The New York Cosmos have revealed their line-up of players to take on a Manchester United XI at Old Trafford for Paul Scholes’ Testimonial in August.
Consisting of an combination of recently-retired legends, current starts, Manchester United old-boys and a handful of players from the Cosmos U-23’s academy the combination of players should prove an exciting one for those lucky enough to get tickets for the game in August.
Ex-Red Devil Nicky Butt will lead out a team supposedly hand-picked by Pel' and Eric Cantona, that is much a publicity exercise for the Cosmos as it is a valuable run-out for the Cosmos Kids (which is the name I’m coining for the New York U-23’s – you heard it here first, folks!).
Mere weeks after his own testimonial Gary Neville will once again stride the turf of the Theatre of Dreams, alongside fellow 2011 retire-ees Patrick Viera and Fabio Cannovaro.
How good will this look on the pitch at Old Trafford? Our guess is ‘Very, very, very’!
A small selection of still-active Premier League talent will also get their first trip to Old Trafford of the campaign, courtesy of the Cosmos, including recent Tottenham Hotspur acquisition Brad Freidel, soon-to-be Tottenham Hotspur departee Robbie Keane and Blackburn’s flaxen-haired Spaniard Michel Salgado.
Umbro will undoubtedly be thrilled at the surprisingly high-quality of players who will be donning their handsome NY Cosmos home kit for it’s first proper 90 minutes against what many will expect to be an – ahem – weakened Manchester United side.
The full New York Cosmos line up is as follows, with all Cosmos Kids (see, it’s catching on already!) marked with an *;
Nicky Butt, Chad Calderone*, Sol Campbell, Fabio Cannavaro, Ibrahim Diaby*, Stefan Dimitrov*, David Diosa*, Brad Friedel, Marvin Iraheta*, Robbie Keane, Brian McBride, Dane Murphy*, Gary Neville, Yanik Reyering*, Michel Salgado, Moriken Sangary*, Patrick Vieira
so… what’s with this NY Cosmos thing all of a sudden? Â Are they making a come back to the MLS? Â Or are they just a fashion statement?
so… what’s with this NY Cosmos thing all of a sudden? Â Are they making a come back to the MLS? Â Or are they just a fashion statement?
why is Neville playing for the Cosmos and not suiting up for Man U?
i dont get who the cosmos are
I reckon they can’t be in MLS, because then they would be wearing adidas!Â
Cosmos deal with umbro ends in 2013. same year MLS plans to expand. They will probably go to MLS at that time
@8f67e9267553d7bb98e72cccd8e25ca0:disqus Umbro is a high quality brand! They should be respected as Nike and Adidas. Surely you must know that!
That’s not the point! Can you tell me one MLS club that is not playing in adidas apparel? Didn’t think so as the MLS has a contract with adidas! Hence, if the Galaxy were playing in the MLS, they wouldn’t be wearing umbro!
Cosmos, of course! Not Galaxy…