You can't really look at this game and consider it seriously for a couple of reasons...
1) The MLS All-Stars aren't a team. They played with each other in practice for a few days, and are in season. Had they been training as they have with their club teams together, it would have been a rout.
2) Fulham is just getting back. Their basically playing 11 at full strength against 11 just coming from vacationing. Their season starts in a few weeks, so of course they weren't at 100 percent today.
3) Because it was an all-star game, everyone on the American side played. Had Donovan, Dempsey, Twellman stayed in, it would have been a 5-goal margin (even though Jeff Cunningham would've gotten my vote for MVP scoring 2 goals in 15 minutes at his old home, Crew Stadium).
4) The MLS All-stars were loose. They had nothing to lose. Fulham was tight. They're just getting back, but in England, you're not supposed to lose to an American side.
I'm still proud of the win for the MLS. The league is certainly improving...maybe we'll be able to start keeping some of our best at home.
