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2010 MLS All-Star Game

Soccer game played in Houston, Texas

Field	Value
title	AT&T MLS All-Star Game 2010
image	[[File:2010-All-Star-Ballot-Header-1.png	190px]]
event	[2010 Major League Soccer season](2010-major-league-soccer-season)
team1	MLS All-Stars
team1association
team1score	2
team2	Manchester United
team2association
team2score	5
date	July 28, 2010
stadium	Reliant Stadium
city	Houston, Texas
man_of_the_match1a	Federico Macheda (Manchester United)
man_of_the_match1aname	Most Valuable Player
referee	Jorge Gonzalez
attendance	70,728
previous	[2009](2009-mls-all-star-game)
next	[2011](2011-mls-all-star-game)

The 2010 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, held on July 28, 2010, was the 15th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. The MLS All-Stars faced Manchester United of the English Premier League in the seventh All-Star Game that featured the league's best players facing international competition. The match was broadcast in the US on ESPN2 in English and Galavision in Spanish.

Manchester United thrashed the MLS All-Stars 5–2 to become the first international club to defeat the All-Stars in regulation time (fellow Premier League side Everton won the 2009 All-Star Game on penalties). United forward Federico Macheda, who scored the game's first two goals, was named Most Valuable Player.

Houston Dynamo and MLS announced Reliant Stadium as the venue on September 8, 2009. MLS Commissioner Don Garber speculated the league might have drawn a team from Mexico to play the MLS All-Stars in 2010, given the close proximity of the country to Houston.

Host venue

MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced on July 27, 2009 that Houston had been chosen as the host city for the upcoming 2010 MLS All-Star Game, in a press conference at the Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah during All-Star Week festivities. The 2010 MLS All-Star game was the first to be played in the state of Texas.

MLS All-Stars voting

Like the previous year, the selection of the MLS All-Star First XI was determined by an online fan voting system that accounted for 25% of the total vote, with players, coaches and general managers, and the media each holding 25% of the vote. The fan voting period was announced after the start of the 2010 Major League Soccer season. An additional seven players were chosen by the MLS All-Star head coach Bruce Arena and the Commissioner of MLS Don Garber.

Inactive Roster

In addition to the 25-man roster of players available to participate in the match, MLS also announced 7 additional inactive all-stars: goalkeepers Jimmy Nielsen (Kansas City) and Kasey Keller (Seattle), midfielders Joel Lindpere (New York), Robbie Rogers (Columbus), Freddie Ljungberg (Seattle), and forwards Fredy Montero (Seattle) and Conor Casey (Colorado).

2010 MLS All-Star Game Rosters

Major League Soccer

The 2010 MLS All-Star First XI was announced on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, but midfielder Kyle Beckerman was forced to withdraw from the squad due to injury. A further 13 players were added to the roster on July 19.

Players in bold denotes First XI status.

Manchester United

Manchester United announced their squad on July 9, 2010.

Match details

Ching
De Rosario
Macheda
Gibson
Cleverley
Hernández

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USA Bruce Arena

SCO Sir Alex Ferguson

References

[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/soc/6937141.html Houston is prominent in MLS All-Star Logo, José de Jesus Ortiz, Houston Chronicle 31 March 2010]
"Major League Soccer: News: 2010 MLS All-Star Game at Reliant Stadium".
"MLS All-Star Game heads to Houston in 2010".
Mayers, Joshua. (July 27, 2010). "Kasey Keller, Fredy Montero and (perhaps surprisingly) Freddie Ljungberg named inactive all-stars by MLS". The Seattle Times.
Borg, Simon. (July 13, 2010). "MLSsoccer.com reveals 2010 MLS All-Star First XI". Major League Soccer.
(July 19, 2010). "All-Star roster is set for clash with Manchester Utd". Major League Soccer.
Mahoney, Ridge. (July 28, 2010). "Man. United youngsters stun MLS All-Stars". Soccer America.

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