MLS Announces All Star Roster

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber and New England Revolution Head Coach Steve Nicol today announced the remaining seven players that complete the roster for the 2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game between the MLS All-Stars and Celtic FC on July 19, 2007 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. (Live on ESPN2 and Telefutura, 9:00 p.m. ET).

In addition to the All-Star First XI announced last week, Commissioner Garber selected two All-Stars and Nicol made five selections.  The five players selected by Nicol were: Kevin Hartman (goalkeeper, Kansas City Wizards), Ronnie O’Brien (midfielder, Toronto FC), Pablo Mastroeni (midfielder, Colorado Rapids), Landon Donovan (forward, Los Angeles Galaxy) and Brian Ching (forward, Houston Dynamo).

Commissioner Garber selected Eddie Pope (defender, Real Salt Lake) and Cobi Jones (midfielder, Los Angeles Galaxy) as the two “Commissioner’s picks”.  Pope and Jones are “MLS originals,” as both have played in all 12 MLS seasons and both have announced they will retire at the end of this year.

Nicol earned the honor of coaching the MLS side by virtue of leading his team to the highest points per game average in the League through games played on June 25 (Week 12).

Complete MLS All-Star Roster:

Goalkeeper: Matt Reis (New England Revolution), Kevin Hartman (Kansas City Wizards)

Defenders: Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution), Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake)

Midfielders: Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo), Christian Gomez (D.C. United), Cobi Jones (Los Angeles Galaxy), Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Ronnie O’Brien (Toronto FC), Juan Toja (FC Dallas)

Forwards: Juan Pablo Angel (Red Bull New York), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards)