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2013 MLS All-Star Game

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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 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]

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 Peru PER Raúl Fernández (FC Dallas •)
2 DF United States USA Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake ♦)
3 FW United States USA Mike Magee (Chicago Fire •)
4 DF United States USA Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy •)
5 DF United States USA Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City •)
6 FW United States USA Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes •)
7 MF United States USA Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy %)
8 MF United States USA Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City •)
9 FW Italy ITA Marco Di Vaio (Montreal Impact •*)
10 MF Canada CAN Patrice Bernier (Montreal Impact♦)
11 MF United States USA Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo •)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW France FRA Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls•)
15 MF Canada CAN Will Johnson (Portland Timbers •)
18 GK United States USA Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake ♦)
19 FW United States USA Jack McInerney (Philadelphia Union %)
20 DF United States USA DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC ♦)
22 FW Brazil BRA Camilo Sanvezzo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC ♦)
23 MF United States USA Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake ♦)
26 DF United States USA Corey Ashe (Houston Dynamo ♦)
78 DF France FRA Aurélien Collin (Sporting Kansas City •)
MF Australia AUS Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls ♦#)
FW Republic of Ireland 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 Romania ROU Bogdan Lobonț
4 MF United States USA Michael Bradley
5 DF Brazil BRA Leandro Castán
6 MF Netherlands NED Kevin Strootman [8]
7 MF Brazil BRA Marquinho
8 FW Argentina ARG Erik Lamela
9 FW Italy ITA Pablo Osvaldo
10 FW Italy ITA Francesco Totti (captain)
11 MF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Taddei
13 DF Brazil BRA Maicon
15 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Miralem Pjanić
16 MF Italy ITA Daniele De Rossi (vice-captain)
17 DF Morocco MAR Mehdi Benatia
18 FW Italy ITA Gianluca Caprari
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Ivory Coast CIV Junior Tallo
22 FW Italy ITA Mattia Destro
24 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Florenzi
26 GK Italy ITA Morgan De Sanctis
27 DF Brazil BRA Dodô
28 GK Poland POL Łukasz Skorupski
29 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Burdisso
31 FW Italy ITA Marco Borriello
33 DF Croatia CRO Tin Jedvaj
35 DF Greece GRE Vasilis Torosidis
42 DF Italy ITA Federico Balzaretti
46 DF Italy ITA Alessio Romagnoli
91 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Crescenzi

Match

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Details

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MLS All-Stars United States Canada1–3Italy Roma
Gonzalez 90+1' Report Collin 4' (o.g.)
Florenzi 47'
Tallo 69'
MLS All-Stars
Roma
GK 1 Peru Raúl Fernández downward-facing red arrow 45'
RB 5 United States Tony Beltran
CB 2 United States Matt Besler downward-facing red arrow 45'
CB 78 France Aurélien Collin
LB 26 United States Corey Ashe downward-facing red arrow 66'
MF 15 Canada Will Johnson downward-facing red arrow 45'
MF 23 United States Kyle Beckerman downward-facing red arrow 45'
MF 11 United States Brad Davis downward-facing red arrow 45'
MF 8 United States Graham Zusi downward-facing red arrow 24'
CF 9 Italy Marco Di Vaio downward-facing red arrow 45'
CF 14 France Thierry Henry (c) downward-facing red arrow 57'
Substitutes:
GK 18 United States Nick Rimando upward-facing green arrow 45'
DF 4 United States Omar Gonzalez upward-facing green arrow 45'
DF 20 United States DeAndre Yedlin upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 7 United States Landon Donovan upward-facing green arrow 45'
CF 3 United States Mike Magee upward-facing green arrow 45'
CF 6 United States Chris Wondolowski upward-facing green arrow 45'
CF 19 United States Jack McInerney upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW 22 Brazil Camilo upward-facing green arrow 24'
Manager:
United States Peter Vermes
GK 26 Italy Morgan De Sanctis downward-facing red arrow 63'
RB 35 Greece Vasilis Torosidis
CB 17 Morocco Mehdi Benatia
CB 5 Brazil Leandro Castán
LB 42 Italy Federico Balzaretti
MF 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić Yellow card 54' downward-facing red arrow 63'
MF 4 United States Michael Bradley
MF 48 Italy Alessandro Florenzi downward-facing red arrow 63'
MF 6 Netherlands Kevin Strootman
MF 10 Italy Francesco Totti (c) downward-facing red arrow 87'
CF 20 Ivory Coast Junior Tallo downward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Romania Bogdan Lobonț upward-facing green arrow 63'
MF 7 Brazil Marquinho Yellow card 85' upward-facing green arrow 63'
MF 16 Italy Daniele De Rossi upward-facing green arrow 63'
CF 18 Italy Gianluca Caprari upward-facing green arrow 80'
CF 51 Italy Federico Ricci upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
France Rudi Garcia

Volkswagen MLS All-Star MVP:
Italy 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.