MLS All-Star 2003
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Goal (sport)
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Ante Razov
Ante Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:...
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CDJ: Jair Garcia
Jair Garcia
Jair García Gamboa is a Mexican footballer who plays as a forward. As of 2011/12 he is playing for Lobos de la BUAP, on loan from his parent club Puebla....
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MLS: Carlos Ruiz 68'
MLS: DaMarcus Beasley
DaMarcus Beasley
DaMarcus Lamont Beasley is an American soccer player who plays for Puebla of the Mexican Primera División. He plays mainly as a winger on the left side of the midfield, but has also been used as a forward and fullback...
83'
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American Broadcasting Company
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The 2003 Pepsi Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 8th MLS All-Star Game, played on August 2, 2003 at The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles. Its title sponsor is hardware retailer The Home Depot. The $150 million complex was...
in Carson, CA. The All-Star Game celebrated both the opening of the league's second soccer-specific stadium
Soccer-specific stadium
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that season, as well as the announcement of the league's expansion with an eleventh team purchased by the owners of Mexico's Club Deportivo Guadalajara. Then-MetroStars
Metrostars
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head coach Bob Bradley
Bob Bradley
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was tapped to lead the MLS All-Stars against Guadalajara, commonly known as Chivas, and led by their head coach, Eduardo de la Torre
Eduardo de la Torre
Eduardo de la Torre Menchaca is a former international Mexican footballer who was a notable player with Chivas de Guadalajara. He later became a manager of C.D...
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A scoreless first half was marked by a defensive effort for the All-Stars. The Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
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's Kevin Hartman
Kevin Hartman
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made several key saves, while a backline led by Carlos Bocanegra
Carlos Bocanegra
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of the Chicago Fire weathered a persistent Chivas attack. The Fire's Ante Razov
Ante Razov
Ante Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:...
scored the first goal in the second half thanks in part to a feed by the San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes
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' Landon Donovan
Landon Donovan
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past a beaten Oswaldo Sánchez
Oswaldo Sánchez
Oswaldo Javier Sánchez Ibarra is a Mexican footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper for Santos Laguna in the Mexican Primera Division, where he is also the team captain. He has 99 caps for Mexico.-Early career:...
. Jair Garcia
Jair Garcia
Jair García Gamboa is a Mexican footballer who plays as a forward. As of 2011/12 he is playing for Lobos de la BUAP, on loan from his parent club Puebla....
broke away from the defense and beat Hartman to tie the game, but the All-Stars responded shortly thereafter with the eventual-game winner by the Galaxy's Carlos Ruiz. The Fire's DaMarcus Beasley
DaMarcus Beasley
DaMarcus Lamont Beasley is an American soccer player who plays for Puebla of the Mexican Primera División. He plays mainly as a winger on the left side of the midfield, but has also been used as a forward and fullback...
tipped in the All-Stars' third goal, which Chivas contested because of an assistant referee's offside call, which was waved off by Kevin Terry
Kevin Terry
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. A sellout crowd at The Home Depot Center celebrated the win, as well as the awarding of MVP to local favorite Carlos Ruiz.