MLS has formally announced the opponent for the 2017 All-Star game: Real Madrid will play the league's best on August 2 in Chicago.
Chicago Fire head coach Veljko Paunovic will have the honor of coaching the All-Star squad, which seems likely to include at least a couple of players from the team he manages day-to-day: Bastian Schweinsteiger will be expected to play some part on the MLS All-Star jamboree, and Dax McCarty is showing the sort of form that is traditionally rewarded with selection to the mid-season, all-league roster.