Most Valuable Player Kaká (MLS All-Stars) | Attendance 18,671 | |
Event 2015 Major League Soccer season Date July 29, 2015 (2015-07-29) Venue Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado Referee Ismail Elfath (United States) | ||
The 2015 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, the 20th consecutive Major League Soccer All-Star Game, took place on July 29, 2015 (9 p.m. EDT, 7 p.m. local time) at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado, the home of the Colorado Rapids. The game was televised live on Fox Sports 1 and UniMás in the United States, and TSN and RDS in Canada.
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Tottenham Hotspur made their first appearance in the MLS All-Star Game, and were also the first Premier League club to appear in the match since Chelsea in 2012.
Kaká was named MVP.
MLS All-Stars
As of July 29, 2015 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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a 2015 MLS All-Star Fan XI.b Selected by All-Star coach Pablo Mastroeni of the Colorado Rapids.c Selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garberd Injured or otherwise unable to play.e Replacement for player who is injured or otherwise unable to play.Selection controversy
The league commissioner Don Garber used his two picks to select two players who had never played a single minute in MLS at the time of selection in the two former England internationals Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard who had only officially joined the league on July 8. This provoked outrage from fans, the media and other players, the league eventually agreed to select two extra players to be given all-star bonuses.
The league's top scorer, Kei Kamara, was omitted from the Fan XI and responded by saying "It’s simple as it goes: you’re either a US national team player or you’re a DP to be on there. I’m neither one of those. If I get called up, I’ll be lucky." The top 10 in the fan vote included 8 players who have represented the US national team alongside Kaká and David Villa with Nigerian international Obafemi Martins also being selected via virtual performances in FIFA 15.
Tottenham Hotspur
On July 27 Tottenham Hotspur announced a 25-man traveling squad for the MLS All-Star game:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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a Injured or unable to play.b Development Squadc Second Year Academy