2015 MLS All-Star Game

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2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game
AT&T All-Star Colorado '15
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Event 2015 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars Tottenham Hotspur
United States Canada England
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Date July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29)
Venue Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
Man of the Match 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, 2015 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Denmark GK David Ousted (Vancouver Whitecaps)[b]
2 United States FW Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC)[a]
3 United States DF Drew Moor (Colorado Rapids)[b]
4 United States DF Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy)[a]
5 United States DF Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City)[a]
6 Belgium DF Laurent Ciman (Montreal Impact)[b]
7 Spain FW David Villa (New York City FC)[a]
8 United States MF Ethan Finlay (Columbus Crew SC)[e]
9 Brazil MF Juninho (LA Galaxy)[e]
10 United States FW Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC)[e]
11 Colombia MF Fabián Castillo (FC Dallas)[b]
12 United States DF Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake)[b]
13 United States MF Dax McCarty (New York Red Bulls)[c]
14 United States DF Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders FC)[b]
16 United States DF DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo)[a]
17 United States MF Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City)[a]
No. Position Player
18 United States GK Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)[a]
19 United States MF Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)[a]
20 Costa Rica DF Waylon Francis (Columbus Crew SC)[e]
21 United States MF Sam Cronin (Colorado Rapids)[e]
22 Brazil MF Kaká (Orlando City SC)[a][e]
23 Sierra Leone FW Kei Kamara (Columbus Crew)[b]
30 United States FW Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)[e]
31 United States GK Clint Irwin (Colorado Rapids)[e]
United States DF Chris Tierney (New England Revolution)[b][d]
United States MF Michael Bradley (Toronto FC)[a][d]
England MF Steven Gerrard (LA Galaxy)[c][d]
England MF Frank Lampard (New York City FC)[c][d]
Nigeria FW Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders FC)[a][d]
Republic of Ireland FW Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)[b][d]
Italy FW 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 France GK Hugo Lloris [a]
2 England DF Kyle Walker
3 England DF Danny Rose
4 Belgium DF Toby Alderweireld
5 Belgium DF Jan Vertonghen
11 Argentina MF Erik Lamela [a]
12 United States DF DeAndre Yedlin
13 Netherlands GK Michel Vorm
15 England DF Eric Dier
16 England DF Kieran Trippier
18 England FW Harry Kane
19 Belgium MF Mousa Dembélé
20 England MF Dele Alli
No. Position Player
21 Argentina DF Federico Fazio
22 Belgium MF Nacer Chadli
23 Denmark MF Christian Eriksen
27 Austria DF Kevin Wimmer
28 England MF Tom Carroll
33 Wales DF Ben Davies
42 Algeria MF Nabil Bentaleb
44 England MF Harry Winks [b]
46 England FW Shaq Coulthirst [b]
47 England MF Josh Onomah [b]
48 England GK Luke McGee [b]
50 Australia GK 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 United States Canada 2–1 England Tottenham Hotspur
http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2015-07-29-mls-all-star-team-vs-tottenham-hotspur/recap
MLS All-Stars
Tottenham Hotspur
GK 18 United States Nick Rimando Substituted off 45'
DF 12 United States Tony Beltran Substituted off 45'
DF 4 United States Omar Gonzalez Substituted off 45'
DF 5 United States Matt Besler Substituted off 45'
DF 16 United States DaMarcus Beasley Substituted off 45'
MF 13 United States Dax McCarty Substituted off 45'
MF 19 United States Graham Zusi Substituted off 45'
MF 22 Brazil Kaká (c) Substituted off 45'
MF 30 United States Gyasi Zardes Substituted off 45'
FW 7 Spain David Villa Substituted off 45'
FW 2 United States Clint Dempsey Substituted off 45'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Denmark David Ousted Substituted in 45'
GK 31 United States Clint Irwin
DF 14 United States Chad Marshall Substituted in 45'
DF 3 United States Drew Moor Substituted in 45'
DF 6 Belgium Laurent Ciman Substituted in 45'
DF 20 Costa Rica Waylon Francis Substituted in 45'
MF 17 United States Benny Feilhaber Substituted in 45'
MF 10 United States Jozy Altidore Substituted in 77'
MF 9 Brazil Juninho Substituted in 45'
MF 11 Colombia Fabian Castillo Substituted in 45'
MF 8 United States Ethan Finlay Substituted in 45'
FW 23 Sierra Leone Kei Kamara Substituted in 45'
FW 21 Italy Sebastian Giovinco Substituted in 45' Substituted off 77'
Manager:
United States Pablo Mastroeni
GK 13 Netherlands Michel Vorm Substituted off 64'
DF 33 Wales Ben Davies Substituted off 63'
DF 5 Belgium Jan Vertonghen (c) Substituted off 45'
DF 4 Belgium Toby Alderweireld Substituted off 64'
DF 2 England Kyle Walker Substituted off 45'
MF 42 Algeria Nabil Bentaleb Substituted off 45'
MF 15 England Eric Dier Substituted off 64'
MF 22 Belgium Nacer Chadli Substituted off 64'
MF 23 Denmark Christian Eriksen Substituted off 45'
MF 19 Belgium Mousa Dembélé Substituted off 64'
FW 18 England Harry Kane Substituted off 77'
Substitutes:
GK 48 England Luke McGee Substituted in 64'
GK 50 Australia Tom Glover
DF 3 England Danny Rose Substituted in 63'
DF 28 England Tom Carroll Substituted in 45'
DF 27 Austria Kevin Wimmer Substituted in 45'
DF 47 England Josh Onomah Substituted in 64'
MF 21 Argentina Federico Fazio Substituted in 64'
MF 16 England Kieran Trippier Substituted in 45'
MF 20 England Dele Alli Substituted in 45'
MF 12 United States DeAndre Yedlin Substituted in 64'
MF 44 England Harry Winks Substituted in 64'
FW 46 England Shaq Coulthirst Substituted in 64'
Manager:
Argentina Mauricio Pochettino

MLS All-Star Game MVP:
Brazil 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.

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