{"id":788678,"date":"2026-07-09T07:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788678\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T07:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:07:11","slug":"football-news-2026-lucas-herrington-named-in-mls-all-star-team-that-includes-lionel-messi-transfer-window-updates-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788678\/","title":{"rendered":"Football news 2026 | Lucas Herrington named in MLS All-Star team that includes Lionel Messi; transfer window updates, contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lucas Herrington has had a small taste of what it is like to face the best, but now he will line up alongside Lionel Messi<\/a> and Son Heung-min in an All-Star epic. <\/p>\n

It has been five months since the Socceroos<\/a> young gun made his debut with the Colorado Rapids, and he has already been picked in the MLS All-Star team. <\/p>\n

\"Herrington<\/p>\n

Herrington was Australia\u2019s youngest player at the 2026 World Cup.\u00a0Stefan Koops\/EYE4IMAGES<\/p>\n

The exhibition match is scheduled to take place on July 30 (AEST) in North Carolina, with the MLS All-Star team taking on Mexico\u2019s LIGA MX All-Stars. <\/p>\n

Herrington was selected by coach Dean Smith to be part of the team, with other athletes included in the squad based on a combined fan, player and media vote.<\/p>\n

Argentinian superstar Messi headlines the All-Star team, which also includes Korean sensation Son and Germany\u2019s Thomas M\u00fcller. Between the three of them, they have collected 84 club and international trophies. <\/p>\n

It is yet another remarkable achievement in 18-year-old Herrington\u2019s career, given just 12 months ago he was playing in the A-League<\/a> with the Brisbane Roar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, he has made his national team debut, played at a World Cup<\/a> and become the youngest player in the MLS to feature at the prestigious football tournament. <\/p>\n

Herrington started in Australia\u2019s third group stage match against Paraguay<\/a> at the World Cup and backed up for a thrilling penalty shootout defeat against Egypt<\/a>. <\/p>\n

While his penalty shot did not find the back of the net, he did receive mass support from the public and also Swedish great Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107, who informed the teenager to reach out if he wanted someone to lean on. <\/p>\n

Still, Australia\u2019s results did not impact the interest of some of the biggest teams in the world, with FC Barcelona<\/a> leading the race to get his signature.<\/p>\n

Liverpool sent scouts to Australia\u2019s game to watch Herrington in action at the World Cup, despite his current deal with the Rapids not set to expire until 2029. <\/p>\n

English media outlet TeamTalk has since reported that Everton<\/a>, Manchester United<\/a>, Aston Villa<\/a> and Newcastle United<\/a> are also interested in Herrington. <\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> have also been reported to have held discussions about signing the teen. <\/p>\n

\"Lucas<\/p>\n

Lucas Herrington in action in the MLS.\u00a0Ronald Martinez<\/p>\n

The transfer window for US, UK and European leagues closes on September 2 (AEST). <\/p>\n

MLS All-Star squad list<\/p>\n

Goalkeepers: Maxime Crepeau, Matt Freese and Brian Schwake<\/p>\n

Defenders: Max Arfsten, Lucas Herrington, Richie Laryea, Anthony Markanich, Mbekezeli Mbokazi, Steven Moreira, Daniel Munie, Andy Najar, Jackson Ragen and Tim Ream<\/p>\n

Midfielders: Sebastian Berhalter, Pep Biel, Rodrigo de Paul, Evander, Carles Gil, Zavier Gozo, Hany Mukhtar, Thomas Muller and Ashley Westwood<\/p>\n

Forwards: Hugo Cuypers, Andrews Dreyer, Julian Hall, Son Heung-min, Lionel Messi, Petar Musa and Sam Surridge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucas Herrington has had a small taste of what it is like to face the best, but now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-788678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}