 FOLLOWING AN INCREDIBLE SEASON OF PLAY ON THE FIELD, WELL BEYOND THE MEDIA AND FAN'S EXPECTATIONS, THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE LFL WILL HEAD SOUTH OF THE BORDER TO BE PART OF A STAR-STUDDED 2010 ALL-FANTASY GAME SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2010 AT MONTERREY ARENA.
AFTER MONTHS OF PRESENTATIONS AND BIDS FROM SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION CITIES FOR THE RIGHTS TO THE 2010 LFL ALL-FANTASY GAME, THE RESORT TOWN OF MONTERREY, MEXICO WAS SELECTED BY LFL LEAGUE OFFICES. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART MONTEREY ARENA WHICH WAS RECENTLY BUILT AND HAS ALREADY FEATURED SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDING CELINE DION, KANYE WEST, MILEY CYRUS, RIHANNA, NBA GAMES, NOW WILL PLAY HOST TO THE FIRST-EVER LFL ALL-STAR GAME. "MEXICO HAS HOSTED SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL MAJOR AMERICAN SPORTS EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING NFL FOOTBALL AND NBA GAMES. WE CANNOT WAIT TO TAKE THE LFL GAME TO OUR MEXICAN FANS WHO HAVE PASSIONATELY SUPPORTED THE INAUGURAL SEASON OF LFL FOOTBALL. THIS IS TRULY AN AMAZING AFFIRMATION OF THE WIDE APPEAL OF LFL FOOTBALL WHICH HAS TRANSCENDED BORDERS", SAID LFL FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN, MITCHELL S. MORTAZA.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE LFL SUCH AS KATIE 'FLASH' RYCKMAN, LIZ GORMAN, ANONKA DIXON, CANDIS MOSLEY AND MANY OTHERS WILL DESCEND ON THE RESORT TOWN OF MONTERREY AS AMBASSADORS OF LFL FOOTBALL. MEXICO BEAT OUT TOKYO, BARCELONA AND LONDON IN THE FINAL ROUND FOR THE RIGHT TO HOST THE 2010 ALL-FANTASY GAME. THE LEAGUE IS ALREADY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH SEVERAL CITIES FOR THE 2011 RIGHTS WHICH INCLUDE TOKYO, LONDON, COSTA RICA, TORONTO AND FRANKFURT AND BARCELONA.
MEDIA AND FANS ARE EXPECTED FROM ALL OVER MEXICO AND LATIN AMERICA TO BE PART OF THIS EXHIBITION GAME IN MONTERREY.
THE 2010 ALL-FANTASY GAME WILL INCLUDE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TALENT FROM DALLAS' TWIN TOWERS OF MOSLEY AND KELLEY TO MIAMI'S AIR COMBINATION OF DIXON TO CACCAVALE TO LA'S BRUNETTE BANDITS GAXIOLA, PSICK AND JACOT.
THE EASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM WILL CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN WITH A PAIRING OF TWO OF THE MOST EXCITING PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE WITH MIAMI'S ANONKA DIXON AT QUARTERBACK AND PHILLY'S TYRAH 'THE TIGER' LUSBY AT RUNNING BACK. IN ADDITION TO LUSBY THE EAST'S OFFENSE WILL HEADLINE 2009/2010 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR SARAN DUNMORE OF CHICAGO. SHOULD DIXON DECIDE TO THROW THE BALL SHE WILL HAVE NUMEROUS OPTIONS INCLUDING HER FAVORITE TARGET TINA CACCAVALE, TAMPA'S BRANDYCE LEE AND ONE OF THE MOST UNDER-RATED RECEIVERS IN THE LEAGUE, CHICAGO'S BRE 'PIRANHA' JUNEA.
DEFENSIVELY, THE BEASTS OF THE EAST WILL BE ANCHORED BY 2009 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR TAMPA'S LIZ GORMAN AND PERHAPS THE BEST MIDDLE LINEBACKER IN THE LFL IN MIAMI'S TAIRA 'THE TRAIN' TURLEY. THE DEFENSE WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE TAMPA TWO-SOME OF CARIE SMALL AND EMANDA DOSCHER AND PHILLY'S JAMIE 'LIL DYNAMITE' DIAMONDS WHO CAN COVER AND HIT.
