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 (MLS) 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 Major League Soccer 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 FC pledged $500,000 to support life-sustaining humanitarian and disaster relief efforts by launching the Texas Together campaign. Ahead of the All-Star 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 United States men's national team player Clint Dempsey, current United States women's national team player Lindsey Heaps, Mexico women's national team player Nicolette Hernández, and former Mexico 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, with Houston Dynamo 2 goalkeeper Pedro Cruz defeating Orlando City B goalkeeper Carlos Mercado in the final. +2025 MLS All-Star Skills Challenge resultsEventMLS scoreLiga MX scoreShooting72 64Touch199 58Cross & Volley 75 75Passing2 wins1 winCrossbarWin Loss
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 head coach Nico Estévez served as the manager for the MLS All-Stars.
Inter Miami CF players Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba 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.
+ 2025 MLS All-Stars roster Player Club Selection 97 Minnesota United FC Vote 2nd 1 Austin FC Coach 1st 23 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Coach 1st 27 Columbus Crew Coach 1st 2 Austin FC Coach 1st 33 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vote 1st 15 Minnesota United FC Vote 1st 30 Orlando City SC Vote 1st 5 Philadelphia Union Coach 3rd 31 Nashville SC Coach 1st 12 FC Cincinnati Coach 2nd 28 Philadelphia Union Coach 3rd 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vote 1st 32 San Jose Earthquakes Coach 2nd 19 (c) FC Cincinnati Vote 2nd 22 New England Revolution Coach 3rd 8 Real Salt Lake Vote 2nd 29 Nashville SC Coach 4th 6 San Diego FC Coach 1st 14 Seattle Sounders FC Coach 1st 77 Chicago Fire FC Coach 1st 9 Philadelphia Union Vote 1st 99 Los Angeles FC Vote 3rd 7 San Diego FC Coach 1st 11 San Diego FC Commissioner 1st 87 Orlando City SC Coach 1st 17 Columbus Crew Coach 4th 98 Nashville SC Coach 1st 24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vote 1st
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 América with four players, followed by Cruz Azul and Pachuca with three players each. On July 23, the final roster for the Liga MX All-Stars was announced, featuring 23 players from 11 clubs. América head coach André Jardine served as the Liga MX All-Stars manager for the second consecutive year.
+ 2025 Liga MX All-Stars roster Player Club 1 América 23 Cruz Azul 5 Pachuca 4 Cruz Azul 15 Puebla 20 Toluca 13 Toluca 2 Tigres UANL 93 Monterrey 3 América 26 Pachuca 17 Tigres UANL 10 Monterrey 6 Tijuana 18 Atlético San Luis 28 Pachuca 19 Tijuana 8 Necaxa 7 América 16 América 25 Guadalajara 27 Nexaca 9 Cruz Azul
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GK 1 Brad Stuver RB 31 Andy Najar CB 15 Michael Boxall CB 33 Tristan Blackmon LB 28 Kai Wagner MF 7 Anders Dreyer MF 16 Sebastian Berhalter MF 19 Evander (c) RW 11 Hirving Lozano CF 98 Sam Surridge LW 99 Denis Bouanga Substitutes:GK 23 Yohei Takaoka GK 97 Dayne St. Clair DF 2 Guilherme Biro DF 5 Jakob Glesnes MF 6 Jeppe Tverskov FW 8 Diego Luna FW 9 Tai Baribo DF 12 Miles Robinson MF 14 Obed Vargas FW 17 Diego Rossi MF 22 Carles Gil FW 24 Brian White DF 27 Max Arfsten MF 29 Hany Mukhtar DF 30 Alex Freeman MF 32 Cristian Espinoza FW 77 Philip Zinckernagel FW 87 Marco Pašalić Manager: Nico Estévez GK 1 Luis Malagón RB 3 Israel Reyes CB 93 Sergio Ramos (c) CB 13 Luan LB 20 Jesús Gallardo DM 18 Rodrigo Dourado CM 8 Agustín Palavecino CM 10 Sergio Canales RW 17 Juan Brunetta CF 9 Ángel Sepúlveda LW 25 Roberto Alvarado Substitutes:GK 23 Kevin Mier DF 2 Joaquim DF 4 Willer Ditta DF 5 Alonso Aceves MF 6 Kevin Castañeda FW 7 Brian Rodríguez DF 15 Gustavo Ferrareis FW 16 Alejandro Zendejas FW 19 Gilberto Mora MF 26 Alan Bautista FW 27 Diber Cambindo MF 28 Elías Montiel Manager: André Jardine
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