2024 Season

North Texas SC Midfielder Leonardo Orejarena to Compete in 2024 MLS NEXT All-Star Game

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Frisco, Texas (July 2, 2024) – North Texas SC midfielder Leonardo Orejarena has been selected to play in the third annual MLS NEXT All-Star match presented by Allstate. The match will be played at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, July 23 at 10:30AM CT. The game will be live streamed live on YouTube.

Orejarena, 17, signed with North Texas SC on November 3, 2023. He made his professional debut versus Tacoma Defiance on April 14.

“I want to thank MLS NEXT for giving me this opportunity,” Midfielder Leonardo Orejarena said. “I would also like to thank North Texas SC and FC Dallas Academy staff because without their support none of this would be possible. They push me to be a better person and player every day and I am thankful for that.”

Orejarena competed for the FC Dallas U17 team in MLS NEXT Fest, Generation adidas Cup and MLS NEXT over the 2024 season. He also featured for the FCD U19 squad in the MLS NEXT Cup. Orejarena is the fourth member of the FC Dallas organization to be named to the MLS NEXT All-Star roster after Malachi Molina (2022), Julian Eyestone (2023) and Luke Shreiner (2023).

MLS NEXT and Allstate will provide the players with unique opportunities during MLS All-Star Week, which will include a full slate of programming events and activities in advance of the match. The players will be fully immersed in MLS All-Star Week festivities, which include team training, the All-Star Skills Challenge presented by AT&T on July 23, and the MLS All-Star Game on July 24. Each MLS NEXT All-Star team will also conduct their own training sessions leading up to their match on Tuesday morning.

The 44 players were selected following the conclusion of the 2024 MLS NEXT Cup Playoffs and Showcase. To be eligible for selection, players must have been born between 2007-2009, have competed in the MLS NEXT regular season, and played in at least one of the MLS NEXT premier events this season – MLS NEXT Fest, MLS NEXT Flex, Generation adidas Cup, or the MLS NEXT Cup Playoffs and Showcase.

MLS NEXT All-Star Game presented by Allstate Rosters
East
West
Player
Team
Birth Year
Player
Team
Birth Year
Adyn Torres
Atlanta United
2007
Anthony Boyadjian
Albion SC LA
2007
Sergey Balatsko
BW Gottschee
2007
Gavin Wolff
Austin FC 
2008
Stefan Chirila
FC Cincinnati
2007
Joshua Sosa
Barca Residency Academy
2007
Jayson Quintanilla
Charlotte FC
2007
Miguel Alvarado
Colorado Rapids 
2008
Simon Tonidandel
Charlotte FC
2007
Zackory Campagnolo
Colorado Rapids
2007
Vitaliy Hlyut
Chicago Fire FC
2008
Leo Orejarena
North Texas SC
2007
Chase Adams
Columbus Crew 
2008
Isaac Mwakutuya
Houston Dynamo FC
2007
Tristan Brown
Columbus Crew 
2007
Ian James
Sporting Kansas City
2008
Gavin Turner
D.C. United
2007
DeCarlo Guerra
LAFC 
2008
Liam Briscoe
FC DELCO
2008
Pedro Guimaraes
LAFC
2008
Michael Capretto
FC DELCO
2008
Jose 'Pepe' Magana Jr.
LA Galaxy
2007
Cai McLean
Inter Miami CF
2008
Owen Pratt
LA Galaxy
2008
Felix Samson
CF Montréal
2007
Mateo Tsakiris
LA Galaxy
2007
Chris Applewhite
Nashville SC
2007
Darius Randell
Minnesota United FC
2007
DaMario McIntosh
New England Revolution
2007
Max Eisenberg
Portland Timbers
2007
Drew Baiera
New York City FC
2007
Luca Moisa

Real Salt Lake

2008
Colin Guske
Orlando City SC 
2007
Tomo Allen
San Jose Earthquakes 
2007
Juan Rojas
Orlando City SC 
2008
Rohan Rajagopal
San Jose Earthquakes 
2007
Diego Rocio
Philadelphia Union 
2007
Etienne Veillard
Seattle Sounders FC
2007
Cavan Sullivan
Philadelphia Union 
2009
Tyson Pearce
St. Louis CITY SC
2007
Lucas Ferreira
Players Development Academy
2007
Skylar Kaplan
Strikers FC
2007
Pablo Patrick-Galvez
Toronto FC 
2007
Liam Mackenzie
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2007