{"id":923231,"date":"2026-07-28T22:14:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/2026-liga-mx-all-star-team-roster-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T22:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:14:52","slug":"2026-liga-mx-all-star-team-roster-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/2026-liga-mx-all-star-team-roster-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 LIGA MX All-Star Team Roster | 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<div data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<h2>Soccer<br \/>\n          2026 LIGA MX All-Star Team Roster<br \/>\n        <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>LIGA MX has named 24 players who will participate in the 2026 MLS All-Star Game presented by Chime, set for Wednesday, July 29 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/charlotte-fc\/\">Charlotte FC<\/a>&#8216;s Bank of America Stadium (8 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/soc.cr\/4bc1VvL\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> The LIGA MX roster was updated on Monday, with eight players named as replacements for previous call-ups.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>GOALKEEPERS (2)<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Carlos Acevedo &#8211; Santos Laguna<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Moreno &#8211; CF Pachuca<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><h3>DEFENDERS (9)<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Omar Campos &#8211; Cruz Azul<\/li>\n<li>Willer Ditta &#8211; Cruz Azul<\/li>\n<li>Jes\u00fas Gallardo &#8211; Toluca FC<\/li>\n<li>Jes\u00fas Garza &#8211; Tigres UANL<\/li>\n<li>Bruno M\u00e9ndez &#8211; Toluca FC<\/li>\n<li>Federico Pereira &#8211; Toluca FC<\/li>\n<li>Luis Gabriel Rey &#8211; Chivas Guadalajara<\/li>\n<li>Israel Reyes &#8211; Club Am\u00e9rica<\/li>\n<li>Nathan Silva &#8211; Pumas UNAM<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><h3>MIDFIELDERS (9)<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Juan Brunetta &#8211; Tigres UANL<\/li>\n<li>Iker Fimbres &#8211; CF Monterrey<\/li>\n<li>Fernando Gorriar\u00e1n &#8211; Tigres UANL<\/li>\n<li>Erik Lira &#8211; Cruz Azul<\/li>\n<li>El\u00edas Montiel &#8211; CF Pachuca<\/li>\n<li>Jos\u00e9 Paradela &#8211; Cruz Azul<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Rodr\u00edguez &#8211; Cruz Azul<\/li>\n<li>Franco Romero &#8211; Toluca FC<\/li>\n<li>Javier Ruiz &#8211; Necaxa<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><h3>FORWARDS (4)<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Kevin Casta\u00f1eda &#8211; Chivas Guadalajara<\/li>\n<li>Alexei Dom\u00ednguez &#8211; CF Pachuca<\/li>\n<li>Salom\u00f3n Rond\u00f3n &#8211; CF Pachuca<\/li>\n<li>Robert Morales &#8211; Pumas UNAM<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Roster highlights<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off winning the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-league\/\">Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a>, Toluca have four representatives \u2013 and Antonio Mohamed will serve as head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cruz Azul (2025 CCC winners) have a team-high five players on the squad, and CF Pachuca (2024 CCC winners) have four.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Four players \u2013 goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo, defender Jes\u00fas Gallardo, defender Israel Reyes and midfielder Erik Lira \u2013 represented Mexico at the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/\">FIFA World Cup<\/a>. Additionally, defender Willer Ditta competed for Colombia at this summer&#8217;s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz Azul fullback Omar Campos brings MLS experience, having previously played at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/los-angeles-football-club\/\">LAFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Not participating<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The following LIGA MX players are not playing in the 2026 MLS All-Star Game for various reasons:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Nahuel Guzm\u00e1n (GK) &#8211; Tigres UANL<\/li>\n<li>Keylor Navas (GK) &#8211; Pumas UNAM<\/li>\n<li>Bryan Gonz\u00e1lez (D) &#8211; Chivas Guadalajara<\/li>\n<li>Richy Ledezma (D) &#8211; Chivas Guadalajara<\/li>\n<li>Nicol\u00e1s Castro (M) &#8211; Toluca FC<\/li>\n<li>Brian Guti\u00e9rrez (M) &#8211; Chivas Guadalajara<\/li>\n<li>Gilberto Mora (M) &#8211; Club Tijuana<\/li>\n<li>Brian Rodr\u00edguez (M) &#8211; Club Am\u00e9rica<\/li>\n<li>Franco Romero (M) &#8211; Toluca FC<\/li>\n<li>Armando Gonz\u00e1lez (F) &#8211; Chivas Guadalajara<\/li>\n<li>Santiago Sandoval (F) &#8211; Chivas Guadalajara<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Rivalry resumes<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>This will be the fifth MLS All-Star Game meeting between the best from MLS and LIGA MX.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MLS holds an all-time 3-1 advantage in the summertime showcase, including last year&#8217;s 3-1 triumph in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/main><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/allstar\/2026\/news\/2026-liga-mx-all-star-team-roster\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Yuri Wrona<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Soccer 2026 LIGA MX All-Star Team Roster LIGA MX has named 24 players who will participate in the 2026 MLS All-Star Game presented by Chime, set for Wednesday, July 29 at Charlotte FC&#8216;s Bank of America Stadium (8 pm ET | Apple TV). UPDATE: The LIGA MX roster was updated on Monday, with eight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":923232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27545,27926,2005],"tags":[101360,10777],"class_list":["post-923231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-all-star","category-roster","category-soccer","tag-all-star","tag-roster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923231","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=923231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}