The game started with a quickgoal by the MLS All-Star squad. After a ball served to the penalty area by Diego Palacios, Carlos Vela crushed it with a headerto lead the game with the LAFC connection. Despite the efforts from both sides, the score didn’tmoved up for the rest of the first half.

For the second half almost every player who started was subbed off. However, the intensity of the game didn’t stop. The Liga MX All-Stars had the control of the ball, but couldn’t score an equalizer. So, near the end of the game, Raul Ruidiaz scored second goal for his side. Minutes later, Kevin Alvarez scored one for the Liga MX.Finally, the MLS All-Star teambeat for the second time in a rowthe Liga MX team.

US viewers:

Carlos Vela(MLS All-Star 1- Liga MX All-Star0)

Raul Ruidiaz (MLS All-Star 2 – Liga MX All-Star 0)

MLS All-Stars vs Liga MX All-Stars: Matchpreview

MLS All-Stars and Liga MX All-Stars will meet at Allianz Field in Saint Paulin the 2022-23 MLS All-Star Game today, August 10, 2022. Without Gareth Bale and Lorenzo Insigne, but with Chicharito Hernandez as their captain, the MLS side will be looking for a new win against the best players from the Mexican team. Here you can find the kick-off time of this exhibition soccer match and how to watch it or live stream free in your country. For instance, you can watch it on fuboTV (Free 7-day Trial) in the United States.

This will be their second overall meeting. No surprises here as MLS All-Stars have been the absolute favorites in head-to-head duels, winning their only clash so far; Liga MX All-Stars are yet to celebratea victory to this day, and no matches have ended in a draw.

Their most recent game was played on August 25, 2021, when the MLS All-Stars won 3-2 on penalties in the 2021-22 MLS All-Star Game. It promises to be an even more exciting clash as they meet again, in the new edition of theMLS All-Star Game.

MLS All-Stars vs Liga MX All-Stars: Kick-off Time

Australia: 10:30 AM(AEST) (Thursday)
Botswana: 2:30 AM (Thursday)
Cameroon: 1:30 AM (Thursday)
Canada: 8:30 PM (ET)
Ethiopia: 3:30 AM (Thursday)
Germany: 2:30 AM (Thursday)
Ghana: 12:30 AM (Thursday)
Ireland: 1:30 AM (Thursday)
Kenya: 3:30 AM (Thursday)
Mexico: 7:30 PM
Nigeria: 1:30 AM (Thursday)
Portugal: 1:30 AM (Thursday)
Russia: 3:30 AM (MSK) (Thursday)
Rwanda: 2:30 AM (Thursday)
South Africa: 2:30 AM (Thursday)
Sudan: 2:30 AM (Thursday)
UK: 1:30 AM (Thursday)
US: 8:30 PM (ET)
Zimbabwe: 2:30 AM (Thursday)

MLS All-Stars vs Liga MX All-Stars: TV Channel and Live Streaming

Botswana: ESPN Africa, DStv Now
Cameroon: ESPN Africa, DStv Now
Canada: TVA Sports, TSN App, TSN.ca
Ethiopia: DStv Now, ESPN Africa
Ghana: DStv Now, ESPN Africa
Kenya: DStv Now, ESPN Africa
Ghana: DStv Now, ESPN Africa
Nigeria: ESPN Africa
Portugal: Sport TV Multiscreen, Sport TV3
Rwanda: ESPN Africa
South Africa: ESPN Africa
Sudan: DSTV Now
US: fuboTV (Free 7-day Trial), TUDN App, TUDN.com, Univision, TUDN USA, ESPN, Univision NOW
Zimbabwe:ESPN Africa, DStv Now

Year after year the MLS teams invest more money to buy the best players, especially international players, although some of those players are about to retire, the league prefers sign famous players to play 2-3 seasons.

The MLS All-Star team wants to win this game against the Liga MX All-Star team to send a message to the other international leagues that they are a good place to develop players since most of the MLS All-Star team players are foreign.

Which players will miss the 2022 All-Star MLS Game?

