MLS ALL STAR GAME CHICAGO

MLS = Major League Soccer.

To enter, click HERE.

Deadline to enter: July 17, 11:59 ET. (Synchronize your watches.)

I entered this one before I checked the dates and were I to win it would be the biggest shame because I would not be able to take the trip. I will be at my MFA residency and Isaac will be in Ecuador with his father. Sigh. Peter Nowak, the coach of Isaac’s favorite MLS team, D.C. United (my favorite, too, by the way), will be coaching the MLS All Star team, so this would have been particularly sweet.

In addition to synchronizing your watches, check your calendar for the first week of August and make sure you're free August 4 - 6 before you enter.

Here are details about the prize, which is sponsored by Adidas, from the Official Rules:

6. Prizes: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: VIP MLS All Star Game Xperience. Trip package includes roundtrip coach-class airfare for two (2) from a major airport near winner's home (determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to Chicago, Illinois; three (3) days and two (2) nights accommodations at a hotel that Sponsor will choose in its sole discretion, (single room double occupancy); ground transportation from airport to hotel, from hotel to game, from game to hotel. and from hotel to airport; two (2) tickets to the Sierra Mist MLS All Star Game (seating determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion); $250 gift certificate for shopping spree in Chicago adidas store; meet and greet with Pablo Mastroeni (if Pablo Mastroeni is unavailable for any reason, Sponsor will determine another player in its sole discretion); autographed soccer ball (Sponsor will determine the autograph in its sole discretion); and Pablo's game-worn Tunits (if Pablo Mastroeni's is not available for any reason, Sponsor will substitute another one in its sole discretion) that will be presented at the meet and greet post-game. Winner must comply with all terms and conditions of gift certificate. Winner must take trip on August 4, 2006 and return on August 6, 2006 or prize will be forfeited.