Video: MLS All-Star goalkeeper Brad Guzan is interviewed while playing

Last night’s match between the Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Stars team and Italian giants Juventus won’t be remembered for the result, but for a new innovation in sports media.

ESPN interviewed MLS goalkeeper Brad Guzan, but not before the game, at half-time or afterwards. The discussion actually took place during the match, which ended in Juve winning 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

Atlanta United No.1 Guzan was fitted with a microphone and an earpiece so he could talk to ESPN reporters while on the pitch. As Balls.ie explains, sports stars being “mic’d up” is not a new gimmick, but having a player wear an earpiece certainly is.

Could this one day happen in the Premier League?

How Twitter users reacted to the Guzan on-field interview:

Brad Guzan mic%u2019d up during the #MLSAllStar game, talking back and forth with the commentary team! pic.twitter.com/iwiJZ7V07A

— Poppy Miller (@_poppymiller) August 2, 2018

Appreciate @bguzan being a part of our 1st #MLSAllStar player live talkback on the field tonight. Tried to bring a different perspective and he delivered. %uD83D%uDC4D%uD83C%uDFFC%uD83D%uDC4C%uD83C%uDFFC #MLS

— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) August 2, 2018

That's it the @MLS has gone mad. They mic'd up Brad Guzan as he's playing and he can talk to the commentators live during the game. I don't know if this is cool or just doing too much #MLSAllStar

— Mr. Alaji %uD83C%uDDF8%uD83C%uDDF3 (@kcilam93) August 2, 2018

Wait, so Brad Guzan has a mic on while in goals for the #MLSAllStar team vs Juventus and he's talking to the commentator?

— DaveOCKOP (@DaveOCKOP) August 2, 2018

I wish they would just let Brad Guzan play the game. What a ridiculous thing to do to have a goalkeeper serve as basically a commentator in the middle of the match... #MLSAllStar

— Jamie Goldberg (@Jamiebgoldberg) August 2, 2018

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan is mic'd up in the middle of the #MLSAllStar game. One of the more strange yet cool things I've ever seen while watching a soccer match.

— Cesar Hernandez (@cesarhfutbol) August 2, 2018

Mic'd up Brad Guzan on that first Juve goal. #MLSAllStar pic.twitter.com/zQ1u1i3Hf0

— El F�tbolJunkie (@El_FutbolJunkie) August 2, 2018

I get wanting to be innovative, but MLS really just had a huffing and puffing Brad Guzan do an in-game interview while he was trying to focus on the action in front of him. #MLSAllStar

— Franco Panizo (@FrancoPanizo) August 2, 2018