One reason to watch the MLS All-Star Game

Nicol names MLS All-Star starters

It just sort of happened that Scotsman Steve Nicol, boss of the [New] England Revolution, will lead the MLS All-Stars against famed Scottish club Celtic FC on Thursday night in the 2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game. And it just sort of happens that Nicol is a lifelong supporter of a different Glasgow club, Celtic’s bitter cross-town rivals Rangers FC.

Seems like there will be an Old Firm flavor to the All-Star Game — just enough to spice up the proceedings. This is good, because I’m not terribly excited by our lineup:

“‘. . . (Matt) Reis in goal, a back three of (Jimmy) Conrad, (Michael) Parkhurst and (Jonathan) Bornstein. (Juan) Toja will start on the left, Ronnie O’Brien will start on the right. The three in the middle will be Shalrie Joseph, Ricardo Clark and (Dwayne) De Rosario and up front will be Eddie Johnson and Juan Pablo Angel . . .’”

A decent lineup, to be sure, but not a great lineup. If Celtic come with their “A” game, we could get embarrassed.