After a lightning storm caused a nearly one-hour delay, MajorLeague Soccer eliminated the final 15 minutes of the first half ofits All-Star Game on Saturday in Washington for a concert by popsinger Paulina Rubio.
"They could have nixed Paulina to play 10 more minutes of soccer,"Dallas forward Jason Kreis said.
Just weeks after baseball couldn't produce a winner in its All-Star Game because it ran out of pitchers after 11 innings, soccerproduced an unusually abbreviated game, with the MLS All-Starsbeating the U.S. national team 3-2.
The game's title sponsor was conspicuous during the halftime show--its logo was pasted across two inflatable bottles, the stage in …
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