2014 MLS All-Star Game

2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game

2014 AT&T MLS All-Star
Event	2014 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars Bayern Munich 2 1
Date	August 6, 2014
Venue	Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
Most Valuable Player	Landon Donovan (MLS All-Stars)
Referee	Jair Marrufo
Attendance	21,733

The 2014 AT&T Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 19th consecutive Major League Soccer All-Star Game. It took place on August 6, 2014 at Providence Park, the home of MLS club Portland Timbers. The game was televised live on ESPN2 and UniMás in the United States, TSN and RDS in Canada, and in more than 130 other countries worldwide.^[1]

Bayern Munich was the second European team not from Great Britain to play in the All-Star Game, following Roma in the 2013 MLS All-Star Game, and the first German team to play in the All-Star Game. They were also the first defending FIFA Club World Champions to play in the All-Star Game after winning the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.

The MLS All-Stars defeated Bayern Munich 2–1. After giving up a goal in the eighth minute to Robert Lewandowski, the All-Stars pulled even early in the second-half on a goal by Bradley Wright-Phillips. Landon Donovan scored in the 70th minute to put the All-Stars ahead permanently. Donovan was named the game's Most Valuable Player, and the next day, he announced that he would retire at the end of the 2014 MLS season.

The game featured a large number of players who had seen action in the 2014 FIFA World Cup weeks earlier. On the MLS side, Clint Dempsey, Matt Besler, DeAndre Yedlin, Kyle Beckerman (United States) and Tim Cahill (Australia), among others, all got time on the pitch. Bayern saw contributions from Julian Green (USA), Javi Martínez (Spain), Dante (Brazil), Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) and Arjen Robben (Netherlands). Most notably, Bayern's six members of the World Cup winning-German national team—Phillip Lahm, Manuel Neuer, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Müller, Mario Götze and Jérôme Boateng—all made appearances to much fanfare.

Rosters

MLS All-Stars

As of August 6, 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 MF Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC)^[a] 4 MF Michael Bradley (Toronto FC)^[a] 5 DF Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City)^[a] 6 MF Osvaldo Alonso (Seattle Sounders FC)^[b] 7 DF Sean Franklin (D.C. United)^[e] 8 MF Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)^[a] 9 FW Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders FC)^[a] 10 FW Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy)^[a] 11 MF Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls)^[b] 13 FW Dom Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City)^[e] 14 FW Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls)^[a] 16 MF Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers)^[c] 17 DF DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)^[a] 18 GK Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)^[a]

No. Position Player 19 FW Erick Torres (Chivas USA)^[c] 21 MF Maurice Edu (Philadelphia Union)^[e] 23 DF Michael Parkhurst (Columbus Crew)^[b] 24 DF Liam Ridgewell (Portland Timbers)^[e] 28 GK Bill Hamid (D.C. United)^[b] 32 DF Bobby Boswell (D.C. United)^[e] 75 MF Will Johnson (Portland Timbers)^[b] 78 DF Aurélien Collin (Sporting Kansas City)^[b] 99 FW Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls)^[b] MF Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake)^[a]^[d] FW Jermain Defoe (Toronto FC)^[b]^[d] DF Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy)^[a]^[d] FW Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)^[b]^[d] DF Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders FC)^[b]^[d]

Notes:

^a 2014 MLS All-Star Fan XI.^[2]

^b Selected by All-Star coach Caleb Porter of the Portland Timbers.^[3]

^c Selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garber.^[3]

^d Injured or unable to play.^[4][5]

^e Replacement for player who is injured or unable to play, selected by coach Caleb Porter.^[4][5]

Bayern Munich

As of 5 August 2014^[6][7][8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Manuel Neuer 2 FW Tobias Schweinsteiger ^[b] 3 DF Philipp Walter ^[c] 4 DF Dante 5 MF Gianluca Gaudino ^[c] 6 MF Thiago ^[a] 7 MF Franck Ribéry 8 MF Javi Martínez 9 FW Robert Lewandowski 10 MF Arjen Robben 11 MF Xherdan Shaqiri 13 DF Rafinha 14 FW Claudio Pizarro 15 MF Lucas-Julian Scholl ^[c] 17 DF Jérôme Boateng 18 MF Juan Bernat 19 MF Mario Götze

No. Position Player 20 MF Sebastian Rode 21 DF Philipp Lahm (captain) 22 GK Tom Starke 23 MF Mitchell Weiser ^[a] 24 MF Angelos Oikonomou ^[b] 25 FW Thomas Müller 26 DF Diego Contento 27 DF David Alaba 28 DF Holger Badstuber 29 GK Leopold Zingerle ^[b] 30 GK Ivan Lučić ^[a]^[b] 31 MF Bastian Schweinsteiger (vice-captain) 33 FW Michael Eberwein ^[c] 34 MF Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 37 MF Julian Green 38 DF Ylli Sallahi ^[b]

Notes:

^a Injured or unable to play.

