1997 MLS All-Star Game

MLS All-Star Game 1997
Event 1997 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars East MLS All-Stars West
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Date July 9, 1997
Venue Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Man of the Match Carlos Valderrama (MLS East)
Referee Arturo Angeles
Attendance 24,816

The 1997 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the second Major League Soccer All-Star Game, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. Teams of the best players from each conference played against each other at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, on July 9, 1997. The MLS All-Stars East won the game 5–4, with goals from MVP Carlos Valderrama, Giuseppe Galderisi, Robert Warzycha, Richie Williams and Brian McBride. Dante Washington, Jorge Campos, Digital Takawira and Cobi Jones scored for the MLS All-Stars West. Arturo Angeles refereed the game, which was attended by 24,816 spectators.

Match details

MLS All-Stars East 5 – 4 MLS All-Stars West
Valderrama  50'
Galderisi  63'
Warzycha  66'
Williams  70'
McBride  88'		 Report Washington  11'
Campos  44'
Takawira  80'
Jones  86'
Attendance: 24,816
MLS All-Stars East:
GK Italy Walter Zenga 46'
DF23United States Eddie Pope 46'
DF United States Alexi Lalas 46'
DF12United States Jeff Agoos
MF19Poland Robert Warzycha 79'
MF6United States John Harkes 46'
MF7Italy Roberto Donadoni 28'
MF8Colombia Carlos Valderrama
MF Bolivia Marco Etcheverry 46'
FW2El Salvador Raúl Díaz Arce 46' 79'
FW Bolivia Jaime Moreno 46'
Substitutions:
GK United States Tony Meola 46'
DF4United States Ted Chronopoulos 46'
DF Canada Frank Yallop 46'
MF16United States Richie Williams 46'
MF14United States Steve Ralston 28'
FW20Italy Giuseppe Galderisi 46'
FW11Mozambique Chiquinho Conde 46'
FW15United States Brian McBride 46'
Coach:
MLS All-Stars West:
GK1United States Mark Dodd 58'
DF2Argentina Diego Soñora
DF Scotland Richard Gough 46'
DF United States Marcelo Balboa 46'
MF United States Chris Henderson
MF United States Damian Silvera 46'
MF10El Salvador Mauricio Cienfuegos
MF United States Preki 46'
MF66Switzerland Alain Sutter 35'
FW12Zimbabwe Digital Takawira 46' 58'
FW United States Dante Washington 46'
Substitutions:
GK9Mexico Jorge Campos 35'
DF3United States John Doyle 46'
MF7United States Mark Santel 46'
MF23United States Cobi Jones 46'
MF13United States Mark Chung 46'
FW Scotland Mo Johnston 46'
FW20El Salvador Ronald Cerritos 46'
Coach:

Most Valuable Player:
Colombia Carlos Valderrama (MLS All-Stars East)

Assistant referees:
Jorge Reyes
Thomas Bobadilla

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