Cristiano Ronaldo headlines a group of players who weren’t included on the roster released by Juventus on Sunday for its series of games in the U.S.

The legendary Italian team will play the MLS All-Stars at Atlanta United's Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Aug. 1.

The team bought Ronaldo, arguably the world’s best player, from Real Madrid earlier this month.

» More: 5-day event schedule for MLS All-Star Game

Also not on the roster are Juan Cuadrado, Mario Mandzukic, Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala.

Here is the roster, which was released on Twitter:

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The group that will come to the U.S. includes German standouts Sami Khedira and Emre Can, Brazilian Alex Sandro, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Miralem Pjanic and Italian Giorgio Chiellini.

More than 65,000 tickets have been sold for the MLS All-Star game.

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