Major League Soccer Homegrown Game

MLS Homegrown Game

Founded	2014
Region	Major League Soccer (CONCACAF)
Number of teams	2

The MLS Homegrown Game is an exhibition match between selected homegrown players in Major League Soccer and a selected opponent. Similar to events such as Major League Baseball's All-Star Futures Game, the National Hockey League's NHL All-Star Skills Competition and the National Basketball Association's Rising Stars Challenge, the event serves as a supporting event to the league's all-star game.^[1]

The inaugural game, held on August 4, 2014 against the Portland Timbers U23s at Providence Park, ended in a scoreless draw.^[2] The game is currently sponsored by Energizer;^[3] previously, the game had been sponsored by Chipotle Mexican Grill for its first three editions.

There was no match in 2020.

Results[]

Year	Date	Score	Opponent	Venue	Host Club	Most Valuable Player
2014	August 5	0–0	Portland Timbers U23s	Providence Park	Portland Timbers	Jon Kempin, GK, Sporting Kansas City
2015	July 28	1–1 (4–5)	Club América U-20s	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	Colorado Rapids	, GK, Club América
	July 27	0–2	Mexico U-20s	Avaya Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes	Luis Marquez, MF, Guadalajara
	August 1	2–2	Guadalajara U-20s	Toyota Park	Chicago Fire	Kortne Ford, DF, Colorado Rapids
	July 31	1–1	Tigres U-20s	Atlanta United FC training facility	Atlanta United FC	Andrew Carleton, MF, Atlanta United FC
2019	July 30	2–2 (3–0)	Chivas U-20s	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex	Orlando City SC	Noble Okello, MF, Toronto FC
	On hiatus until 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Yearly rosters[]

2014[]

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	Jon Kempin	Sporting Kansas City	21
GK	Matt Lampson	Columbus Crew	24
DF	Connor Lade	New York Red Bulls	24
DF	Ashtone Morgan	Toronto FC	22
DF	Shane O'Neill	Colorado Rapids	21
DF	Erik Palmer-Brown	Sporting Kansas City	17
DF	Carlos Salcedo	Real Salt Lake	20
MF	Steven Evans	Portland Timbers	22
MF	Danny Garcia	FC Dallas	20
MF	Zach Pfeffer	Philadelphia Union	19
MF	Chris Ritter	Chicago Fire	23
MF	Dillon Serna	Colorado Rapids	20
MF	Harry Shipp	Chicago Fire	22
MF	Russell Teibert	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	21
MF	Wil Trapp	Columbus Crew	21
FW	Caleb Calvert	Chivas USA	17
FW	Bradford Jamieson IV	LA Galaxy	17
FW	Sean Okoli	Seattle Sounders FC	21
FW	Tommy Thompson	San Jose Earthquakes	18
FW	Gyasi Zardes	LA Galaxy	22

2015[]

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	Jesse González	FC Dallas	21
GK	Matt Lampson	Columbus Crew	25
DF	Justen Glad	Real Salt Lake	18
DF	Shane O'Neill	Colorado Rapids	22
DF	Erik Palmer-Brown	Sporting Kansas City	18
DF	Jalen Robinson	D.C. United	21
DF	Oscar Sorto	LA Galaxy	21
DF	Tyler Turner	Orlando City	19
MF	Jay Chapman	Toronto FC	21
MF	Sean Davis	New York Red Bulls	22
MF	Zach Pfeffer	Philadelphia Union	20
MF	Memo Rodríguez	Houston Dynamo	19
MF	Dillon Serna	Colorado Rapids	21
MF	Harry Shipp	Chicago Fire	23
MF	Ben Swanson	Columbus Crew	18
MF	Russell Teibert	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	21
MF	Alex Zendejas	FC Dallas	17
FW	Coy Craft	FC Dallas	18
FW	Kianz Froese	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	19
FW	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	Montreal Impact	21
FW	Bradford Jamieson IV	LA Galaxy	18
FW	Tommy Thompson	San Jose Earthquakes	19

2016[]

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	Maxime Crépeau	Montreal Impact	22
GK	Jesse González	FC Dallas	21
DF	Danilo Acosta	Real Salt Lake	18
DF	Justen Glad	Real Salt Lake	19
DF	Aaron Guillen	FC Dallas	23
DF	Phanuel Kavita	Real Salt Lake	23
DF	Jalen Robinson	D.C. United	22
DF	Tyler Turner	Orlando City	20
MF	Tyler Adams	New York Red Bulls	17
MF	Jordan Allen	Real Salt Lake	21
MF	Jay Chapman	Toronto FC	22
MF	Coy Craft	FC Dallas	19
MF	Harrison Heath†	Orlando City	20
MF	Zachary Herivaux†	New England Revolution	20
MF	Aaron Kovar	Seattle Sounders FC	22
MF	Raúl Mendiola	LA Galaxy	22
MF	Tommy Thompson	San Jose Earthquakes	20
FW	Joey Calistri	Chicago Fire	22
FW	Jordan Hamilton	Toronto FC	20
FW	Jack McBean	LA Galaxy	21
FW	Jordan Morris	LA Galaxy	21

† – Herivaux was named as an injury replacement for Heath.

