2025 MLS All-Star Game


The 2025 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 29th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, an exhibition soccer match in the United States. It featured all-star squads from Major League Soccer and Liga MX of Mexico—the fourth edition to use the inter-league format. The All-Star Game was played on July 23, 2025, at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas.

Background

On May 15, 2024, MLS announced that the 2025 MLS All-Star game would be played at Austin FC's Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas. The selection made it the first MLS All-Star game to be hosted in Texas since 2010 and the first to be hosted in a soccer-specific stadium. On March 18, 2025, the Liga MX All-Stars were announced as the All-Star game opponents, the fourth time the two sides had played one another and the second consecutive All-Star match featuring Liga MX.

Pre-match

MLS built upon a previous initiative to support the victims of the July 2025 Central Texas floods, in which the league, Austin FC, FC Dallas, and Houston Dynamo pledged $500,000 to support life-sustaining humanitarian and disaster relief efforts by launching the Texas Together campaign. Ahead of the MLS All-Stars Game, the league honored victims of the floods and recognized the efforts of first responders with an on-field tribute. The league also announced that they would donate 100% of the proceeds from an auction for signed MLS and Liga MX All-Stars jerseys to flood relief efforts.

Skills Challenge

The MLS All-Star Skills Challenge was held on July 22 at Q2 Stadium and included events in five fields: shooting, touches, cross-and-volley, passing, and a crossbar challenge. The rosters included ten players from the MLS All-Stars and Liga MX All-Stars rosters respectively, as well as four special guests. The four competing special guests were former USMNT player Clint Dempsey, current USWNT player Lindsey Heaps, Mexican women's national team player Nicolette Hernández, and former Mexican national team player Oribe Peralta. Internet personality IShowSpeed also participated in the shooting and passing challenges, but his results were not counted towards the overall score. The single-elimination Goalie Wars tournament held between four select MLS Next Pro goalkeepers also returned, and Houston Dynamo 2 goalkeeper Pedro Cruz defeated Orlando City B goalkeeper Carlos Mercado in the final.
EventMLS scoreLiga MX score
Shooting7264
Touch19958
Cross & Volley7575
Passing2 wins1 win
CrossbarWinLoss

Squads

MLS All-Stars

The initial MLS All-Stars roster was announced on June 25, 2025. Players from 15 clubs were selected; the most-represented teams on the roster were Vancouver Whitecaps FC with four players, and Nashville SC, Philadelphia Union, and San Diego FC with three players each. On July 23, the final roster for the MLS All-Stars was announced, featuring 29 players from 15 clubs. Austin FC's head coach Nico Estévez served as the head coach for the MLS All-Stars.
Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba of Inter Miami CF were both voted onto the MLS All-Star squad but did not participate in the game or associated events. MLS announced on July 25 that both players would be suspended for the team's next regular season match per the league's policies.
No.PlayerClubSelection
97[Goalkeeper (association football)|]Minnesota United FCVote2nd
1[Goalkeeper (association football)|] Austin FCCoach1st
23[Goalkeeper (association football)|] Vancouver Whitecaps FCCoach1st
27[Defender (association football)|]Columbus CrewCoach1st
2[Defender (association football)|]Austin FCCoach1st
33[Defender (association football)|]Vancouver Whitecaps FCVote1st
15[Defender (association football)|]Minnesota United FCVote1st
30[Defender (association football)|] Orlando City SCVote1st
5[Defender (association football)|]Philadelphia UnionCoach3rd
31[Defender (association football)|]Nashville SCCoach1st
12[Defender (association football)|]FC CincinnatiCoach2nd
28[Defender (association football)|]Philadelphia UnionCoach3rd
16[Midfielder (association football)|] Vancouver Whitecaps FCVote1st
32[Midfielder (association football)|]San Jose EarthquakesCoach2nd
19[Midfielder (association football)|] FC CincinnatiVote2nd
22[Midfielder (association football)|]New England RevolutionCoach3rd
8[Midfielder (association football)|] Real Salt LakeVote2nd
29[Midfielder (association football)|]Nashville SCCoach4th
6[Midfielder (association football)|]San Diego FCCoach1st
14[Midfielder (association football)|]Seattle Sounders FCCoach1st
77[Midfielder (association football)|]Chicago Fire FCCoach1st
9[Forward (association football)|]Philadelphia UnionVote1st
99[Forward (association football)|] Los Angeles FCVote3rd
7[Forward (association football)|] San Diego FCCoach1st
11[Forward (association football)|]San Diego FCCommissioner1st
87[Forward (association football)|]Orlando City SCCoach1st
17[Forward (association football)|]Columbus CrewCoach4th
98[Forward (association football)|] Nashville SCCoach1st
24[Forward (association football)|]Vancouver Whitecaps FCVote1st

Liga MX All-Stars

The first 14 selections for the Liga MX All-Stars roster was announced on July 6, 2025, as part of the Balón de Oro awards. The remaining 15 players were announced on July 9; the most-represented teams on the roster were Club América with four players followed by Cruz Azul and Pachuca with three players. On July 23, the final roster for the Liga MX All-Stars was announced, featuring 23 players from 11 clubs. Club América's head coach André Jardine served as the Liga MX All-Stars head coach for the second consecutive year.
No.PlayerClub
1[Goalkeeper (association football)|] América
23[Goalkeeper (association football)|] Cruz Azul
5[Defender (association football)|]Pachuca
4[Defender (association football)|]Cruz Azul
15[Defender (association football)|]Puebla
20[Defender (association football)|]Toluca
13[Defender (association football)|] Toluca
2[Defender (association football)|]Tigres UANL
93[Defender (association football)|]Monterrey
3[Defender (association football)|]América
26[Midfielder (association football)|]Pachuca
17[Midfielder (association football)|] Tigres UANL
10[Midfielder (association football)|] Monterrey
6[Midfielder (association football)|]Tijuana
18[Midfielder (association football)|] Atlético de San Luis
28[Midfielder (association football)|]Pachuca
19[Midfielder (association football)|] Tijuana
8[Midfielder (association football)|]Necaxa
7[Midfielder (association football)|] América
16[Midfielder (association football)|] América
25[Forward (association football)|]Guadalajara
27[Forward (association football)|]Nexaca
9[Forward (association football)|] Cruz Azul

Match