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| Dominic Oduro |
Four Ghanaian players namely David Accam of Chicago Fire, LA
Galaxy’s Emmanuel Boateng, Dominic Oduro of Montreal Impact as well as DC
United’s Lloyd Sam have been named among the 176 Major League Soccer (MLS)
players vying for the All-Star Fan XI.
The All-Star Fan XI will form Part of a 24-man 2017 MLS All-Star
team that will host European giants and Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid
in Chicago on August 2.
Three American players with various Ghanaian backgrounds also made
the 176-man list after a team of MLS media selected eight players from each
franchise. They are Philadelphia Union duo Derrick Jones and CJ Sapong as well
as Gyasi Zardes of LA Galaxy.
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| David Accam |
A total of 24 MLS players will be named All-Stars per the
collective bargaining agreement. Media, fans, players, this year's All-Star
coach, Veljko Paunovic of Chicago Fire and MLS Commissioner Don Garber will all
contribute in the All-Star selection process.
The 24 players named the 2017 MLS All-Stars will be selected in
three phases.
The first phase which is already underway is known as the Ballot
creation. In this phase, media members determined the field of players – eight
players per team – who are most deserving of consideration for this year’s MLS
All-Star Game presented by Target and those 176 players including the four
known Ghanaians are eligible for fan voting.
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| Emmanuel Boateng |
The fan voting which commenced on May 30 will end on June 30. In
this process, fans will select the 2017 MLS All-Star Game Fan XI presented by
Target. MLS fans have started voting on the free MLS app and voting will
continue on MLSsoccer.com beginning June 3.
Via the EA SPORTS “More than a Vote” Challenge started on May 30,
fans will score as many goals as possible with their favorite MLS All-Star
forward candidate in FIFA 17, with one goal equaling one vote.
The forward with the most votes will occupy one of the forward
spots on the 2017 MLS All-Star Game Fan XI presented by Target.
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| Lloyd Sam |
Another phase is known as the Team selection and this is reserved
for the MLS All-Star head coach who will select the gameday roster from the
pool of eligible players determined by the media as well as the 2017 MLS
All-Star Game Fan XI presented by Target and MLS Commissioner Don Garber’s two
selections.
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