MLS will hold third annual MLS Next All-Star Game on July 23 at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus on the eve of the MLS All-Star Game.
The 44 players have been divided into two teams in the East vs. West format. The six MLS Homegrown players include 14-year-old Cavan Sullivan, who recently signed a record-breaking contract with the Philadelphia Union. He is also among six players who won the 2023 Concacaf Under-15 Championship with the USA.
Six different MLS Next Elite Academies — a first for the event — will also be represented in Columbus: Albion SC Los Angeles, Barca Residency Academy, BW Gottschee, FC Delco, PDA and Strikers FC.
• Head coaches: East — Columbus Crew director of player development Dan Lock; West — LA Galaxy U17 head coach Shaun Tsakiris.
East:
Adyn Torres, Atlanta United (Homegrown pro)
Sergey Balatsko, BW Gottschee
Stefan Chirila, FC Cincinnati (Homegrown pro)
Jayson Quintanilla, Charlotte FC
Simon Tonidandel, Charlotte FC
Vitaliy Hlyut, Chicago Fire FC
*Chase Adams, Columbus Crew
Tristan Brown, Columbus Crew
Gavin Turner, D.C. United
Liam Briscoe, FC Delco
Michael Capretto, FC Delco
Cai McLean, Inter Miami
Felix Samson, CF Montréal
Chris Applewhite, Nashville SC
DaMario McIntosh, New England Revolution
Drew Baiera, New York City FC (Homegrown pro)
Colin Guske, Orlando City
Juan Rojas, Orlando City
Diego Rocio, Philadelphia Union
*Cavan Sullivan, Philadelphia Union (Homegrown pro)
Lucas Ferreira, PDA
Pablo Patrick-Galvez, Toronto FC
West:
Anthony Boyadjian, Albion SC LA
Gavin Wolff, Austin FC
Joshua Sosa, Barca Residency Academy
*Miguel Alvarado, Colorado Rapids
Zackory Campagnolo, Colorado Rapids
Leo Orejarena, FC Dallas
Isaac Mwakutuya, Houston Dynamo
Ian James, Sporting Kansas City
DeCarlo Guerra, LAFC
*Pedro Guimaraes, LAFC
Jose ‘Pepe’ Magana Jr. LA Galaxy
*Owen Pratt, LA Galaxy
Mateo Tsakiris, LA Galaxy
Darius Randell, Minnesota United
Max Eisenberg, Portland Timbers
*Luca Moisa, Real Salt Lake
Tomo Allen, San Jose Earthquakes
Rohan Rajagopal, San Jose Earthquakes (MLS Homegrown pro)
Etienne Veillard, Seattle Sounders
Tyson Pearce, St. Louis City (MLS Homegrown pro)
Skylar Kaplan, Strikers FC
Liam Mackenzie, Vancouver Whitecaps
