Everton walked away with a penalty kick victory after a the All Star game ended 1-1.   The game wasn’t as flashy as one would have hoped but it was still an entertaining game to watch. 

Stuart Holden set up Everton’s first goal when he misplaced a pass right to Louis Saha just outside the All Star’s box.  Saha made no mistake and opened up the scoring.  Holden made up for his mistake after he redirected a pass from Casey into the path of Brad Davis to tie up the game.  The game went to PK’s after the final whistle.  Tim Howard stopped Davis, Arnaud, and Ljungberg to give Everton the victory. 

Landon Donovan was able to make a second half appearance for the MLSers and he put on a great show.  Probably the best MLS player out there.  Freddy Ljungberg also had a good night, even though is hard work usually led to nothing.  Wilman Conde was the easily the best defender for the MLS team and Conor Casey did a lot of dirty work up top.  Some players looked disinterested or weren’t clicking with their teammates, but that was bound to happen.  Fredy Montero looked like he was going to put on a show but an injury slowed him down a bit. 

The game is a good opportunity to watch some of our guys in action against a top, although in preseason form, English club.  There were a couple of players on the pitch last night that didn’t look out of place against Everton and it got me thinking about who is most ready to head over seas.  

Guys like Landon Donovan and Wilman Conde look ready for the challenge of playing in Europe, while others such as Fredy Montero and Stuart Holden showed enough potential to spark interest.

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