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Tottenham's Pochettino grateful to MLS after All-Star announcement

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has thanked Major League Soccer for inviting the north London club to take on their All-Star team later this year.

Spurs will meet the MLS select, comprising the best players from the USA and Canada's top flight, on July 29 in Denver.

"We'd like to thank Major League Soccer for the invitation to take part in the 2015 All-Star Game," he said.

"The fact that this will be our only fixture outside of Europe during pre-season says a lot about how we view this game.

"We enjoyed three tough matches last summer in North America and the quality of football in MLS continues to grow every year.

"Pre-season is an important time for us and we are looking forward to being a part of one of the biggest events on the US football calendar.

"We know the quality of the facilities will be top-class and we see this fixture against the best players from MLS as good preparation." This will be the 20th edition of the fixture which has seen the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and AS Roma compete in previous years.

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