Well it sounds like it is official Valencia to All Star Match
Well it is isn’t the Spanish side that I wanted, but Real Salt Lake an MLS appear to have selected a Spanish side Valencia to be the opponent in the All Star Match, according to MLS Rumors found an interesting article today and here is the link in Spanish but I don’t read Spanish so I used the lovely google language translator to get this from the article:
VALENCIA / D. RODRÍGUEZ The Major League Soccer, which is how it is called, plans to formally announce within days that Valencia will be the guest of the event except for this year. The target date is next July 29. The venue, the newly opened Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake City.
The official appointment as chief Javier Gomez is going to precipitate events. One of the first tasks of the new strong man, once the beginning of ajetreadísimo week, is to close the agreement for holding the shock across the pond. He, along with Juan Pablo Molinero, responsible for maintaining contacts by blanquinegra, is one of the chief supporters of the adventure. And no lack of reasons: will be a good income, the club will announce in a large market and almost untouched, and also does not seem excessive headache for the preparation of the next campaign. Unai Emery just need to give the final OK.
The only problem that can be found Valencians, considering that it is normal that the concentration of preseason will be held just before, are themselves. If you end up sixth in the league, and will stipulate a clause in the contract, they would cancel the contract. Why? Because of the imminent reform of the UEFA Europe League, which is known as the second European competition since the summer cause they have to play after the third round on July 30 and August 6. Be fifth or achieve any of the four tickets for the Champions League, however, does not bring any setback.
Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla have already traveled the same long journey in recent years. None, however, has taken part in the popular “match the stars’. The blanquinegro will be the first Spanish team involved in that event, which is in its fourteenth edition. Interestingly, in 2003, the first time that all players in the Major Soccer League came together to deal with a foreign club, and contacts for the Mestalla was the rival of the moment. What happens is that these will not bear fruit, as has happened this year with Inter Milan, and its site was occupied by the Mexican Guadalajara. Then was the turn of Fulham, Chelsea, Celtic and West Ham.
The attraction of the sports contest is obvious. The MLS All Star, which is known as the combined, could have ‘Piojo’ Lopez, Fredrik Ljunberg and David Beckham himself, who, although now it is sold in Milan, return to ’soccer’ in early July. But also, beyond the interest of soccer duel, whose previous delivery took place in Toronto, Javier Gomez and company believe that the duel of Salt Lake City is an excellent opportunity to expand borders. Mestalla institution has taken his name throughout Europe, Mexico, China, Saudi Arabia and Japan, but never has done for America while the majority of English clubs and a great many of the Old Continent as Oporto, Milan, Juventus, Bayern or Galatasaray, as can be.
If we have to train in Central Park, is done. Touching a visit to the NASA center in Houston, as the same. Barça is one of the clearest is that we need to do whatever it takes to drive the tooth in a rich economic and demographic as well as growing in the field balompédico. Therefore, in 2006 and 2008, respectively, signed a trade agreement with Warner Bros and its own Major League Soccer and it’s time that Valencia will do.
Well I am waiting to hear any confirmation or denial from the Front Office but until then it looks like this might just be the real deal, if Valencia finishes either in the top 5 or outside of the UEFA tournaments then it is the real deal, but if they finish 6th they would need to be playing in the UEFA qualifiers and then MLS could be stuck looking for a last minute replacement. Only time will tell on this one.
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