MLS: All-Stars or Scrubs?

The league plays a dangerous game with its friendlies against Manchester United

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Executives at Major League Soccer believe they offer the most compelling All-Star Game format in all of American sports. For better or worse, they may be right.

On Wednesday night, for the second year in the row, the MLS All-Stars will line up against Manchester United, one of the wealthiest, best supported, and most successful soccer teams in the world, for a 90-minute "friendly." For the Red Devils, it will be a nice little kick-about on a summer night in New Jersey, part of the team's weeks-long pre-season tour of America as it prepares to chase a record 20th English Premier League title.

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