On the MLS side, many players will not be available due to injuries and other factors such as some of them recently signed for an MLS team and that does not allow them to play in the All-Star game.

– Gareth Bale
– Lorenzo Insigne
– Gonzalo Higuain
– Xherdan Shaqiri
– Giorgio Chiellini
– Hector Franco
– DeJuan Jones
– Pedro Gallese
– Alan Franco
– Jonathan Mensah
– Thiago Almada
– Héctor Herrera

The Liga MX All-Star team also misses important players who were not called up to join the roster and the worst thing is that most of them are key players for their teams. One of them, Gignac, is considered one of the top players in the Mexican league.

– Rubens Sambueza
– Andre-Pierre Gignac
– Leonardo Fernandez
– Santiago Gimenez
– Maximiliano Meza

The criteria is not the sameto be selected for either the MLS or the Liga MX squads. For example, Lorenzo Insignewasn’t selected to play in the MLS All-Star game, but he will be representing the MLS in the Skills Challenge on Tuesday.

As well asAlexis Vega will play for Liga MX in the Skills Challenge but won’t take part on the All-Star Game. However, the 29-year-old player won’t be representing the Liga MX at all. Check out the reason why right below.

Florian Thauvin won’t play for the All-Star Liga MX team

Florian Thauvin was one of the biggest new signings for the current Liga MX season. That’s why when the Liga MX team was announced it came as a surprise that the French player wasn’t considered among the 26-man squad list.

In the 2022 Liga MX Clausura, Thauvin played 28 games and registered 5 goals with 3 assists for Tigres UANL. In fact, he made his first goal after only two games. However, he struggled to maintain a good overall performance.

That’s why when theGolden Ball 2021-22 winners and the best XI came out, he wasn’t considered. Therefore, Tigres UANL have three players listed for the 2022 MLS All-Star game for the All-Star Liga MX team. Those players are defenderJesús Angulo,midfielder Guido Pizarroand strikerLuis Quiñones.

Despite the MLS All-Star squad is based on this year’s performance, the Liga MX team is based on the last league’s performance. So that’s the reason Atlas have six players and their manager Diego Cocca in the Liga MX squad.

In fact, as Club America didn’t makeit to the Liga MX Quarterfinalsonly one Las Aguilas player was selected to play for the Liga MX All-Star team. That player is Alvaro Fidalgo, the Spaniard will carry the Club America flag in this Liga MX vs MLS game.

Guillermo Ochoawon’t play for the All-Star Liga MX team

The Liga MX front office arrange the Liga MX All-Star team according to last season best XI. Asthe 37-year-old goalkeeper didn’t make it to the best lineup of the 2022 Torneo ClausuraLiga MX, he won’t be playing for the All-Star Liga MX team. Last year, Ochoa played for the All-Star Liga MX team as the starting goalkeeper of the lineup.

Also he has helped Club Americaduring this beginning of the season. In fact, Las Aguilas are among the top 5 teams to have conceded less goals so far in the 2022 Liga MX Apertura.That’s why his absence cames as a surprise for many Liga MX fans.

The 26-man Liga MX squad listincludes three goalkeepers. These goalkeepers areCamilo Vargas of Atlas, Oscar Ustari of Pachuca andCarlos Acevedo of Santos Laguna. The Liga MX squad are already in Minnesota ready for the Wednesday night’s game.

There are great expectations to watch the best players of the 2022 MLS regular season, but some will not be available since last week was tough and multiple players suffered injuries that left them off the roster for the All-Star game.

Usually the best players are the top scorers and the players with the most assists during the season, but other big names like Higuain are called to play in the All-Star game even though they are not featured in some stats.

Why won’t Gonzalo Higuain of Inter Miami play in the 2022 MLS All-Star game?

Inter Miami are fighting to climb positions in their conference and be able to reach the playoffs, this could be their first time in a postseason. But the bad news came last week when Gonzalo Higuain was playing against the San Jose Earthquakes (August 3) and he suffered a Jaw injury that forced him out of the game early.

