Reliant Stadium Site of 2010 MLS All-Star Game?
Filed under: All-Star Game, MLS
“Major League Soccer, the Houston Dynamo, and Lone Star Sports and Entertainment will officially announce that the 2010 MLS All-Star Game will be held at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, not Robertson Stadium.”
The MLS appears to be going “big-time” with next year’s match at the 72,000 seat stadium here in beautiful H-town. You have to think the MLS will consider scheduling a big Mexican side to maximize the crowd - which would make it an “away” game for the All-Stars, no doubt.
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“While Reliant Stadium, which was officially opened in 2002, is a multiple-use stadium, it is primarily known as the home of National League Football League’s Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. This 71,500 stadium with a retractable roof is no stranger to soccer though, having hosted CONCACAF Gold Cup Matches, friendlies between the United States and Mexico, a friendly between F.C. Barcelona and Club America and the 2008 Free Kick Masters that included several top name international footballers including Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho.
Although the MLS All-Star match has been held in other large NFL Stadiums, such as the Meadowlands in New Jersey, Reliant Stadium, which hosted Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004, will be the first of the newest generation of NFL Stadiums to host the MLS All-Star Game.
While the stadium will be announced tomorrow, it will be some time before we learn who the MLS All-Star Team will be playing next season. Considering the venue and location of the match, the opponent will likely be a big club from Mexico, South America, or Spain.”
Oh PLEASE let it be Real Madrid. Any other team and im really not too interested in going.
Come on Tim, you have to go regardless!
I agree with Guv’Na, Tim you have to go and represent in your Dynamo Holden shirt.
Eh, dont own a Holden jersey lol. Just a regular authentic one, not the one you get at Academy or Sports Authority either. Bastard was expensive too. I really want a Geoff Cameron one though.
I just dont think Id be able to go if they hosted Pumas, Chivas, Boca, River Plate. I would go if they hosted RM, Barca, Valencia or something like that from Spain. Hell maybe theyll get an Italian team to come and play, doubtful but im hopeful. Maybe Dunny can get us the hookup on some on field passes. Press pass maybe? haha. BP Correspondents live from MLS All Star 2010.
@tim in houston - I said the same thing when the ASG was in Salt Lake, (I don’t want to see Everton) but…..it was an awesome game. I bet you will be there no matter who it is.
I would have gone and watched Everton gladly. At least its in a league I follow. I dont watch any Mexican/South American football unless theyre playing Dynamo lol.
fuck real madrid aint noone in h-town wanna see dat loser team come here dey wanna see 3 TIME CHAMPIONS!!!!