2007 MLS All-Star Game

2007 MLS All-Star Game

Event	MLS All-Stars
MLS All-Stars Celtic 2 0
Date	19 July 2007
Venue	Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Man of the Match	Juan Pablo Ángel (New York Red Bulls)
Referee	Baldomero Toledo David Bragg Jose Corro Michael Kennedy
Attendance	18,661
Weather	Cloudy, 85 °F

The 2007 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 12th consecutive Major League Soccer All-Star Game. The 2007 MLS All-Star Game took place on 19 July 2007 between the 2007 MLS All-Stars and Celtic.

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, the new home stadium of the Colorado Rapids in Commerce City, CO, hosted the 2007 Sierra Mist All-Star Game.^[1] This was the first time that Dick's Sporting Goods Park hosted the MLS All-Star game.

David Beckham made an appearance and participated in a special introduction to the fans on hand as well as in a halftime ESPN interview, and watched the game from the Commissioner's Box.

The MLS All-Stars defeated Celtic 2–0, giving them a perfect 4–0 record against international competition.

Background

Major League Soccer announced on Thursday, 25 January 2007 that Dick's Sporting Goods Park, the new home of the Colorado Rapids located just outside downtown Denver, will host the 2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game on 19 July, pitting Scottish club Celtic FC against the best from MLS. MLS announced the news during a press conference at The Pinnacle Club in the Grand Hyatt featuring MLS Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis and Colorado Rapids Managing Director Jeff Plush. “We are thrilled to welcome Celtic, one of the world’s most popular teams, for a quality match against the best of MLS at our newest soccer cathedral, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park,” said MLS Commissioner Don Garber. “We look forward to an exciting evening in this tremendous new soccer-specific venue.”

A week before the 2007 All-Star game the ColoradoRapids.com posted a news release on their website stating that less than 1,000 tickets remained for the 2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game on 19 July at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Tickets for the All-Star Game went on sale to the public Saturday, 5 May 2007 at 10:00 am MT.

Celtic

Glasgow-based Celtic captured their 41st Scottish championship in April (2007), and featured such high-profile players as Polish goalkeeper Artur Boruc, Scottish defenders Steven Pressley and Stephen McManus, Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura, Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen and Dutch striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. Celtic has one of the most dedicated and widespread fan bases in all of club football, and were the first British club to win the European Cup in 1967. Celtic had a long and historic rivalry with fellow Glaswegian club Rangers, the two being known as the Old Firm.

2007 All-Star Game Rosters

Major League Soccer

Players in bold denotes First XI status.^[2]

Pos.	Player	Team	MLS Exp.
MLS All-Star Starters
F	Juan Pablo Ángel	New York Red Bulls	0
F	Eddie Johnson	Kansas City Wizards	6
M	Dwayne DeRosario	Houston Dynamo	6
M	Shalrie Joseph	New England Revolution	4
M	Juan Toja	FC Dallas	0
M	Ricardo Clark	Houston Dynamo	4
M	Ronnie O'Brien ~	Toronto FC	5
D	Jimmy Conrad	Kansas City Wizards	8
D	Jonathan Bornstein	Chivas USA	1
D	Michael Parkhurst	New England Revolution	2
GK	Matt Reis	New England Revolution	9
All-Star Subs
F	Brian Ching ~	Houston Dynamo	5
F	Landon Donovan ~	Los Angeles Galaxy	6
M	Cobi Jones †	Los Angeles Galaxy	11
M	Pablo Mastroeni ~	Colorado Rapids	9
M	Christian Gomez	D.C. United	3
D	Eddie Pope †	Real Salt Lake	11
GK	Kevin Hartman ~	Kansas City Wizards	10
All-Star Reserves
F	Jeff Cunningham	Toronto FC	9
F	Danny Dichio	Toronto FC	0
F	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	5
M	Kyle Beckerman	Real Salt Lake	7
M	Justin Mapp	Chicago Fire	5
M	Ben Olsen	D.C. United	8
M	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Columbus Crew	0
M	Steve Ralston	New England Revolution	11
M	Claudio Reyna	New York Red Bulls	0
D	Jim Brennan	Toronto FC	0
D	Frankie Hejduk	Columbus Crew	7
D	Eddie Robinson	Houston Dynamo	6
GK	Brad Guzan	Chivas USA	2
GK	Ronald Waterreus	New York Red Bulls	0

• Head Coach: Steve Nicol (New England Revolution)

~ – Players selected by coach

† – "Commissioner's Picks"^[3]

Celtic FC

Pos.	Player
GK	Artur Boruc
D	Lee Naylor
D	Mark Wilson
D	Stephen McManus
D	John Kennedy
M	Scott Brown
M	Massimo Donati
M	Aiden McGeady
M	Teddy Bjarnason
F	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
F	Scott McDonald

All-Star Selections By Club

Match details

MLS All-Stars v Celtic

July 19, 2007

MLS All-Stars	2–0	Celtic
Angel  36' Toja  44'	Report

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado Attendance: 18,661 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

MLS All-Stars

Celtic

GK 1 Matt Reis  47+' CB 15 Michael Parkhurst  83' CB 12 Jimmy Conrad CB 3 Jonathan Bornstein LM 5 Ronnie O'Brien  80' CM 21 Shalrie Joseph CM 26 Ricardo Clark  60' RM 8 Juan Toja AM 14 Dwayne De Rosario  65' FW 7 Eddie Johnson  65' FW 9 Juan Pablo Angel  65' Substitutions: GK Kevin Hartman   47+' DF Eddie Pope   83 ' MF Pablo Mastroeni   60 ' MF Christian Gomez   65 ' MF Cobi Jones   80 ' FW Brian Ching   65 ' FW Landon Donovan   65' Coach: Steve Nicol

GK 1 Artur Boruc LB 3 Lee Naylor CB 44 Stephen McManus CB 17 Steven Pressley  73' RB 12 Mark Wilson LM 20 Jiri Jarosik  53' CM 18 Massimo Donati  68' CM 8 Scott Brown LM 11 Paul Hartley FW 27 Scott McDonald  66' FW 10 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink  53' Substitutions: Bobo Balde   73' Thomas Gravesen   68 ' Aiden McGeady   53 ' Maciej Zurawski   66 ' Kenny Miller   53' Coach:

Notes

External links

• 2007 MLS All-Star Game Recap