The 2019 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 24th edition of the annual

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. It was held on July 31 at

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in Orlando, Florida against Spanish club Atlético Madrid. Atlético won the game 3–0. The game was televised domestically on

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and

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in the US, on TSN and

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in Canada and in more than 170 other countries around the world.

Pre-match

In September 2018,

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announced that Orlando would host the All-Star Game "in recognition of

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’s emergence as a preeminent organization, Orlando City Stadium’s stature as one of North America’s elite soccer venues, and the overwhelming support of soccer fans in the community." Atlético Madrid was confirmed as the match's opponents in May 2019. Atlético was the 13th different

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side to feature in the event and the second from

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following city rivals Real Madrid's 2017 match-up in Chicago. MLS All-Star Week was a five-day program of entertainment and fan experiences. On June 13, it was announced multi-platinum Latin pop singer

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would headline the 2019 edition of the MLS All-Star Concert which also featured

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. The concert was free to attend for the public and was held on July 27 at Wall Street Plaza. On July 28, there was an eMLS All-Star Challenge where professional eMLS gamers paired up with the likes Landon Donovan and

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to play FIFA. The tournament was won by Orlando City's FIFA Abe and guest player AnthFifa who won a 64-player amateur competition earlier in the day. As is tradition, Orlando also hosted the Homegrown Game that runs parallel to the All-Star Game. The game saw a selection of the best young Homegrown Players in

play Mexican youth team Chivas U-20s. The Homegrowns won the match on

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after the game finished in a 2–2 draw. Following the Homegrown game, MLS debuted a new skills challenge event, pitting three teams composed of All-Stars (

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and

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), Atlético Madrid players ( Koke,

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and

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) as well as players from host side Orlando City ( Nani,

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and Chris Mueller) against each other in a series of games created by

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to test creativity, control and accuracy. Both events were held on July 30 at

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, the same venue as the NFL's similarly-themed Skills Showdown during the

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. Orlando City won after Nani hit the crossbar with the last kick of the competition, winning $25,000 for the Orlando City Foundation.

Match rules

*Unlimited substitutions *

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if tied through full-time; no extra time

Squads

MLS All-Stars

* Manager: James O'Connor ''( Orlando City)''

Atlético Madrid

* Manager:

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Match

References

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