2010 MLS All-Star Game

June 2017 May 2017 Soccer game played in Houston, Texas AT&T MLS All-Star Game 2010 190px 2010 Major League Soccer season MLS All-Stars USA 30px CAN 30px 2 Manchester United ENG 30px 5 July 28, 2010 Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Federico Macheda (Manchester United) Most Valuable Player Jorge Gonzalez 70,728 2009 2011 The 2010 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, held on July 28, 2010,Houston is prominent in MLS All-Star Logo, José de Jesus Ortiz, Houston Chronicle 31 March 2010 was the 15th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. The MLS All-Stars faced Manchester United of the English Premier League in the seventh All-Star Game that featured the league's best players facing international competition. The match was broadcast in the US on ESPN2 in English and Galavision in Spanish. Manchester United thrashed the MLS All-Stars 5–2 to become the first international club to defeat the All-Stars in regulation time (fellow Premier League side Everton won the 2009 All-Star Game on penalties). United forward Federico Macheda, who scored the game's first two goals, was named Most Valuable Player. Houston Dynamo and MLS announced Reliant Stadium as the venue on September 8, 2009.http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090908&content_id=6856846&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp Major League Soccer: News: 2010 MLS All-Star Game at Reliant Stadium February 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090916040134/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090908&content_id=6856846&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp September 16, 2009 dead mdy-all MLS Commissioner Don Garber speculated the league might have drawn a team from Mexico to play the MLS All-Stars in 2010, given the close proximity of the country to Houston.http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090727&content_id=6089882&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 MLS All-Star Game heads to Houston in 2010 July 27, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090827231715/http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090727&content_id=6089882&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 August 27, 2009 dead mdy-all Host venue MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced on July 27, 2009 that Houston had been chosen as the host city for the upcoming 2010 MLS All-Star Game, in a press conference at the Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah during All-Star Week festivities. The 2010 MLS All-Star game was the first to be played in the state of Texas. MLS All-Stars voting Like the previous year, the selection of the MLS All-Star First XI was determined by an online fan voting system that accounted for 25% of the total vote, with players, coaches and general managers, and the media each holding 25% of the vote. The fan voting period was announced after the start of the 2010 Major League Soccer season. An additional seven players were chosen by the MLS All-Star head coach Bruce Arena and the Commissioner of MLS Don Garber. Inactive Roster In addition to the 25-man roster of players available to participate in the match, MLS also announced 7 additional inactive all-stars: goalkeepers Jimmy Nielsen (Kansas City) and Kasey Keller (Seattle), midfielders Joel Lindpere (New York), Robbie Rogers (Columbus), Freddie Ljungberg (Seattle), and forwards Fredy Montero (Seattle) and Conor Casey (Colorado).http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundersfcblog/2012459903_kasey_keller_fredy_montero_and.html Kasey Keller, Fredy Montero and (perhaps surprisingly) Freddie Ljungberg named inactive all-stars by MLS Joshua Mayers July 27, 2010 The Seattle Times September 4, 2010 2010 MLS All-Star Game Rosters Major League Soccer The 2010 MLS All-Star First XI was announced on Tuesday, July 13, 2010,Simon Borg MLSsoccer.com reveals 2010 MLS All-Star First XI http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/mlssoccercom-reveals-2010-mls-all-star-first-xi MLSsoccer.com Major League Soccer July 13, 2010 July 18, 2010 July 17, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100717115610/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/mlssoccercom-reveals-2010-mls-all-star-first-xi dead but midfielder Kyle Beckerman was forced to withdraw from the squad due to injury. A further 13 players were added to the roster on July 19.All-Star roster is set for clash with Manchester Utd http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/all-star-roster-set-clash-manchester-utd MLSsoccer.com Major League Soccer July 19, 2010 July 19, 2010 July 23, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100723100936/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/all-star-roster-set-clash-manchester-utd dead Players in bold denotes First XI status. 