Major League Soccer All-Star Game

MLS All-Star Game
Founded	1996
Region	Major League Soccer (CONCACAF)
Number of teams	2
Current champions	Real Madrid (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	MLS All-Stars (9 times)
Television broadcasters	FS1, UniMás, TSN, TVA Sports
2017 MLS All-Star Game

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 8–4 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]

Results by team

Team	Winner	Runner-up	Total
MLS All-Stars	9	6	15
MLS East	5	1	6
Manchester United	2	& —	2
MLS West	2	4	6
Arsenal	1	& —	1
Everton	1	& —	1
Roma	1	& —	1
Real Madrid	1	& —	1
MLS USA	1	& —	1
Chelsea	& —	2	2
Bayern Munich	& —	1	1
Celtic	& —	1	1
Fulham	& —	1	1
Guadalajara	& —	1	1
MLS World	& —	1	1
Tottenham Hotspur	& —	1	1
United States	& —	1	1
West Ham United	& —	1	1

Results by year

"East vs. West" (1996–1997)

1996 MLS All-Star Game July 14, 1996	East	3–2	West	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Ramos 13' Savarese 69' Pittman 88'	Report	Preki 33' Kreis 37'	Attendance: 78,416 Referee: Kevin Stott MVP: Carlos Valderrama

1997 MLS All-Star Game July 9, 1997	East	5–4	West	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Valderrama 50' Galderisi 63' Warzycha 66' Williams 70' McBride 88'	Report	Washington 11' Campos 44' Takawira 80' Jones 86'	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	MLS World	Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
	T. Ramos 5' Lalas 15' McBride 16' Preki 40' Lassiter 78' Jones 83'	Report	M. Ramos 89'	Attendance: 34,416 Referee: Esse Baharmast MVP: Brian McBride

"East vs. West" (1999–2001)

1999 MLS All-Star Game July 17, 1999	East	4–6	West	Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
	Lassiter 1' Moore 62' (pen.) Valderrama 73' John 83'	Report	Preki 13', 38' Kosecki 32' Jones 36' Wright 84' Cerritos 89'	Attendance: 23,227 Referee: Sandra Hunt MVP: Preki

2000 MLS All-Star Game July 29, 2000	East	9–4	West	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
	Mathis 2' Moreno 36' Valencia 39' Chung 51' Diallo 59', 61' Heaps 65' Washington 67' McBride 76'	Report	Razov 17', 22' Cienfuegos 19' Nowak 44'	Attendance: 23,495 Referee: Paul Tamberino MVP: Mamadou Diallo

2001 MLS All-Star Game July 28, 2001	East	6–6	West	Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
	Chacón 28' McBride 34', 39' Diallo 53' Rooney 84' Catê 87'	Report	Donovan 3', 7', 19', 90+2' Graziani 26' Kovalenko 69'	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	United States	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
	Kreis 59' Etcheverry 72' Ralston 81'	Report	Donovan 58' Jones 76'	Attendance: 31,096 Referee: Brian Hall MVP: Marco Etcheverry

2003 MLS All-Star Game August 2, 2003	MLS All-Stars	3–1	Guadalajara	Home Depot Center, Carson, California
	Razov 57' Ruiz 68' Beasley 83'	Report	Garcia 66'	Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Kevin Terry MVP: Carlos Ruiz

"East vs. West" (2004)

2004 MLS All-Star Game July 31, 2004	East	3–2	West	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
	Guevara 20', 22' (pen.) Eskandarian 74'	Report	Ching 43' Kreis 89'	Attendance: 21,378 Referee: Michael Kennedy MVP: Amado Guevara

"All-Stars vs. Guest" (2005–present)

2005 MLS All-Star Game July 30, 2005	MLS All-Stars	4–1	Fulham	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
	Twellman 23' O’Brien 56' Cunningham 85', 89'	Report	Jensen 66' (pen.)	Attendance: 23,309 Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela MVP: Taylor Twellman

2006 MLS All-Star Game August 5, 2006	MLS All-Stars	1–0	Chelsea	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois
	De Rosario 70'	Report		Attendance: 21,210 Referee: Abbey Okulaja MVP: Dwayne De Rosario

2007 MLS All-Star Game July 19, 2007	MLS All-Stars	2–0	Celtic	Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
	Ángel 36' Toja 44'	Report		Attendance: 18,661 Referee: Baldomero Toledo MVP: Juan Pablo Ángel

2008 MLS All-Star Game July 24, 2008	MLS All-Stars	3–2	West Ham United	BMO Field, Toronto
	Gómez 27' Blanco 45' De Rosario 70' (pen.)	Report	Ashton 26', 67'	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)	Everton	Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah
	Davis 26'	Report	Saha 12'	Attendance: 20,124 Referee: Ricardo Salazar MVP: Tim Howard
		Penalties
	Donovan Davis Arnaud Johnson Casey Ljungberg		Vaughan Jô Baines Neville Lescott Rodwell

2010 MLS All-Star Game July 28, 2010	MLS All-Stars	2–5	Manchester United	Reliant Stadium, Houston
	Ching 64' De Rosario 90'	Report	Macheda 1', 13' Gibson 70' Cleverley 73' Hernández 84'	Attendance: 70,728 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez MVP: Federico Macheda

2011 MLS All-Star Game July 27, 2011	MLS All-Stars	0–4	Manchester United	Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey
		Report	Anderson 20' Park 45' Berbatov 52' Welbeck 68'	Attendance: 26,760 Referee: Jair Marrufo MVP: Park Ji-sung

2012 MLS All-Star Game July 25, 2012	MLS All-Stars	3–2	Chelsea	PPL Park, Chester, Pennsylvania
	Wondolowski 21' Pontius 73' Johnson 90+1'	Report	Terry 32' Lampard 58'	Attendance: 19,236 Referee: Baldomero Toledo MVP: Chris Pontius

2013 MLS All-Star Game July 31, 2013	MLS All-Stars	1–3	Roma	Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas
20:30	Gonzalez 90+1'	Report	Strootman 4' Florenzi 47' Tallo 68'	Attendance: 21,175 Referee: Hilario Grajeda MVP: Alessandro Florenzi

2014 MLS All-Star Game August 6, 2014	MLS All-Stars	2–1	Bayern Munich	Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
	Wright-Phillips 51' Donovan 70'	Report	Lewandowski 8'	Attendance: 21,733 Referee: Jair Marrufo MVP: Landon Donovan

2015 MLS All-Star Game July 29, 2015	MLS All-Stars	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
	Kaká 20' (pen.) Villa 23'	Report	Kane 37'	Attendance: 18,671 Referee: Ismail Elfath MVP: Kaká

2016 MLS All-Star Game July 28, 2016	MLS All-Stars	1–2	Arsenal	Avaya Stadium, San Jose, California
	Drogba 45+2'	Report	Campbell 10' (pen.) Akpom 87'	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)	Real Madrid	Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois^[4]
	Dwyer 87'	Report	Mayoral 59'	Attendance: 61,428 Referee: Allen Chapman MVP: Borja Mayoral
		Penalties
	Dwyer Dos Santos Valeri Almirón		Benzema Bale Kovačić Marcelo

References

↑ Stephenson, Colinwas (July 14, 1996). "Soccer Fans Get Their Kicks With 2 All-star Games Today". NY Daily News. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
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↑ "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. Retrieved January 31, 2016.

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