2007 MLS All-Star Game
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| Event | MLS All-Stars | ||||||
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| Date | July 19, 2007 | ||||||
| Venue | Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Juan Pablo Ángel (MLS All-Stars) | ||||||
| Referee | Baldomero Toledo David Bragg Jose Corro Michael Kennedy | ||||||
| Attendance | 18,661 | ||||||
| Weather | Cloudy, 85 °F | ||||||
The 2007 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 12th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game. The 2007 MLS All-Star Game took place on July 19, 2007 between the 2007 MLS All-Stars and Celtic.
Dick's Sporting Goods Park, the new home stadium of the Colorado Rapids in Commerce City, CO, hosted the 2007 Sierra Mist All-Star Game.[1] This was the first time that Dick's Sporting Goods Park hosted the MLS All-Star game.
David Beckham made an appearance and participated in a special introduction to the fans on hand as well as in a halftime ESPN interview, and watched the game from the Commissioner's Box.
The MLS All-Stars defeated Celtic 2–0, giving them a perfect 4–0 record against international competition.
Background
[edit]Major League Soccer announced on Thursday, January 25, 2007 that Dick's Sporting Goods Park, the new home of the Colorado Rapids located just outside downtown Denver, will host the 2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game on July 19, pitting Scottish club Celtic FC against the best from MLS. MLS announced the news during a press conference at The Pinnacle Club in the Grand Hyatt featuring MLS Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis and Colorado Rapids Managing Director Jeff Plush. "We are thrilled to welcome Celtic, one of the world's most popular teams, for a quality match against the best of MLS at our newest soccer cathedral, Dick's Sporting Goods Park," said MLS Commissioner Don Garber. "We look forward to an exciting evening in this tremendous new soccer-specific venue."
Celtic
[edit]Glasgow-based club Celtic won their 41st Scottish championship in April (2007), featuring high-level players such as Polish goalkeeper Artur Boruc, Scottish defenders Steven Pressley and Stephen McManus, Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura, Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen and Dutch striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. Celtic’s history, being the first British club to win the European Cup in 1967, has resulted in a large audience of the club. Celtic have a long and historic rivalry with fellow Glasgow club Rangers with the two being known as the Old Firm.
2007 All-Star Game Rosters
[edit]Major League Soccer
[edit]Players in bold denotes First XI status.[2]
- Head coach: Steve Nicol (New England Revolution)
~ – Players selected by coach
† – "Commissioner's Picks"[3]
Celtic
[edit]| Pos. | Player |
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| GK |  Artur Boruc |
| D |  Lee Naylor |
| D |  Mark Wilson |
| D | Stephen McManus |
| D | John Kennedy |
| M | Scott Brown |
| M |  Massimo Donati |
| M |  Aiden McGeady |
| M |  Theódór Elmar Bjarnason |
| F |  Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink |
| F |  Scott McDonald |
All-Star Selections By Club
[edit]Match details
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MLS All-Star MVP:
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Match rules
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Notes
[edit]- ↑ "Rapids to host '07 MLS all-star game". January 24, 2007.
- ↑ Halpin, Jason (July 5, 2007). "Hot strikers lead MLS All-Star First XI". Archived from the original on January 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Toronto FC's O'Brien earns all-star call". The Globe and Mail. July 10, 2007.
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