# 2019 MLS All-Star Game

The 2019 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 24th edition of the annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game. It was held on July 31 at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida, against Spanish club Atlético Madrid. Atlético won the game 3–0.
The game was televised domestically on FS1 and UniMás in the US, on TSN and TVA Sports in Canada and in more than 170 other countries around the world.

## Pre-match

In September 2018, MLS announced that Orlando would host the All-Star Game "in recognition of Orlando City Soccer Club’s emergence as a preeminent organization, Orlando City Stadium’s stature as one of North America’s elite soccer venues, and the overwhelming support of soccer fans in the community." Atlético Madrid was confirmed as the match's opponents in May 2019. Atlético was the 13th different European side to feature in the event and the second from La Liga following city rivals Real Madrid's 2017 match-up in Chicago.
MLS All-Star Week was a five-day program of entertainment and fan experiences. On June 13, it was announced multi-platinum Latin pop singer Prince Royce would headline the 2019 edition of the MLS All-Star Concert which also featured A-Trak. The concert was free to attend for the public and was held on July 27 at Wall Street Plaza. On July 28, there was an eMLS All-Star Challenge where professional eMLS gamers paired up with the likes Landon Donovan and Diego Forlán to play FIFA. The tournament was won by Orlando City's FIFA Abe and guest player AnthFifa who won a 64-player amateur competition earlier in the day.
As is tradition, Orlando also hosted the Homegrown Game that runs parallel to the All-Star Game. The game saw a selection of the best young Homegrown Players in MLS play Mexican youth team Chivas U-20s. The Homegrowns won the match on penalties after the game finished in a 2–2 draw.
Following the Homegrown game, MLS debuted a new skills challenge event, pitting three teams composed of All-Stars (Wayne Rooney, Jonathan dos Santos and Carlos Vela), Atlético Madrid players (Koke, Héctor Herrera and João Félix) as well as players from host side Orlando City SC (Nani, Sebas Méndez and Chris Mueller) against each other in a series of games created by F2Freestylers to test creativity, control and accuracy. Both events were held on July 30 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, the same venue as the NFL's similarly-themed Skills Showdown during the Pro Bowl. Orlando City won after Nani hit the crossbar with the last kick of the competition, winning $25,000 for the Orlando City Foundation.

## Match rules

* Unlimited substitutions
* Penalty shoot-out if tied through full-time; no extra time

## Squads
### MLS All-Stars

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Brad Guzan (Atlanta United FC) |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Leandro González Pírez (Atlanta United FC) |
| 7 | FW | VEN | Josef Martínez (Atlanta United FC) |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy) |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Zlatan Ibrahimović (LA Galaxy) |
| 10 | FW | MEX | Carlos Vela (captain) (Los Angeles FC) |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Maximiliano Moralez (New York City FC) |
| 12 | MF | USA | Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas) |
| 13 | FW | USA | Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) |
| 14 | MF | URU | Nicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders FC) |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Mark-Anthony Kaye (Los Angeles FC) |
| 16 | FW | URU | Diego Rossi (Los Angeles FC) |
| 17 | MF | POR | Nani (Orlando City SC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | GK | USA | Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake) |
| 19 | DF | MAD | Romain Métanire (Minnesota United FC) |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC) |
| 21 | MF | COL | Diego Chará (Portland Timbers) |
| 22 | MF | ARG | Gonzalo Martínez (Atlanta United FC) |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Wayne Rooney (D.C. United) |
| 24 | DF | USA | Matt Hedges (FC Dallas) |
| 25 | DF | USA | Walker Zimmerman (Los Angeles FC) |
| 26 | GK | JAM | Andre Blake (Philadelphia Union) |
| 27 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel Barco (Atlanta United FC) |
| 28 | DF | USA | Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) |
| 31 | DF | GER | Bastian Schweinsteiger (Chicago Fire) |
| 92 | DF | JAM | Kemar Lawrence (New York Red Bulls) |
* Manager: James O'Connor (Orlando City SC)

