Quick strikes help Liga MX roll in MLS All-Star game Juan Brunetta and Maximiliano Meza scored a minute apart in the second half and Mexico's Liga MX AllStars beat the Major League Soccer AllStars 4-1 in the MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday night in Columbus, Ohio. Brunetta (Tigres) scored in transition in the 68th minute to make it 3-1 and set up Meza (Monterrey) soon after in front of a record crowd of 20,931 at Lower.com Field.
It was the first MLS All-Star Game victory for Liga MX in three tries. While there were plenty of big names on the field, the absence of the brightest and biggest one took some luster out of the event. The league said earlier in the week that Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi was unable to play because of ligament damage in his right ankle suffered while playing for Argentina in its victory over Colombia in the Copa America final on July 14.
Germán Berterame (Monterrey) and Oussama Idrissi (Pachuca) also scored for the Mexican side. Columbus' Cucho Hernandez tallied the lone goal for the MLS All-Stars. French sprinter to wear cap after hijab flap French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will be allowed to participate in the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics wearing a cap to cover her hair, an agreement reached with the French Olympic Committee after Sylla said she was barred because of her hijab.
During Friday's opening ceremony, which includes a parade by athletes on the Seine River, the French delegation will wear tailor-made uniforms by the French lux.