2006 MLS All-Star Game

MLS All-Star Game 2006
Event 2006 Major League Soccer season
Date August 5, 2006
Venue Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois
Man of the Match Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo)
Referee Abiodun Okulaja
Attendance 21,210
Weather Cloudy, 85°F

The 2006 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 11th Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on August 5, 2006, at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois between the MLS All-Stars and Chelsea. The MLS All-Stars won the match 1–0, with Dwayne De Rosario scoring the winning goal in the 70th minute.

Match details

August 5, 2006
18:30 ET
MLS All-Stars United States 1 – 0 England Chelsea
De Rosario  70' Report
Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL
Attendance: 21,210
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
MLS All-Stars
Chelsea
MLS All-Stars:
GK 1 United States Troy Perkins  46'
RB 32United States Bobby Boswell
CB 4 Argentina Facundo Erpen
CB 12United States Jimmy Conrad  46'
LB 5 United States Chris Albright  46'
RM 14Canada Dwayne De Rosario
CM 13Argentina Christian Gómez  46'
CM 8 United States Richard Mulrooney  46'
LM 17United States Joshua Gros
CF 15United States Brian Ching  46'
CF 99Bolivia Jaime Moreno (c)  46'
Substitutes:
GK 22United States Joe Cannon  46'
DF 2 United States Eddie Robinson  46'
DF 6 Republic of Ireland Ronnie O'Brien  46'
MF 9 United States Freddy Adu  46'
MF 26United States Ricardo Clark  46'
FW United States Nate Jaqua  46'
FW 11United States Alecko Eskandarian  46'
Coach:
Poland Peter Nowak
Chelsea:
GK 23Italy Carlo Cudicini  64'
RB 14Cameroon Geremi
CB 20Portugal Paulo Ferreira  46'
CB 26England John Terry (c)
LB 18England Wayne Bridge  46'
DM 5 Ghana Michael Essien
CM 13Germany Michael Ballack  46'
CM 8 England Frank Lampard
RW 24England Shaun Wright-Phillips  46'
LW 11Ivory Coast Didier Drogba  46'
CF 7 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko  46'
Substitutes:
GK 40Portugal Hilário  64'
DF 6 Portugal Ricardo Carvalho  46'
DF 43England Ryan Bertrand
DF 44England Michael Mancienne
MF 10England Joe Cole  46'  52'
MF 12Nigeria John Obi Mikel  46'
MF 16Netherlands Arjen Robben  46'
MF 19France Lassana Diarra  46'
MF 46England Jimmy Smith  52'
MF 48England Michael Woods
FW 21Ivory Coast Salomon Kalou  46'
Coach:
Portugal José Mourinho

Most Valuable Player:
Canada Dwayne De Rosario

Assistant referees:
Nate Clement
Chris Strickland
Fourth official:
Terry Vaughn

Several players originally named in the MLS All-Stars roster had to withdraw as they were due to play in the New England Revolution vs Chivas USA match on August 6; these included Ante Razov (Chivas), Shalrie Joseph and Clint Dempsey (both New England). Landon Donovan, Pablo Mastroeni and Eddie Pope also withdrew from the All-Star game through injury. Facundo Erpen, Ricardo Clark and Eddie Robinson were called up to replace them.

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