2010 MLS All-Star Game
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| Event | 2010 Major League Soccer season | ||||||
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| Date | July 28, 2010 | ||||||
| Venue | Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas | ||||||
| Most Valuable Player | Federico Macheda (Manchester United) | ||||||
| Referee | Jorge Gonzalez[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 70,728 | ||||||
The 2010 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, held on July 28, 2010,[2] was the 15th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. The MLS All-Stars faced Manchester United of the English Premier League in the seventh All-Star Game that featured the league's best players facing international competition. The match was broadcast in the US on ESPN2 in English and Galavision in Spanish.
Manchester United thrashed the MLS All-Stars 5–2 to become the first international club to defeat the All-Stars in regulation time (fellow Premier League side Everton won the 2009 All-Star Game on penalties). United forward Federico Macheda, who scored the game's first two goals, was named Most Valuable Player.
Houston Dynamo and MLS announced Reliant Stadium as the venue on September 8, 2009.[3] MLS Commissioner Don Garber speculated the league might have drawn a team from Mexico to play the MLS All-Stars in 2010, given the close proximity of the country to Houston.[4]
Host
MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced on July 27, 2009 that Houston had been chosen as the host city for the upcoming 2010 MLS All-Star Game, in a press conference at the Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah during All-Star Week festivities. Garber said that the league was pleasantly surprised by the passionate fanbase in the Houston area and the success of Dynamo organization since it put down roots in the city. Both factors made it an ideal location to host an all-star game.
| “ | I don't think that people really expected that Houston, Texas would be a strong, powerful and successful MLS market. It's turned out to be one of our best. | ” |
| — Don Garber, Major League Soccer Commissioner, [4] | ||
Oliver Luck, president and general manager of the Dynamo at the time of announcement, believed that Houston would be an ideal host city for next year's All-Star Game because the ethnic and cultural makeup of city has made it a natural hotbed for soccer:
| “ | I can't offer you the mountains like Salt Lake City has nor I can I offer you nice, cool temperatures, but there's a great fanbase in Houston and our fanbase will be extraordinarily excited about the opportunity to have the MLS All-Stars and a world-class club coming into play. | ” |
| — Oliver Luck, Houston Dynamo President/GM, [4] | ||
The 2010 MLS All-Star game was the first to be played in the state of Texas.
MLS All-Stars voting
Like the previous year, the selection of the MLS All-Star First XI was determined by an online fan voting system that accounted for 25% of the total vote, with players, coaches and general managers, and the media each holding 25% of the vote. The fan voting period was announced after the start of the 2010 Major League Soccer season. An additional seven players were chosen by the MLS All-Star head coach Bruce Arena and the Commissioner of MLS Don Garber.
Inactive Roster
In addition to the 25-man roster of players available to participate in the match, MLS also announced 7 additional inactive all-stars: goalkeepers Jimmy Nielsen (Kansas City) and Kasey Keller (Seattle), midfielders Joel Lindpere (New York), Robbie Rogers (Columbus), Freddie Ljungberg (Seattle), and forwards Fredy Montero (Seattle) and Conor Casey (Colorado).[5]
2010 MLS All-Star Game Rosters
Major League Soccer
The 2010 MLS All-Star First XI was announced on Tuesday, July 13, 2010,[6] but midfielder Kyle Beckerman was forced to withdraw from the squad due to injury. A further 13 players were added to the roster on July 19.[7]
Players in bold denotes First XI status.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Manchester United
Manchester United announced their squad on July 9, 2010.
Please note that the positions of the players are not given as the positions they play in the match – they are given as the positions noted on the Manchester United F.C. article.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Match details
MLS All-Stars   |
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Ching  De Rosario |
Report | Macheda Gibson Cleverley Hernández |
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     Manchester United
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Most Valuable Player:
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References
- 1 2 Mahoney, Ridge (July 28, 2010). "Man. United youngsters stun MLS All-Stars". Soccer America. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
- ↑ Houston is prominent in MLS All-Star Logo, José de Jesus Ortiz, Houston Chronicle 31 March 2010
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "MLS All-Star Game heads to Houston in 2010". Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
- ↑ Mayers, Joshua (July 27, 2010). "Kasey Keller, Fredy Montero and (perhaps surprisingly) Freddie Ljungberg named inactive all-stars by MLS". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- ↑ Borg, Simon (July 13, 2010). "MLSsoccer.com reveals 2010 MLS All-Star First XI". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
- ↑ "All-Star roster is set for clash with Manchester Utd". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. July 19, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2010.