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Dominic Kinnear has chose four players to round out the MLS All-Star team, adding them to the First XI announced by the league last week, as well as the two commissioner's picks.

Here are Kinnear's selections:

Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Seattle Sounders FC)
Pat Onstad (Houston Dynamo)
Davy Arnaud (Kansas City Wizards)
Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo)
Fredy Montero (Seattle Sounders FC)
Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)

Predictably, Kinnear has chosen two three of his own guys. Both Ching and Davis seems reasonable choices, however, so objections to their inclusion.

(Somehow I forgot that Onstad was a Kinnear selection as well; I could argue for Ricketts, but Onstad's been good this year, so again, no bone to pick)

Seattle gets two more players in the team, to add to the two (Keller and Ljundberg) who made the First XI. Hurtado and Montero clearly deserve inclusion in my mind.

These selections put to rest the question of David Beckham's inclusion; while it would be impossible to defend his inclusion based on merit (which the All-Star Game is ostensibly, but not actually, all about), I've argued that he should be in the game simply to raise it's profile.

A moot point now.

Here's the full roster:

Goalkeepers: Kasey Keller (Seattle Sounders FC), Pat Onstad (Houston Dynamo)

Defenders: Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Wilman Conde (Chicago Fire), Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Seattle Sounders FC), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew)

Midfielders: Davy Arnaud (Kansas City Wizards), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Chicago Fire), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution), Freddie Ljungberg (Seattle Sounders FC), Javier Morales (Real Salt Lake)

Forwards: Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Fredy Montero (Seattle Sounders FC)

What do you think of Kinnear's choices?
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