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
MLS All-Stars Roma
1 3
DateJuly 31, 2013
VenueSporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas
Most Valuable PlayerAlessandro Florenzi (Roma)
RefereeHilario Grajeda
Attendance21,175

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.

Roster

MLS All-Stars

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
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

Details
MLS All-Stars 1–3 Roma
Gonzalez  90+1' Report Collin  4' (o.g.)
Florenzi  47'
Tallo  69'
Attendance: 21,175
MLS All-Stars
Roma
GK1 Raúl Fernández 45'
RB5 Tony Beltran
CB2 Matt Besler 45'
CB78 Aurélien Collin
LB26 Corey Ashe 66'
MF15 Will Johnson 45'
MF23 Kyle Beckerman 45'
MF11 Brad Davis 45'
MF8 Graham Zusi 24'
CF9 Marco Di Vaio 45'
CF14 Thierry Henry (c) 57'
Substitutes:
GK18 Nick Rimando 45'
DF4 Omar Gonzalez 45'
DF20 DeAndre Yedlin 66'
MF7 Landon Donovan 45'
CF3 Mike Magee 45'
CF6 Chris Wondolowski 45'
CF19 Jack McInerney 57'
FW22 Camilo 24'
Manager:
Peter Vermes
GK26 Morgan De Sanctis 63'
RB35 Vasilis Torosidis
CB17 Mehdi Benatia
CB5 Leandro Castán
LB42 Federico Balzaretti
MF15 Miralem Pjanić 54' 63'
MF4 Michael Bradley
MF48 Alessandro Florenzi 63'
MF6 Kevin Strootman
MF10 Francesco Totti (c) 87'
CF20 Tallo Gadji 80'
Substitutes:
GK1 Bogdan Lobonț 63'
MF7 Marquinho 85' 63'
MF16 Daniele De Rossi 63'
CF18 Gianluca Caprari 80'
CF51 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
  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. "PRO announces MLS All Star Game crew". Professional Referees Organization. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
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