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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bundesbiers" data-source="post: 563475" data-attributes="member: 9599">And yet those are only some of the issues.  Bayern was favored to win the game (Vegas odds had Bayern by a 1.5 goal favorite).  Yes, MLS is in the middle of the season and Bayern is just starting theirs.  But almost all of the Bayern players just competed in the World Cup, their fitness should not have been an issue.  Pep said, and I quote, "Bayerns B squad could beat 98% of the teams out there".  Well I guess the MLS All-Stars is part of that 2% then.This wasn't a game for respect of American football, because that will never come.  Had Bayern won and dominated the game, then the comments would be, "See, American soccer sucks".  Yet, if the MLS team won (which they did), then the comments are, "Who cares, Bayern didn't even field their A team".  "This was just an exhibition, so they weren't trying to hard".  All of that amounts to nothing but excuses, and never respect.</blockquote>

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