Published on June 5, 2026 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release
NEW YORK & HERRIMAN, Utah – Real Salt Lake, in conjunction with Major League Soccer, today announced the First XI players named to the 2026 MLS All-Star Game presented by Chime, an 11-man group featuring Utah’s very own Zavier Gozo. Selected through a combined vote of MLS fans, players, and media members, 19-year-old attacker Gozo and the First XI highlights the standout performers from the first part of the MLS regular season. The 11 players include icons like Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) and Son Heung-Min (LAFC), alongside breakout young talents such as Gozo and Mbekezeli Mbokazi (Chicago Fire FC).
“It’s pretty cool to be the first-ever Utah player to be named an All-Star in MLS,” said Gozo, the third RSL homegrown player to earn MLS All-Star recognition (Justen Glad, Aaron Herrera). “I’m very grateful to all the fans, players and media across the league for recognizing me with this prestigious honor.”
“I look forward to hopefully having a few of my RSL teammates join me in Charlotte, and I’ll be very excited to get back on the field and get things going again later this Summer.”
The 2026 MLS All-Star Game presented by Chime will be played in Charlotte, N.C., pitting the MLS All-Stars against a team of All-Stars from Mexico’s top soccer league, LIGA MX, on Wednesday, July 29 (6 p.m. MT) at Charlotte FC’s Bank of America Stadium.
2026 MLS All-Star Game presented by Chime First XI:
– Goalkeeper (1): Brian Schwake (Nashville SC)
– Left Back (1): Anthony Markanich (Minnesota United FC)
– Center Backs (2): Mbekezeli Mbokazi (Chicago Fire FC) and Tim Ream (Charlotte FC)
– Right Back (1): Andy Najar (Nashville SC)
– Defensive Midfielder (1): Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
– Attacking Midfielders (2): Zavier Gozo (Real Salt Lake) and Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC)
– Forwards (3): Hugo Cuypers (Chicago Fire FC), Son Heung-Min (LAFC), and Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF)
One of three domestic products (Gozo, Markanich, Schwake), West Valley-born and Eagle mountain-raised Gozo becomes the youngest-ever RSL representative at the annual MLS All-Star Game at just 19 years old, surpassing Diego Luna’s 20-year-old selection at the 2024 All-Star game in Columbus. Gozo also becomes just the second teenager to be selected to an MLS All-Star Game in the last five editions, joining Obed Vargas (2025).
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