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.


"Here is a pic from the Columbus Crew KC Wizards game last night #MLS"
Twitpic posted by @UCBearcats on May 10

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
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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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   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

MLS action revs up as DC United, Kansas City Wizards draw

Repeat after me: soccer is a professional sport in America.

Not to be buried in the last-minute drama of Barcelona's stunning comeback against Chelsea earlier today, but a midweek MLS fixture between the Kansas City Wizards and DC United at the Community America Ballpark helped whet the appetites of Americans trying to earn the bid to the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.

Riding a three-game unbeaten streak, the D.C. United came in to the evening trying to cool down the winning ways of the Wizards, who have only lost once at home this season. Per mlsnet.com, neither team ended their respective unbeaten streaks as the game ended in a 1-1 draw.

The United's Rodney Wallace, a rookie, broke the game open in the 27th minute from inside the penalty area with his second goal of the season. Trying his best Andrés Iniesta impression, Kansas City's Josh Wolff locked the game up at 1-1 in the 52nd minute with a strike from inside the goal area.

Twitterers following the game provided their insights on what they observed:

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   starritt is looking forward to going to the Wizards game tonight. A win puts the Kansas City Wizards on top of the Eastern Conference. 06 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   OuestN If I had to make a mid-week trip to Kansas City, I'd be looking as sluggish as #DCUnited too. 07 May 2009 from web
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   THE_REAL_ABE Kansas City Wizards: Flopping, mobbing the ref. Are they Chelsea in disguise? 07 May 2009 from web
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   xvalencia Still first in the east standing, lets get a win on Sat. RT @dcunited: Final. #DCU 1, KC 1. Four ties on the year. 07 May 2009 from TweetDeck

@dcunited, Tweeting simultaneously from KC and DC, provided a Tweetlog throughout the match:

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   dcunited Who do you think will score first for #dcunited? 07 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   dcunited 27th min: GOAL for Rodney Walace! #dcu 07 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   dcunited We've kicked off the 2nd half here in KC. #dcu 07 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   dcunited 59th minute: KC subs in Espinoza for H. Gomez. #dcu 07 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   dcunited #DCU fans! Get to RFK this Sat. and see your 1st place hometeam! We have some great offers: http://www.dcunited.com/tickets 07 May 2009 from web

A TwitPic posted by @terrenceshaw shows some of the action early on:

MLS action revs up as DC United, Kansas City Wizards draw