{"id":825793,"date":"2026-07-25T19:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825793\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:27:09","slug":"vancouver-whitecaps-midfielder-andres-cubas-named-to-mls-all-star-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825793\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Andres Cubas named to MLS All-Star Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">VANCOUVER \u2014 Vancouver Whitecaps defensive midfielder Andres Cubas has been named to Major League Soccer\u2019s all-star team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">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 class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s Cubas\u2019s first time being selected to the MLS All-Star roster, having joined Vancouver in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">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<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This season, Cubas has started 11 of his 12 appearances in MLS regular-season play, tallying three assists. He also leads the league in tackles with 58.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Vancouver continues its extended road trip on Saturday with a visit to Western Conference rivals Minnesota United FC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Canadian goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau of Orlando City SC and Canadian defender Richie Laryea of Toronto FC were also named to the MLS All-Star squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 25, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2014 Vancouver Whitecaps defensive midfielder Andres Cubas has been named to Major League Soccer\u2019s all-star team. Cubas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,82,55],"class_list":["post-825793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825793","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=825793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}