2012 MLS All-Star Game

Soccer game played in Chester, Pennsylvania June 2017 May 2017 AT&T MLS All-Star Game 2012 150px 2012 Major League Soccer season MLS All-Stars USA 30px CAN 30px 3 Chelsea ENG 30px 2 July 25, 2012 PPL Park Chester, Pennsylvania Chris Pontius (MLS All-Stars) Most Valuable Player Baldomero Toledo 19,236 2011 2013 The 2012 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, held on July 25, 2012, was the 17th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. The game was played at PPL Park, now known as Subaru Park, in Chester, Pennsylvania, the first time an all-star event was played in the Philadelphia area since the 2002 NBA All-Star Game.With PPL named ASG home, Philly's vision is rewarded http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2012/news/article/2012/01/24/ppl-named-asg-home-phillys-vision-rewarded MLSsoccer.com Major League Soccer January 24, 2012 May 17, 2012 The game featured the MLS All-Stars against Premier League team Chelsea, who were the FA Cup and European Champions League holders. Chelsea made their 2nd appearance in the MLS All-Star Game; the Blues were visiting side in the 2006 MLS All-Star Game at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois, losing to the MLS XI 1–0.All-Star Game: Chelsea return for grudge match at PPL http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2012/news/article/2012/04/11/all-star-game-chelsea-return-grudge-match-ppl MLSsoccer.com Major League Soccer April 11, 2012 May 17, 2012 June 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120624145816/http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2012/news/article/2012/04/11/all-star-game-chelsea-return-grudge-match-ppl dead Piotr Nowak, the coach of the Philadelphia Union (the All-Star Game's host), was originally announced to coach the MLS All-Stars. After Nowak was dismissed from the Union on June 13,"All-Star: MLS to announce Nowak's replacement soon," from MLSsoccer, 6/13/2012 MLS chose D.C. United coach and Pennsylvania native Ben Olsen to coach the All-Stars."Olsen's appointment a 'team honor' for United," from MLSsoccer.com, 6/21/2012 A tracking system was worn by each player to monitor heart rate, intensity of play, speed, distance covered and other personal characteristics in real-time.http://news.discovery.com/tech/adidas-first-smart-game-120721.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 Adidas to Debut World's First 'Smart Game' Discovery News July 21, 2012 Rosters MLS All-Stars DEN 1 GK Jimmy Nielsen Sporting Kansas City COL 2 DF Carlos Valdés Philadelphia Union ♦ USA 5 MF Kyle Beckerman Real Salt Lake USA 6 DF Jay DeMerit Vancouver Whitecaps FC CAN 7 MF Dwayne De Rosario D.C. United (Captain) USA 8 FW Chris Wondolowski San Jose Earthquakes USA 9 FW Eddie Johnson Seattle Sounders FC USA 10 MF Landon Donovan LA Galaxy USA 11 MF Graham Zusi Sporting Kansas City USA 12 DF Ramiro Corrales San Jose Earthquakes ♦ USA 13 FW Chris Pontius D.C. United FRA 14 FW Thierry Henry New York Red Bulls USA 15 DF Justin Morrow San Jose Earthquakes ** CUB 16 MF Osvaldo Alonso Seattle Sounders FC USA 21 MF Michael Farfan Philadelphia Union % USA 22 GK Dan Kennedy Chivas USA ENG 23 MF David Beckham LA Galaxy IRN 33 DF Steven Beitashour San Jose Earthquakes FRA 78 DF Aurélien Collin Sporting Kansas City USA 00 GK Nick Rimando Real Salt Lake ♥ USA 00 GK Jon Busch San Jose Earthquakes ♥ COL 00 DF Jamison Olave Real Salt Lake ♥ USA 00 DF Geoff Cameron Houston Dynamo ♥ USA 00 MF