2019 MLS All-Star Game

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2019 MLS All-Star Game Presented by Target
Target All-Star Orlando '19
2019 MLS All-Star Game logo RGB prpl horiz.png
Event2019 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars Atlético Madrid
United States Canada Spain
0 3
DateJuly 31, 2019
VenueExploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Most Valuable PlayerMarcos Llorente (Atlético Madrid)
RefereeDrew Fischer (Canada)
Attendance25,527
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The match was held at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

The 2019 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 24th edition of the annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game. It was held on July 31 at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida against Spanish club Atlético Madrid. Atlético won the game 3–0.[1]

The game was televised domestically on FS1 and UniMás in the US, on TSN and TVA Sports in Canada and in more than 170 other countries around the world.[2]

Pre-match[]

See also: 2019 MLS Homegrown Game

In September 2018, MLS announced that Orlando would host the All-Star Game "in recognition of Orlando City Soccer Club’s emergence as a preeminent organization, Orlando City Stadium’s stature as one of North America’s elite soccer venues, and the overwhelming support of soccer fans in the community."[3] Atlético Madrid was confirmed as the match's opponents in May 2019. Atlético was the 13th different European side to feature in the event and the second from La Liga following city rivals Real Madrid's 2017 match-up in Chicago.[4]

MLS All-Star Week was a five-day program of entertainment and fan experiences. On June 13, it was announced multi-platinum Latin pop singer Prince Royce would headline the 2019 edition of the MLS All-Star Concert which also featured A-Trak. The concert was free to attend for the public and was held on July 27 at Wall Street Plaza.[5] On July 28, there was an eMLS All-Star Challenge where professional eMLS gamers paired up with the likes Landon Donovan and Diego Forlán to play FIFA. The tournament was won by Orlando City's FIFA Abe and guest player AnthFifa who won a 64-player amateur competition earlier in the day.[6][7]

As is tradition, Orlando also hosted the Homegrown Game that runs parallel to the All-Star Game. The game saw a selection of the best young Homegrown Players in MLS play Mexican youth team Chivas U-20s. The Homegrowns won the match on penalties after the game finished in a 2–2 draw.[8]

Following the Homegrown game, MLS debuted a new skills challenge event, pitting three teams composed of All-Stars (Wayne Rooney, Jonathan dos Santos and Carlos Vela), Atlético Madrid players (Koke, Héctor Herrera and João Félix) as well as players from host side Orlando City (Nani, Sebas Méndez and Chris Mueller) against each other in a series of games created by F2Freestylers to test creativity, control and accuracy. Both events were held on July 30 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, the same venue as the NFL's similarly-themed Skills Showdown during the Pro Bowl.[9] Orlando City won after Nani hit the crossbar with the last kick of the competition, winning $25,000 for the Orlando City Foundation.

Match rules[]

  • Unlimited substitutions
  • Penalty shoot-out if tied through full-time; no extra time

Squads[]

MLS All-Stars[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Brad Guzan (Atlanta United)
5 DF Argentina ARG Leandro González Pírez (Atlanta United)
7 FW Venezuela VEN Josef Martínez (Atlanta United)
8 MF Mexico MEX Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy)
9 FW Sweden SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović (LA Galaxy)
10 FW Mexico MEX Carlos Vela (c) (Los Angeles FC)
11 MF Argentina ARG Maximiliano Moralez (New York City FC)
12 MF United States USA Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas)
13 FW United States USA Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)
14 MF Uruguay URU Nicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders FC)
15 MF Canada CAN Mark-Anthony Kaye (Los Angeles FC)
16 FW Uruguay URU Diego Rossi (Los Angeles FC)
17 MF Portugal POR Nani (Orlando City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK United States USA Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
19 DF Madagascar MAD Romain Métanire (Minnesota United)
20 MF Spain ESP Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC)
21 MF Colombia COL Diego Chará (Portland Timbers)
22 MF Argentina ARG Gonzalo Martínez (Atlanta United)
23 FW England ENG Wayne Rooney (D.C. United)
24 DF United States USA Matt Hedges (FC Dallas)
25 DF United States USA Walker Zimmerman (Los Angeles FC)
26 GK Jamaica JAM Andre Blake (Philadelphia Union)
27 MF Argentina ARG Ezequiel Barco (Atlanta United)
28 DF United States USA Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
31 DF Germany GER Bastian Schweinsteiger (Chicago Fire)
92 DF Jamaica JAM Kemar Lawrence (New York Red Bulls)

Atlético Madrid[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Antonio Adán
6 MF Spain ESP Koke (c)
7 FW Portugal POR João Félix
8 MF Spain ESP Saúl
9 FW Spain ESP Álvaro Morata
10 FW Argentina ARG Ángel Correa
11 MF France FRA Thomas Lemar
12 DF Brazil BRA Renan Lodi
13 GK Slovenia SVN Jan Oblak
14 MF Spain ESP Marcos Llorente
15 DF Montenegro MNE Stefan Savić
16 MF Mexico MEX Héctor Herrera
17 FW Serbia SRB Ivan Šaponjić
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Brazil BRA Felipe
19 FW Spain ESP Diego Costa
20 MF Spain ESP Vitolo
22 DF Spain ESP Mario Hermoso
23 DF England ENG Kieran Trippier
30 DF Spain ESP Francisco Montero
32 MF Spain ESP Rodrigo Riquelme
33 DF Spain ESP Carlos Isaac
34 FW Spain ESP Sergio Camello
35 DF Spain ESP Manu Sánchez
36 MF Uruguay URU Juan Manuel Sanabria
37 GK Spain ESP Álex dos Santos
38 MF Spain ESP Toni Moya
  • Manager: Argentina Diego Simeone

