What is the MLS All-Star Skills Challenge? Arsenal prepare for USA tour with unique opener
Latest Arsenal news as a ten players from Mikel Arteta's side take on the MLS All-Star Skills Challenge on Wednesday
On Thursday morning, the Gunners will participate in the MLS All-Star game at D.C United's Audi Field before taking on Manchester United (July 22) and Barcelona (July 27).
Before Mikel Arteta's men take on Wayne Rooney's XI, a ten-man roster will have their skills tested against their opponents in the MLS All-Star Skills Challenge. The event will take place on Wednesday 19 July (7:30pm EST/12:30am GMT)
The squad is made up of eight outfield players and two goalkeepers. Here are the two rosters:
Arsenal: Folarin Balogun, Kai Havertz, Karl Hein, Rob Holding, Jorginho, Marquinhos, Eddie Nketiah, Martin Odegaard, Aaron Ramsdale, Fabio Vieira.
MLS All-Stars: Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati), Thiago Almada (Atlanta United), Christian Benteke (D.C United), Denis Bouanga (LAFC), Roman Burki (St. Louis), Jesus Ferreira (FC Dallas), Hector Herrera (Houston Dynamo), Tyler Miller (D.C United), Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC), Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy).
Altogether there are five different challenges, with each allowing a team to add points to the overall scoreboard in order to win the event. Here, football.london brings you everything you need to know about the challenges.
Shooting Challenge
The event will kick-off with three players from each team aiming to hit targets in an allocated time. Balogun, Nketiah and Vieira will come up against Benteke, Bouanga, Ferreira.
They will compete in three 60-second rounds, with the aim to hit 11 targets with different points available - ten, five and two-point values. In the last 20 seconds, a moving 20-point target becomes available. If a player hits the 20-pointer, they can continue shooting at
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