Hello All!
Clint Dempsey here with a message for you, the fans! We at
MLS need your help for a competition of epic proportions. MLS is challenging
the Super League, China’s top-tier soccer league. Much like MLS, the Super
League is full of exciting, skillful players, much like myself……sorry just
messing around. As I was saying, much like MLS, the Super League is full of
loyal, exciting, top-tier fans. The cheers, claps, and respect of the millions
of fans who follow us fuel both us players here and players over there. Let me
take this time to thank you all, but there are more serious things for us to
talk about today, like I said, we need your help.
This challenge between the Super League and MLS is scheduled
to start two months from now on November 11th. This challenge requires you, the fans, to
vote in your top four favorite teams from MLS to face the top four voted in
teams of Super League. The four teams that you choose will the verse each other
with the top voted team versing the fourth voted team, the second versing the
third, and then the winners of each versing each other. The last team standing
will then verse the best the Super League has to offer, their last team
standing. In other words, the fans have the power to determine how this
tournament goes; as you will be selecting what teams will represent MLS in this
battle of leagues. Now I know all who read this would immediately pick the
Seattle Sounders into the tournament, which is totally fine by me. I mean, we
do need to win this thing don’t we? All joking around aside, any MLS teams you
vote for will give it their all as we represent you in our fight with a rival
league. Though it may be us out on the pitch and you in the stands in a literal
sense, it is all about you guys and gals, as the architects of this whole
thing.
So, get voting! The MLS ballots will be open next Friday,
September 19th, at 1:00 PM and will remain open until Friday,
October 24th. You will be asked to vote for your top four choices,
in order from one to four, with one being your absolute favorite. The votes
will be revealed Saturday, October 25th and we start this fight
together on November 11th. There have been bets among us players and
coaches of what teams will get in and how many votes we will get. Don’t let us
down, vote!
Look out for personal messages from other MLS stars like
Graham Zusi, Landon Donovan, and Thierry Henry.
Go Sounders!
Clint Dempsey
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| Courtesy of http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/06/22/pitch-please-firefly-music-festival-figured-make-soccer-exciting-americans/ |
