2001 MLS All-Star Game

MLS All-Star Game 2001

Event	2001 Major League Soccer season
West East 6 6
Date	July 28, 2001
Venue	Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Man of the Match	Landon Donovan (San Jose Earthquakes)
Referee	Noel Kenney
Attendance	23,512
Weather	Clear

The 2001 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 6th Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on July 28, 2001 at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, CA. The game ended in a 6-6 tie. It is the only MLS All-Star Game that ended in a tie.

Match details

SAN JOSE, Calif. – San Jose Earthquake forward Landon Donovan put on a show for his hometown fans. San Jose was well represented during the game boasting 5 players.

The MLS Western All-Stars drew level with the MLS Eastern All-Stars, 6-6, in front of 23,512 fans at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, Calif.

Donovan, who was named the game’s MVP, tallied a hat trick for the West in just the first 19 minutes. The West extended their first-half lead to four goals when Ariel Graziani found the back of the net in the 26th minute.

However, the East were far from giving up.

Miami’s Alex Pineda Chacón scored in the 28th minute, and Brian McBride netted two of his own in the 34th and 39th minutes to bring the East’s deficit to one at halftime.

Tampa Bay Mutiny forward Mamadou Diallo equalized for the East in the 53rd minute, but a 69th-minute strike from Deva Kovalenko reclaimed the lead for the West, 5-4.

Two late goals from Jim Rooney (84’) and Cate (87’) looked certain to give the East a 6-5 win, but Donovan was not done for the West.

In the 92nd minute, Donovan added his name to the score sheet for the fourth time and salvaged a draw for the Western All-Stars. It was the first time in the league’s six-year history that the All-Star game ended in a tie.

WEST: Joe Cannon (Zach Thornton 46), Jeff Agoos (Diego Gutierrez 46), Marcelo Balboa (C.J. Brown 46), Troy Dayak, DaMarcus Beasley (Jesse Marsch 46), Mauricio Cienfuegos (Dema Kovalenko 46), Manny Lagos (Donovan reenters 69), Chad Deering (Matt McKeon 46), Landon Donovan (John Spencer 46), Ronald Cerritos (Luis Hernandez 46), Ariel Graziani (Cobi Jones 46) Subs Not Used: Ian Russell Due to injury.

EAST: Nick Rimando (Tim Howard 46), Carlos Llamosa (Mike Clark 46), Mike Petke (Steve Jolley 46), Pablo Mastroeni, Marco Etcheverry (Cate 56), John Wilmar Perez (Jim Rooney 45), Preki (Etcheverry reenters 74), Ian Bishop, Santino Quaranta, Brian McBride (Diego Serna 46), Alex Pineda Chacon Subs Not Used: Ted Chronopolus Due To Injury.

Referees: Noel Kenney; Scott Weyland, Roger Itaya

West v East

2001-07-28

West	6 – 6	East
Donovan  3', 7', 19', 90+2' Graziani  26' Kovalenko  69'	Report	Chacón  28' McBride  34', 39' Diallo  53' Rooney  84' Cate  87'

Spartan Stadium, San Jose Attendance: 23,512 Referee: Noel Kenney

External links

• MLS All-Star 2001 match report