MLS All-Star Game

For the first time, Austin hosts Major League Soccer’s all-star game. The exhibition features an inter-league format as MLS’s best faces top talent from Mexico’s first division, Liga MX, for a fourth time. Festivities begin on July 22 with the All-Star Skills Challenge pitting players in fun drills such as a crossbar challenge and passing challenge. Lionel Messi, one of the greatest athletes ever, will probably make his first local appearance in some capacity barring injury. Some other footballers you may see: Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, Diego Luna, James Rodriguez, Austin FC’s own Brandon Vázquez, and Alexis Vega.