Gonzalo Higuain is Inter Miami’s top scorer along with Leonardo Campana, both players with eight goals scored. Of those eight goals Higuain scored three by penalty kicks and that makes him the Inter Miami player with the most penalty kicks goals.

Before the start of the current season, rumors circulated about Higuain’s retirement from soccer, but during the first week of April he said that the comments about his retiremente were misunderstood, despite the fact that his father was the origin of said comments.

This will be the second consecutive year that MLS plays against the best Liga MX players, since previously the format of the game was the MLS All-Star team against a European team like Atletico Madrid, Arsenal or Real Madrid.

In 2020 the All-Star game was not played due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but a year later in 2021 the event took place and the MLS team won against the Mexicans players 3-2 on penalty kicks. That victory was the end of a losing streak of four consecutive years.

Why won’t Gareth Bale of LAFC play in the 2022 MLS All-Star game?

Gareth Bale will not be in the 2022 MLS All-Star game as he is a new player in the league and because of that he must wait a year to play in an All-Star game. But Bale is not the only international player who will not be available, others like Lorenzo Insigne, Giorgio Chiellini and Xherdan Shaqiri will also not play in the event against the Mexicans.

Los Angeles FC need big players like Gareth Bale to continue dominating their conference as they are doing so far with a strong record and almost 20 wins. LAFC are one of the big favorites to play in the playoffs.

The 2022 MLS All-Star Game will be hosted at the Allianz Field in Saint Paul, the home stadium of Minnesota United at 8:30 PM (ET). The game will be broadcasted by ESPN (English), Univision (Spanish), and in Canada two channels will offer the game, one is TSN (English) and the other is TVA Sports (French).

In his 12-year football career, Insigne has played for Italian-only clubs like Napoli, Cavese, Foggia and Pescara. Also, he has completed all the way through the youth Italian national teams with the U-20 and U-21 before he made his senior debut.

Despite he is a 2021UEFA Euro Champion, the Major League Soccer decided to leave him out of the 2022 MLS All-Star game. However, he won’t be totally out of the MLS All-Star action for the coming week at the Allianz Field in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Lorenzo Insignewon’t play against the All-Star Liga MX team

The Italian player played his first MLS game on July 23. Its just two weeks before the MLS All-Star game. Since then, Insigne has played 2 more games and registered 1 goal scored. Therefore, the Major League Soccer decided not to list him for the MLS All-Star roster.

However, the 31-year-old player will be taking part of the MLS All-Star event. As he was selected in a 10-man rosterto compete in the Skills Challenge for the MLS team on Tuesday, August 9 at theAllianz Field.

The MLS roster to compete in the 2022 MLS All-Star Skills Challenge is composed bySebastian Driussi,Jesus Ferreira, Javier Hernandez, Hector Herrera, Carles Gil, Sean Johnson, Hany Mukhtar,Dayne St. Clair and Emanuel Reynoso.

The 30-year-old Swiss winger has played for several big European clubs like Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan. Also, he played for Lyon of France before joining the MLS. For his country, Shaqiri has played 106 games and scored 26 goals.

Although, Shaqiri hasn’t impacted the way desired for the one-time MLS Champion franchise, he still has to adapt to his teammates and his coach’s style of play. Therefore, it doesn’t come as a surprise that the Major League Soccer won’t selected him to be in the 2022 MLS All-Star roster.

Xherdan Shaqiri won’tplay against the All-Star Liga MX team

Despite Xherdan Shaqiri is one of the big names that arrived to the MLS this season, the Major League Soccer decided not to select him to the official MLS All-Star roster to play against the All-Star Liga MX team on Wednesday, August 10 at theAllianz Field.

In his MLS debut season, Shaqiri has played 20 games in which he has registered4 goals with 5 assists for Chicago Fire. Therefore, he hasn’t played good enough to be among the best players of the current season.

In fact, among the players that will miss this amazing game like Gareth Bale, Lorenzo Insigne and Giorgio Chiellini, he is the only one that played since the beginning ofthe 2022 MLS Season. So it is a surprise that despite he hasn’t shined yet, he won’t take part of this MLS huge sporting event.

