The 2013 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, held on July 31, 2013, was the 18th annual

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, a soccer match involving all-stars from Major League Soccer. The game was played at Sporting Park, now known as

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, in

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. The game featured the MLS All-Stars against Roma from Italy's

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, marking the first time that an Italian team has played in the MLS All-Star Game. Roma is also the first European club not from Great Britain to play in the All-Star Game.

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, the coach of Sporting Kansas City (the All-Star Game's host), was announced to coach the MLS All-Stars. A unique feature of this year's MLS All-Star Game was that the 11th player in the fan XI was decided through the FIFA 13

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, with players from around the world scoring goals with their player of choice, and the player with the most goals scored at the end of the allotted time frame would earn their place.

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Montreal Impact striker

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made the cut, joining the ten other fan XI players and those voted for by other MLS players and those chosen by Peter Vermes and MLS Commissioner

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. Despite initially being selected, Robbie Keane and

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, of LA Galaxy and

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, were both removed from the squad due to injury, which led to their being replaced by Landon Donovan and

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, playing for LA Galaxy and Philadelphia Union. A.S. Roma won the game 3–1, with goals from

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, and

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Roster

MLS All-Stars

''As of July 28, 2013'' •- Fan XI
*- 11th Player of Fan XI, determined through FIFA 13 ♦ - Players selected by MLS Commissioner

and All-Star Coach

♥ - "Inactive Roster" players voted for by other players in MLS
#- Injured Player that was replaced
% - Chosen by

and

to replace the injured Robbie Keane and

Roma squad

:''As of July 25, 2013

Match

Details

References

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