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

Event	2013 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars Roma 1 3
Date	July 31, 2013
Venue	Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas
Most Valuable Player	Alessandro Florenzi (Roma)
Referee	Hilario Grajeda
Attendance	21,175
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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

MLS All-Stars

As of July 28, 2013

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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'

2013 MLS All-Star Game

July 31, 2013

20:00 CDT

Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 21,175

Referee: Hilario Grajeda^[9]

MLS All-Stars

Roma

GK 1 Raúl Fernández  45' RB 5 Tony Beltran CB 2 Matt Besler  45' CB 78 Aurélien Collin LB 26 Corey Ashe  66' MF 15 Will Johnson  45' MF 23 Kyle Beckerman  45' MF 11 Brad Davis  45' MF 8 Graham Zusi  24' CF 9 Marco Di Vaio  45' CF 14 Thierry Henry (c)  57' Substitutes: GK 18 Nick Rimando  45' DF 4 Omar Gonzalez  45' DF 20 DeAndre Yedlin  66' MF 7 Landon Donovan  45' CF 3 Mike Magee  45' CF 6 Chris Wondolowski  45' CF 19 Jack McInerney  57' FW 22 Camilo  24' Manager: Peter Vermes

GK 26 Morgan De Sanctis  63' RB 35 Vasilis Torosidis CB 17 Mehdi Benatia CB 5 Leandro Castán LB 42 Federico Balzaretti MF 15 Miralem Pjanić  54'  63' MF 4 Michael Bradley MF 48 Alessandro Florenzi  63' MF 6 Kevin Strootman MF 10 Francesco Totti (c)  87' CF 20 Junior Tallo  80' Substitutes: GK 1 Bogdan Lobonț  63' MF 7 Marquinho  85'  63' MF 16 Daniele De Rossi  63' CF 18 Gianluca Caprari  80' CF 51 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.