Luciano Acosta will captain the MLS team in the All-Star Game

Major League Soccer announced that the Cincinnati footballer will be the captain of the MLS team against Liga MX in the All-Star Game.

Diego GorostietaDiegsGorostietaJoe Brennanj4brennanUpdate: Jul 19th, 2024 17:03 EDT0

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MLS is preparing for a special week in its calendar and this weekend the competition will host the last game day before the break that the league will take for the Leagues Cup and the All-Star Game on July 24th.

As for the game, team MLS will face a Liga MX All-Stars managed by André Jardine. As we count down to the huge event, Major League Soccer announced the captain who will lead the MLS side out of the tunnel in Columbus.

Captain Lucho is back. ©️⭐️Lucho Acosta will lead the #MLSAllStar squad for a second-straight season after winning the 2024 All-Star Captain Fan Vote pres. by @CaptainMorganUS! pic.twitter.com/XqpfMZ6YRG

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) July 19, 2024

MLS All-Star squad:

Goalkeepers

Roman Bürki (St Louis City), Hugo Lloris (LAFC) and Maarten Paes (FC Dallas)

Defenders

Jordi Alba (Inter Miami), Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew), Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake), Aaron Herrera (DC United), Thiago Martins (NYCFC), Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew), Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati), Miles Robinson (FC Cincinnati), Keegan Rosenberry (Colorado Rapids).

Midfielders

Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati), Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami), Mathieu Choiniere (CF Montreal), Evander (Portland Timbers), Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps), Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo), Robin Lod (Minnesota United), Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC), Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew), Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy),

Forwards

Cristian ‘Chicho’ Arango (Real Salt Lake) (Out), Christian Benteke (DC United), Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto FC), Denis Bouanga (LAFC), Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernández (Columbus Crew), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami ) (Duda), Luis Suárez (Inter Miami), Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew).

Taking advantage of Lionel Messi’s absence due to his right ankle ligament injury, the league and the fans voted for Luciano Acosta to be the player in charge of wearing – for the second consecutive year – the captain’s armband in the All-Star Game. Once again the Cincinnati player will lead the challenge to guide MLS to victory against the Mexican representatives.

Another factor that also influenced the vote was the four-match suspension of Real Salt Lake forward Christian Arango, which left just Lucho Acosta and Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernández in the fight.

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Messi will miss out on the All-Star game due to injury.Nathan Ray SeebeckUSA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con