2015 MLS All-Star Game

As of July 29, 2015 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN David Ousted (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)[b] 2 FW  USA Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC)[a] 3 DF  USA Drew Moor (Colorado Rapids)[b] 4 DF  USA Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy)[a] 5 DF  USA Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City)[a] 6 DF  BEL Laurent Ciman (Montreal Impact)[b] 7 FW  ESP David Villa (New York City FC)[a] 8 MF  USA Ethan Finlay (Columbus Crew SC)[e] 9 MF  BRA Juninho (LA Galaxy)[e] 10 FW  USA Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC)[e] 11 MF  COL Fabián Castillo (FC Dallas)[b] 12 DF  USA Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake)[b] 13 MF  USA Dax McCarty (New York Red Bulls)[c] 14 DF  USA Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders FC)[b] 16 DF  USA DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo)[a] 17 MF  USA Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City)[a]

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK  USA Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)[a] 19 MF  USA Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)[a] 20 DF  CRC Waylon Francis (Columbus Crew SC)[e] 21 MF  USA Sam Cronin (Colorado Rapids)[e] 22 MF  BRA Kaká (Orlando City SC)[a][e] 23 FW  SLE Kei Kamara (Columbus Crew)[b] 30 FW  USA Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)[e] 31 GK  USA Clint Irwin (Colorado Rapids)[e] — DF  USA Chris Tierney (New England Revolution)[b][d] — MF  USA Michael Bradley (Toronto FC)[a][d] — MF  ENG Steven Gerrard (LA Galaxy)[c][d] — MF  ENG Frank Lampard (New York City FC)[c][d] — FW  NGA Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders FC)[a][d] — FW  IRL Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)[b][d] — FW  ITA Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC)[b][d]

Notes:

^a 2015 MLS All-Star Fan XI.[3]

^b Selected by All-Star coach Pablo Mastroeni of the Colorado Rapids.[4]

^c Selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garber[5]

^d Injured or otherwise unable to play.

^e Replacement for player who is injured or otherwise unable to play.[6][7][8]

The league commissioner Don Garber used his two picks to select two players who had never played a single minute in MLS at the time of selection in the two former England internationals Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard who had only officially joined the league on July 8. This provoked outrage from fans, the media and other players, the league eventually agreed to select two extra players to be given all-star bonuses.[9][10][11][12]

The league's top scorer, Kei Kamara, was omitted from the Fan XI and responded by saying "It's simple as it goes: you're either a U.S. national team player or you're a DP to be on there. I'm neither one of those. If I get called up, I'll be lucky." The top 10 in the fan vote included 8 players who have represented the US national team alongside Kaká and David Villa with Nigerian international Obafemi Martins also being selected via virtual performances in FIFA 15.[13][14]

On July 27 Tottenham Hotspur announced a 25-man traveling squad for the MLS All-Star game:[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Hugo Lloris [a] 2 DF  ENG Kyle Walker 3 DF  ENG Danny Rose 4 DF  BEL Toby Alderweireld 5 DF  BEL Jan Vertonghen 11 MF  ARG Erik Lamela [a] 12 DF  USA DeAndre Yedlin 13 GK  NED Michel Vorm 15 DF  ENG Eric Dier 16 DF  ENG Kieran Trippier 18 FW  ENG Harry Kane 19 MF  BEL Mousa Dembélé 20 MF  ENG Dele Alli

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  ARG Federico Fazio 22 MF  BEL Nacer Chadli 23 MF  DEN Christian Eriksen 27 DF  AUT Kevin Wimmer 28 MF  ENG Tom Carroll 33 DF  WAL Ben Davies 42 MF  ALG Nabil Bentaleb 44 MF  ENG Harry Winks [b] 46 FW  ENG Shaq Coulthirst [b] 47 MF  ENG Josh Onomah [b] 48 GK  ENG Luke McGee [b] 50 GK  AUS Tom Glover [c]

Notes:

^a Injured or unable to play.

^b Development Squad

^c Second Year Academy