MLS All-Star team has 2 players who have never played in the league

Every year, MLS fans get up in arms about the commissioner’s picks for the MLS All-Star game. Don Garber picks whichever two marketable players didn’t get voted in, everyone’s annoyed that their favorite MLS player didn’t get the nod, and then we forget about it because it’s just an all-star game.

But this time around, the commissioner’s picks have a hilarious wrinkle -- neither has ever played a single MLS game. Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, who could both make their league debuts this weekend, were Garber’s picks to make the squad.

And thanks to Garber, we’ll probably get to see the famed Lampard-Gerrard midfield one last time. Maybe this is the game where they’ll finally be able to play together.

Your goal of the day is this volley from a friendly between Bolton and Paderborn. (r/soccer)

Jordan Henderson is also messing around in friendlies and notched a Rabona assist. (Who Ate All The Pies?)

Fabio Capello has been sacked by Russia. (RFU)

Stephan El Shaarawy has joined Monaco on a loan with an option to buy. (Monaco)

Hugo Lloris will miss the start of the season with a fractured wrist. (Tottenham Hotspur)

Victor Valdes has been left off Manchester United’s tour. (Guardian)

The La Liga fixtures are out. First Clasico is in November. (AS)

Nick Miller on Pele’s tour of England. (Guardian)

Swiss Rambler on West Bromwich Albion’s finances. (Swiss Ramble)

James Yorke on why Erik Lamela and Romelu Lukaku were worth their transfer fees. (Stats Bomb)

The section in which nothing should be taken seriously. It’s rumor season, so this section will be expanded, and as the summer rolls on, it will probably be bigger than the actual news section.

Manchester United want Robert Lewandowski to replace Robin van Persie. (Telegraph)

Or maybe they want Edinson Cavani? (talkSPORT)

Galatasaray are after Napoli’s Gokhan Inler. (Football Italia)

Manchester City are trying to offload Stevan Jovetic and Edin Dzeko ASAP. (Manchester Evening News)

Spurs would like Michy Batshuayi to rotate with Harry Kane. (Mirror)

And they have a lot of options to sell Andros Townsend. (Star)

The USMNT stunk, but the bad part of Gold Cup is over now.

Haiti upset Honduras to progress to the quarterfinals. (MLS)

Gold Cup: Jamaica vs. El Salvador (6 p.m.) - Jamaica are already through, El Salvador need a win.

Gold Cup: Canada vs. Costa Rica (8:30 p.m.) - Both teams need a victory to ensure progression, but a draw might do it for Costa Rica.