^b FC Bayern Munich II^[9]

^c Bayern Munich Junior Team^[10]

Referee crew

On July 8, it was announced that PRO's Jair Marrufo would referee the match, with Claudio Badea and Corey Parker assistant referees and Ismail Elfath the fourth official.^[11]

Match

Details

MLS All-Stars v Bayern Munich

August 6, 2014 6:30 p.m. PDT

MLS All-Stars	2–1	Bayern Munich
Wright-Phillips  51' Donovan  70'	Report	Lewandowski  8'

Providence Park, Portland, Oregon Attendance: 21,733 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

MLS All-Stars

Bayern Munich

GK 18 Nick Rimando  45' RB 17 DeAndre Yedlin  45' CB 78 Aurélien Collin  45' CB 5 Matt Besler  45' LB 23 Michael Parkhurst  45' CM 4 Michael Bradley  45' CM 11 Tim Cahill  45' RW 8 Graham Zusi  45' AM 2 Clint Dempsey  45' LW 14 Thierry Henry (c)  48' CF 9 Obafemi Martins  45' Substitutes: GK 28 Bill Hamid  45' DF 7 Sean Franklin  45' DF 24 Liam Ridgewell  45' DF 32 Bobby Boswell  45' MF 6 Osvaldo Alonso  64'  45' MF 16 Diego Valeri  45' MF 21 Maurice Edu  45' MF 75 Will Johnson (c3)  89'  45' FW 10 Landon Donovan (c2)  48'  71' FW 13 Dom Dwyer  71' FW 19 Erick Torres  45' FW 99 Bradley Wright-Phillips  45' Manager: Caleb Porter

GK 22 Tom Starke  62' CB 13 Rafinha CB 8 Javi Martínez CB 27 David Alaba (c)  86' RM 34 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg  80' CM 5 Gianluca Gaudino  62' CM 20 Sebastian Rode  80' LM 18 Juan Bernat  80' AM 14 Claudio Pizarro  37' CF 11 Xherdan Shaqiri  80' CF 9 Robert Lewandowski  80' Substitutes: GK 1 Manuel Neuer  62' GK 29 Leopold Zingerle GK 30 Ivan Lučić DF 3 Philipp Walter DF 4 Dante  62' DF 17 Jérôme Boateng  90+2'  80' DF 21 Philipp Lahm (c2)  82' DF 26 Diego Contento  80' DF 28 Holger Badstuber DF 38 Ylli Sallahi MF 7 Franck Ribéry MF 10 Arjen Robben  86' MF 15 Lucas-Julian Scholl MF 19 Mario Götze  80' MF 24 Angelos Oikonomou MF 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger  80'  88' MF 37 Julian Green  37'  82' FW 2 Tobias Schweinsteiger FW 25 Thomas Müller  80' FW 33 Michael Eberwein Manager: Pep Guardiola

MLS All-Star MVP: Landon Donovan (MLS All-Stars)[12] Assistant referees:[13] Claudio Badea Corey Parker Fourth official: Ismail Elfath

Match rules 90 minutes. Unlimited substitutions. No extra time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

Aftermath

After the match, Bayern manager Pep Guardiola refused to shake the hand of MLS All-Stars manager Caleb Porter, despite Porter's multiple attempts.^[14] Guardiola seemed to be angry over rough challenges by MLS players during the exhibition match resulting in yellow cards, particularly those of Osvaldo Alonso and Will Johnson on Xherdan Shaqiri and Bastian Schweinsteiger respectively. Bayern Munich, in pre-season, had just arrived in the U.S. and had six players who played for Germany's World Cup-winning squad in July (although none started the game), whereas MLS players were halfway through the current season. Guardiola backtracked from his behavior post-game, stating, "We tried to play and we did. Congratulations to MLS for this victory. I hope they are going to invite us next year to try and make revenge and I hope to prepare a little bit better."^[15]

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