2013 MLS All-Star Game

The 2013 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, held on July 31, 2013, was the 18th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. The game was played at Sporting Park, now known as Children's Mercy Park, in Kansas City, Kansas.[1]

AT&T MLS All-Star Game 2013
Event2013 Major League Soccer season
DateJuly 31, 2013
VenueSporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas
Most Valuable PlayerAlessandro Florenzi (Roma)
RefereeHilario Grajeda
Attendance21,175
2012
2014

The game featured the MLS All-Stars against Roma from Italy's Serie A, marking the first time that an Italian team has played in the MLS All-Star Game.[2] Roma is also the first European club not from Great Britain to play in the All-Star Game.

Peter Vermes, the coach of Sporting Kansas City (the All-Star Game's host), was announced to coach the MLS All-Stars.[3] A unique feature of this year's MLS All-Star Game was that the 11th player in the fan XI was decided through the FIFA 13 video game, with players from around the world scoring goals with their player of choice, and the player with the most goals scored at the end of the allotted time frame would earn their place. Italian Montreal Impact striker Marco Di Vaio made the cut, joining the ten other fan XI players and those voted for by other MLS players and those chosen by Peter Vermes and MLS Commissioner Don Garber. Despite initially being selected, Robbie Keane and Tim Cahill, of LA Galaxy and New York Red Bulls, were both removed from the squad due to injury, which led to their being replaced by Landon Donovan and Jack McInerney, playing for LA Galaxy and Philadelphia Union.

A.S. Roma won the game 3–1, with goals from Kevin Strootman, Alessandro Florenzi, and Junior Tallo.

Rosters

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MLS All-Stars

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As of July 28, 2013

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   PER Raúl Fernández (FC Dallas •)
2 DF   USA Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake ♦)
3 FW   USA Mike Magee (Chicago Fire •)
4 DF   USA Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy •)
5 DF   USA Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City •)
6 FW   USA Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes •)
7 MF   USA Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy %)
8 MF   USA Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City •)
9 FW   ITA Marco Di Vaio (Montreal Impact •*)
10 MF   CAN Patrice Bernier (Montreal Impact♦)
11 MF   USA Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo •)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   FRA Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls•)
15 MF   CAN Will Johnson (Portland Timbers •)
18 GK   USA Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake ♦)
19 FW   USA Jack McInerney (Philadelphia Union %)
20 DF   USA DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC ♦)
22 FW   BRA Camilo Sanvezzo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC ♦)
23 MF   USA Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake ♦)
26 DF   USA Corey Ashe (Houston Dynamo ♦)
78 DF   FRA Aurélien Collin (Sporting Kansas City •)
MF   AUS Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls ♦#)
FW   IRL Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy ♦#)

•- Fan XI
*- 11th Player of Fan XI, determined through FIFA 13[4]

♦ - Players selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garber and All-Star Coach Peter Vermes
♥ - "Inactive Roster" players voted for by other players in MLS
#- Injured Player that was replaced
% - Chosen by Don Garber and Peter Vermes to replace the injured Robbie Keane[5] and Tim Cahill[6]

Roma squad

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As of July 25, 2013[7]

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   ROU Bogdan Lobonț
4 MF   USA Michael Bradley
5 DF   BRA Leandro Castán
6 MF   NED Kevin Strootman [8]
7 MF   BRA Marquinho
8 FW   ARG Erik Lamela
9 FW   ITA Pablo Osvaldo
10 FW   ITA Francesco Totti (captain)
11 MF   BRA Rodrigo Taddei
13 DF   BRA Maicon
15 MF   BIH Miralem Pjanić
16 MF   ITA Daniele De Rossi (vice-captain)
17 DF   MAR Mehdi Benatia
18 FW   ITA Gianluca Caprari
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   CIV Junior Tallo
22 FW   ITA Mattia Destro
24 MF   ITA Alessandro Florenzi
26 GK   ITA Morgan De Sanctis
27 DF   BRA Dodô
28 GK   POL Łukasz Skorupski
29 DF   ARG Nicolás Burdisso
31 FW   ITA Marco Borriello
33 DF   CRO Tin Jedvaj
35 DF   GRE Vasilis Torosidis
42 DF   ITA Federico Balzaretti
46 DF   ITA Alessio Romagnoli
91 DF   ITA Alessandro Crescenzi

Match

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Details

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MLS All-Stars    1–3  Roma
Gonzalez   90+1' Report Collin   4' (o.g.)
Florenzi   47'
Tallo   69'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MLS All-Stars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roma
GK 1   Raúl Fernández   45'
RB 5   Tony Beltran
CB 2   Matt Besler   45'
CB 78   Aurélien Collin
LB 26   Corey Ashe   66'
MF 15   Will Johnson   45'
MF 23   Kyle Beckerman   45'
MF 11   Brad Davis   45'
MF 8   Graham Zusi   24'
CF 9   Marco Di Vaio   45'
CF 14   Thierry Henry (c)   57'
Substitutes:
GK 18   Nick Rimando   45'
DF 4   Omar Gonzalez   45'
DF 20   DeAndre Yedlin   66'
MF 7   Landon Donovan   45'
CF 3   Mike Magee   45'
CF 6   Chris Wondolowski   45'
CF 19   Jack McInerney   57'
FW 22   Camilo   24'
Manager:
  Peter Vermes
GK 26   Morgan De Sanctis   63'
RB 35   Vasilis Torosidis
CB 17   Mehdi Benatia
CB 5   Leandro Castán
LB 42   Federico Balzaretti
MF 15   Miralem Pjanić   54'   63'
MF 4   Michael Bradley
MF 48   Alessandro Florenzi   63'
MF 6   Kevin Strootman
MF 10   Francesco Totti (c)   87'
CF 20   Junior Tallo   80'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Bogdan Lobonț   63'
MF 7   Marquinho   85'   63'
MF 16   Daniele De Rossi   63'
CF 18   Gianluca Caprari   80'
CF 51   Federico Ricci   87'
Manager:
  Rudi Garcia

Volkswagen MLS All-Star MVP:
  Alessandro Florenzi (Roma)
Assistant referees:[9]
(Paul Scott)
(Bill Dittmar)
Fourth official:
(Drew Fischer)

Match rules

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

References

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  1. ^ "Garber: KC's All-Star Game selection a reward for fans". Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ^ Wiebe, Andrew. "Italian giants AS Roma announced as opponent for 2013 AT&T MLS All-Star Game at Sporting Park". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "Quotes: 2013 All-Star Game Announcement Press Conference". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "All-Star: Sporting Kansas City trio of Graham Zusi, Aurelien Collin and Matt Besler highlight Fan XI". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  5. ^ "All-Star: MLS Commissioner selects LA Galaxy's Landon Donovan to replace injured Robbie Keane".
  6. ^ "All-Star: Jack McInerney selected by Peter Vermes to replace injured Tim Cahill vs. AS Roma".
  7. ^ "Players". A.S. Roma. July 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  8. ^ "AS Roma - Official Website - Rome - Football - Soccer".
  9. ^ a b "PRO announces MLS All Star Game crew". Professional Referees Organization. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.