# 2007 MLS All-Star Game

The 2007 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 12th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game. The 2007 MLS All-Star Game took place on July 19, 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. 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, January 25, 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 July 19, 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 July 19 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Tickets for the All-Star Game went on sale to the public Saturday, May 5, 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 soccer, 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.
| 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 | Kevin Goldthwaite | [Toronto FC] | 3 |
| D | Eddie Robinson | Houston Dynamo | 6 |
| GK | Pat Onstad | [Houston Dynamo] | 5 |
| GK | Greg Sutton | Toronto FC | 3 |
* Head coach: Steve Nicol (New England Revolution)
~ – Players selected by coach
† – "Commissioner's Picks"

### Celtic

| 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 | Theódór Elmar Bjarnason |
| F | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink |
| F | Scott McDonald |

## All-Star Selections By Club

| Club | # Selections |
| New England Revolution | 5 |
| Houston Dynamo | 4 |
| Toronto FC | 4 |
| New York Red Bulls | 3 |
| Kansas City Wizards | 3 |
| Chivas USA | 2 |
| D.C. United | 2 |
| Real Salt Lake | 2 |
| Columbus Crew | 1 |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 |
| FC Dallas | 1 |
| Colorado Rapids | 1 |
| Chicago Fire | 1 |

## Match details

| 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 Ángel | 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 ||
Artur Boruc :
| LB | 3 | Lee Naylor |
| CB | 44 | Stephen McManus |
| CB | 17 | Steven Pressley | 73' |
| RB | 12 | Mark Wilson |
| LM | 20 | Jiří Jarošík | 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: |||
| CB | 6 | Bobo Baldé | 73' |
| CM | 16 | Thomas Gravesen | 68 ' |
| FW | 46 | Aiden McGeady | 53 ' |
| FW | 7 | Maciej Żurawski | 66 ' |
| FW | 9 | Kenny Miller | 53' |
| Coach: |||
| Gordon Strachan ||||
| MLS All-Star MVP: Juan Pablo Ángel (MLS) Assistant referees: David Bragg Jose Corro Fourth official: Michael Kennedy | Match rules 90 minutes. Unlimited substitutions. No extra time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. |