But before the playoffs, the 2022 MLS All-Star game will be played, as it has been done since 1996 almost continuously until 2019. In 2020 the game did not take place due to the Covid-19 pademic.

The most recent All-Star game was a victory for the MLS All-Stars against Liga MX All-Stars in a game that ended in a tie 1-1 and was decided on penalty kicks 3-2. The last time the MLS team lost was in 2019 against Atletico Madrid.

This is the new jersey for the 2022 MLS All-Star Game

The jersey sponsor is Adidas, they have an agreement with the MLS extended from 2017 to 2024 for a value of $700 million. The other sponsor of the jersey is Target, the big white circle in the middle is Target’s logo.

The 2022 MLS All-Star game will be hosted at Allianz Field, Saint Paul in Minnesota, that is the home field of a top favorites of the current season Minnesota United FC. This will be the first time the All-Star game has been played in that state.

FuboTV will have the All-Star Game available via live streaming, this year the broadcast will be in Spanish and English, ESPN will be the TV Network in charge of broadcasting the game in the United States and other countries.

To speak of Gignac is to speak of the most decisive player in Liga MX in the last decade. After arriving directly from Olympique Marseille in July 2015, the Frenchman has become the top scorer in the history of Tigres with more than 150 goals scored, in addition to winning 4 leagues and oneConcacaf Champions League.

However, if there is one match that the former France national team player has not been able to play yet, it is the All-Star Game between Liga MX and MLS. In the first edition, held in 2021, André Pierre Gignac could not be present due to an injury, and for the 2022 edition the result is the same but the reason is totally different.

The reason that will prevent Andre Pierre Gignac from playing the MLS-Liga MX All-Star Game

On August 10, 2022, fans at Allianz Field in Minnesota and the millions who tune in to the MLS All-Star Game on television or streaming will not be able to enjoy the talent of Tigres and Liga MX star striker André Pierre Gignac for a reason completely unrelated to soccer.

Gignac cannot enter the United States because he chose not to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The authorities are requesting a certification of inoculation against this virus in order to enter U.S. territory. The Frenchman claims a personal reason for not taking the vaccine.

“I want to clarify that I spoke with the board and asked them to respect this issue that for me is a point of belief, training and something that comes from my childhood and my origin. I appreciate the support and respect for my decision in this matter, which is one hundred percent personal,” posted Gignac on his Instagram account.

André Pierre Gignac’s absence joins other stars who will not be present at the All-Star Game, such as his teammate and compatriot Florian Thauvin, and international stars like Gareth Bale, Giorgio Chiellini, Lorenzo Insigne and Xherdan Shaqiri, who were not included in the MLS team.

Both teams are looking forward to win and gain some respect from the other side. Major League Soccer got the victory the last time they met in penalties, so they will try to repeat it this year. But for Liga MX, it is mandatory to take some revenge this edition and prove they are still one of the best leagues in North America.

Regarding the MLS’ roster, there are some missing names that the people would have liked to see this year such as Gareth Bale, Lorenzo Insigne or Giorgio Chiellini, but they were not in the ballot for the people to vote them. In spite of that, huge players like Carlos Vela, Taty Castellanos or Chicharito Hernandez will try to maintain the hegemony over Liga MX.

Why Andre-Pierre Gignac, Florian Thauvin and Guillermo Ochoa will not play the All-Star game vs MLS?

According to Liga MX’s statement, Andre-Pierre Gignac will not be available for next August 20 to play the game against Major League Soccer due to a personal problem, so the French forward is the big missing name.

As for Florian Thauvin and Guillermo Ochoa, they were not recquired for the game. The decision making for the list was half part of Diego cocca, who will coach this team, and the other half for the Golden Ball 2021-22 winners.

Which is the 2022 Liga MX All-Star Team Roster for the game against MLS?

Atlas is the team with most representatives for the 2022 All-Star game as they are the back-to-back champions in Liga MX. Surprisingly, America only has only one player with Alvaro Fidalgo in this roster.