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

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

Most Valuable Player: Dwayne De Rosario Assistant referees: Nate Clement Chris Strickland Fourth official: Terry Vaughn

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