Major League Soccer All-Star Game
Founded | 1996 |
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Region | Major League Soccer (CONCACAF) |
Number of teams | 2 |
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Television broadcasters | FS1, UniMás, TSN, TVA Sports |
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The Major League Soccer All-Star Game is an annual soccer game held by Major League Soccer featuring select players from the league against an international club. MLS initially adopted a traditional all-star game format used by other North American sports leagues where the Eastern Conference squared off against the Western Conference. This eventually evolved into the current system where the league annually invites a club from abroad to play against a league all-star team. The MLS All-Stars hold an 9–7 record in the competition marking the season's midpoint. Players are awarded rosters spots through a combination of fan voting and selections by the appointed manager and league commissioner.
In case of a tie after full-time, the game does not use a 30-minute extra time period; instead it goes straight to a penalty shoot-out.
History
Major League Soccer's first all-star game was played at Giants Stadium in the summer of 1996. The game, using the traditional East–West format with players handpicked by the coaching staffs, was the first game of a doubleheader with the Brazilian national team defeating a team of FIFA World All-Stars.[1][2] The matchup between divisions would only be used for six seasons as MLS tried experimenting with different formats. The 1998 All-Star Game placed a team of American MLS players against MLS players from abroad. The 2002 game, the first to use a league-wide all-star team, is the only game to feature a national team opponent. Since then (except in 2004), every opponent has been a professional club invited by the league. The MLS All-Stars won their first six games before falling to Everton in penalties in 2009. All games since 2005 have been against teams from Europe, the majority of which have been from England's Premier League. This is a feasible format because unlike MLS (which runs a spring-summer-fall schedule) the major European leagues all run a fall-winter-spring schedule, meaning the middle of the MLS season coincides with the pre-seasons of most European leagues. From a European perspective, the match is considered to be a pre-season friendly against an MLS XI.
Roster
For 2014, ten players were chosen by All-Star Game coach Caleb Porter, eleven players were chosen by fan voting (subject to Porter's approval), and two were selected by MLS commissioner Don Garber.[3]
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Results by year
"East vs. West" (1996–1997)
1996 MLS All-Star Game July 14, 1996 | MLS East | 3–2 | Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey | |
Ramos Savarese Pittman |
Report | Preki Kreis |
Attendance: 78,416 Referee: Kevin Stott MVP: Carlos Valderrama |
1997 MLS All-Star Game July 9, 1997 | MLS East | 5–4 | Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey | |
Valderrama Galderisi Warzycha Williams McBride |
Report | Washington Campos Takawira Jones |
Attendance: 24,816 Referee: Arturo Angeles MVP: Carlos Valderrama |
"MLS USA vs. MLS World" (1998)
1998 MLS All-Star Game August 2, 1998 | MLS USA | 6–1 | Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida | |
T. Ramos Lalas McBride Preki Lassiter Jones |
Report | M. Ramos |
Attendance: 34,416 Referee: Esse Baharmast MVP: Brian McBride |
"East vs. West" (1999–2001)
1999 MLS All-Star Game July 17, 1999 | MLS East | 4–6 | Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego | |
Lassiter Moore Valderrama John |
Report | Preki Kosecki Jones Wright Cerritos |
Attendance: 23,227 Referee: Sandra Hunt MVP: Preki |
2000 MLS All-Star Game July 29, 2000 | MLS East | 9–4 | Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio | |
Mathis Moreno Valencia Chung Diallo Heaps Washington McBride |
Report | Razov Cienfuegos Nowak |
Attendance: 23,495 Referee: Paul Tamberino MVP: Mamadou Diallo |
2001 MLS All-Star Game July 28, 2001 | MLS East | 6–6 | Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California | |
Chacón McBride Diallo Rooney Catê |
Report | Donovan Graziani Kovalenko |
Attendance: 23,512 Referee: Noel Kenney MVP: Landon Donovan |
"All-Stars vs. Guest" (2002–2003)
2002 MLS All-Star Game August 3, 2002 | MLS All-Stars | 3–2 | RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. | |
Kreis Etcheverry Ralston |
Report | Donovan Jones |