2017[]

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	Jesse González	FC Dallas	22
GK	Evan Louro	New York Red Bulls	21
DF	Marco Farfan†	Portland Timbers	18
DF	Kortne Ford	Colorado Rapids	19
DF	Justen Glad	Real Salt Lake	20
DF	Erik Palmer-Brown†	Sporting Kansas City	20
DF	Auston Trusty	Philadelphia Union	18
MF	Tyler Adams	New York Red Bulls	18
MF	Alphonso Davies†	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	16
MF	Derrick Etienne	New York Red Bulls	20
MF	Chris Goslin†	Atlanta United FC	17
MF	José Hernández†	Real Salt Lake	21
MF	Derrick Jones	Philadelphia Union	20
MF	Brooks Lennon	Real Salt Lake	19
MF	Djordje Mihailovic	Chicago Fire	18
MF	Paxton Pomykal	FC Dallas	17
MF	Ballou Tabla†	Montreal Impact	18
FW	Andrew Carleton	Atlanta United	17
FW	Jesús Ferreira	FC Dallas	16
FW	Jordan Hamilton	Toronto FC	21
FW	Bradford Jamieson IV	LA Galaxy	20

† – Goslin, Hernández, and Palmer-Brown were named as injury replacements for Davies, Farfan, and Tabla.

2018[]

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	JT Marcinkowski	San Jose Earthquakes	21
GK	Sean Melvin	Vancouver Whitecaps	24
DF	Marco Farfan	Portland Timbers	19
DF	Auston Trusty	Philadelphia Union	19
DF	James Sands	New York City FC	18
DF	Jaylin Lindsey	Sporting Kansas City	18
DF	Aaron Herrera	Real Salt Lake	21
DF	Mark McKenzie	Philadelphia Union	19
DF	Matthew Real	Philadelphia Union	18
MF	Andrew Carleton	Atlanta United FC	18
MF	Anthony Fontana	Philadelphia Union	18
MF	Cameron Lindley	Orlando City SC	21
MF	Liam Fraser	Toronto FC	20
MF	Sebastian Saucedo	Real Salt Lake	21
MF	Ben Mines	New York Red Bulls	18
MF	Efrain Alvarez	LA Galaxy	16
MF	Lagos Kunga	Atlanta United FC	19
MF	Paxton Pomykal	FC Dallas	17
MF	Wan Kuzain	Sporting Kansas City	19
FW	Jesús Ferreira	FC Dallas	17

2019[]

Pos.	Player	Club	Age
GK	David Ochoa	Real Salt Lake	18
GK	JT Marcinkowski	San Jose Earthquakes	22
GK	Mason Stajduhar	Orlando City SC	21
DF	Clément Bayiha	Montreal Impact	20
DF	Sam Vines	Colorado Rapids	20
DF	Erik McCue	Houston Dynamo	18
DF	Aboubacar Keita	Columbus Crew SC	19
DF	Andre Reynolds	Chicago Fire	18
DF	George Campbell	Atlanta United	18
DF	Bryan Reynolds	FC Dallas	18
MF	Edwin Cerrillo	FC Dallas	18
MF	Gianluca Busio	Sporting Kansas City	17
MF	Brandon Servania	FC Dallas	20
MF	Brenden Aaronson	Philadelphia Union	18
MF	Cole Bassett	Colorado Rapids	18
MF	Noble Okello	Toronto FC	19
MF	Mathieu Choinière	Montreal Impact	20
MF	Thomas Roberts	FC Dallas	18
MF	Efraín Álvarez	LA Galaxy	17
FW	Justin Rennicks	New England Revolution	20
FW	Theo Bair	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	19
FW	Benji Michel	Orlando City SC	21
FW	Handwalla Bwana	Seattle Sounders FC	22
FW	Omir Fernandez	New York Red Bulls	20

References[]

External links[]

• Official Site