Before the MLS All-Star team kicks off on August 2, 2017, against Real Madrid, the MLS Homegrown team will take on Chivas U-20s on August 1.
This will be the fourth year MLS has scheduled a match for a selection of its best homegrown talent during the All-Star break. The team has yet to win a game, but it is a group picked more for what it symbolizes - the emerging generation of MLS-reared talent - than its ability to gel quickly and win a random friendly.
This year's team will include three New York Red Bulls Homegrowns.