2010 MLS All-Star Game

AT&T MLS All-Star Game 2010

Event	2010 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars Manchester United 2 5
Date	July 28, 2010
Venue	Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Most Valuable Player	Federico Macheda (Manchester United)
Referee	Jorge Gonzalez [1]
Attendance	70,728
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The 2010 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, held on July 28, 2010, ^[2] was the 15th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. The MLS All-Stars faced Manchester United of the English Premier League in the seventh All-Star Game that featured the league's best players facing international competition. The match was broadcast in the US on ESPN2 in English and Galavision in Spanish.

Manchester United thrashed the MLS All-Stars 5–2 to become the first international club to defeat the All-Stars in regulation time (fellow Premier League side Everton won the 2009 All-Star Game on penalties). United forward Federico Macheda, who scored the game's first two goals, was named Most Valuable Player.

Houston Dynamo and MLS announced Reliant Stadium as the venue on September 8, 2009. ^[3] MLS Commissioner Don Garber speculated the league might have drawn a team from Mexico to play the MLS All-Stars in 2010, given the close proximity of the country to Houston. ^[4]

Host venue

MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced on July 27, 2009 that Houston had been chosen as the host city for the upcoming 2010 MLS All-Star Game, in a press conference at the Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah during All-Star Week festivities. ^[4] The 2010 MLS All-Star game was the first to be played in the state of Texas.

MLS All-Stars voting

Like the previous year, the selection of the MLS All-Star First XI was determined by an online fan voting system that accounted for 25% of the total vote, with players, coaches and general managers, and the media each holding 25% of the vote. The fan voting period was announced after the start of the 2010 Major League Soccer season. An additional seven players were chosen by the MLS All-Star head coach Bruce Arena and the Commissioner of MLS Don Garber.

Inactive Roster

In addition to the 25-man roster of players available to participate in the match, MLS also announced 7 additional inactive all-stars: goalkeepers Jimmy Nielsen (Kansas City) and Kasey Keller (Seattle), midfielders Joel Lindpere (New York), Robbie Rogers (Columbus), Freddie Ljungberg (Seattle), and forwards Fredy Montero (Seattle) and Conor Casey (Colorado). ^[5]

2010 MLS All-Star Game Rosters

Major League Soccer

The 2010 MLS All-Star First XI was announced on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, ^[6] but midfielder Kyle Beckerman was forced to withdraw from the squad due to injury. A further 13 players were added to the roster on July 19. ^[7]

Players in bold denotes First XI status.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   JAM Donovan Ricketts (LA Galaxy) 2 MF   USA Jeff Larentowicz (Colorado Rapids) 3 DF   COL Jámison Olave (Real Salt Lake) 4 DF   USA Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy) 5 MF   USA Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake, injured) 6 DF   USA Heath Pearce (FC Dallas) 7 MF   ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Columbus Crew) 8 DF   USA Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew) 9 FW   COL Juan Pablo Ángel (New York Red Bulls) 10 FW   USA Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy) 11 MF   ARG Javier Morales (Real Salt Lake) 13 DF   USA Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA, injured) 14 FW   USA Edson Buddle (LA Galaxy)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   USA Bobby Convey (San Jose Earthquakes) 16 MF   GUA Marco Pappa (Chicago Fire) 17 MF   CAN Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC) 18 GK   USA Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake) 19 MF   FRA Sébastien Le Toux (Philadelphia Union) 20 MF   COL David Ferreira (FC Dallas) 21 MF   GRN Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution) 22 DF   COL Wilman Conde (Chicago Fire) 24 MF   USA Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) 25 FW   USA Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo) 30 DF   USA Kevin Alston (New England Revolution) 99 FW   BOL Jaime Moreno (D.C. United)

Manchester United

Manchester United announced their squad on July 9, 2010.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NED Edwin van der Sar 6 DF   ENG Wes Brown 9 FW   BUL Dimitar Berbatov 11 MF   WAL Ryan Giggs 12 DF   ENG Chris Smalling 13 MF   KOR Park Ji-sung 14 FW   MEX Javier Hernández 17 MF   POR Nani 18 MF   ENG Paul Scholes 19 FW   ENG Danny Welbeck 20 DF   BRA Fabio 21 DF   BRA Rafael

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF   IRL John O'Shea 23 DF   NIR Jonny Evans 24 MF   SCO Darren Fletcher 26 FW   FRA Gabriel Obertan 27 FW   ITA Federico Macheda 28 MF   IRL Darron Gibson 29 GK   POL Tomasz Kuszczak 30 DF   BEL Ritchie De Laet 31 MF   NIR Corry Evans 32 FW   SEN Mame Biram Diouf 35 MF   ENG Tom Cleverley 40 GK   ENG Ben Amos

Match details

July 28, 2010

20:00 CDT

MLS All-Stars	2–5	Manchester United
Ching 64' De Rosario 90'	Report	Macheda 1', 12' Gibson 70' Cleverley 73' Hernández 84'

Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas

Attendance: 70,728

Referee: Jorge Gonzalez ^[1]

MLS All-Stars

Manchester United

GK 1 Donovan Ricketts  45' RB 30 Kevin Alston  74' CB 3 Jámison Olave  45' CB 8 Chad Marshall  63' LB 6 Heath Pearce  74' RM 19 Sébastien Le Toux  45' CM 11 Javier Morales  63' CM 21 Shalrie Joseph  74' CM 7 Guillermo Barros Schelotto  45' LM 16 Marco Pappa  45' CF 9 Juan Pablo Ángel (c)  45' Substitutes: GK 18 Nick Rimando  45' DF 4 Omar Gonzalez  45' DF 22 Wilman Conde  69'  63' MF 2 Jeff Larentowicz  45' MF 15 Bobby Convey  45' MF 17 Dwayne De Rosario  74' MF 20 David Ferreira  45' MF 24 Brad Davis  74' FW 10 Landon Donovan  74' FW 14 Edson Buddle FW 25 Brian Ching  45' FW 99 Jaime Moreno  63' Manager: Bruce Arena

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 21 Rafael CB 6 Wes Brown CB 23 Jonny Evans  53' LB 20 Fabio  72' RM 26 Gabriel Obertan  23' CM 24 Darren Fletcher CM 22 John O'Shea LM 17 Nani  63' CF 27 Federico Macheda  63' CF 11 Ryan Giggs (c)  51' Substitutes: GK 29 Tomasz Kuszczak GK 40 Ben Amos DF 12 Chris Smalling DF 30 Ritchie De Laet MF 13 Park Ji-sung MF 18 Paul Scholes  72' MF 28 Darron Gibson  51' MF 31 Corry Evans MF 35 Tom Cleverley  23' FW 9 Dimitar Berbatov FW 14 Javier Hernández  63' FW 19 Danny Welbeck  63' FW 32 Mame Biram Diouf Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

Most Valuable Player: Federico Macheda (Manchester United)

References

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5. Mayers, Joshua (July 27, 2010). "Kasey Keller, Fredy Montero and (perhaps surprisingly) Freddie Ljungberg named inactive all-stars by MLS". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
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