Attendance: 31,096 Referee: Brian Hall MVP: Marco Etcheverry |
2003 MLS All-Star Game August 2, 2003 | MLS All-Stars | 3–1 | Home Depot Center, Carson, California | |
Razov Ruiz Beasley |
Report | Garcia |
Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Kevin Terry MVP: Carlos Ruiz |
"East vs. West" (2004)
2004 MLS All-Star Game July 31, 2004 | MLS East | 3–2 | RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. | |
Guevara Eskandarian |
Report | Ching Kreis |
Attendance: 21,378 Referee: Michael Kennedy MVP: Amado Guevara |
"All-Stars vs. Europe" (2005–present)
2005 MLS All-Star Game July 30, 2005 | MLS All-Stars | 4–1 | Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio | |
Twellman O’Brien Cunningham |
Report | Jensen |
Attendance: 23,309 Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela MVP: Taylor Twellman |
2006 MLS All-Star Game August 5, 2006 | MLS All-Stars | 1–0 | Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois | |
De Rosario |
Report | Attendance: 21,210 Referee: Abbey Okulaja MVP: Dwayne De Rosario |
2007 MLS All-Star Game July 19, 2007 | MLS All-Stars | 2–0 | Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado | |
Ángel Toja |
Report | Attendance: 18,661 Referee: Baldomero Toledo MVP: Juan Pablo Ángel |
2008 MLS All-Star Game July 24, 2008 | MLS All-Stars | 3–2 | BMO Field, Toronto | |
Gómez Blanco De Rosario |
Report | Ashton |
Attendance: 20,844 Referee: Mauricio Navarro MVP: Cuauhtémoc Blanco |
2009 MLS All-Star Game July 29, 2009 | MLS All-Stars | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah | |
Davis |
Report | Saha |
Attendance: 20,124 Referee: Ricardo Salazar MVP: Tim Howard | |
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Donovan Davis Arnaud Johnson Casey Ljungberg |
2010 MLS All-Star Game July 28, 2010 | MLS All-Stars | 2–5 | Reliant Stadium, Houston | |
Ching De Rosario |
Report | Macheda Gibson Cleverley Hernández |
Attendance: 70,728 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez MVP: Federico Macheda |
2011 MLS All-Star Game July 27, 2011 | MLS All-Stars | 0–4 | Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey | |
Report | Anderson Park Berbatov Welbeck |
Attendance: 26,760 Referee: Jair Marrufo MVP: Park Ji-sung |
2012 MLS All-Star Game July 25, 2012 | MLS All-Stars | 3–2 | PPL Park, Chester, Pennsylvania | |
Wondolowski Pontius Johnson |
Report | Terry Lampard |
Attendance: 19,236 Referee: Baldomero Toledo MVP: Chris Pontius |
2013 MLS All-Star Game July 31, 2013 | MLS All-Stars | 1–3 | Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas | |
20:30 | Gonzalez |
Report | Strootman Florenzi Tallo |
Attendance: 21,175 Referee: Hilario Grajeda MVP: Alessandro Florenzi |
2014 MLS All-Star Game August 6, 2014 | MLS All-Stars | 2–1 | Providence Park, Portland, Oregon | |
Wright-Phillips Donovan |
Report | Lewandowski |
Attendance: 21,733 Referee: Jair Marrufo MVP: Landon Donovan |
2015 MLS All-Star Game July 29, 2015 | MLS All-Stars | 2–1 | Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado | |
Kaká Villa |
Report | Kane |
Attendance: 18,671 Referee: Ismail Elfath MVP: Kaká |
2016 MLS All-Star Game July 28, 2016 | MLS All-Stars | 1–2 | Avaya Stadium, San Jose, California | |
Drogba |
Report | Campbell Akpom |
Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Chris Penso MVP: Chuba Akpom |
2017 MLS All-Star Game August 2, 2017 | MLS All-Stars | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Soldier Field, Chicago[4] | |
Dwyer |
Report | Mayoral |
Attendance: 61,428 Referee: Allen Chapman MVP: Borja Mayoral | |
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Dwyer Dos Santos Valeri Almirón |
2018 MLS All-Star Game August 1, 2018 | MLS All-Stars | 1–1 (3–5 p) | Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta | |
Martínez |
Report | Favilli |
Attendance: 72,317 Referee: Robert Sibiga MVP: Josef Martínez | |
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Zusi Yotún Valeri Wright-Phillips |
References
- ↑ Stephenson, Colinwas (July 14, 1996). "Soccer Fans Get Their Kicks With 2 All-star Games Today". NY Daily News. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ↑ Yannis, Alex (July 16, 1996). "SOCCER REPORT". The New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ↑ "MLS announces 2014 MLS All-Star Game roster". US Soccer Players. July 21, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
- ↑ Matthews, David (January 31, 2017). "Major League Soccer All-Star Game To Be Held At Soldier Field". dnainfo.com. DNAinfo.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2016.