Obafemi Martins Among MLS All Stars To Play Bayern

Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins has been named among the Major League Soccer All-Stars who will play former German league champions, Bayern Munich.
Apart from the Seattle Sounders player, English players Jermain Defoe, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Australian Tim Cahill and Ireland’s Robbie Keane were also named in MLS All-Stars.
Martins, who was not invited by coach Stephen Keshi for the just concluded 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, has scored 16 goals in 35 games for the Seattle Sounders and was announced in a 23-player roster that will be drawn upon when the elite MLS lineup faces the 2013 European Champions League winners on 6 August at Portland, Oregon.

* Martins
Wright-Phillips, a striker for the New York Red Bulls, leads MLS with 16 goals in 18 matches, while Defoe has 11 goals for Toronto in his first MLS season after leaving Tottenham.
Cahill, a Red Bulls midfielder, netted two World Cup goals last month for the Socceroos, while Keane, the Irish captain and all-time scoring leader with 53 goals, has 43 goals in three MLS seasons for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
France boasts two MLS all-Stars in Red Bulls forward Thierry Henry and 2012 MLS Defender of the Year Aurelien Collin for reigning MLS champion Sporting Kansas City.

* Bayern Munich players
Other internationals on the roster included Cuban midfielder Osvaldo Alonso, Canadian midfielder Will Johnson and Argentine midfielder Diego Valeri of Portland and Mexican forward Erick Torres of Chivas USA.
Clint Dempsey of Seattle and Landon Donovan of the Galaxy lead the Americans in the MLS lineup, which also includes US World Cup midfielder Michael Bradley of Toronto, Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez, Seattle defender DeAndre Yedlin, Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi and Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman.