Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham, left, and Landon Donovan will line up for Major League Soccer's all-star team against West Ham United on July 24 in Toronto. (Chris Carlson/Associated Press) Major League Soccer's top players will clash with West Ham United on July 24 at Toronto's BMO Field in the annual All-Star Game (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET).
West Ham finished 10th last season in the English Premier League and feature the likes of Freddy Ljungberg, Dean Ashton and Lucas Neill.
This will be the fifth time that the league's best players face international competition in the MLS All-Star Game. Past opponents include Chelsea and Fulham (England), Celtic (Scotland) and Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Mexico).
MLS ALL-STAR ROSTER
Starters
- Goalkeeper Matt Reis, New England Revolution
- Defender Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Wizards
- Defender Frankie Hedduk, Columbus Crew
- Defender Michael Parkhurst, New England Revolution ++
- Midfielder David Beckham, Los Angeles Galaxy
- Midfielder Cuahtemoc Blanco, Chicago Fire
- Midfielder Shalrie Joseph, New England Revolution
- Midfielder Sacha Kljestan, Chivas USA ++
- Midfielder Robbie Rogers, Columbus Crew ++
- Forward Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy
- Forward Kenny Cooper, FC Dallas
Reserves
- Forward Juan Pablo Angel, New York Red Bulls
- Defender Jonathan Bornstein, Chivas USA ##
- Defender Jim Brennan, Toronto FC **
- Forward Edson Buddle, Los Angeles Galaxy
- Midfielder Dwayne De Rosario, Houston Dynamo **
- Midfielder Christian Gomez, Colorado Rapids
- Midfielder Pablo Mastroeni, Colorado Rapids
- Goalkeeper Pat Onstad, Houston Dynamo **
- Midfielder Steve Ralston, New England Revolution ##
- Midfielder Juan Toja, FC Dallas ##
Coach: Steve Nicol, New England Revolution
** Canadian-born players
++ will not play due to U.S. Olympic team committments
## Replacements for U.S. Olympic team members
