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Almirón, Garza named MLS All-Stars

Atlanta United defender Greg Garza is looking forward to facing San Jose’s Chris Wondolowski. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Atlanta United defender Greg Garza is looking forward to facing San Jose’s Chris Wondolowski. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
By Juliakate E Culpepper
July 7, 2017

Atlanta United midfielder Miguel Almirón and defender Greg Garza were named to the 2017 MLS All-Star Fan XI roster, the MLS announced on Friday.

A two-time MLS Player of the Week with Atlanta United, Almirón recorded eight goals and eight assists so far this season. Garza scored once and has two assists this season and has been named to the MLS Team of the Week roster twice.

The 2017 MLS All-Star Game will kick off on Aug. 2 at Chicago’s Soldier Field.

The full 2017 MLS All-Star roster can be read below.

2017 MLS All-Star Game Fan XI

Goalkeeper (1)

Tim Howard

Defenders (3)

Greg Garza

Graham Zusi

DaMarcus Beasley

Midfielders (4)

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Miguel Almirón

Ricardo Kaká

Michael Bradley

Forwards (3)

Sebastian Giovinco

David Villa

Nemanja Nikolic

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