The 2004 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 9th Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on July 31, 2004 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. between the Eastern Conference All-Stars and Western Conference All-Stars. The Eastern Conference earned the victory after a hard-fought 3-2 win over the West.
Overview
The game was originally scheduled to be between the MLS All-Stars against Real Madrid at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Once the Spanish team instead decided to play friendlies in Japan, they opted out of the game in the United States and MLS was forced to change the All-Star Game's format. The MLS All-Stars eventually played Real Madrid at their home stadium Santiago Bernabéu in the 2005 Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu.http://espnfc.com/columns/story?id=340377&root=mls&cc=3888
Legends game Prior to the All-Star Game, a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the 1994 FIFA World Cup saw the U.S. Team that played the Cup against played a selection of international MLS veterans in two 25-minute halves. The game finished 2-2, with Raúl Díaz Arce and Mauricio Cienfuegos tying the game in the second-half after the Americans built a lead with Eric Wynalda and Hugo Perez.
U.S. 1994 World Cup Squad Tony Meola, Mike Burns, Alexi Lalas, Cle Kooiman, Thomas Dooley, John Harkes, Hugo Pérez, Tab Ramos, Eric Wynalda, Frank Klopas Cobi Jones, Juergen Sommer, Mike Sorber, Marcelo Balboa, Paul Caligiuri, Fernando Clavijo. Coach: Bora Milutinović
MLS International Stars Jorge Campos, Mike Emenalo, Richard Gough, Martín Vásquez, Frank Yallop, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Marco Etcheverry, Peter Nowak, Mauricio Ramos, Carlos Valderrama, Robert Warzycha, Raúl Díaz Arce, Carlos Hermosillo, Luis Hernández, Mo Johnston, Giovanni Savarese. Coach: Bruce Arena
Match details
GK 1 Pat Onstad DF 4 Chris Albright DF 12 Jeff Agoos DF 14 Cory Gibbs DF 31 Jimmy Conrad MF 15 Andreas Herzog MF 23 Richard Mulrooney MF 6 Ronnie O'Brien FW 24 Brian Ching FW 5 Landon Donovan FW 20 Carlos Ruiz Substitutes: GK 22 Kevin Hartman MF 16 Kerry Zavagnin MF 11 Chris Klein FW 9 Jason Kreis MF 7 Jovan Kirovski DF 25 Pablo Mastroeni FW 99 Josh Wolff DF 13 Danny Califf Manager: Sigi Schmid
GK 13 Henry Ring DF 2 Frankie Hejduk DF 33 Jim Curtin DF 25 Robin Fraser DF 23 Eddie Pope MF 14 Chris Armas MF 24 Eddie Gaven MF 20 Amado Guevara FW 30 Dema Kovalenko FW 99 Jaime Moreno FW 3 Damani Ralph Substitutes: GK 1 Jon Busch MF 12 Steve Ralston MF 5 Shalrie Joseph FW 17 Pat Noonan FW 9 Freddy Adu FW 11 Alecko Eskandarian DF 8 Ryan Nelsen MF 15 Clint Dempsey MF 16 Ben Olsen Manager: Piotr Nowak
References
External links
2004 MLS All-Star Game Recap