2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game

2014 AT&T MLS All-Star
Event	2014 Major League Soccer season
MLS All-Stars Bayern Munich 2 1
Date	August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06)
Venue	Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
Most Valuable Player	Landon Donovan (MLS All-Stars)
Referee	Jair Marrufo
Attendance	21,733
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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-German 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.

Rosters

MLS All-Stars

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  USA Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC)[a] 4 MF  USA Michael Bradley (Toronto FC)[a] 5 DF  USA Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City)[a] 6 MF  CUB Osvaldo Alonso (Seattle Sounders FC)[b] 7 DF  USA Sean Franklin (D.C. United)[e] 8 MF  USA Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)[a] 9 FW  NGA Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders FC)[a] 10 FW  USA Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy)[a] 11 MF  AUS Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls)[b] 13 FW  ENG Dom Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City)[e] 14 FW  FRA Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls)[a] 16 MF  ARG Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers)[c] 17 DF  USA DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)[a] 18 GK  USA Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)[a]

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  MEX Erick Torres (Chivas USA)[c] 21 MF  USA Maurice Edu (Philadelphia Union)[e] 23 DF  USA Michael Parkhurst (Columbus Crew)[b] 24 DF  ENG Liam Ridgewell (Portland Timbers)[e] 28 GK  USA Bill Hamid (D.C. United)[b] 32 DF  USA Bobby Boswell (D.C. United)[e] 75 MF  CAN Will Johnson (Portland Timbers)[b] 78 DF  FRA Aurélien Collin (Sporting Kansas City)[b] 99 FW  ENG Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls)[b] — MF  USA Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake)[a][d] — FW  ENG Jermain Defoe (Toronto FC)[b][d] — DF  USA Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy)[a][d] — FW  IRL Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)[b][d] — DF  USA Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders FC)[b][d]

Notes:

^a 2014 MLS All-Star Fan XI.^[3]

^b Selected by All-Star coach Caleb Porter of the Portland Timbers.^[4]

^c Selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garber.^[4]

^d Injured or unable to play.^[5][6]

^e Replacement for player who is injured or unable to play, selected by coach Caleb Porter.^[5][6]

Bayern Munich

^[7][8][9] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Manuel Neuer 2 FW  GER Tobias Schweinsteiger [b] 3 DF  GER Philipp Walter [c] 4 DF  BRA Dante 5 MF  GER Gianluca Gaudino [c] 6 MF  ESP Thiago [a] 7 MF  FRA Franck Ribéry 8 MF  ESP Javi Martínez 9 FW  POL Robert Lewandowski 10 MF  NED Arjen Robben 11 MF  SUI Xherdan Shaqiri 13 DF  BRA Rafinha 14 FW  PER Claudio Pizarro 15 MF  GER Lucas Scholl [c] 17 DF  GER Jérôme Boateng 18 MF  ESP Juan Bernat 19 MF  GER Mario Götze

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  GER Sebastian Rode 21 DF  GER Philipp Lahm (captain) 22 GK  GER Tom Starke 23 MF  GER Mitchell Weiser [a] 24 MF  GRE Angelos Oikonomou [b] 25 FW  GER Thomas Müller 26 DF  GER Diego Contento 27 DF  AUT David Alaba 28 DF  GER Holger Badstuber 29 GK  GER Leopold Zingerle [b] 30 GK  AUT Ivan Lučić [a][b] 31 MF  GER Bastian Schweinsteiger (vice-captain) 33 FW  GER Michael Eberwein [c] 34 MF  DEN Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 37 MF  USA Julian Green 38 DF  AUT Ylli Sallahi [b]

Notes:

^a Injured or unable to play.

^b FC Bayern Munich II^[10]

^c Bayern Munich Junior Team^[11]

Referee crew

On July 8, it was announced that PRO's Jair Marrufo would referee the match, with Claudiu Badea and Corey Parker assistant referees and Ismail Elfath the fourth official.^[12]

Match

Details

2014 MLS All-Star Game

August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06)

6:30 p.m. PDT

MLS All-Stars	2–1	Bayern Munich
Wright-Phillips 51' Donovan 70'	Report	Lewandowski 8'

Providence Park, Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 21,733

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

MLS All-Stars

Bayern Munich

GK 18 Nick Rimando  45' RB 17 DeAndre Yedlin  45' CB 78 Aurélien Collin  45' CB 5 Matt Besler  45' LB 23 Michael Parkhurst  45' CM 4 Michael Bradley  45' CM 11 Tim Cahill  45' RW 8 Graham Zusi  45' AM 2 Clint Dempsey  45' LW 14 Thierry Henry (c)  48' CF 9 Obafemi Martins  45' Substitutes: GK 28 Bill Hamid  45' DF 7 Sean Franklin  45' DF 24 Liam Ridgewell  45' DF 32 Bobby Boswell  45' MF 6 Osvaldo Alonso  64'  45' MF 16 Diego Valeri  45' MF 21 Maurice Edu  45' MF 75 Will Johnson (c3)  89'  45' FW 10 Landon Donovan (c2)  48'  71' FW 13 Dom Dwyer  71' FW 19 Erick Torres  45' FW 99 Bradley Wright-Phillips  45' Manager: Caleb Porter

GK 22 Tom Starke  62' CB 13 Rafinha CB 8 Javi Martínez CB 27 David Alaba (c)  86' RM 34 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg  80' CM 5 Gianluca Gaudino  62' CM 20 Sebastian Rode  80' LM 18 Juan Bernat  80' AM 14 Claudio Pizarro  37' CF 11 Xherdan Shaqiri  80' CF 9 Robert Lewandowski  80' Substitutes: GK 1 Manuel Neuer  62' GK 29 Leopold Zingerle GK 30 Ivan Lučić DF 3 Philipp Walter DF 4 Dante  62' DF 17 Jérôme Boateng  90+2'  80' DF 21 Philipp Lahm (c2)  82' DF 26 Diego Contento  80' DF 28 Holger Badstuber DF 38 Ylli Sallahi MF 7 Franck Ribéry MF 10 Arjen Robben  86' MF 15 Lucas Scholl MF 19 Mario Götze  80' MF 24 Angelos Oikonomou MF 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger  80'  88' MF 37 Julian Green  37'  82' FW 2 Tobias Schweinsteiger FW 25 Thomas Müller  80' FW 33 Michael Eberwein Manager: Pep Guardiola

Aftermath

After the match, Bayern manager Pep Guardiola refused to shake the hand of MLS All-Stars manager Caleb Porter, despite Porter's multiple attempts.^[15] Guardiola seemed to be angry over rough challenges by MLS players during the exhibition match resulting in yellow cards, particularly those of Osvaldo Alonso and Will Johnson on Xherdan Shaqiri and Bastian Schweinsteiger respectively. Bayern Munich, in pre-season, had just arrived in the U.S. and had six players who played for Germany's World Cup-winning squad in July (although none started the game), whereas MLS players were halfway through the current season. Guardiola backtracked from his behavior post-game, stating, "We tried to play and we did. Congratulations to MLS for this victory. I hope they are going to invite us next year to try and make revenge and I hope to prepare a little bit better."^[16]