Breaking: MLS All-Star Game cancelled

Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group Fans crowd the barricades awaiting the arrival of the Arsenal team bus before the 2016 MLS All-Star game at Avaya Stadium in San Jose. This year’s game has been cancelled. NEW YORK — Major League Soccer’s All-Star Game has been canceled for the first time in its quarter-century history because of the coronavirus pandemic.

MLS All-Stars had been scheduled to play counterparts from Mexico’s Liga MX on July 29 at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. MLS said Tuesday that the 2021 game will take place at Banc of California Stadium, most likely against All-Stars from Liga MX.

The third Campeones Cup between the MLS and Liga MX champions also was canceled,…