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Pepsi MLS All-Star Game 2002
Event	2002 Major League Soccer season
Date	August 3, 2002
Venue	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Man of the Match	Marco Etcheverry (D.C. United)
Referee	Brian Hall
Attendance	31,096
Weather	Showers
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The 2002 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 7th edition of the Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on August 3, 2002 at RFK Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. The match was contested by the MLS All-Stars team and the United States on the invitation of MLS, who looked to capitalize on their success at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Bruce Arena assembled a roster of the national team's most prominent domestic players in the last decade in place of the European-based players from the 2002 World Cup roster to rest them; then-San Jose Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop formed an All-Star team of the top talent among the league's remaining players.^[1]

The match

Summary

Despite bad weather leading to a rain delay in the first half, the game saw a flurry of goals toward its conclusion. U.S. standout and San Jose Earthquakes' forward Landon Donovan opened the scoring for the national team, while the Dallas Burn's Jason Kreis responded with the equalizer in the following minute.

D.C. United midfielder and MVP Marco Etcheverry gave the All-Stars the lead with help from fellow Bolivian Joselito Vaca. The Los Angeles Galaxy's Cobi Jones tied the game on a Brian McBride cross, but the New England Revolution's Steve Ralston scored late in the second half to give MLS the All-Star Game win.

Details

2002 MLS All-Star Game

August 3, 2002

MLS All-Stars	3–2	United States
Kreis 59' Etcheverry 72' Ralston 81'	Report	Donovan 58' Jones 76'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 31,096

Referee: Brian Hall

MLS All-Stars

United States


GK	18	Tim Howard	46 '
DF	3	Ryan Suarez	18 '
DF	12	Mike Petke	46 '	70 '
DF	4	Carlos Bocanegra			78 '
MF	14	Steve Ralston	46 '	70 '
MF	8	Richard Mulrooney		70 '	78 '
MF	10	Carlos Valderrama(c)		70 '
MF	21	Dema Kovalenko	46 '	70 '
MF	20	Mark Chung		70 '
FW	33	Taylor Twellman	46 '
FW	15	Carlos Ruiz	46 '
Substitutes:
GK	1	Joe Cannon	46 '
DF	24	Wade Barrett	18 '
MF		Chris Klein	46 '
MF		Joselito Vaca	46 '
MF	11	Marco Etcheverry	46 '
FW	7	Ariel Graziani	46 '
FW	9	Jason Kreis	46 '
Manager:
Frank Yallop



GK	1	Tony Meola	46 '
DF	23	Eddie Pope	46 '
DF	16	Carlos Llamosa	46 '
DF	12	Jeff Agoos	46 '
MF	13	Cobi Jones(c)
MF	10	Brian Maisonneuve
DF	25	Pablo Mastroeni
MF	9	Preki	46 '
MF	7	DaMarcus Beasley
FW	21	Landon Donovan
FW	20	Brian McBride
Substitutes:
GK	18	Juergen Sommer	46 '
DF	22	Alexi Lalas	46 '
DF		Mike Burns	46'
MF	19	Chris Henderson	46 '
MF		Chad Deering	46'
MF		John Harkes
FW		Josh Wolff
Manager:
Bruce Arena