The Best of What?

The All-Stars of Major League Soccer will take on the storied English Premier League, Manchester United, a week from today in Houston.

The North American tour for the Man U Red Devils will have them visit Philadelphia to take on the expansion Union, then off to Kansas City to take on the Wizards, and finally a stop at Reliant Stadium in Houston for the All-Stars match.

Wait a minute? I thought the world cup was over?

Although it may be surprising for some of you to hear, soccer is played more than just one month every four years.

While this friendly match seems intriguing, here are some key points to keep in mind:

Major League Soccer can be divided into two categories: where great players are kept in purgatory (see: Landon Donovan) and where once great players have gone to die (see: David Beckham and Thierry Henry).

The English Premier League is the top league in English football, and they kinda take it a little seriously over there. So seriously that the worst teams in the EPL every season are booted out and put in the league below them.

Manchester United has won the EPL 11 times. Their closest competitors, Arsenal and Chelsea, have only won three times each.

These are actual All-Stars.

For basketball fans, it's sort of like this. You know how every year during the NBA All-Star break they play the Rookies vs. Sophomores game? And you know how every year you think, 'hey this could be interesting!', yet every year the sophomores crush the rookies.

Yeah, it's like that, only they can't use their hands.