2019 MLS All-Star Game

The 2019 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 24th edition of the annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game. It was held on July 31 at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida against Spanish club Atlético Madrid. Atlético won the game 3–0.[1]

2019 MLS All-Star Game Presented by Target
Target All-Star Orlando '19
Event2019 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars Atlético Madrid
0 3
DateJuly 31, 2019
VenueExploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Most Valuable PlayerMarcos Llorente (Atlético Madrid)
RefereeDrew Fischer (Canada)
Attendance25,527
The match was held at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

The game was televised domestically on FS1 and UniMás in the US, on TSN and TVA Sports in Canada and in more than 170 other countries around the world.[2]

Pre-match
See also: 2019 MLS Homegrown Game

In September 2018, MLS announced that Orlando would host the All-Star Game "in recognition of Orlando City Soccer Club’s emergence as a preeminent organization, Orlando City Stadium’s stature as one of North America’s elite soccer venues, and the overwhelming support of soccer fans in the community."[3] Atlético Madrid was confirmed as the match's opponents in May 2019. Atlético was the 13th different European side to feature in the event and the second from La Liga following city rivals Real Madrid's 2017 match-up in Chicago.[4]

MLS All-Star Week was a five-day program of entertainment and fan experiences. On June 13, it was announced multi-platinum Latin pop singer Prince Royce would headline the 2019 edition of the MLS All-Star Concert which also featured A-Trak. The concert was free to attend for the public and was held on July 27 at Wall Street Plaza.[5] On July 28, there was an eMLS All-Star Challenge where professional eMLS gamers paired up with the likes Landon Donovan and Diego Forlán to play FIFA. The tournament was won by Orlando City's FIFA Abe and guest player AnthFifa who won a 64-player amateur competition earlier in the day.[6][7]

As is tradition, Orlando also hosted the Homegrown Game that runs parallel to the All-Star Game. The game saw a selection of the best young Homegrown Players in MLS play Mexican youth team Chivas U-20s. The Homegrowns won the match on penalties after the game finished in a 2–2 draw.[8]

Following the Homegrown game, MLS debuted a new skills challenge event, pitting three teams composed of All-Stars (Wayne Rooney, Jonathan dos Santos and Carlos Vela), Atlético Madrid players (Koke, Héctor Herrera and João Félix) as well as players from host side Orlando City (Nani, Sebas Méndez and Chris Mueller) against each other in a series of games created by F2Freestylers to test creativity, control and accuracy. Both events were held on July 30 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, the same venue as the NFL's similarly-themed Skills Showdown during the Pro Bowl.[9] Orlando City won after Nani hit the crossbar with the last kick of the competition, winning $25,000 for the Orlando City Foundation.

Match rules

Squads

MLS All-Stars

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  USA Brad Guzan (Atlanta United)
5 DF  ARG Leandro González Pírez (Atlanta United)
7 FW  VEN Josef Martínez (Atlanta United)
8 MF  MEX Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy)
9 FW  SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović (LA Galaxy)
10 FW  MEX Carlos Vela (c) (Los Angeles FC)
11 MF  ARG Maximiliano Moralez (New York City FC)
12 MF  USA Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas)
13 FW  USA Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)
14 MF  URU Nicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders FC)
15 MF  CAN Mark-Anthony Kaye (Los Angeles FC)
16 FW  URU Diego Rossi (Los Angeles FC)
17 MF  POR Nani (Orlando City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK  USA Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
19 DF  MAD Romain Métanire (Minnesota United)
20 MF  ESP Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC)
21 MF  COL Diego Chará (Portland Timbers)
22 MF  ARG Gonzalo Martínez (Atlanta United)
23 FW  ENG Wayne Rooney (D.C. United)
24 DF  USA Matt Hedges (FC Dallas)
25 DF  USA Walker Zimmerman (Los Angeles FC)
26 GK  JAM Andre Blake (Philadelphia Union)
27 MF  ARG Ezequiel Barco (Atlanta United)
28 DF  USA Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
31 DF  GER Bastian Schweinsteiger (Chicago Fire)
92 DF  JAM Kemar Lawrence (New York Red Bulls)

