2010 MLS All-Star Game

AT&T MLS All-Star Game 2010
Event2010 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars Manchester United
United States Canada England
2 5
DateJuly 28, 2010
VenueReliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Most Valuable PlayerFederico Macheda (Manchester United)
RefereeJorge Gonzalez[1]
Attendance70,728
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The 2010 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, held on July 28, 2010,[2] was the 15th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. The MLS All-Stars faced Manchester United of the English Premier League in the seventh All-Star Game that featured the league's best players facing international competition. The match was broadcast in the US on ESPN2 in English and Galavision in Spanish.

Manchester United thrashed the MLS All-Stars 5–2 to become the first international club to defeat the All-Stars in regulation time (fellow Premier League side Everton won the 2009 All-Star Game on penalties). United forward Federico Macheda, who scored the game's first two goals, was named Most Valuable Player.

Houston Dynamo and MLS announced Reliant Stadium as the venue on September 8, 2009.[3] MLS Commissioner Don Garber speculated the league might have drawn a team from Mexico to play the MLS All-Stars in 2010, given the close proximity of the country to Houston.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference referee was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Houston is prominent in MLS All-Star Logo, José de Jesus Ortiz, Houston Chronicle 31 March 2010
  3. ^ "Major League Soccer: News: 2010 MLS All-Star Game at Reliant Stadium". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  4. ^ "MLS All-Star Game heads to Houston in 2010". Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2009.