2015 MLS All-Star Game

2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game

AT&T All-Star Colorado '15
Event	2015 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars Tottenham Hotspur 2 1
Date	July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29)
Venue	Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
Most Valuable Player	Kaká (MLS All-Stars)
Referee	Ismail Elfath (United States)
Attendance	18,671
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The 2015 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, the 20th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, took place on July 29, 2015 (9 p.m. EDT, 7 p.m. local time) at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado, the home of the Colorado Rapids. The game was televised live on Fox Sports 1 and UniMás in the United States, and TSN and RDS in Canada. ^[1]

Kaká was named MVP. ^[2] Also, 2015 MLS Homegrown Game was played one day before this event.

Squads

MLS All-Stars

As of July 29, 2015Note: 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   DEN David Ousted (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) [b] 2 FW   USA Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC) [a] 3 DF   USA Drew Moor (Colorado Rapids) [b] 4 DF   USA Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy) [a] 5 DF   USA Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City) [a] 6 DF   BEL Laurent Ciman (Montreal Impact) [b] 7 FW   ESP David Villa (New York City FC) [a] 8 MF   USA Ethan Finlay (Columbus Crew SC) [e] 9 MF   BRA Juninho (LA Galaxy) [e] 10 FW   USA Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC) [e] 11 MF   COL Fabián Castillo (FC Dallas) [b] 12 DF   USA Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake) [b] 13 MF   USA Dax McCarty (New York Red Bulls) [c] 14 DF   USA Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders FC) [b] 16 DF   USA DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo) [a] 17 MF   USA Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) [a]

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK   USA Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake) [a] 19 MF   USA Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) [a] 20 DF   CRC Waylon Francis (Columbus Crew SC) [e] 21 MF   USA Sam Cronin (Colorado Rapids) [e] 22 MF   BRA Kaká (Orlando City SC) [a] [e] 23 FW   SLE Kei Kamara (Columbus Crew) [b] 30 FW   USA Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy) [e] 31 GK   USA Clint Irwin (Colorado Rapids) [e] — DF   USA Chris Tierney (New England Revolution) [b] [d] — MF   USA Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) [a] [d] — MF   ENG Steven Gerrard (LA Galaxy) [c] [d] — MF   ENG Frank Lampard (New York City FC) [c] [d] — FW   NGA Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders FC) [a] [d] — FW   IRL Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy) [b] [d] — FW   ITA Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC) [b] [d]

Notes:

^a 2015 MLS All-Star Fan XI. ^[3]

^b Selected by All-Star coach Pablo Mastroeni of the Colorado Rapids. ^[4]

^c Selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garber ^[5]

^d Injured or otherwise unable to play.

^e Replacement for player who is injured or otherwise unable to play. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Selection controversy

The league commissioner Don Garber used his two picks to select two players who had never played a single minute in MLS at the time of selection in the two former England internationals Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard who had only officially joined the league on July 8. This provoked outrage from fans, the media and other players, the league eventually agreed to select two extra players to be given all-star bonuses. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

The league's top scorer, Kei Kamara, was omitted from the Fan XI and responded by saying "It's simple as it goes: you're either a U.S. national team player or you're a DP to be on there. I'm neither one of those. If I get called up, I'll be lucky." The top 10 in the fan vote included 8 players who have represented the US national team alongside Kaká and David Villa with Nigerian international Obafemi Martins also being selected via virtual performances in FIFA 15 . ^{[13] [14]}

Tottenham Hotspur

On July 27 Tottenham Hotspur announced a 25-man traveling squad for the MLS All-Star game: ^[15]

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   FRA Hugo Lloris [a] 2 DF   ENG Kyle Walker 3 DF   ENG Danny Rose 4 DF   BEL Toby Alderweireld 5 DF   BEL Jan Vertonghen 11 MF   ARG Erik Lamela [a] 12 DF   USA DeAndre Yedlin 13 GK   NED Michel Vorm 15 DF   ENG Eric Dier 16 DF   ENG Kieran Trippier 18 FW   ENG Harry Kane 19 MF   BEL Mousa Dembélé 20 MF   ENG Dele Alli

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF   ARG Federico Fazio 22 MF   BEL Nacer Chadli 23 MF   DEN Christian Eriksen 27 DF   AUT Kevin Wimmer 28 MF   ENG Tom Carroll 33 DF   WAL Ben Davies 42 MF   ALG Nabil Bentaleb 44 MF   ENG Harry Winks [b] 46 FW   ENG Shaq Coulthirst [b] 47 MF   ENG Josh Onomah [b] 48 GK   ENG Luke McGee [b] 50 GK   AUS Tom Glover [c]

Notes:

^a Injured or unable to play.

^b Development Squad

^c Second Year Academy

Match

Details

2015 MLS All-Star Game

July 29, 2015

22:00 ET

MLS All-Stars	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur
Kaká 20' (pen.) Villa 23'	Report	Kane 37'

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado

Attendance: 18,671

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

MLS All-Stars

Tottenham Hotspur

GK 18 Nick Rimando  45' DF 12 Tony Beltran  45' DF 4 Omar Gonzalez  45' DF 5 Matt Besler  45' DF 16 DaMarcus Beasley  45' MF 13 Dax McCarty  45' MF 19 Graham Zusi  45' MF 22 Kaká (c)  45' MF 30 Gyasi Zardes  45' FW 7 David Villa  45' FW 2 Clint Dempsey  45' Substitutes: GK 1 David Ousted  45' GK 31 Clint Irwin DF 14 Chad Marshall  45' DF 3 Drew Moor  45' DF 6 Laurent Ciman  45' DF 20 Waylon Francis  45' MF 17 Benny Feilhaber  45' MF 10 Jozy Altidore  77' MF 9 Juninho  45' MF 11 Fabian Castillo  45' MF 8 Ethan Finlay  45' FW 23 Kei Kamara  45' FW 21 Sebastian Giovinco  45'  77' Manager: Pablo Mastroeni

GK 13 Michel Vorm  64' DF 33 Ben Davies  63' DF 5 Jan Vertonghen (c)  45' DF 4 Toby Alderweireld  64' DF 2 Kyle Walker  45' MF 42 Nabil Bentaleb  45' MF 15 Eric Dier  64' MF 22 Nacer Chadli  64' MF 23 Christian Eriksen  45' MF 19 Mousa Dembélé  64' FW 18 Harry Kane  77' Substitutes: GK 48 Luke McGee  64' GK 50 Tom Glover DF 3 Danny Rose  63' DF 28 Tom Carroll  45' DF 27 Kevin Wimmer  45' DF 47 Josh Onomah  64' MF 21 Federico Fazio  64' MF 16 Kieran Trippier  45' MF 20 Dele Alli  45' MF 12 DeAndre Yedlin  64' MF 44 Harry Winks  64' FW 46 Shaq Coulthirst  64' Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

MLS All-Star Game MVP: Kaká (MLS All-Stars) [16] Assistant referees: [17] Jeff Muschik Brian Dunn Fourth official: Sorin Stoica Fifth official: Michael Rottersman

Match rules 90 minutes. Unlimited substitutions. No extra time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

References

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