Bastian Schweinsteiger spent his 33rd birthday on Tuesday soaking in his 2017 MLS All-Star experience, helping set the stage for what should be a memorable day-after-his-birthday on Wednesday.
Schweinsteiger and the rest of the MLS squad trained and met with media at Soldier Field, where on Wednesday (8pm, FS1, Univision) they’ll test themselves against Real Madrid in front of what is now a sellout crowd on Chicago’s lakefront.
As he recalled in a press conference Tuesday, it was his participation in the 2014 MLS All-Star Game in Portland that sparked his curiosity about one day joining the U.