Audi Field in Washington, D.C. will host the 2023 MLS All-Star Game, sources have confirmed to Pro Soccer Wire.
The news was first reported by the Washington Post.
An official announcement of Audi Field hosting the match is expected next week.
For the city of Washington, D.C., it will be something of a consolation prize after its combined World Cup 2026 bid with Baltimore was rejected by FIFA this week when it named the 16 host cities for the tournament.
Washington, D.C. has hosted the MLS All-Star Game two times before, in 2002 when the MLS All-Stars took on the U.S. national team in the first and only iteration of the game in that format, and in 2004 when the Eastern Conference All-Stars faced the Western Conference.
After 15 years of MLS All-Star teams facing teams from Europe touring the U.S. during their preseason, the league changed format in 2021 to a match featuring all-star teams from MLS facing all-star teams from Liga MX. This year’s All-Star Game in Minnesota will be the second straight year of that format.
Audi Field opened in 2018, replacing RFK Stadium which had served as the home of D.C. United since the team’s inception in 1996.
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