{"id":30923,"date":"2025-07-23T09:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/30923\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:47:16","slug":"victory-mls-defeat-liga-mx-in-skills-challenge-presented-by-att","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/30923\/","title":{"rendered":"VICTORY: MLS defeat LIGA MX in Skills Challenge presented by AT&T"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MLS All-Stars took bragging rights at the 2025 MLS All-Star Skills Challenge presented by AT&T on Tuesday night, claiming a resounding 4-2 win over their LIGA MX rivals at Austin FC<\/a>‘s Q2 Stadium.<\/p>\n

They’ll look to keep the good times rolling during Wednesday’s main event: MLS vs. LIGA MX in the 2025 MLS All-Star Game (9 pm ET | Apple TV – Free<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\n MLS All-Star Shooting Challenge presented by AT&T<\/p>\n

FC Cincinnati<\/a> playmaker Evander<\/a> put on a historic shooting performance, hitting target after target en route to a record 72-point haul.<\/p>\n

As the final participant in the Shooting Challenge, Evander saved the best for last, topping the previous record of 65 points \u2013 set in 2022 by former Houston Dynamo FC<\/a> captain H\u00e9ctor Herrera \u2013 in dramatic fashion to lead the MLS All-Stars to victory in the opening event.<\/p>\n

\n MLS All-Star Touch Challenge presented by Old Spice<\/p>\n

A new record was also set in the Touch Challenge, with Club Am\u00e9rica’s Alex Zendejas and Brian Rodr\u00edguez overcoming a slow start before piling it on for an astounding 120-point total.<\/p>\n

Both MLS alums shattered the previous mark of 71 points, set last year by Riqui Puig<\/a> (LA Galaxy<\/a>) and Jordi Alba<\/a> (Inter Miami CF<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\n MLS All-Star Cross & Volley Challenge presented by AT&T<\/p>\n

Club Tijuana phenom Gilberto Mora gave LIGA MX an early lead with several outstanding volleys, but Austin FC goalkeeper Brad Stuver<\/a> made several clutch saves on Cruz Azul’s \u00c1ngel Sep\u00falveda to keep the MLS All-Stars in it.<\/p>\n

That set the stage for Denis Bouanga<\/a>‘s heroics; the LAFC<\/a> star came through with a late barrage to even the score as both sides took a point apiece.<\/p>\n

\n MLS All-Star Passing Challenge presented by Bounty<\/p>\n

MLS and USMNT<\/a> legend Clint Dempsey bested Mexican icon Oribe Peralta to put the MLS All-Stars in the driver’s seat.<\/p>\n

Evander took it from there, building on his Shooting Challenge display with a stellar effort against Rodrigo Dourado (Atl\u00e9tico San Luis) to secure victory.<\/p>\n

\n MLS All-Star Crossbar Challenge presented by Gillette<\/p>\n

Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka<\/a> sealed the deal for the MLS All-Stars, hitting the crossbar from Zone 2 with a sweetly-struck effort that ignited wild celebrations.<\/p>\n

For the first time since 2022, the MLS All-Stars took the Skills Challenge crown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The MLS All-Stars took bragging rights at the 2025 MLS All-Star Skills Challenge presented by AT&T on Tuesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[6864,25960,6868,17219,403,99],"class_list":["post-30923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-match-reaction","tag-mls-all-star-game","tag-sendtonews","tag-skills-challenge","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}