MLS All Stars led by Messi, loaded with USMNT

Inter Miami players Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba person been named to the 26-player Major League Soccer All Star roster set to vie against the best of Liga MX astatine Q2 Stadium successful Austin, Texas connected July 23.

The United States squad playing astatine this summer's Gold Cup is besides good represented, with 7 players connected Mauricio Pochettino's broadside selected arsenic All Stars.

The league builds the roster done a saltation of fan, player, and media voting (12 players), selections from All Star and Austin FC caput manager Nico Estévez (12 players) and 2 picks by MLS Commissioner Don Garber.

Messi and Alba were some voted into the roster by fans, making the squad for a 2nd clip aft receiving the league grant successful 2024. Though Alba participated successful the lawsuit against Liga MX All Stars successful 2024, Messi failed to diagnostic aft suffering an ankle wounded portion playing the Copa América last with Argentina.

Despite making the 2024 roster, Luis Suárez and Sergio Busquets did not gain the indispensable instrumentality votes to articulation the squad oregon person a coach's enactment this year.

U.S. players Patrick Agyemang, Max Arfsten, Sebastian Berhalter, Alex Freeman, Diego Luna, Miles Robinson, and Brian White volition besides beryllium joining the champion of MLS successful Austin. Agyemang was chosen by the league commissioner to marque the travel to Austin, portion the remainder of the USMNT additions alteration from fan, subordinate and media votes and coach's selections.

The Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps had 4 players named to the team.

Garber picked San Diego FC designated subordinate Hirving Lozano arsenic his 2nd commissioner's selection.

A fewer of the All Stars volition besides enactment successful the MLS Skills Challenge, which volition instrumentality spot connected July 22 astatine Q2 Stadium.

Liga MX won the past iteration of the All Star lucifer betwixt the 2 leagues, triumphing 4-1 astatine Lower.com Field successful Columbus, Ohio successful 2024.

FULL 2025 MLS ALL STAR ROSTER:

GOALKEEPERS: Dayne St. Clair (Minnesota United FC / Voted In); Brad Stuver (Austin FC / Coach's Selection); Yohei Takaoka (Vancouver Whitecaps FC / Coach's Selection)

DEFENDERS: Jordi Alba (Inter Miami CF / Voted In); Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew / Coach's Selection); Tristan Blackmon (Vancouver Whitecaps FC / Voted In); Michael Boxall (Minnesota United FC / Voted In); Alex Freeman (Orlando City SC / Voted In); Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union / Coach's Selection); Andy Najar (Nashville SC / Coach's Selection); Miles Robinson (FC Cincinnati / Coach's Selection)

MIDFIELDERS: Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC / Voted In); David Da Costa (Portland Timbers / Coach's Selection); Evander (FC Cincinnati / Voted In); Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake / Voted In); Jeppe Tverskov (San Diego FC / Coach's Selection); Philip Zinckernagel (Chicago Fire FC / Coach's Selection)

FORWARDS / WINGERS: Patrick Agyemang (Charlotte FC / Commissioner's Pick); Tai Baribo (Philadelphia Union / Voted In); Denis Bouanga (LAFC / Voted In); Anders Dreyer (San Diego FC / Coach's Selection); Hirving 'Chucky' Lozano (San Diego FC / Commissioner's Pick); Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF / Voted In); Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew / Coach's Selection); Brandon Vazquez (Austin FC / Coach's Selection); Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps FC / Voted In)