Lionel Messi was absent of training sessions and the MLS All-Star Skills Challenge. Will he play in the MLS All-Star Game?

Both teams have plenty of firepower to come away with a win on Wednesday night. Lionel Messi, Sam Surridge and Evander are on the MLS side, bringing in plenty of firepower to the U.S./Canadian league. In fact, the top five goal scorers in the MLS are expected to be in action.

The top players in the MLS are set to face the best of LIGA MX during the 2025 MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday at Q2 Stadium.

Sam Surridge, Tai Baribo and Brian White scored goals and Major League Soccer defeated Liga MX of Mexico 3-1 in the MLS All-Star Game.

MLS is past the midway point of the season, making Austin, Texas, the center of American soccer world as the all-star festivities come to down. The league's best, minus Lionel Messi, will play an exhibition match where they'll face off against the Liga MX all-stars.

The 2025 MLS All-Star Game is in the books with MLS defeating Liga MX All-Stars 3–1 at Q2 Stadium with three of the best strikers in the league on the scoresheet. Interest in the game took a hit hours before kick-off after Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba were removed from the final matchday roster.

Sam Surridge, Tai Baribo and Brian White each found the net to steer a dominant MLS victory over Liga MX in the 2025 MLS All-Star Game in Austin, Texas.

MLS faces an All-Star team from Mexico's top flight as its All-Star Game opponent for fourth time in five years.

Navas arrives to complete a very intriguing summer market for Pumas. The three-time Champions League winner joins former Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey in Pumas as two of the biggest signings of the summer in Liga MX. Efraín Juárez’s side also completed the transfer of Ecuador international Pedro Vite last week.

The best of the best from MLS and Liga MX share the pitch on Wednesday, July 23 when the MLS All-Star Game takes place.

LAFC hope to sign South Korean star, Heung-Min Son, who is entering the final year of his contract with Tottenham. According to The Athletic ‘s Paul Tenorio, the MLS franchise is making a major push to sign 33-year-old left winger.