ATLANTA — Fresh off a breakthrough performance at the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup, Atlanta United defender Miles Robinson was selected to the 2021 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target, the league announced today. Robinson, who will be making his first All-Star Game appearance, was among 28 players honored today as MLS unveiled the complete roster.
The history-making match against the best of LIGA MX will take place on August 25 at 9 p.m. ET at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live in the United States on FS1 and Univision. Tickets are available at MLSsoccer.com/AllStar21. The announcement comes on the heels of the U.S. Men’s National Team defeating the Mexico National Team in the Concacaf Gold Cup Final 1-0 with the game-winning tally coming from Robinson in extra time in the 117th minute. In league play, Robinson has the highest duel success rate at 73.6 percent (min. 50 duels) and is tied for sixth in total blocks (12).
The roster was determined through a combination of fan, player and media voting (13 players), designations by All-Star Head Coach Bob Bradley (13 players) and a pair of selections by MLS Commissioner Don Garber. The Commissioner’s Picks for 2021 are Tajon Buchanan (age 22) and Cade Cowell (age 17).
Fifteen clubs are represented on this year’s All-Star Game roster: Atlanta United, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Football Club, Minnesota United FC, Nashville SC, New England Revolution, New York City FC, Orlando City SC, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City. The players have ties to 14 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, El Salvador, Hungary, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, United States, Uruguay.
Name |
Club |
Position |
All-Star Game No. |
|---|---|---|---|
Julian Araujo |
LA Galaxy |
RB |
2 |
Eduard Atuesta |
Los Angeles Football Club |
DM |
20 |
Gustavo Bou |
New England Revolution |
W |
7 |
Tajon Buchanan |
New England Revolution |
W |
18 |
Cade Cowell |
San Jose Earthquakes |
FW |
44 |
Pedro Gallese |
Orlando City SC |
GK |
1 |
Carles Gil |
New England Revolution |
AM |
22 |
Yeimar Gomez Andrade |
Seattle Sounders FC |
CB |
28 |
Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez |
LA Galaxy |
FW |
14 |
Damir Kreilach |
Real Salt Lake |
CM |
8 |
Jesus Murillo |
Los Angeles Football Club |
CB |
94 |
Nani |
Orlando City SC |
W |
17 |
Nouhou |
Seattle Sounders FC |
LB |
5 |
João Paulo |
Seattle Sounders FC |
DM |
6 |
Ricardo Pepi |
FC Dallas |
FW |
24 |
Emanuel Reynoso |
Minnesota United FC |
AM |
33 |
Miles Robinson |
Atlanta United |
CB |
12 |
Alex Roldan |
Seattle Sounders FC |
RB |
13 |
Cristian Roldan |
Seattle Sounders FC |
CM |
23 |
Diego Rossi |
Los Angeles Football Club |
W |
21 |
Raúl Ruidíaz |
Seattle Sounders FC |
FW |
9 |
Daniel Salloi |
Sporting Kansas City |
W |
19 |
James Sands |
New York City FC |
CB |
16 |
Matt Turner |
New England Revolution |
GK |
30 |
Carlos Vela |
Los Angeles Football Club |
W |
10 |
Kai Wagner |
Philadelphia Union |
LB |
27 |
Lucas Zelarayan |
Columbus Crew |
AM |
11 |
Walker Zimmerman |
Nashville SC |
CB |
25 |
ABOUT ATLANTA UNITED
Atlanta United joined Major League Soccer in 2017 and won the 2018 MLS Cup in just its second season, the earliest an expansion team has won the title since 1998. The club has set multiple league records including season tickets sales (36,000-plus), single-game attendance (72,548), single-season average (53,002) and total home attendance (901,033). Owned by Arthur M. Blank, and led by club President Darren Eales, Atlanta United plays its home matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. For more information about Atlanta United, including how to purchase season tickets, visit:Â www.atlutd.com, and follow @ATLUTD.
