The 2006 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 11th

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, played on August 5, 2006, at

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between the

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and

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. The MLS All-Stars won the match 1–0, with

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scoring the winning goal in the 70th minute. The Coach of MLS All-Stars have chosen to start the game with players mostly from his team D.C. United and left stars like Freddy Adu on bench even though he was expected to put them in starting 11. On the interview in Polish YouTube channel “Kanal Sportowy” Peter Nowak admitted that he said to his superiors if they want to win the game they have to allow him to use his own players from D.C. United, which they did and won.

Match details

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match on August 6; these included

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(Chivas),

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and

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(both New England).

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and

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also withdrew from the All-Star game through injury.

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and Eddie Robinson were called up to replace them.

External links

2006 MLS All-Star Game Recap
{{Chelsea F.C. matches MLS All-Star Game MLS All-Star 2006 Soccer in Illinois

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MLS All-Star Game The Major League Soccer All-Star Game is an annual soccer game held by Major League Soccer featuring selected players from the league against an international club or selected players from Liga MX. MLS initially adopted a traditional all-star g ...

August 2006 sports events in the United States Sports competitions in Illinois