1 JAM GK Donovan Ricketts LA Galaxy 2 USA MF Jeff Larentowicz Colorado Rapids 3 COL DF Jámison Olave Real Salt Lake 4 USA DF Omar Gonzalez LA Galaxy 5 USA MF Kyle Beckerman Real Salt Lake, injured 6 USA DF Heath Pearce FC Dallas 7 ARG MF Guillermo Barros Schelotto Columbus Crew 8 USA DF Chad Marshall Columbus Crew 9 COL FW Juan Pablo Ángel New York Red Bulls 10 USA FW Landon Donovan LA Galaxy 11 ARG MF Javier Morales Real Salt Lake 13 USA DF Jonathan Bornstein Chivas USA, injured 14 USA FW Edson Buddle LA Galaxy 15 USA MF Bobby Convey San Jose Earthquakes 16 GUA MF Marco Pappa Chicago Fire 17 CAN MF Dwayne De Rosario Toronto FC 18 USA GK Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake 19 FRA MF Sébastien Le Toux Philadelphia Union 20 COL MF David Ferreira FC Dallas 21 GRD MF Shalrie Joseph New England Revolution 22 COL DF Wilman Conde Chicago Fire 24 USA MF Brad Davis Houston Dynamo 25 USA FW Brian Ching Houston Dynamo 30 USA DF Kevin Alston New England Revolution 99 BOL FW Jaime Moreno D.C. United Manchester United Manchester United announced their squad on July 9, 2010. 1 NED GK Edwin van der Sar 6 ENG DF Wes Brown 9 BUL FW Dimitar Berbatov 11 WAL MF Ryan Giggs 12 ENG DF Chris Smalling 13 KOR 1997 MF Park Ji-sung 14 MEX FW Javier Hernández 17 POR MF Nani 18 ENG MF Paul Scholes 19 ENG FW Danny Welbeck 20 BRA DF Fabio 21 BRA DF Rafael 22 IRL DF John O'Shea 23 NIR DF Jonny Evans 24 SCO MF Darren Fletcher 26 FRA FW Gabriel Obertan 27 ITA FW Federico Macheda 28 IRL MF Darron Gibson 29 POL GK Tomasz Kuszczak 30 BEL DF Ritchie De Laet 31 NIR MF Corry Evans 32 SEN FW Mame Biram Diouf 35 ENG MF Tom Cleverley 40 ENG GK Ben Amos Match details July 28, 2010 8:00 p.m. CDT MLS All-Stars USA CAN 2–5 Report ENG Manchester United Ching 64 De Rosario 90 Macheda 1 12 Gibson 70 Cleverley 73 Hernández 84 Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas 70,728 Jorge GonzalezRidge Mahoney Man. United youngsters stun MLS All-Stars http://www.socceramerica.com/article/39108/man-u-youngsters-stun-mls-all-stars.html Soccer America July 28, 2010 July 30, 2010 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025231/http://www.socceramerica.com/article/39108/man-u-youngsters-stun-mls-all-stars.html dead _ALLSTAR_10 _ALLSTAR_10 _ALLSTAR_10 _black_3_stripes_color _3_stripes_on_black FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FF6F00 FF6F00 MLS All-Stars _manutd1011h _manutd1011h _manutd1011h _stripes_cut_black _manutd1011al E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF FFFFFF Manchester United GK 1 JAM Donovan Ricketts 45RB 30USA Kevin Alston 74CB 3 COL Jámison Olave 45CB 8 USA Chad Marshall 63LB 6 USA Heath Pearce 74RM 19FRA Sébastien Le Toux 45CM 11ARG Javier Morales 63CM 21GRN Shalrie Joseph 74CM 7 ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto 45LM 16GUA Marco Pappa 45CF 9 COL Juan Pablo Ángel (c) 45Substitutes:GK 18USA Nick Rimando 45DF 4 USA Omar Gonzalez 45DF 22COL Wilman Conde 69 63MF 2 USA Jeff Larentowicz 45MF 15USA Bobby Convey 45MF 17CAN Dwayne De Rosario 74MF 20COL David Ferreira 45MF 24USA Brad Davis 74FW 10USA Landon Donovan 74FW 14USA Edson BuddleFW 25USA Brian Ching 45FW 99BOL Jaime Moreno 63Manager:USA Bruce Arena300px GK 1 NED Edwin van der SarRB 21BRA RafaelCB 6 ENG Wes BrownCB 23NIR Jonny Evans 53LB 20BRA Fabio 72RM 26FRA Gabriel Obertan 23CM 24SCO Darren FletcherCM 22IRL John O'SheaLM 17POR Nani 63CF 27ITA Federico Macheda 63CF 11WAL Ryan Giggs (c) 51Substitutes:GK 29POL Tomasz KuszczakGK 40ENG Ben AmosDF 12ENG Chris SmallingDF 30BEL Ritchie De LaetMF 13KOR 1997 Park Ji-sungMF 18ENG Paul Scholes 72MF 28IRL Darron Gibson 51MF 31NIR Corry EvansMF 35ENG Tom Cleverley 23FW 9 BUL Dimitar BerbatovFW 14MEX Javier Hernández 63FW 19ENG Danny Welbeck 63FW 32SEN Mame Biram DioufManager:SCO Sir Alex Ferguson Most Valuable Player: ITA Federico Macheda (Manchester United) References 2010 Category:Manchester United F.C. matches Category:Soccer competitions in Houston All-Star Game Category:2010 in sports in Texas Category:2010 in Houston Category:July 2010 sports events in the United States