Lionel Messi shirts dotted the concourse at Austin's Q2 Stadium for the 2025 MLS All-Star Game, but there was no Messi jersey on the pitch.

MLS, in partnership with The Trail Conservancy, TreeFolks and Keep Austin Beautiful, hosted the 2025 MLS All-Star Day of Service, where volunteers helped to preserve Austin’s vibrant green spaces and iconic waterways natural spaces by cleaning and beautifying the shoreline of Lady Bird Lake.

Brad Stuver and Austin FC will try to come down off the high of the 2025 MLS All-Star Game played in their home stadium when they return to league action at D.C.

FC Cincinnati will not face off against Lionel Messi Saturday, as the soccer star, along with teammate Jordi Alba, have been suspended for one match for not participating in the MLS All-Star game.

Forty-eight hours earlier, six players on the Snapdragon Stadium field for San Diego FC’s 1-0 win against Nashville SC were 1,164 miles and two time zones away in Austin, Texas, running around on a humid night in Major League Soccer’s All-Star Game.

Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba will miss Inter Miami’s next contest after being suspended one match for skipping the MLS All-Star Game.

Major League Soccer awarded $15,000 to four Austin community leaders as part of its All-Star Hometown Heroes program.