2022 MLS Next All-Star Game

The 2022 MLS Next All-Star Game (known as the 2022 MLS Next All-Star Game presented by Allstate for sponsorship reasons) is the first edition of the MLS Next All-Star Game under its current format and the seventh edition of the game including the MLS Homegrown Game matches. The game will be played between the East and West All-Stars at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minnesota as part of MLS All-Star Week, specifically leading up to the 2022 MLS All-Star Game.

2022 MLS Next All-Star Game presented by Allstate

Event	2022 MLS Next Pro season, 2022–23 MLS Next season
MLS Next East MLS Next West 2 1
Date	August 10, 2022
Venue	National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota
← 2019 2023 →

This is the first homegrown All-Star game in MLS since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Venue

Corresponding with the MLS All-Star Game being held at Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minnesota, the MLS Next All-Star Game will also be played in the Twin Cities.

Squads

The rosters for the MLS Next All-Star Game was announced on June 27, 2022.^[1]

MLS Next East

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BLR Stanislav Lapkes (Columbus Crew) 2 FW  USA Ignacio Alem (D.C. United) 3 MF  USA Esmir Bajraktarević (New England Revolution) 4 DF  DOM Israel Boatwright (Inter Miami CF) 5 DF  CAN Thomas Bouffard (CF Montréal) 6 MF  USA Brian Romero (Charlotte FC) 7 DF  USA Noah Cobb (Atlanta United FC) 8 MF  USA Benjamin Cremaschi (Inter Miami) 9 MF  USA Giorgio DeLibera (Columbus Crew) 10 FW  POR Bento Estrela (New York Red Bulls) 11 DF  SLV David Garcia (FC Cincinnati)

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  ESP Alejandro Granados Torres (Orlando City SC) 13 DF  USA Malachi Grant (Atlanta United) 14 FW  USA Colin Griffith (PDA[a]) 15 DF  USA Daniel Krueger (Philadelphia Union) 16 FW  USA Favian Loyola (Orlando City) 17 MF  USA Jack Panayotou (New England Revolution) 18 GK  USA Andrew Rick (Philadelphia Union) 19 DF  RSA Adam Pearlman (Toronto FC) 20 DF  PUR Diego Rossi (New York City FC[b]) 21 MF  JAM Kobi Thomas (Inter Miami) 22 FW  ECU Marcos Zambrano-Delgado (Philadelphia Union)

Coach: Javier Morales (Inter Miami CF) and Rob Becerra (New England Revolution)^[3]

MLS Next West

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1   Adam Beaudry (Colorado Rapids) 2   Alejandro Alcala (LA Galaxy) 3   Christopher Aquino (Seattle Sounders FC) 4   Edgar Bazan (Sporting Kansas City) 5   Alejandro Carrillo (Nashville SC) 6   Keith Chavarria (Colorado Rapids) 7   Mihail Gherasimencov (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) 8   Andre Gitau (Houston Dynamo) 9   Anthony Gonzalez (Austin FC) 10   Stuart Hawkins (Seattle Sounders) 11   Gershon Henry (Real Salt Lake)

No. Pos. Nation Player 12   Bryce Jamison (Barça Residence Academy) 13   Marcus Lee (California United Strikers) 14   Carlos Leatherman (Minnesota United FC) 15   Cruz Medina (San Jose Earthquakes) 16   Malachi Molina (FC Dallas) 17   Bryan Moyado (Los Angeles FC) 18   Emmanuel Ochoa (San Jose Earthquakes) 19   Drew Murray (San Jose Earthquakes) 20   Kevin Rodriguez Andrade (San Francisco Glens) 21   Ian Shaul (Portland Timbers) 22   Roka Tsunehara (De Anza Force) 23   Fritz Volmar (St. Louis City SC)

Coaches: Jeremy Hall (Minnesota United FC) and Antonio Medina (San Francisco Glens)

Broadcasting

The match will be streamed live on MLSSoccer.com and on Twitch.

Match

See also

• 2022 MLS All-Star Game

Notes

1. Committed to University of Maryland, College Park ahead of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.^[2]
2. Committed to University of Virginia ahead of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.