MLS opens up fan voting for All-Stars game online

Major League Soccer fans can now rock the vote.

Per the Seattle Times, MLS opened up voting to fans yesterday to elect the best players for the MLS 2009 All-Star game. The 14th annual match-up will pit the best of the MLS against English Premier League club Everton FC. This year's game is the sixth time MLS All-Stars played a high-profile international team in the All-Star game.


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Soccer fans will comprise 25 percent of the vote on the 11 players making up the team by selecting one goalkeeper, three defenders, five midfielders, and two forwards. Coaches and general managers, players, and media each hold 25 percent of the vote too.

Fans can vote up to 10 times per day on the League's official site, www.MLSnet.com, until July 6. MLS will announce the All-Star First XI team on July 16.

Soccer fans in the Twitterverse are already on campaigning for their favorite players:

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   GarMar88 Also, get out da vote 4 da @LAGalaxy in da MLS All-Star game. Votin is now available online so vote 4 da Blu and Gold!!! 13 May 2009 from txt
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   SLU_Billikens Vote for former Billiken men's soccer players Brian McBride, Jack Jewsbury, and Brad Davis to represent the MLS in the all-star game. ... 13 May 2009 from Ping.fm
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   UWSportsNews Vote for former UW soccer standout George John for MLS All-Star! http://tinyurl.com/qarvtl 13 May 2009 from web
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   intemporal wow... MLB All Star voting allows 25 votes per person, MLS All Star voting allows 10 votes per person *per day* http://snipr.com/hz0xl 13 May 2009 from digsby
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   jcsalas08 Vote for @UCSBgauchos Pontius from @dcunited and Avila from FCD for the MLS All Star Game. http://tiny.cc/bPNec 14 May 2009 from web
6. 
   cheleguanaco MLS All Star voting now open: http://tinyurl.com/oe5z9a #mls #soccer My vote inc: #nagamura #thornton #osvaldo #ljunberg #donovan 14 May 2009 from web
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   cheleguanaco MLS All Star voting now open: http://tinyurl.com/oe5z9a #mls #soccer My vote inc: #nagamura #thornton #osvaldo #ljunberg #donovan 14 May 2009 from web
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   IUMensSoccer MLS All-Star voting open. Garcia, O'Rourke, Kovalenko and Klein all on the ballot: http://tinyurl.com/oe5z9a 14 May 2009 from web

And the MLS world is making sure you remember to vote:

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   MLS_Insider ROCK THE VOTE: The polls are open. Vote now for your MLS All-Star team: http://bit.ly/WYfcp 13 May 2009 from Seesmic Desktop
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   RSLSoccerPod ROCK THE VOTE: The polls are open. Vote now for your MLS All-Star team: http://bit.ly/WYfcp (via @TimHaslam @MLS_Insider) 13 May 2009 from web
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   soundersfc Fans can vote for the MLS All-Star team 10 times a day. So make sure to vote each day. 13 May 2009 from twhirl
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   LAGalaxy MLS All-Star Voting Is Open!! Vote 4 Favorite LA Galaxy Players: http://tr.im/lgNF 13 May 2009 from Seesmic Desktop

MLS opens up fan voting for All-Stars game online