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MASL All-Star Game: What to expect as six Comets set to feature

When: Saturday, December 5th, 7:00 PM CST

Where: Cable Dahmer Arena, Independence, Missouri

How to Watch: Facebook Pay Per View ($14.99 to purchase)

Kansas City will host Major Arena Soccer League’s first ever All-Star Game on Saturday at Cable Dahmer Arena, which will feature six players from the Kansas City Comets.

Saturday’s match will be the first indoor all-star game since 2001/02. Of the 39 players selected by player-coaches Leo Gibson (Kansas City Comets) and Nick Perera (Tacoma Stars), Gibson picked 21 players to represent the Eastern Conference, including six of the following Comets players:

GK: Nicolau Neto

DF: John Sosa; Robert Palmer

MF: Ignacio Flores

FW: Leo Gibson; Kevin Ellis

Three former Comets will be returning to Kansas City including:

GK: Danny Waltman (Tacoma Stars- Western Conference; spent five years with Comets from 2010-2015)

DF: Guerrero Pino (San Diego Sockers- Western Conference; spent two seasons with Comets from 2016-2018)

DF: James Togbah (Utica City FC- Eastern Conference; spent two seasons with Comets from 2017-2019)

The East

Despite impressing last season and being named Eastern Conference champions for 2019/20, Florida Tropics head coach Clay Roberts reportedly held his team out of participating in the All-Star Game.