MLS Next All-Star Game

MLS Homegrown Game

Founded	2014
Region	Major League Soccer (CONCACAF)
Number of teams	2

The MLS Next All-Star Game, formerly known as the MLS Homegrown Game, is an exhibition match between selected players in MLS Next Pro. Similar to events such as Major League Baseball's All-Star Futures Game, the National Hockey League's NHL All-Star Skills Competition and the National Basketball Association's Rising Stars Challenge, the event serves as a supporting event to the league's all-star game.[1]

The inaugural game, held on August 4, 2014 against the Portland Timbers U23s at Providence Park, ended in a scoreless draw.[2] The competition was held every season until 2020 when it was disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition resumed under its current name and format.

Results

MLS Homegrown Game (2014–2021)

Year	Date	Score	Opponent	Venue	Host Club	Most Valuable Player
2014	August 5	0–0	Portland Timbers U23s	Providence Park	Portland Timbers	Jon Kempin, GK, Sporting Kansas City
2015	July 28	1–1 (4–5)	Club América U-20s	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	Colorado Rapids	León Quiñones, GK, Club América
2016	July 27	0–2	Mexico U-20s	Avaya Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	Luis Marquez, MF, Guadalajara
2017	August 1	2–2	Guadalajara U-20s	Toyota Park	Chicago Fire	Kortne Ford, DF, Colorado Rapids
2018	July 31	1–1	Tigres U-20s	Atlanta United FC training facility	Atlanta United FC	Andrew Carleton, MF, Atlanta United FC
2019	July 30	2–2 (3–0)	Chivas U-20s	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex	Orlando City SC	Noble Okello, MF, Toronto FC
2020	On hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

MLS Next All-Star Game (2022–present)

Year	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Host Club	Most Valuable Player
2022	August 10	MLS Next West	1–2	MLS Next East	Allianz Field	Minnesota United FC	Favian Loyola, MF, Orlando City B
2023	July 19	MLS Next West	2–2 (5–4p)	MLS Next East	Glenn Warner Soccer Facility	D.C. United	Mo Shour, GK, Tacoma Defiance
2024	July 23[3]	MLS Next West	2–4	MLS Next East	Historic Crew Stadium	Columbus Crew	Cavan Sullivan, MF, Philadelphia Union

Yearly rosters

2014

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	Jon Kempin	Sporting Kansas City	21
GK	Matt Lampson	Columbus Crew	24
DF	Connor Lade	New York Red Bulls	24
DF	Ashtone Morgan	Toronto FC	22
DF	Shane O'Neill	Colorado Rapids	21
DF	Erik Palmer-Brown	Sporting Kansas City	17
DF	Carlos Salcedo	Real Salt Lake	20
MF	Steven Evans	Portland Timbers	22
MF	Danny Garcia	FC Dallas	20
MF	Zach Pfeffer	Philadelphia Union	19
MF	Chris Ritter	Chicago Fire	23
MF	Dillon Serna	Colorado Rapids	20
MF	Harry Shipp	Chicago Fire	22
MF	Russell Teibert	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	21
MF	Wil Trapp	Columbus Crew	21
FW	Caleb Calvert	Chivas USA	17
FW	Bradford Jamieson IV	LA Galaxy	17
FW	Sean Okoli	Seattle Sounders FC	21
FW	Tommy Thompson	San Jose Earthquakes	18
FW	Gyasi Zardes	LA Galaxy	22

2015

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	Jesse González	FC Dallas	21
GK	Matt Lampson	Columbus Crew	25
DF	Justen Glad	Real Salt Lake	18
DF	Shane O'Neill	Colorado Rapids	22
DF	Erik Palmer-Brown	Sporting Kansas City	18
DF	Jalen Robinson	D.C. United	21
DF	Oscar Sorto	LA Galaxy	21
DF	Tyler Turner	Orlando City SC	19
MF	Jay Chapman	Toronto FC	21
MF	Sean Davis	New York Red Bulls	22
MF	Zach Pfeffer	Philadelphia Union	20
MF	Memo Rodríguez	Houston Dynamo	19
MF	Dillon Serna	Colorado Rapids	21
MF	Harry Shipp	Chicago Fire	23
MF	Ben Swanson	Columbus Crew	18
MF	Russell Teibert	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	21
MF	Alex Zendejas	FC Dallas	17
FW	Coy Craft	FC Dallas	18
FW	Kianz Froese	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	19
FW	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	Montreal Impact	21
FW	Bradford Jamieson IV	LA Galaxy	18
FW	Tommy Thompson	San Jose Earthquakes	19

2016

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	Maxime Crépeau	Montreal Impact	22
GK	Jesse González	FC Dallas	21
DF	Danilo Acosta	Real Salt Lake	18
DF	Justen Glad	Real Salt Lake	19
DF	Aaron Guillen	FC Dallas	23
DF	Phanuel Kavita	Real Salt Lake	23
DF	Jalen Robinson	D.C. United	22
DF	Tyler Turner	Orlando City SC	20
MF	Tyler Adams	New York Red Bulls	17
MF	Jordan Allen	Real Salt Lake	21
MF	Jay Chapman	Toronto FC	22
MF	Coy Craft	FC Dallas	19
MF	Harrison Heath†	Orlando City SC	20
MF	Zachary Herivaux†	New England Revolution	20
MF	Aaron Kovar	Seattle Sounders FC	22
MF	Raúl Mendiola	LA Galaxy	22
MF	Tommy Thompson	San Jose Earthquakes	20
FW	Joey Calistri	Chicago Fire	22
FW	Jordan Hamilton	Toronto FC	20
FW	Jack McBean	LA Galaxy	21
FW	Jordan Morris	Seattle Sounders FC	21

† – Herivaux was named as an injury replacement for Heath.

