In a rematch of the 2024 ASG, the Liga MX All-Stars will return in July to take on the best in MLS
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2025 MLS All-Star game details announcedOpponent will be Liga MX All-StarsGame to be played in Austin, TXGet the MLS Season Pass today!Stream games nowMajor League SoccerWHAT HAPPENED?
The 2025 MLS All-Star game and All-Star Skills Challenge will be played against the Liga MX All-Stars in Austin, Texas in late July, the league announced Monday.
The match will pit the best players in the two North American leagues go head-to-head in a winner-takes-all contest, while the Skills Challenge will test the attributes of the top footballers from each team in a unique set of drills. The events will be held on July 23 at 9 p.m. ET, exclusively available on Apple TV and MLS Season Pass, both in English and Spanish.
“We are thrilled to once again host LIGA MX at the 2025 MLS All-Star Game, showcasing the best talent from our leagues,” MLS executive vice president Camilo Durana said. “It’s an exciting match-up for the first-ever professional All-Star Game played in Austin, bringing a thriving on-field rivalry to the passionate Austin community and to fans around the world watching on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app.”
The match will be the second consecutive meeting of MLS and LIGA MX, and the fourth overall between the rival leagues in the MLS All-Star game.
"It is always a great honor for LIGA MX to participate in an event like the MLS All-Star Game. It fills us with excitement to return to this stage to showcase the quality of our players and continue to connect with our fans in the United States,” said Francisco Iturbide, LIGA MX director of operations. “I know that the All-Star teams of both leagues will offer a great showdown. We look forward to continuing to strengthen our sports rivalry with MLS.”
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MLS is also set to host a week of events in Austin building up to the game, including celebrations of soccer, community service initiatives, players appearances and a new Monday night edition of the MLS NEXT All-Star Game featuring some of the brightest prospects in all of MLS NEXT. The match will kickoff at 8:30 p.m. ET and will be played at Parmer Field at St. David's Performance Center.
Q2 Stadium, home of Austin FC and site of the 2025 All-Star Game, has become a hotbed for the domestic game in the heart of Texas.
Since their introduction to MLS, Austin FC have sold out every regular season and playoff match played at Q2 Stadium. The Stadium has also hosted matches for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2024 CONMEBOL Copa America.
It will be the first MLS All-Star Game in Texas since 2010, when Houston's NRG Stadium hosted Manchester United against the MLS All-Stars.
“The 2025 MLS All-Star Game will shine a global spotlight on the high-quality of the players in our league as well as the Austin community, Austin FC, and Q2 Stadium,” said Andy Loughnane, Austin FC president. “In selling out 100 percent of MLS home matches played across our venue’s history, it has proven to be one of North American soccer’s best matchday atmospheres. It is an honor for our Club to host players and fans from both MLS and LIGA MX for our city’s first-ever major league All-Star Game.”
Major League SoccerDID YOU KNOW?
The MLS All-Star Roster will consist of 12 players selected by a fan vote, 12 players selected by MLS All-Star head coach Nico Estevez of Austin FC, and two players selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garber.
The LIGA MX All-Star roster, meanwhile, will also consist of 26 total players. More details around the selection process will be announced in the near future.
Major League SoccerWHAT NEXT FOR MLS AND LIGA MX?
MLS Matchday 5 arrives next weekend, with the Vancouver Whitecaps currently atop the MLS Supporters' Shield standings. Liga MX, meanwhile, is 12 matches into the Clausura campaign, with Club America atop the standings at 27 points.
The two leagues will overlap in the Leagues Cup this summer, in addition to the CONCACAF Champions Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and MLS All-Star game.