TAMPA'S YO MURPHY AND PHILADELPHIA'S CHANDLER BROWN WERE NAMED ALL-FANTASY COACHES FOR THE EASTERN CONFERENCE SQUAD, BOTH OF WHOM ARE OFFENSIVE-MINDED GUYS WITH SURELY A LOT OF TOYS TO PLAY WITH IN THIS GAME.
NOT TO BE OVERSHADOWED, THE WESTERN CONFERENCE DOES INCLUDE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE 2009/2010 LFL WORLD CHAMPION LOS ANGELES TEMPTATION WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL WITH THE BRUNETTE BANDITS INCLUDING LB/RB MONIQUE GAXIOLA, RB/S STEPHANIE PSICK AND WR/LB MICHELE JACOT. THE LOS ANGELES VS. DALLAS RIVALRY WILL HAVE TO TABLED FOR AWHILE AS THEY BOTH TEAM UP MAKING A SCARY OFFENSIVE LINEUP WITH DALLAS' TRIPLETTES WHICH INCLUDE QUARTERBACK LINDA BRENNER, RUNNING BACK AND 2009/2010 LEAGUE MVP GABRIELLE MARIE AND WIDE RECEIVER CANDIS MOSLEY ALL OF WHOM WILL WORK ALONGSIDE TEMPTATION NATION. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS FIREPOWER, THE WEST ALSO INCLUDES DENVER'S ACE RUNNING BACK SHANNON MARTIN AND PERHAPS THE ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE WEAPONS IN THE LEAGUE IN SEATTLE'S KATIE 'FLASH' RYCKMAN. THE WEST ALSO INCLUDES NOT ONE BUT TWO QUARTERBACKS THAT CAN THROW THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD WITH DENVER'S ERIKA TRUJILLO AND DALLAS' BRENNER. BRENNER WILL RUN THE SQUAD IN THE 1ST HALF WHILE TRUJILLO WILL TAKE OVER IN THE 2ND HALF.
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME COULD BE THE FRONT LINE OF THE WEST WHICH INCLUDES THE MOST UNDER-RATED PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE IN LA'S REESE MATTHEWS AND SHE WILL BE COMPLIMENTED BY LA'S OTHER DOMINANT LINE PLAYER NATALIE JAHNKE AND DALLAS' RENEE STEELE.
DEFENSIVELY IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN DALLAS' SHANNON A'SE AND SEATTLE'S LINDSEY 'MAKE IT RAIN' BLAINE ON THE FRONT LINE. THE LINEBACKING CORP IS DEEP AND SCARY WITH LA'S MONIQUE 'THE AX' GAXIOLA, DALLAS' GABRIELLE 'G' MARIE AND THE MOST INTENSE PLAYER IN THE LFL, DALLAS' ANNIE HANER. THE SECONDARY WILL INCLUDE DALLAS' TONI KELLEY, LA'S ALI EASTLAKE AND STEPHANIE PSICK AS WELL AS SAN DIEGO'S CHRISTIE BURNS. LOOK FOR THE WEST TO ALSO USE THE SAFETY COMBINATION OF THE TWIN TOWERS WITH DALLAS' KELLEY AND MOSLEY, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE RECEIVER-LIKE HANDS AND SURPRISING CAN LAY THE LUMBER DESPITE THEIR TALL MODEL-TYPE BODY FRAMES.
THE WEST WILL BE LED BY ALL-FANTASY COACHES CHRIS MICHAELSON FROM SEATTLE AND LA'S TUI SUIAUNOA. MICHAELSON IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST ASSISTANT IN THE LEAGUE ORCHESTRATING AN INCREDIBLE WEST COAST OFFENSE IN SEATTLE WHILE SUIAUNOA WAS THE MASTERMIND OF THE LEAGUE'S NO.2 RANKED CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSE.
DALLAS LED THE WESTERN CONFERENCE WITH SEVEN ALL-FANTASY PLAYER NOMINATIONS WHILE TAMPA LED THE EASTERN CONFERENCE WITH EIGHT ALL-FANTASY PLAYER NOMINATIONS.
LINE: WEST -2 56 OVER/UNDER
INJURIES: NONE
FIELD: ARTIFICIAL TURF (MONTERREY ARENA - MONTERREY, MEXICO)
KICKOFF: 9PM CST
BROADCAST: TBA |
