{"id":862919,"date":"2025-07-16T21:11:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T02:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/rosters-for-2025-mls-all-star-skills-challenge-presented-by-att-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T21:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T02:11:48","slug":"rosters-for-2025-mls-all-star-skills-challenge-presented-by-att-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/rosters-for-2025-mls-all-star-skills-challenge-presented-by-att-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosters for 2025 MLS All-Star Skills Challenge presented by AT&#038;T | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<p>  <main role=\"main\" id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Page main content\"><\/p>\n<section data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<article id=\"rosters-for-2025-mls-all-star-skills-challenge-presented-by-at-t\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Major League Soccer and LIGA MX have announced their 10-player rosters and special guests for the 2025 MLS All-Star Skills Challenge presented by AT&#038;T.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, July 22 | 9 pm ET<\/li>\n<li>Q2 Stadium &#8211; Austin, Texas<\/li>\n<li>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/mls-all-star-skills-challenge\/umc.cse.6dcuhqckejy3913kmpl4md405\">Apple TV &#8211; Free<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Also viewable on: DirecTV, Comcast Xfinity &#038; Amazon Prime Video<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soc.cr\/41qdUAl\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>MLS All-Stars<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Jordi Alba &#8211; Inter Miami CF<\/li>\n<li>Sebastian Berhalter &#8211; Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/li>\n<li>Denis Bouanga &#8211; LAFC<\/li>\n<li>Anders Dreyer &#8211; San Diego FC<\/li>\n<li>Evander &#8211; FC Cincinnati<\/li>\n<li>Alex Freeman &#8211; Orlando City<\/li>\n<li>Diego Luna &#8211; Real Salt Lake<\/li>\n<li>Sam Surridge &#8211; Nashville SC<\/li>\n<li><em>Brad Stuver &#8211; Austin FC<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Yohei Takoaka &#8211; Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Clint Dempsey &#8211; MLS Great<\/li>\n<li>Lindsey Heaps &#8211; USWNT Star<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><h3>LIGA MX All-Stars<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Juan Brunetta &#8211; Tigres UANL<\/li>\n<li>Sergio Canales &#8211; CF Monterrey<\/li>\n<li>Rodrigo Dourado &#8211; Atl\u00e9tico San Luis<\/li>\n<li><em>Luis Malag\u00f3n &#8211; Club Am\u00e9rica<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Kevin Mier &#8211; Cruz Azul<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Paulinho &#8211; Toluca<\/li>\n<li>Brian Rodr\u00edguez &#8211; Club Am\u00e9rica<\/li>\n<li>James Rodr\u00edguez &#8211; Club Le\u00f3n<\/li>\n<li>Alexis Vega &#8211; Toluca<\/li>\n<li>Alejandro Zendejas &#8211; Club Am\u00e9rica<\/li>\n<li>Nicki Hern\u00e1ndez &#8211; LIGA MX Femenil<\/li>\n<li>Oribe Peralta &#8211; LIGA MX Great<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><em>Italics indicate the player is a goalkeeper.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Special guests<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The MLS All-Stars are joined by US Soccer legend <strong>Clint Dempsey<\/strong>, who played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/new-england-revolution\/\">New England Revolution<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/seattle-sounders-fc\/\">Seattle Sounders FC<\/a>. He&#8217;ll compete alongside US women\u2019s national team captain and Lyon midfielder <strong>Lindsey Heaps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The LIGA MX All-Stars have Mexican icon <strong>Oribe Peralta<\/strong> and LIGA MX Femenil standout <strong>Nicki Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> (Club Am\u00e9rica) as their special guests.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second year in a row that MLS and LIGA MX greats, alongside two of the best female players in North America, will join the All-Stars in the Skills Challenge.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Challenges<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Players will participate in five different challenges:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>MLS All-Star <strong>Shooting Challenge<\/strong> presented by AT&#038;T<\/li>\n<li>MLS All-Star <strong>Touch Challenge<\/strong> presented by Old Spice<\/li>\n<li>MLS All-Star <strong>Cross &#038; Volley Challenge<\/strong> presented by AT&#038;T<\/li>\n<li>MLS All-Star <strong>Passing Challenge<\/strong> presented by Bounty<\/li>\n<li>MLS All-Star <strong>Crossbar Challenge<\/strong> presented by Gillette<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>MLS and LIGA MX will compete on behalf of 4ATX Foundation and MAS Cultura, resulting in $25,000 donations to their respective charities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Goalie Wars returns<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Goalie Wars returns in 2025, featuring four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlsnextpro.com\/\">MLS NEXT Pro<\/a> goalkeepers in a single-elimination tournament competing for a one-of-a-kind, custom championship belt:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Eldin Jakupovi\u0107 &#8211; Chattanooga FC<\/li>\n<li>Pedro Cruz &#8211; Houston Dynamo 2<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Mercado &#8211; Orlando City B<\/li>\n<li>Adisa De Rosario &#8211; Toronto FC II<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The goalkeepers defend their own net while trying to score on their opponent by throwing, kicking or drop-kicking the ball. It will be a back-and-forth battle for three 90-second rounds.<\/p>\n<p>To add even more drama this year, each goalie can play one \u201cBonus Ball\u201d per round, worth two points instead of one if scored.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <\/main><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/allstar\/2025\/news\/rosters-for-2025-mls-all-star-skills-challenge-presented-by-at-t\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Lloyd Serna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Major League Soccer and LIGA MX have announced their 10-player rosters and special guests for the 2025 MLS All-Star Skills Challenge presented by AT&#038;T. Tuesday, July 22 | 9 pm ET Q2 Stadium &#8211; Austin, Texas Watch: Apple TV &#8211; Free Also viewable on: DirecTV, Comcast Xfinity &#038; Amazon Prime Video Purchase tickets MLS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":862920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27545,30477,2005],"tags":[101360,19767],"class_list":{"0":"post-862919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-star","8":"category-rosters","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-all-star","11":"tag-rosters"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}