2015 MLS digital cards

Howler magazine and Topps have designed digital trading cards for the 2015 MLS All-Star Game to be played in Denver on July 29.. The series of digital trading card become available on Sunday July 26 on iTunes and Goggle Play. The cards feature the artwork of Meen Choi, Chris Moran and Kyle Stecker...

These cards will also be available in physical form and are being distributed by Howler at the MLS All-Satr Game in Denver...

Topps Kick ASG checklist
Benny Feilhaber
Clint Dempsey
David Villa
Frank Lampard
Kaka
Matt Besler
Michael Bradley
Omar Gonzalez
Steven Gerrard

updated 2016.07.22

2012 - All-Star Game - Soccer Celebration

2012.07.25 Chester, Pa. PPL Park - Soccer Celebration...

2012.07.25 PPL Park, Chester, Pa

Since Mike had his freshman college orientation the following day, we did not try to get tickets to the game because we would get home too late (he was leaving at 5am the following morning). However we did make the 1.5 hour drive to enjoy the Soccer Celebration. Got home to see the end of the first half...

The usual sponsors were there, Castrol, VW, Adidas, X-box, Pepsi, AT&T, Home Depot, Makita, Budweiser, Continental Tire, El Jimador, National Guard, Bimbo, All-State, Eastern Penn Youth Soccer...providing a variety of promotional items including, player cards (Castrol), lanyards, photo ops (nice personal trading card from Castrol), sun glasses, MiCoach from Adidas (now you have to buy the boots), bags, t-shirts, keychains, hats...

On July 20 Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and MLS Commissioner Don Garber launched the All-Star celebration by kick off the MLS Giant Ball tour on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The ball was paraded around Philadelphia making stops where fans were encouraged to sign the ball. Any fans signing the ball at the game were given a free t-shirt! Awesome!

As a Liverpool fan Mike really liked this shirt!

Of course Mike wore his Liverpool jersey as did a few others, amongst the many Union and Chelsea jerseys. We even saw a great old SJ Clash and old MetroStars jerseys in the crowd...

Tony Meola and Alexi Lalas where on hand signing autographs as were several players from the Union, as well as Bill Hamid from DC United.

Bill Hamid...

 Autograph cards like the one above (front and back) were available at each signing table. Zac MacMath, Amobi Okugo and Chris Albright...

Chase Harrison from sponsor El Jimador

We got to the X-Box booth 10 minutes before Adu was scheduled to appear. Starting the line we watched it grow. It was nice to see how many fans still appreciated Adu efforts to US soccer. As a women was exiting the X-Box booth she asked "Is that a line?" Mike's response to me was "I guess she failed geometry!"

All-Star Game Program

Some great articles on soccer in Philadelphia (the National, The Fury and the Atoms), the 1976 Bicentennial NASL all-star game, and player profiles from both teams...

All-Star Game pin

I know its not a soccer pinback, but you have to like the VW smiley fan bicycle button, part of their Think Blue campaign...

Jerseys

2012 MLS All-Star Game jersey

Adidas and Major League Soccer announced that the 2012 All-Star Game jersey will feature the AT&T  micoach professional soccer team tracking system. The system, built into the jersey, will allow the coaches with real time performance, including on-field player position, power output, speed, distance covered, GPS heat mapping, etc...

Adidas had previously introduced a system that was inserted a micoach speed-cell that can be inserted into a players shoes to record a variety of data. these innovations are expected to assist the coach on evaluating a players impact on the game...

The Minnesota Stars FC, of the NASL, announced their away jersey will feature numbers that have photos of their supporters' group. Each number uses a different crowd scene from the team's playoff run in 2011, as Minnesota celebrated the best fans in the NASL...

2012-2013 Olympique Lyonnais

It's not American soccer, but it had to be seen to be believed. Olmpique Lyonnais of the French Ligue 1, has introduced a 3-D design from Adidas, which was worn on April 28 for the first time during their French Cup final. So break out those 3-D red and blue glasses to watch Olympique Lyonnais...

2011 MLS All-Star Game

2011.07.27 MLS All-Stars v Manchester United, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ

Wayne Rooney and the Man U team warm-up before the game

Red Bull Air Force makes a dramatic entrance...We witnessed this once before at Giants Stadium when Red Bull took over the MetroStars..as Mike said "this does not get old", two parachutists coming onto the field, all the while watching on video from the helicopter and from the stadium perspectives...
The starting line-ups as the MLS All-Stars get ready to meet Manchester United...For the second year in a row Man U got the better of the MLS All-Stars with a 4-0 win at Red Bull Arena, on goals from Anderson, Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck and Ji-Sung Park. Park was also named MVP of the match...

In the first half the MLS squad played Man U well but could not capitalize on their chances. However Man U would not be stopped, playing a very skilled game, constantly on the attack. We sat near a section of Man U supporters, who did their best to turn the crowd into Man U supporters...

David Beckham served as team captain for the MLS and played all 90 minutes, playing a good game, as Coach Backe used Beckham as a free-roaming midfielder. Red Bull rookie Juan Agudelo came in late in the game receiving a tremendous cheer from the sold-out crowd of 26,760...