Barcelona FC will face MLS All-Stars
https://twitter.com/verobrunati/status/826239011257737218
The Spanish giants will head stateside in 2017, and will become the first La Liga team to play in the MLS All-Star Game at Soldier Field in Chicago. Given the Aug. 2 match occurs during Barcelona’s preseason, fans will have to wait and see if the the deadly attack of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, and Neymar takes part in full.
United play inter-squad scrimmage
The 11 vs. 11 scrimmage was detailed here by the Star Tribune. A few things to know:
- Bernardo Añor missed the scrimmage due to a hamstring injury.
- Vadim Demidov, Andrew Tinari, Tanner Thompson, Marco Carducci, and Patrick McClain trained separately.
- Christian Ramirez and Abu Danladi spent the scrimmage as the two forwards in a 4-4-2 formation.
Rainbow connection
There may be one more obstacle for the planned stadium in midway to tackle. The Rainbow Foods in Midway sits where the northwest part of the stadium will potentially be. Bill Lindeke of MinnPost details the tricky situation United and Rainbow find themselves in.
News bits
- Paul Tenorio of FourFourTwo pulls back the curtain on the transfer fee the Loons paid Orlando for Kevin Molino.
- Potential Loons loanee Bashkim Kadri wants to sign an extension with his current club FC Copenhagen before moving to MLS.
- The MLS Players Union released a statement on the Muslim ban.
The @MLSPlayersUnion issues statement on White House travel ban pic.twitter.com/iQLrS516Ch
— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) January 30, 2017
Good news everyone
Let’s end today’s News in Brief with some news to make you feel all fuzzy and warm inside.
It has been stopped for five years.
War-torn Aleppo saw its first live football game for a long time.
More: https://t.co/v3pHPeJIJg pic.twitter.com/Tz4mH9QvdW
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 30, 2017
There was huge emotion
Chapecoense have won their first game since most of their team were killed in a plane crashhttps://t.co/0O6wwErujH pic.twitter.com/sBSAqMIP4v
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 30, 2017
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