MLS All-Star 2003
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| Goal(s) | MLS: Ante Razov 57' CDJ: Jair Garcia 66' MLS: Carlos Ruiz 68' MLS: DaMarcus Beasley 83' |
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| Date | August 2, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | The Home Depot Center | ||||||||||||
| City | Carson, CA | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Carlos Ruiz | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Kevin Terry Chris Strickland Steven Davidson Alex Prus |
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| Attendance | 27,000 | ||||||||||||
| Weather | Clear, 81 degrees | ||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||
The 2003 Pepsi Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 8th MLS All-Star Game, played on August 2, 2003 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. The All-Star Game celebrated both the opening of the league's second soccer-specific stadium that season, as well as the announcement of the league's expansion with an eleventh team purchased by the owners of Mexico's Club Deportivo Guadalajara. Then-MetroStars head coach Bob Bradley was tapped to lead the MLS All-Stars against Guadalajara, commonly known as Chivas, and led by their head coach, Eduardo de la Torre.
A scoreless first half was marked by a defensive effort for the All-Stars. The Los Angeles Galaxy's Kevin Hartman made several key saves, while a backline led by Carlos Bocanegra of the Chicago Fire weathered a persistent Chivas attack. The Fire's Ante Razov scored the first goal in the second half thanks in part to a feed by the San Jose Earthquakes' Landon Donovan past a beaten Oswaldo Sánchez. Jair Garcia broke away from the defense and beat Hartman to tie the game, but the All-Stars responded shortly thereafter with the eventual-game winner by the Galaxy's Carlos Ruiz. The Fire's DaMarcus Beasley tipped in the All-Stars' third goal, which Chivas contested because of an assistant referee's offside call, which was waved off by Kevin Terry. A sellout crowd at The Home Depot Center celebrated the win, as well as the awarding of MVP to local favorite Carlos Ruiz.
