Riqui Puig, of not counting on Barça to be chosen for the 'All Star' of the MLS

Published:3/07/2023 - 01:02h

Updated:3/07/2023 - 01:02h

Riqui Puig was taken into account by Wayne Rooney as one of his MLS 'stars' to face a friendly, this July 19, against Arsenal in Washington DC. The Spaniard will share a team with players of the stature of Benteke, Héctor Herrera and Thiago Almada, to name a few

Riqui Puig had to leave the FC Barcelona to be able to emerge all this talent that deployed in his best years in The Masia. The Spanish arrived to Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS in 2022 with a poster of "star". The mediocampista is one of the players franchise and transformed immediately in one of the better players paid of all the league.

The explayer of the Barça has contested a total of 18 parties in 2023, leaving a register of a goal and an assistance. His poster of 'crack' in the tournament has carried him to be one of the 12 selected by the technical Wayne Rooney to conform the team 'all stars' of the North American championship. This combined will confront in a friendly to the Arsenal of England on 19 July in Washington, D.C.

The rest of the staff, composed by 26 players in total, was chosen by vote between the fans, players and skilled press. In the listing stand out the names of Roman Bürki, exjugador of the Borussia Dortmund, the Belgian Christian Benteke, the mediocampista Argentinian Thiago Almada and the exjugador of the Athletic of Madrid Héctor Herrera, for mentioning some.

Here the complete listing of the summoned:

Goalkeepers (3): Roman Bürki (St. Louis CITY SC), Tyler Miller (D.C. United), Djordje Petrović (New England Revolution).

Defences (7): Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati), Jon Gallagher (Austin FC), Ryan Hollingshead (LAFC), Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati), Tim Parker (St. Louis CITY SC), John Tolkin (New York Network Bulls), Walker Zimmerman (Nashville SC).

Mediocampistas (9): Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati), Thiago Almada (Atlanta United), Mathieu Choinière (CF Montréal), Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC), José Martínez (Philadelphia Union), Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew), Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC), Riqui Puig (THE Galaxy), Lucas Zelarayán (Columbus Crew).

Forwards (7): Christian Benteke (D.C. United), Dénis Bouanga (LAFC), Cristian Espinoza (Saint Jose Earthquakes), Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas), Giorgos Giakoumakis (Atlanta United), Kei Kamara (Chicago Fire FC), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders).