Bradley Wright-Phillips of the New York Red Bulls hit the post with his penalty, opening the way for Mattia De Sciglio of Juventus to beat Columbus Crew goalie Zack Steffen and secure the victory.

Juventus scored first with a goal by Andrea Favilli in the 21st minute. Atlanta United’s Josef Martínez made it 1-1 in the 26th minute.

The fans wanted to see Martínez score, and he did not disappoint. The league’s top goalscorer scored a spectacular goal.

Martínez, who has 24 goals – three shy of the MLS single-season record – in 23 matches this season and 43 goals in 43 games during his two seasons in Atlanta, took a ball from Atlanta teammate Miguel Almirón deep in the right side of the box.

Martínez headed the ball to the center of the box, where Carlos Vela of Los Angeles FC pounded a shot on goal that Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny parried to the left. Montreal’s Ignacio Piatti made a hustle play and kept the ball from going out and sent it across the goalmouth, where Martínez headed it into the net despite almost getting kicked in the face.

Juventus, which did not have recent signing Cristiano Ronaldo, had taken the lead on a headed ball by Favilli from a service by Matheus Pereira.

The match drew a standalone MLS record crowd of 72,317, topping the 70,728 fans who attended the game against Manchester United in Houston in 2010.

The largest MLS All-Star Game attendance was 78,416 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, for a doubleheader that included Brazil’s national team against the FIFA World All-Stars.