The 2015 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, the 20th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, took place on July 29, 2015 (9 p.m. EDT, 7 p.m. local time) at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado, the home of the Colorado Rapids. The game was televised live on Fox Sports 1 and UniMás in the United States, and TSN and RDS in Canada.
Kaká was named MVP. Also, 2015 MLS Homegrown Game was played one day before this event.
Squads
MLS All-Stars As of July 29, 2015
Notes: 2015 MLS All-Star Fan XI. Selected by All-Star coach Pablo Mastroeni of the Colorado Rapids. Selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garber Injured or otherwise unable to play. Replacement for player who is injured or otherwise unable to play.
Selection controversy The league commissioner Don Garber used his two picks to select two players who had never played a single minute in MLS at the time of selection in the two former England internationals Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard who had only officially joined the league on July 8. This provoked outrage from fans, the media and other players, the league eventually agreed to select two extra players to be given all-star bonuses.
The league's top scorer, Kei Kamara, was omitted from the Fan XI and responded by saying "It's simple as it goes: you're either a U.S. national team player or you're a DP to be on there. I'm neither one of those. If I get called up, I'll be lucky." The top 10 in the fan vote included 8 players who have represented the US national team alongside Kaká and David Villa with Nigerian international Obafemi Martins also being selected via virtual performances in FIFA 15.
Tottenham Hotspur On July 27 Tottenham Hotspur announced a 25-man traveling squad for the MLS All-Star game:
Notes: Injured or unable to play. Development Squad Second Year Academy
Match details
GK 18 Nick Rimando RB 12 Tony Beltran CB 4 Omar Gonzalez CB 5 Matt Besler LB 16 DaMarcus Beasley CM 19 Graham Zusi CM 13 Dax McCarty CM 2 Clint Dempsey AM 22 Kaká (c) CF 30 Gyasi Zardes CF 7 David Villa Substitutes:GK 1 David Ousted GK 31 Clint Irwin DF 14 Chad Marshall DF 3 Drew Moor DF 6 Laurent Ciman DF 20 Waylon Francis MF 17 Benny Feilhaber MF 10 Jozy Altidore MF 9 Juninho MF 11 Fabian Castillo MF 8 Ethan Finlay FW 23 Kei Kamara FW 21 Sebastian Giovinco Manager: Pablo Mastroeni GK 13 Michel Vorm CB 5 Jan Vertonghen (c) CB 4 Toby Alderweireld CB 33 Ben Davies RM 2 Kyle Walker CM 15 Eric Dier CM 42 Nabil Bentaleb LM 22 Nacer Chadli AM 23 Christian Eriksen AM 19 Mousa Dembélé CF 18 Harry Kane Substitutes:GK 48 Luke McGee GK 50 Tom GloverDF 3 Danny Rose DF 12 DeAndre Yedlin DF 16 Kieran Trippier DF 21 Federico Fazio DF 27 Kevin Wimmer DF 28 Tom Carroll DF 47 Josh Onomah MF 20 Dele Alli MF 44 Harry Winks FW 46 Shaq Coulthirst Manager: Mauricio Pochettino
MLS All-Star Game MVP: Kaká (MLS All-Stars)
Assistant referees: Jeff Muschik Brian Dunn Fourth official: Sorin Stoica Fifth official: Michael RottersmanMatch rules 90 minutes. Unlimited substitutions. No extra time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
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