2006 MLS All-Star Game

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Event	2006 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars Chelsea 1 0
Date	August 5, 2006
Venue	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois
Man of the Match	Dwayne De Rosario (MLS All-Stars)
Referee	Abiodun Okulaja
Attendance	21,210
Weather	Cloudy, 85°F
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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

2006 MLS All-Star Game

August 5, 2006

18:30 ET

MLS All-Stars	1–0	Chelsea
De Rosario 70'	Report

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL

Attendance: 21,210

Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

MLS All-Stars

Chelsea

GK 1 Troy Perkins  46' RB 32 Bobby Boswell CB 4 Facundo Erpen CB 12 Jimmy Conrad  46' LB 5 Chris Albright  46' RM 14 Dwayne De Rosario CM 13 Christian Gómez  46' CM 8 Richard Mulrooney  46' LM 17 Joshua Gros CF 15 Brian Ching  46' CF 99 Jaime Moreno (c)  46' Substitutes: GK 22 Joe Cannon  46' DF 2 Eddie Robinson  46' DF 6 Ronnie O'Brien  46' MF 9 Freddy Adu  46' MF 26 Ricardo Clark  46' FW Nate Jaqua  46' FW 11 Alecko Eskandarian  46' Coach: Peter Nowak

GK 23 Carlo Cudicini  64' RB 14 Geremi CB 20 Paulo Ferreira  46' CB 26 John Terry (c) LB 18 Wayne Bridge  46' DM 5 Michael Essien CM 13 Michael Ballack  46' CM 8 Frank Lampard RW 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips  46' LW 11 Didier Drogba  46' CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko  46' Substitutes: GK 40 Hilário  64' DF 6 Ricardo Carvalho  46' DF 43 Ryan Bertrand DF 44 Michael Mancienne MF 10 Joe Cole  46'  52' MF 12 Mikel John Obi  46' MF 16 Arjen Robben  46' MF 19 Lassana Diarra  46' MF 46 Jimmy Smith  52' MF 48 Michael Woods FW 21 Salomon Kalou  46' Coach: José Mourinho

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 Archived February 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine