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Bayern's Thomas Mueller celebrates after scoring a penalty during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and FC Augsburg, in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Nov. 9 2013.

(Associated Press)

Major League Soccer will hold a press conference Thursday at the Adidas America campus to discuss the 2014 MLS All-Star game and could confirm rumors that world power Bayern Munich will be the international opponent of the 2014 MLS All-Stars.

Bayern Munich Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed to the German press that his team would face the MLS All-Stars in the 2014 MLS All-Star Game in Portland.

“We were the first German club (to receive) an invitation to the MLS All-Star Game. We have accepted the invitation,” Rummenigge told German publication SportBild. “We are discussing plans to go for a week in the U.S. and to play two matches. The DFL (German Football League) has great interest that we travel to the U.S.”

Neither MLS or the Portland Timbers have commented on the opponent for the 2014 All-Star game.

There has been plenty of speculation that the German powerhouse would be the opponent for the 2014 MLS All-Stars. Adidas, who has its North American headquarters in Portland and world headquarters in Germany, is the primary sponsor of Bayern Munich and MLS.

Bayern Munich would be the first German club to play in the MLS All-Star game.

The German powerhouse won the 2013 Champions League title and are the defending champions of the German Bundesliga, the top league in Germany. The club has won 22 league titles, the most of any league team. They have also won five Champions League/European Cup titles, the third-most of any club (Real Madrid, A.C. Milan).

Major League Soccer President Mark Abbott, Timbers owner Merritt Paulson, AT&T Oregon president George Granger and Adidas Sr. Vice President David Baxter will discuss the MLS All-Star game Thursday at the Adidas America campus in Portland.

-- Jamie Goldberg