The 1997 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the second

Major League Soccer 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 gam ...

, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. Teams of the best players from each conference played against each other at Giants Stadium,

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, on July 9, 1997. The MLS All-Stars East won the game 5–4, with goals from MVP

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and

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, Jorge Campos,

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and Cobi Jones scored for the MLS All-Stars West.

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refereed the game, which was attended by 24,816 spectators.

Venue

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External links

All-Star Game flashback, 1997
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