Brad Davis Houston Dynamo ♥ GUA 00 MF Marco Pappa Chicago Fire ♥ USA 00 MF Brek Shea FC Dallas ♥ HON 00 MF Roger Espinoza Sporting Kansas City ♥ HON 00 MF Marvin Chavez San Jose Earthquakes ♥ USA 00 FW Kenny Cooper New York Red Bulls ♥ ARG 00 FW Fabian Espindola Real Salt Lake ♥ SLE 00 FW Kei Kamara Sporting Kansas City ♥ COL 00 FW Fredy Montero Seattle Sounders FC ♥ ♦ - Players selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garber * - Injured and unavailable for matchday ** - Added as a replacement for Heath Pearce % - Promoted from the Inactive Roster to the Active Roster to fulfill Chelsea's request that the number of substitutes be increased from seven to ten. ♥ - "Inactive Roster" players voted for by other players in MLS Chelsea 1 CZE GK Petr Čech third captain 2 SRB DF Branislav Ivanović 3 ENG DF Ashley Cole 4 BRA DF David Luiz 5 GHA MF Michael Essien 7 BRA MF Ramires 8 ENG MF Frank Lampard vice-captain 9 ESP FW Fernando Torres 12 NGA MF Mikel John Obi 14 BEL MF Kevin De Bruyne 15 FRA MF Florent Malouda 16 POR MF Raul Meireles 17 BEL MF Eden Hazard 18 BEL FW Romelu Lukaku 19 POR DF Paulo Ferreira 20 ENG MF Josh McEachran 21 GER MF Marko Marin 22 ENG GK Ross Turnbull 24 ENG DF Gary Cahill 26 ENG DF John Terry club captain 27 ENG DF Sam Hutchinson 30 ISR MF Yossi Benayoun 31 FRA MF Gaël Kakuta 35 BRA FW Lucas Piazon 40 POR GK Henrique Hilário 45 ENG DF Nathaniel Chalobah 46 ENG GK Jamal Blackman Match Details July 25, 2012 2012 MLS All-Star Game 8:30 p.m. EDT MLS All-Stars USA CAN 3–2 Report ENG Chelsea Wondolowski 21 Pontius 73 Johnson 90+1 Terry 32 Lampard 58 PPL Park, Chester, Pennsylvania 19,236 Baldomero Toledo _CHIVASUSA_13a _ALLSTAR_12 _CHIVASUSA_13a _ALLSTAR_12 _3_stripes_silver C3C3C3 FFFFFF C3C3C3 FFFFFF 000040 MLS All-Stars _chelsea1213a _chelsea1213a _chelsea1213a _chelsea1213a _chelsea1213A FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Chelsea GK 1 DEN Jimmy Nielsen 45RB 33IRN Steven Beitashour CB 6USA Jay DeMerit CB 78FRA Aurélien Collin 36LB 15USA Justin Morrow 56DM 16CUB Osvaldo Alonso 56AM 7CAN Dwayne De Rosario (c) RM 23ENG David Beckham 74LM 10USA Landon Donovan 45CF 14 FRA Thierry Henry 57CF 8USA Chris Wondolowski 60 21 Substitutes:DF 2 COL Carlos Valdés 36GK 22USA Dan Kennedy 45MF 13USA Chris Pontius 45 73MF 5USA Kyle Beckerman 56MF 11 USA Graham Zusi 57DF 12 USA Ramiro Corrales 57FW 9USA Eddie Johnson 60 90+1MF 21USA Michael Farfan 74Manager:USA Ben Olsen GK 40 POR Henrique Hilário 45RB 2SER Branislav Ivanović CB 26ENG John Terry (c) 45 32CB 24ENG Gary Cahill 76LB 3ENG Ashley Cole 45DM 5GHA Michael Essien 61CM 7BRA Ramires 61CM 8ENG Frank Lampard 61 58MF 30ISR Yossi Benayoun 45MF 21 GER Marko Marin 61CF 18BEL Romelu Lukaku 75Substitutes:GK 22 ENG Ross Turnbull 45MF 19POR Paulo Ferreira 45MF 15FRA Florent Malouda 45DF 4BRA David Luiz 45MF 17BEL Eden Hazard 61MF 12NGA Mikel John Obi 61MF 16POR Raul Meireles 61FW 35BRA Lucas Piazon 61MF 14BEL Kevin De Bruyne 75DF 45ENG Nathaniel Chalobah 76Manager:ITA Roberto Di Matteo Volkswagen MLS All-Star MVP: USA Chris Pontius (MLS All-Stars) Assistant referees: (Ian Anderson) (Greg Barkey) Fourth official: (Jorge González)Match rules 90 minutes. No extra time Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of ten substitutions. References 2012 Category:Chelsea F.C. matches Category:Soccer competitions in Pennsylvania All-Star Game MLS All-Star Category:July 2012 sports events in the United States Category:Sports competitions in Chester, Pennsylvania 2012