The 2006 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 11th Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on August 5, 2006, at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois between the MLS All-Stars and Chelsea. The MLS All-Stars won the match 1–0, with Dwayne De Rosario scoring the winning goal in the 70th minute. The Coach of MLS All-Stars have chosen to start the game with players mostly from his team D.C. United and left stars like Freddy Adu on bench even though he was expected to put them in starting 11. On the interview in Polish YouTube channel “Kanal Sportowy” Peter Nowak admitted that he said to his superiors if they want to win the game they have to allow him to use his own players from D.C. United, which they did and won.
Match details
GK 1 Troy Perkins RB 32 Bobby BoswellCB 4 Facundo ErpenCB 12 Jimmy Conrad LB 5 Chris Albright RM 14 Dwayne De RosarioCM 13 Christian Gómez CM 8 Richard Mulrooney LM 17 Joshua GrosCF 15 Brian Ching CF 99 Jaime Moreno (c) Substitutes:GK 22 Joe Cannon DF 2 Eddie Robinson DF 6 Ronnie O'Brien MF 9 Freddy Adu MF 26 Ricardo Clark FW Nate Jaqua FW 11 Alecko Eskandarian Coach: Peter Nowak |valign="top"| |valign="top" width="50%"| GK 23 Carlo Cudicini RB 14 GeremiCB 20 Paulo Ferreira CB 26 John Terry (c)LB 18 Wayne Bridge DM 5 Michael EssienCM 13 Michael Ballack CM 8 Frank LampardRW 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips LW 11 Didier Drogba CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko Substitutes:GK 40 Hilário DF 6 Ricardo Carvalho DF 43 Ryan BertrandDF 44 Michael MancienneMF 10 Joe Cole MF 12 Mikel John Obi MF 16 Arjen Robben MF 19 Lassana Diarra MF 46 Jimmy Smith MF 48 Michael WoodsFW 21 Salomon Kalou Coach: José Mourinho
Most Valuable Player: Dwayne De Rosario
Assistant referees: Nate Clement Chris Strickland Fourth official: Terry Vaughn
Several players originally named in the MLS All-Stars roster had to withdraw as they were due to play in the New England Revolution vs Chivas USA match on August 6; these included Ante Razov (Chivas), Shalrie Joseph and Clint Dempsey (both New England). Landon Donovan, Pablo Mastroeni and Eddie Pope also withdrew from the All-Star game through injury. Facundo Erpen, Ricardo Clark and Eddie Robinson were called up to replace them.
External links 2006 MLS All-Star Game Recap