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MLS All-Star Game
Founded1996
RegionMajor League Soccer (CONCACAF)
Number of teams2
Most successful club(s)MLS All-Stars (7 times)
Television broadcastersESPN2, TeleFutura, TSN
2013 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 a 6-3 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.

Background

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, as first pioneered by Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, 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 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.

Results

1996 MLS All-Star Game
July 14, 1996 		East United States 3 – 2 United States West Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
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 United States 5 – 4 United States West Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
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
1998 MLS All-Star Game
August 2, 1998 		MLS USA United States 6 – 1   MLS World Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL
Mauricio Ramos 89' Report Tab Ramos 5'
Alexi Lalas 15'
Brian McBride 16'
Preki 40'
Roy Lassiter 78'
Cobi Jones 83'		 Attendance: 34,416
Referee: Esse Baharmast
MVP: Brian McBride
1999 MLS All-Star Game
July 17, 1999 		East United States 4 – 6 United States West Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
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 United States 9 – 4 United States West Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, OH
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 United States 6 – 6 United States West Spartan Stadium, San Jose, CA
Chacón 28'
McBride 34', 39'
Diallo 53'
Rooney 84'
Cate 87'		 Report Donovan 3', 7', 19', 90+2'
Graziani 26'
Kovalenko 69'		 Attendance: 23,512
Referee: Noel Kenney
MVP: Landon Donovan
2002 MLS All-Star Game
August 3, 2002 		MLS All-Stars United States 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 United States 3 – 1 Mexico Guadalajara The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Razov 57'
Ruiz 68'
Beasley 83'		 Report Garcia 66' Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Kevin Terry
MVP: Carlos Ruiz
2004 MLS All-Star Game
July 31, 2004 		East United States 3 – 2 United States 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
2005 MLS All-Star Game
July 30, 2005 		MLS All-Stars United States 4 – 1 England Fulham Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, OH
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 United States 1 – 0 England Chelsea Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL
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 United States 2 – 0 Scotland Celtic Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO
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 United States 3 – 2 England West Ham United BMO Field, Toronto, ON
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 United States 1 – 1
(3 – 4 p)		 England Everton Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT
Davis 26' Report Saha 12' Attendance: 20,124
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
MVP: Tim Howard
Penalties
Donovan soccer ball with check mark
Davis soccer ball with red X
Arnaud soccer ball with red X
Johnson soccer ball with check mark
Casey soccer ball with check mark
Ljungberg soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with red X Vaughan
soccer ball with red X Jô
soccer ball with check mark Baines
soccer ball with check mark Neville
soccer ball with check mark Lescott
soccer ball with check mark Rodwell
2010 MLS All-Star Game
July 28, 2010 		MLS All-Stars United States 2 – 5 England Manchester United Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX
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 United States 0 – 4 England Manchester United Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ
Report Anderson 20'
Park 45'
Berbatov 52'
Welbeck 68'		 Attendance: 26,760
Referee: Jair Marrufo
MVP: Ji-Sung Park
2012 MLS All-Star Game
July 25, 2012 		MLS All-Stars United States 3 – 2 England Chelsea PPL Park, Chester, PA
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 United States v TBD Sporting Park, Kansas City, KS
20:30
  • Italics: sellout

References

  1. ^ Stephenson, Colin (1996-07-14). "Soccer Fans Get Their Kicks With 2 All-star Games Today". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  2. ^ Yannis, Alex (1996-07-16). "SOCCER REPORT". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
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