2025 MLS All-Star roster: Messi, Agyemang, Lozano headline squad
Major League Soccer has revealed its 26-player roster for the 2025 MLS All-Star Game.
The MLS All-Stars will face a team of Liga MX's best on July 23 at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas.
The MLS squad will be looking for some revenge after losing 4-1 to the Liga MX stars in last year's All-Star Game at Lower.com Field in Columbus.
The MLS stars will be led by Lionel Messi, who was named to his first All-Star team last year but couldn't participate in the match due to injury.
The first-place Vancouver Whitecaps feature the most players on the MLS roster with four: Sebastian Berhalter, Tristan Blackmon, Yohei Takaoka, and Brian White. All four are making their All-Star Game debuts.
Columbus Crew forward Diego Rossi has been selected to his fourth All-Star Game, the most of any player on the roster. LAFC forward Denis Bouanga, Philadelphia Union defender Jakob Glesnes, and FC Cincinnati defender Miles Robinson are next with three selections each.
The players on the MLS roster were selected in three ways: 12 players were voted in by MLS fans, players, and media; 12 players were selected by MLS All-Star head coach Nico Estévez of host club Austin FC; and two players (Patrick Agyemang and Hirving Lozano) were picked by MLS commissioner Don Garber.
Below is the full 2025 MLS All-Star roster, including the mechanism by which each player was named to the team.
2025 MLS All-Star roster
Goalkeepers (3)
Defenders (8)
Midfielders (6)
Forwards/Wingers (9)
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