All-Stars show off star power against West Ham

July 25, 2008
GalarcepBy Ives Galarcep
(Archive)
TORONTO -- Most of the flashbulbs and publicity heading into Thursday night's MLS All-Star match centered around David Beckham, but another high-profile player stole the show on a night when the league's star power was stronger than it has ever been.

Cuauhtemoc Blanco usually does a good job of playing the villain outside of Mexico, and most recently outside of Chicago, but on Thursday night he was the hero, delivering a brilliant pass to set up a Christian Gomez goal and scoring his ...

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