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Watch: Mayoral breathes life into All-Star affair with opening goal

Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports

It took nearly an hour before one of the nets rippled at Soldier Field, but the crowd in Chicago had Borja Mayoral to thank for finding a goal at long last as the young Real Madrid striker opened the scoring against the MLS All-Stars.

The goal came off the back of a smart pass by Dani Ceballos, who broke the MLS backline and found his 20-year-old teammate free in space. His shot took a bit of a deflection off a lunging Matt Hedges, but still beat 'keeper Stefan Frei.

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