Atlético Madrid

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  ESP Antonio Adán
6 MF  ESP Koke (c)
7 FW  POR João Félix
8 MF  ESP Saúl
9 FW  ESP Álvaro Morata
10 FW  ARG Ángel Correa
11 MF  FRA Thomas Lemar
12 DF  BRA Renan Lodi
13 GK  SVN Jan Oblak
14 MF  ESP Marcos Llorente
15 DF  MNE Stefan Savić
16 MF  MEX Héctor Herrera
17 FW  SRB Ivan Šaponjić
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  BRA Felipe
19 FW  ESP Diego Costa
20 MF  ESP Vitolo
22 DF  ESP Mario Hermoso
23 DF  ENG Kieran Trippier
30 DF  ESP Francisco Montero
32 MF  ESP Rodrigo Riquelme
33 DF  ESP Carlos Isaac
34 FW  ESP Sergio Camello
35 DF  ESP Manu Sánchez
36 MF  URU Juan Manuel Sanabria
37 GK  ESP Álex dos Santos
38 MF  ESP Toni Moya

Match
MLS All-Stars 0–3 Atlético Madrid
Report
Attendance: 25,527
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
MLS All-Stars
Atlético Madrid
GK1 Brad Guzan 30'
DF28 Graham Zusi 46'
DF25 Walker Zimmerman 46'
DF24 Matt Hedges 46'
DF92 Kemar Lawrence 46'
MF21 Diego Chará 46'
MF10 Carlos Vela (c) 46'
MF20 Alejandro Pozuelo 46'
MF23 Wayne Rooney 46'
MF17 Nani 46'
FW9 Zlatan Ibrahimović 30'
Substitutes:
GK18 Nick Rimando 59'
GK26 Andre Blake 30'  59'
DF19 Romain Métanire 46'
DF5 Leandro González Pírez 46'
MF31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 46'
MF11 Maximiliano Moralez 46'  73'
MF8 Jonathan dos Santos 46'
MF14 Nicolás Lodeiro 46'
MF22 Gonzalo Martínez 46'
MF12 Paxton Pomykal 73'
MF15 Mark-Anthony Kaye 46'
MF27 Ezequiel Barco 73'
FW13 Chris Wondolowski 59'
FW7 Josef Martínez 30'  59'
FW16 Diego Rossi 46'  73'
Manager:
James O'Connor
GK1 Antonio Adán (c) 65'
DF33 Carlos Isaac 56'
DF18 Felipe 56'
DF22 Mario Hermoso 59'
DF35 Manu Sánchez 58'
MF36 Juan Manuel Sanabria 35'
MF14 Marcos Llorente 57'
MF16 Héctor Herrera 56'
MF20 Vitolo 57'
FW10 Ángel Correa 56'
FW32 Rodrigo Riquelme 58'
Substitutes:
GK13 Jan Oblak 65'
GK37 Álex dos Santos
DF15 Stefan Savić 56'
DF23 Kieran Trippier 57'
DF12 Renan Lodi 56'
DF30 Francisco Montero 59'
MF6 Koke 56'
MF8 Saúl Ñíguez 57'
MF11 Thomas Lemar 58'
MF38 Toni Moya 35'  56'
FW19 Diego Costa 56'
FW17 Ivan Šaponjić 82'
FW34 Sergio Camello 58'  82'
FW7 João Félix 56'
Manager:
Diego Simeone

Most valuable player:
Marcos Llorente (Atlético Madrid)

Assistant referees:
Brian Dunn
Logan Brown
Fourth official:
Timothy Ford
Video assistant referee:
Edvin Jurisevic

Match rules

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

References
  1. "MLS All-Stars 0, Atletico Madrid 3 - 2019 MLS All-Star Game Recap". www.mlssoccer.com.
  2. "MLS announces Atletico Madrid as opponent for 2019 MLS All-Star Game". www.mlssoccer.com.
  3. "Orlando City to host 2019 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target". www.mlssoccer.com.
  4. "MLS announces Atletico Madrid as opponent for 2019 MLS All-Star Game". www.mlssoccer.com.
  5. "Prince Royce to headline 2019 MLS All-Star Concert presented by Target". www.mlssoccer.com.
  6. "Orlando's Venezuelan duo share special night at eMLS All-Star Challenge". www.mlssoccer.com.
  7. "eMLS FIFA 19 All-Star Challenge Finals: Orlando City Duo Defeats FC Cincinnati Pair at Charity Tournament". VGR. July 29, 2019.
  8. "MLS 2 (3), Chivas U20s 2 (0) 2019 MLS Homegrown Game Recap". www.mlssoccer.com.
  9. Kafai, Arman; USA, Pro Soccer (July 1, 2019). "MLS to debut new skills challenge during 2019 all-star week in Orlando". Pro Soccer USA.
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