LOS ANGELES -- The 2021 MLS All-Star Game was supposed to be a match-up of the best players from Major League Soccer and Liga MX, as well as a celebration of the increasingly close relationship between the two leagues. And in many respects, the match -- and the entire week -- was precisely that. But as so often happens whenever the United States and Mexico face off, be it at club or international level, circumstances can take over in a way that isn't anticipated.
So it proved on Wednesday at the Banc of California Stadium.