### Atlético Madrid

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Antonio Adán |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Koke (captain) |
| 7 | FW | POR | João Félix |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Saúl |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Morata |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Ángel Correa |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Thomas Lemar |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Renan Lodi |
| 13 | GK | SVN | Jan Oblak |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Marcos Llorente |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Stefan Savić |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Héctor Herrera |
| 17 | FW | SRB | Ivan Šaponjić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Diego Costa |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Vitolo |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Mario Hermoso |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Kieran Trippier |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Javi Montero |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Rodrigo Riquelme |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Carlos Isaac |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Sergio Camello |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Manu Sánchez |
| 36 | MF | URU | Juan Manuel Sanabria |
| 37 | GK | ESP | Álex dos Santos |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Toni Moya |
* Manager: Diego Simeone

## Match

| MLS All-Stars | Atlético Madrid |
30' :
| DF | 28 | Graham Zusi | 46' |
| DF | 25 | Walker Zimmerman | 46' |
| DF | 24 | Matt Hedges | 46' |
| DF | 92 | Kemar Lawrence | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Diego Chará | 46' |
| MF | 10 | Carlos Vela (c) | 46' |
| MF | 20 | Alejandro Pozuelo | 46' |
| MF | 23 | Wayne Rooney | 46' |
| MF | 17 | Nani | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 30' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 18 | Nick Rimando | 59' |
| GK | 26 | Andre Blake | 30' 59' |
| DF | 19 | Romain Métanire | 46' |
| DF | 5 | Leandro González Pírez | 46' |
| MF | 31 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | 46' |
| MF | 11 | Maximiliano Moralez | 46' 73' |
| MF | 8 | Jonathan dos Santos | 46' |
| MF | 14 | Nicolás Lodeiro | 46' |
| MF | 22 | Gonzalo Martínez | 46' |
| MF | 12 | Paxton Pomykal | 73' |
| MF | 15 | Mark-Anthony Kaye | 46' |
| MF | 27 | Ezequiel Barco | 73' |
| FW | 13 | Chris Wondolowski | 59' |
| FW | 7 | Josef Martínez | 30' 59' |
| FW | 16 | Diego Rossi | 46' 73' |
| Manager: |||
| James O'Connor ||||
| GK | 1 | Antonio Adán (c) | 65' |
| DF | 33 | Carlos Isaac | 56' |
| DF | 18 | Felipe | 56' |
| DF | 22 | Mario Hermoso | 59' |
| DF | 35 | Manu Sánchez | 58' |
| MF | 36 | Juan Manuel Sanabria | 35' |
| MF | 14 | Marcos Llorente | 57' |
| MF | 16 | Héctor Herrera | 56' |
| MF | 20 | Vitolo | 57' |
| FW | 10 | Ángel Correa | 56' |
| FW | 32 | Rodrigo Riquelme | 58' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 13 | Jan Oblak | 65' |
| GK | 37 | Álex dos Santos |
| DF | 15 | Stefan Savić | 56' |
| DF | 23 | Kieran Trippier | 57' |
| DF | 12 | Renan Lodi | 56' |
| DF | 30 | Javi Montero | 59' |
| MF | 6 | Koke | 56' |
| MF | 8 | Saúl | 57' |
| MF | 11 | Thomas Lemar | 58' |
| MF | 38 | Toni Moya | 35' 56' |
| FW | 19 | Diego Costa | 56' |
| FW | 17 | Ivan Šaponjić | 82' |
| FW | 34 | Sergio Camello | 58' 82' |
| FW | 7 | João Félix | 56' |
| Manager: ||
| Diego Simeone ||
| Most valuable player: Marcos Llorente (Atlético Madrid) Assistant referees: Brian Dunn Logan Brown Fourth official: Timothy Ford Video assistant referee: Edvin Jurisevic | Match rules 90 minutes. Unlimited substitutions. No extra time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. |