MLS may move All-Star game to accommodate Messi

MLS are reportedly considering moving their All-Star game depending on the commitments of their star, Lionel Messi.

Víctor Martín J.VictorMartJimUpdate: Feb 28th, 2024 08:27 EST0

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MLS has already begun to organize its classic summer match in which the league’s biggest stars come together to face an opponent that is invited for the occasion. Teams such as Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid, Juventus or Arsenal have faced the MLS All Star in recent years.

As revealed by Miami journalist Lizzy Becherano, several sources confirm that this year’s opponent will be a team made up of the best players from Liga MX, the domestic Mexican league, repeating the opposition of the 2021 and 2022 editions. Becherano has also anticipated that it will be held in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, July 24.

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Will Messi play in the MLS All-Star game?

Names such as Benteke, Riqui Puig or Hugo Lloris will be big attractions ahead of a clash that, despite being a pre-season friendly, always provokes a certain spice due to of the eternal debate as to which league is the best. This year, however, the spotlight will be on just one player: Leo Messi.

Possible MLS All-Star team:

GK: Hugo Lloris

DEF: DeAndre Yedlin – Miles Robinson – Avilés – Jordi Alba

MID: Sergio Busquets – Carrasquilla – Facu Torres – Messi – Thiago Almada

ATT: Luis Suárez

BENCH: Lautaro Acosta, Benteke, Cucho Hernandez, Riqui Puig, Alvaro Barreal, Emil Forsberg, Federico Bernardeschi