Match[]

2019 MLS All-Star Game
MLS All-Stars United States Canada0–3Spain Atlético Madrid
Report
  • Llorente Goal 43'
  • Félix Goal 85'
  • Costa Goal 90+3'
Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 25,527
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
MLS All-Stars
Atlético Madrid
GK 1 United States Brad Guzan Substituted off 30'
DF 28 United States Graham Zusi Substituted off 46'
DF 25 United States Walker Zimmerman Substituted off 46'
DF 24 United States Matt Hedges Substituted off 46'
DF 92 Jamaica Kemar Lawrence Substituted off 46'
MF 21 Colombia Diego Chará Substituted off 46'
MF 10 Mexico Carlos Vela (c) Substituted off 46'
MF 20 Spain Alejandro Pozuelo Substituted off 46'
MF 23 England Wayne Rooney Substituted off 46'
MF 17 Portugal Nani Substituted off 46'
FW 9 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Substituted off 30'
Substitutes:
GK 18 United States Nick Rimando Substituted in 59'
GK 26 Jamaica Andre Blake Substituted in 30' Substituted off 59'
DF 19 Madagascar Romain Métanire Substituted in 46'
DF 5 Argentina Leandro González Pírez Substituted in 46'
MF 31 Germany Bastian Schweinsteiger Substituted in 46'
MF 11 Argentina Maximiliano Moralez Substituted in 46' Substituted off 73'
MF 8 Mexico Jonathan dos Santos Substituted in 46'
MF 14 Uruguay Nicolás Lodeiro Substituted in 46'
MF 22 Argentina Gonzalo Martínez Substituted in 46'
MF 12 United States Paxton Pomykal Substituted in 73'
MF 15 Canada Mark-Anthony Kaye Substituted in 46'
MF 27 Argentina Ezequiel Barco Substituted in 73'
FW 13 United States Chris Wondolowski Substituted in 59'
FW 7 Venezuela Josef Martínez Substituted in 30' Substituted off 59'
FW 16 Uruguay Diego Rossi Substituted in 46' Substituted off 73'
Manager:
Republic of Ireland James O'Connor
GK 1 Spain Antonio Adán (c) Substituted off 65'
DF 33 Spain Carlos Isaac Substituted off 56'
DF 18 Brazil Felipe Substituted off 56'
DF 22 Spain Mario Hermoso Substituted off 59'
DF 35 Spain Manu Sánchez Substituted off 58'
MF 36 Uruguay Juan Manuel Sanabria Substituted off 35'
MF 14 Spain Marcos Llorente Substituted off 57'
MF 16 Mexico Héctor Herrera Substituted off 56'
MF 20 Spain Vitolo Substituted off 57'
FW 10 Argentina Ángel Correa Substituted off 56'
FW 32 Spain Rodrigo Riquelme Substituted off 58'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Slovenia Jan Oblak Substituted in 65'
GK 37 Spain Álex dos Santos
DF 15 Montenegro Stefan Savić Substituted in 56'
DF 23 England Kieran Trippier Substituted in 57'
DF 12 Brazil Renan Lodi Substituted in 56'
DF 30 Spain Francisco Montero Substituted in 59'
MF 6 Spain Koke Substituted in 56'
MF 8 Spain Saúl Ñíguez Substituted in 57'
MF 11 France Thomas Lemar Substituted in 58'
MF 38 Spain Toni Moya Substituted in 35' Substituted off 56'
FW 19 Spain Diego Costa Substituted in 56'
FW 17 Serbia Ivan Šaponjić Substituted in 82'
FW 34 Spain Sergio Camello Substituted in 58' Substituted off 82'
FW 7 Portugal João Félix Substituted in 56'
Manager:
Argentina Diego Simeone

Most valuable player:
Spain Marcos Llorente (Atlético Madrid)

Assistant referees:
Brian Dunn
Logan Brown
Fourth official:
Timothy Ford
Video assistant referee:
Edvin Jurisevic

Match rules

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

References[]

  1. ^ "MLS All-Stars 0, Atletico Madrid 3 - 2019 MLS All-Star Game Recap". www.mlssoccer.com.
  2. ^ "MLS announces Atletico Madrid as opponent for 2019 MLS All-Star Game". www.mlssoccer.com.
  3. ^ "Orlando City to host 2019 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target". www.mlssoccer.com.
  4. ^ "MLS announces Atletico Madrid as opponent for 2019 MLS All-Star Game". www.mlssoccer.com.
  5. ^ "Prince Royce to headline 2019 MLS All-Star Concert presented by Target". www.mlssoccer.com.
  6. ^ "Orlando's Venezuelan duo share special night at eMLS All-Star Challenge". www.mlssoccer.com.
  7. ^ "eMLS FIFA 19 All-Star Challenge Finals: Orlando City Duo Defeats FC Cincinnati Pair at Charity Tournament". VGR. July 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "MLS 2 (3), Chivas U20s 2 (0) 2019 MLS Homegrown Game Recap". www.mlssoccer.com.
  9. ^ Kafai, Arman; USA, Pro Soccer (July 1, 2019). "MLS to debut new skills challenge during 2019 all-star week in Orlando". Pro Soccer USA.
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