NEW YORK.- Lionel Messileader of Inter Miamiwas selected this Friday for the third consecutive time for the All-Star Game of the North American League (MLS), an event in which you have not yet participated.
The Argentine star, current Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the MLS, is part of the first group of 11 players chosen for the exhibition match, which will pit them against a team from the Mexican league on July 29 in charlotte, North Carolina.
For this All-Star Game, which will take place just ten days after the final of the World Cup 2026the South Korean was also chosen for the first time Son Heung-Minfigure of Los Angeles FC.
Messi, who joined Inter Miami in mid-2023, missed the 2024 All-Star Game due to an injury suffered days earlier in the final of the America’s Cup.
In 2025, the Argentine declined to participate in the event, which cost him a one-match ban from the MLS.
Messi, who will turn 39 this month, has once again had a great start to the season with Inter Miami, occupying second position in the scoring table with 12 goals in 14 days, a little less than the Belgian Hugo Cuypersof the Chicago Fire.
In recovery from a muscular overload, the captain of Inter Miami is concentrating with the Argentine team that will defend the world title in North America 2026which will be held from June 11 to July 19 in USA, Mexico and Canada.
Rest of the first summoned
The 11 players announced by the MLS, which also include the Honduran full-back Andy Najar (Nashville SC), were selected through a combined vote of fans, footballers and journalists.
Among them there are five players called up for the 2026 World Cup: Messi, Son Heung-Min, the Americans Tim Ream (Charlotte F.C.) and Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps) and the South African Mbekezeli Mbokazi (Chicago Fire).
The rest of the chosen ones are the archer Brian Schwake (Nashville SC), the defenders Andy Najar (Nashville SC) and Anthony Markanich (Minnesota United), the midfielders Zavier Gozo (Royal Salt Lake) and Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) and the forward Hugo Cuypers (Chicago Fire FC).
