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Groundwork laid for all-star game

A J. League select team will face a South Korean K-League XI this summer in a game that is set to replace the J. League All-Star match, J. League chairman Kenji Onitake said Tuesday. The match has been penciled in for Aug. 2 in Japan at a... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Wed, Feb 20 2008

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