Significant League Baseball, NBA and the NHL have all conveyed their All-Star Games to Chicago some time recently. Indeed, even the NFL held their adaptation of the presentation – the Super Bowl champions versus College All-Stars – various years in the Windy City.
Be that as it may, a first happened on Wednesday night – a Major League Soccer mid-season exemplary on the lakefront. The best stars of the finish American expert soccer association went head to head with a universal power – Real Madrid.
Fans grasped the presentation, offering out the challenge and pressing 61, 428 fans into the Soldier Field remains for one of the biggest group ever to witness soccer in Chicago.
They didn't precisely observe an exemplary on the pitch Wednesday night, however they saw the MLS All-Stars – lead by Chicago Fire head mentor Veljko Paunovic – rally to tie the challenge late before falling 4-2 to Real Madrid in a shootout.
Main residence fans got the opportunity to see four of their own on the field as Fire players Bastian Schweinsteiger, Nemanja Nikolic, Johan Kappelhof and Dax McCarty all suited up for the MLS stars. The last had the greatest commitment of the amusement in the 87th moment when he began the tying grouping.
Off the corner kick, McCarty headed the ball towards the objective yet ricocheted it off the left post. In any case, the ball was hit sufficiently hard that it stayed in the wrinkle and Dom Dwyer knock it in to tie the diversion at one and drive the shootout.
There is was Real Madrid that ruled, scoring on each of the four of their kicks while the MLS All-Stars changed over on only two as they fell for the second-in a row year to a universal club in the challenge.
For aficionados of the Chicago Fire, a basic extend of the season starts in what has been an unexpected season. Paunovic's group is presently second in the whole MLS with 38 focuses – five behind Toronto FC for the gathering and alliance lead.
The second 50% of the season commences Saturday at Toyota Park against New England at 7:30 PM.
