A full house here today at the All-Star Game, though the crowd seems to be pretty heavily pro-Chelsea, as one would expect. It’s a pretty steamy day in suburban Chicago as well; a lot of folks are cooling off on the patios.
Weird trivia: No guys jumping out of planes onto the field or having a fly-over today here, however — the Firehouse is in Midway airport’s flight path zone and the FAA wouldn’t grant clearance. However, Southwest jets fly over about every five minutes, anyway.
Josh Gros missed a chance to finish a nice play on a cross from Albright in the 7th minute — linesman Nate Clement ruled the ball had gone out of bounds, however.
So far a pretty easy game – no real tackles and Chelsea is coasting at about ½ speed.
At home, we're "blessed" with the combination of Eric Wynalda and Dave O'Brien as commentators. Wynalda is supposed to be the the color commentator, but both of them are stumbling over each other -- adding plenty of color but no commentary.
Over at the EPL Talk Blog, we've got a stream of behind-the-scenes images including Chelsea's warm-up before the match.
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