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1997 MLS All-Star Game

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MLS All-Star Game 1997
Event1997 Major League Soccer season
DateJuly 9, 1997
VenueGiants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Man of the MatchCarlos Valderrama (MLS East)
RefereeArturo Angeles
Attendance24,816
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The 1997 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the second Major League Soccer All-Star Game, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. Teams of the best players from each conference played against each other at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, on July 9, 1997. The MLS All-Stars East won the game 5–4, with goals from MVP Carlos Valderrama, Giuseppe Galderisi, Robert Warzycha, Richie Williams and Brian McBride. Dante Washington, Jorge Campos, Digital Takawira and Cobi Jones scored for the MLS All-Stars West. Arturo Angeles refereed the game, which was attended by 24,816 spectators.

Match details

MLS All-Stars East5 – 4MLS All-Stars West
Valderrama 50'
Galderisi 63'
Warzycha 66'
Williams 70'
McBride 88'
Report Washington 11'
Campos 44'
Takawira 80'
Jones 86'
MLS All-Stars East:
GK Italy Walter Zenga downward-facing red arrow 46'
DF 23 United States Eddie Pope downward-facing red arrow 46'
DF United States Alexi Lalas downward-facing red arrow 46'
DF 12 United States Jeff Agoos
MF 19 Poland Robert Warzycha downward-facing red arrow 79'
MF 6 United States John Harkes downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF 7 Italy Roberto Donadoni downward-facing red arrow 28'
MF 8 Colombia Carlos Valderrama
MF Bolivia Marco Etcheverry downward-facing red arrow 46'
FW 2 El Salvador Raúl Díaz Arce downward-facing red arrow 46' upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW Bolivia Jaime Moreno downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
GK United States Tony Meola upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 4 United States Ted Chronopoulos upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF Canada Frank Yallop upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 16 United States Richie Williams upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 14 United States Steve Ralston upward-facing green arrow 28'
FW 20 Italy Giuseppe Galderisi upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 11 Mozambique Chiquinho Conde upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 15 United States Brian McBride upward-facing green arrow 46'
Coach:
MLS All-Stars West:
GK 1 United States Mark Dodd downward-facing red arrow 58'
DF 2 Argentina Diego Soñora
DF Scotland Richard Gough downward-facing red arrow 46'
DF United States Marcelo Balboa downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF United States Chris Henderson
MF United States Damian Silvera downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF 10 El Salvador Mauricio Cienfuegos
MF United States Preki downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF 66 Switzerland Alain Sutter downward-facing red arrow 35'
FW 12 Zimbabwe Digital Takawira downward-facing red arrow 46' upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW United States Dante Washington downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
GK 9 Mexico Jorge Campos upward-facing green arrow 35'
DF 3 United States John Doyle upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 7 United States Mark Santel upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 23 United States Cobi Jones upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 13 United States Mark Chung upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW Scotland Mo Johnston upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 20 El Salvador Ronald Cerritos upward-facing green arrow 46'
Coach:

Most Valuable Player:
Colombia Carlos Valderrama (MLS All-Stars East)

Assistant referees:
Jorge Reyes
Thomas Bobadilla