Major League Soccer has kicked off the All-Star voting process -- which includes participation by fans, players and media -- for the 2025 MLS All-Star Game. The best players in North America will take center stage this summer as the MLS All-Stars take on a team of All-Stars from Mexico’s LIGA MX at 8 p.m. CT on Wednesday, July 23 at Austin FC’s Q2 Stadium.
Fan voting is now open and will close at 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 11. All fans can vote on mlssoccer.com/vote and every fan has the unique opportunity to share their picks on social media.
- VOTE: Cast An All-Star Ballot
To qualify for the ballot, players must have appeared in at least 50 percent of his club's matches this season at the time the ballot was created on May 19. Players who did not qualify for the ballot are still eligible for selection by MLS All-Star head coach Nico Estévez or MLS Commissioner Don Garber.
A total of 17 Sporting Kansas City players appear on the 2025 MLS All-Star ballot:
- Goalkeeper John Pulskamp
- Right back Khiry Shelton
- Center backs Joaquin Fernandez, Jansen Miller and Robert Voloder
- Left backs Tim Leibold and Logan Ndenbe
- Defensive midfielders Jacob Bartlett and Nemanja Radoja
- Attacking midfielders Zorhan Bassong, Jake Davis, Manu Garcia and Memo Rodriguez
- Forwards/wingers Dejan Joveljic, Daniel Salloi, Shapi Suleymanov and Erik Thommy
Of the 26 MLS players to be selected for the MLS All-Star Game, the breakdown is as follows:
- 12 players will be determined by a vote of MLS fans, players and media. Each of the three voting groups will represent one-third of the combined vote.
- 12 players will be selected by MLS All-Star head coach Nico Estévez of the host club Austin FC.
- Two players will be selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garber.
Players, fans and media will cast their votes for 11 players in a 4-1-2-3 formation: one goalkeeper, one right back, two center backs, one left back, one defensive midfielder, two attacking midfielders and three forwards/wingers. The top players from each position from the combined vote will be named All-Stars. The 12th player selected will be the one who received the next-highest total of overall votes.
As part of the All-Star voting process, fans will have the opportunity to nominate one of their 11 player selections as the captain of the MLS All-Star team. Of the players selected for the 2025 MLS All-Star team, the four players who received the most captain nominations from the fan vote are placed on a ballot and eligible to be selected by fans as the MLS All-Star captain. The voting for the MLS All-Star Captain Fan Vote presented by Captain Morgan opens Thursday, July 3.
The MLS All-Star Game and MLS All-Star Skills Challenge presented by AT&T will be available to watch in more than 100 countries and regions in English, Spanish and French on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app. Fans can subscribe to MLS Season Pass now through the Apple TV app on Apple devices, smart TVs, streaming devices, set-top boxes, game consoles, and the web at tv.apple.com.
