{"id":825733,"date":"2026-07-25T18:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825733\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T18:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:44:13","slug":"whitecaps-midfielder-andres-cubas-named-to-major-league-soccer-all-star-team-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825733\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitecaps midfielder Andres Cubas named to Major League Soccer all-star team | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785005053_636_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s Manu Kone (6) challenges for the ball with Paraguay&#8217;s Andres Cubas (14) during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo\/Martin Meissner)<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 25, 2026 | 11:12 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 Vancouver Whitecaps defensive midfielder Andres Cubas has been named to Major League Soccer\u2019s all-star team.<\/p>\n<p>Cubas joins Whitecaps teammates Thomas Muller and Sebastian Berhalter in the midseason exhibition where the best of MLS will face an all-star team from Mexico\u2019s LIGA MX on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Cubas\u2019s first time being selected to the MLS All-Star roster, having joined Vancouver in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Cubas played a pivotal role in Paraguay\u2019s run to the Round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup as he played every single minute and led the tournament in defensive contributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s Manu Kone (6) challenges for the ball with Paraguay&#8217;s Andres Cubas (14) during the World Cup round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,561,82],"class_list":["post-825733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}