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. 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 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
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
Major League Soccer Players in bold denotes First XI status.
Pos. Player Team MLS Exp. MLS All-Star Starters F Juan Pablo Ángel New York Red Bulls 0 F Eddie Johnson Kansas City Wizards 6 M Dwayne DeRosario Houston Dynamo 6 M Shalrie Joseph New England Revolution 4 M Juan Toja FC Dallas 0 M Ricardo Clark Houston Dynamo 4 M Ronnie O'Brien ~ Toronto FC 5 D Jimmy Conrad Kansas City Wizards 8 D Jonathan Bornstein Chivas USA 1 D Michael Parkhurst New England Revolution 2 GK Matt Reis New England Revolution 9 All-Star Subs F Brian Ching ~ Houston Dynamo 5 F Landon Donovan ~ Los Angeles Galaxy 6 M Cobi Jones † Los Angeles Galaxy 11 M Pablo Mastroeni ~ Colorado Rapids 9 M Christian Gomez D.C. United 3 D Eddie Pope † Real Salt Lake 11 GK Kevin Hartman ~ Kansas City Wizards 10 All-Star Reserves F Jeff Cunningham Toronto FC 9 F Danny Dichio Toronto FC 0 F Taylor Twellman New England Revolution 5 M Kyle Beckerman Real Salt Lake 7 M Justin Mapp Chicago Fire 5 M Ben Olsen D.C. United 8 M Guillermo Barros Schelotto Columbus Crew 0 M Steve Ralston New England Revolution 11 M Claudio Reyna New York Red Bulls 0 D Jim Brennan Toronto FC 0 D Kevin Goldthwaite [Toronto FC] 3 D Eddie Robinson Houston Dynamo 6 GK Pat Onstad [Houston Dynamo] 5 GK Greg Sutton Toronto FC 3
Head coach: Steve Nicol (New England Revolution)
~ – Players selected by coach
† – "Commissioner's Picks"
Celtic
Pos.PlayerGK Artur BorucD Lee NaylorD Mark WilsonD Stephen McManusD John KennedyM Scott BrownM Massimo DonatiM Aiden McGeadyM Theódór Elmar BjarnasonF Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkF Scott McDonald
All-Star Selections By Club Club# SelectionsNew England Revolution 5Houston Dynamo 4Toronto FC 4New York Red Bulls 3Kansas City Wizards 3Chivas USA 2D.C. United 2Real Salt Lake 2Columbus Crew 1Los Angeles Galaxy 2FC Dallas 1Colorado Rapids 1Chicago Fire 1
Match details
GK 1 Matt Reis CB15 Michael Parkhurst CB12 Jimmy Conrad CB3 Jonathan Bornstein LM5 Ronnie O'Brien CM21 Shalrie JosephCM 26 Ricardo Clark RM 8 Juan TojaAM 14 Dwayne De Rosario FW 7 Eddie Johnson FW 9 Juan Pablo Ángel Substitutions:GK Kevin Hartman DF Eddie Pope MF Pablo Mastroeni MF Christian Gomez MF Cobi Jones FW Brian Ching FW Landon Donovan Coach: Steve Nicol
|valign="top"| |valign="top" width="50%"| GK 1 Artur Boruc LB 3 Lee Naylor CB 44 Stephen McManusCB 17 Steven Pressley RB 12 Mark Wilson LM 20 Jiří Jarošík CM 18 Massimo Donati CM 8 Scott Brown LM 11 Paul HartleyFW27 Scott McDonald FW10 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Substitutions:CB 6 Bobo Baldé CM 16 Thomas Gravesen FW 46 Aiden McGeady FW 7 Maciej Żurawski FW 9 Kenny Miller Coach: Gordon Strachan
MLS All-Star MVP: Juan Pablo Ángel (MLS)
Assistant referees: David Bragg Jose Corro Fourth official: Michael KennedyMatch rules 90 minutes. Unlimited substitutions. No extra time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Notes
External links 2007 MLS All-Star Game Recap