2017

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	Jesse González	FC Dallas	22
GK	Evan Louro	New York Red Bulls	21
DF	Marco Farfan†	Portland Timbers	18
DF	Kortne Ford	Colorado Rapids	19
DF	Justen Glad	Real Salt Lake	20
DF	Erik Palmer-Brown†	Sporting Kansas City	20
DF	Auston Trusty	Philadelphia Union	18
MF	Tyler Adams	New York Red Bulls	18
MF	Alphonso Davies†	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	16
MF	Derrick Etienne	New York Red Bulls	20
MF	Chris Goslin†	Atlanta United FC	17
MF	José Hernández†	Real Salt Lake	21
MF	Derrick Jones	Philadelphia Union	20
MF	Brooks Lennon	Real Salt Lake	19
MF	Djordje Mihailovic	Chicago Fire	18
MF	Paxton Pomykal	FC Dallas	17
MF	Ballou Tabla†	Montreal Impact	18
FW	Andrew Carleton	Atlanta United FC	17
FW	Jesús Ferreira	FC Dallas	16
FW	Jordan Hamilton	Toronto FC	21
FW	Bradford Jamieson IV	LA Galaxy	20

† – Goslin, Hernández, and Palmer-Brown were named as injury replacements for Davies, Farfan, and Tabla.

2018

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	JT Marcinkowski	San Jose Earthquakes	21
GK	Sean Melvin	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	24
DF	Marco Farfan	Portland Timbers	19
DF	Auston Trusty	Philadelphia Union	19
DF	James Sands	New York City FC	18
DF	Jaylin Lindsey	Sporting Kansas City	18
DF	Aaron Herrera	Real Salt Lake	21
DF	Mark McKenzie	Philadelphia Union	19
DF	Matthew Real	Philadelphia Union	18
MF	Andrew Carleton	Atlanta United FC	18
MF	Anthony Fontana	Philadelphia Union	18
MF	Cameron Lindley	Orlando City SC	21
MF	Liam Fraser	Toronto FC	20
MF	Sebastian Saucedo	Real Salt Lake	21
MF	Ben Mines	New York Red Bulls	18
MF	Efraín Álvarez	LA Galaxy	16
MF	Lagos Kunga	Atlanta United FC	19
MF	Paxton Pomykal	FC Dallas	17
MF	Wan Kuzain	Sporting Kansas City	19
FW	Jesús Ferreira	FC Dallas	17

2019

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	David Ochoa	Real Salt Lake	18
GK	JT Marcinkowski	San Jose Earthquakes	22
GK	Mason Stajduhar	Orlando City SC	21
DF	Clément Bayiha	Montreal Impact	20
DF	Sam Vines	Colorado Rapids	20
DF	Erik McCue	Houston Dynamo	18
DF	Aboubacar Keita	Columbus Crew SC	19
DF	Andre Reynolds	Chicago Fire	18
DF	George Campbell	Atlanta United FC	18
DF	Bryan Reynolds	FC Dallas	18
MF	Edwin Cerrillo	FC Dallas	18
MF	Gianluca Busio	Sporting Kansas City	17
MF	Brandon Servania	FC Dallas	20
MF	Brenden Aaronson	Philadelphia Union	18
MF	Cole Bassett	Colorado Rapids	18
MF	Noble Okello	Toronto FC	19
MF	Mathieu Choinière	Montreal Impact	20
MF	Thomas Roberts	FC Dallas	18
MF	Efraín Álvarez	LA Galaxy	17
FW	Justin Rennicks	New England Revolution	20
FW	Theo Bair	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	19
FW	Benji Michel	Orlando City SC	21
FW	Handwalla Bwana	Seattle Sounders FC	22
FW	Omir Fernandez	New York Red Bulls	20

2022

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)

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)

Notes

1. Committed to University of Maryland, College Park ahead of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.[4]
2. Committed to University of Virginia ahead of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.

References

1. "Players, coach chime in on future of MLS Homegrown Game". August 5, 2014.
2. "All-Star: Roster revealed for 2014 Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game in Portland on August 4". Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
3. Sigal, Jonathan (July 23, 2024). "Cavan Sullivan: Philadelphia Union sensation leads MLS NEXT All-Star Game comeback". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
4. "Men's Soccer Announces 2022 Signees". umterps.com. February 7, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.

External links

• Official Site