| 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star | |||||||
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| Event | 2014 Major League Soccer season | ||||||
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| 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 annual 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 from outside the United Kingdom 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 many 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-Germany national team—Phillip Lahm, Manuel Neuer, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Müller, Mario Götze and Jérôme Boateng—all made appearances to much fanfare.
Following the conclusion of the game, an incident between Caleb Porter, the manager of the Portland Timbers and the MLS All-Stars, and Pep Guardiola, the manager of Bayern, drew headlines.[2] Guardiola refused to shake hands with Porter following the match and the two exchanged words, with Guardiola walking off the pitch angrily.
- ^ Courtemanche, Dan (December 12, 2013). "FC Bayern Munich to Play MLS All-Stars" (Press release). Portland, Oregon: Major League Soccer. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
- ^ "MLS All-Star Game: Pep Guardiola Eventually Shakes Caleb Porter's Hand". Bleacher Report. August 6, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2020.