MLS Next All Star Game Rosters Announced 

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>MLS Next's competition committee announced the rosters for the inaugural MLS Next All-Star Game present by Allstate, which will take place on August 10 in Blaine, Minnesota. The two teams (East and West) will face off with the match to be streamed live. Details on the stream and time of the game to be determined later.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 45 players on the two rosters come from 28 of the 29 MLS academies as well as five non-MLS academies that compete in the MLS Next league. All players selected for the all-star teams were born in 2004 or sooner (U18), and competed in at least one of the MLS Next Showcase events during the 2021/2022 club season. Chicago Fire is the lone MLS academy without a player representative on the roster.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Houston Dynamo's [player_tooltip player_id='15805' first='Andre' last='Gitau'] is the youngest player on the all-star game roster (born in November 2006). He is one of 23 players on the West roster for the game. With a handful of professional players on the roster, there are only a pair of players with college commitments on the West squad. [player_tooltip player_id='7486' first='Drew' last='Murray'] (San Jose Earthquakes) and [player_tooltip player_id='7199' first='Bryan' last='Moyado'] (LAFC) are both verbal commits to UCLA for the class of 2023.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The East squad also features a number of professional players. New England Revolution's Jack Panayotou is a commit to Georgetown for 2022. PDA's Colin Griffith is a Maryland recruit for 2022. [player_tooltip player_id='13531' first='Diego' last='Rossi'] (New York City FC) is a verbal commit to Virginia for the class of 2023.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Plenty of the players on the two squads are part of the PrepSoccer National Rankings. Check out <a href="https://prepsoccer.com/national/rankings/boys/2024-rankings/">the rankings for 2024</a> and <a href="https://prepsoccer.com/national/rankings/boys/2023-rankings/">the national rankings for 2023</a>.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>East</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='11702' first='Ignacio' last='Alem'] (DC United), [player_tooltip player_id='48028' first='Brian' last='Carmona Romero'] (Charlotte FC), [player_tooltip player_id='29199' first='Bento' last='Estrela'] (New York Red Bulls), [player_tooltip player_id='9601' first='Alejandro' last='Granados Torres'] (Orlando City SC), Malachi Grant (Atlanta United), [player_tooltip player_id='15114' first='Daniel' last='Krueger'] (Philadelphia Union), [player_tooltip player_id='47350' first='Stanislav' last='Lapkes'] (Columbus Crew), [player_tooltip player_id='15063' first='Andrew' last='Rick'] (Philadelphia Union), [player_tooltip player_id='49708' first='Marcos' last='Zambrano-Delgado'] (Philadelphia Union), [player_tooltip player_id='13669' first='Kobi' last='Thomas'] (Inter Miami CF), [player_tooltip player_id='13531' first='Diego' last='Rossi'] (New York City FC), Adam Pearlman (Toronto FC), [player_tooltip player_id='9874' first='Favian' last='Loyola'] (Orlando City SC), Giorgio DeLibera (Columbus Crew), Benjamin Cremaschi (Inter Miami), Noah Cobb (Atlanta United), Thomas Bouffard (CF Montreal), Israel Boatwright (Inter Miami), Esmir Bajraktarevic (New England Revolution), David Garcia (FC Cincinnati), Colin Griffith (PDA), Jack Panayotou (New England Revolution)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Coaches: Javier Morales (Inter Miami), Rob Becerra (New England Revolution)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='15805' first='Andre' last='Gitau'] (Houston Dynamo), [player_tooltip player_id='17716' first='Christopher' last='Aquino'] (Seattle Sounders), Edgar Bazan (Sporting Kansas City), [player_tooltip player_id='49792' first='Adam' last='Beaudry'] (Colorado Rapids), [player_tooltip player_id='18318' first='Stuart' last='Hawkins'] (Seattle Sounders), [player_tooltip player_id='33451' first='Gershon' last='Henry'] (Real Salt Lake), [player_tooltip player_id='33344' first='Bryce' last='Jamison'] (Barca Residency Academy), [player_tooltip player_id='8212' first='Marcus' last='Lee'] (Strikers FC), [player_tooltip player_id='7351' first='Cruz' last='Medina'] (San Jose Earthquakes), [player_tooltip player_id='10157' first='Malachi' last='Molina'] (FC Dallas), Ian Shaul (Portland Timbers), [player_tooltip player_id='45548' first='Roka' last='Tsunehara'] (De Anza Force), Alejandro Alcala (LA Galaxy), Alejandro Carrillo (Nashville SC), [player_tooltip player_id='9141' first='Keith' last='Chavarria'] (Colorado Rapids), Mihail Gherasimencov (Vancouver Whitecaps), [player_tooltip player_id='41210' first='Anthony' last='Gonzalez'] (Austin FC), Carlos Leatherman (Minnesota United FC), [player_tooltip player_id='7199' first='Bryan' last='Moyado'] (LAFC), [player_tooltip player_id='7486' first='Drew' last='Murray'] (San Jose Earthquakes), Emi Ochoa (San Jose Earthquakes), [player_tooltip player_id='49227' first='Kevin' last='Rodriguez'] Andrade (SF Glens), Fritz Volmar (St. Louis City SC)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Coaches: Jeremy Hall (MNUFC 2), Antonio Media (SF Glens)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->