (9): Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Mauro Diaz (FC Dallas), Giovani dos Santos(LA Galaxy), Jermaine Jones (Colorado Rapids), Kaká (Orlando City), Sacha Kljestan (New York Red Bulls), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers), Andrea Pirlo (New York City FC), Wil Trapp(Columbus Crew SC)
Forwards (7): Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders), Didier Drogba (Montreal Impact), Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC), Cyle Larin (Orlando City), Ignacio Piatti (Montreal Impact), David Villa(New York City FC), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)
Arsenal FC:
Goalkeepers (3): Petr Cech, Emiliano Martinez, David Ospina
Defenders (7): Hector Bellerin, Krystian Bielik, Calum Chambers, Mathieu Debuchy, Kieran Gibbs, Rob Holding, Nacho Monreal
Midfielders (9): Santi Cazorla, Francis Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jeff Reine-Adelaide, Chris Willock, Jack Wilshere, Granit Xhaka, Gedion Zelalem
Forwards (4): Chuba Akpom, Joel Campbell, Alex Iwobi, Theo Walcott
