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LAFC Forward Carlos Vela Voted Captain of the 2018 MLS All-Star Game Presented by Target

July 26, 2018 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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In conjunction with Major League Soccer, the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) announced today that forward Carlos Vela has been named the MLS All-Star captain following a Twitter fan vote.

Vela will lead the MLS All-Stars against Italian giants Juventus in the 2018 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target next Wednesday, August 1 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta at 4:30 p.m. PT (ESPN, UniMás, TSN, TVA Sports).

In his first season in MLS, Vela has helped the Black & Gold to the second-best start by an expansion team in league history with a 10-5-5 (35 points) record. The 29-year-old forward has tallied seven goals and five assists in 14 regular season appearances (13 starts).

Last month, Vela became just the second non-U.S. international playing for an MLS Club to score a goal in a FIFA World Cup after scoring a penalty kick in Mexico's 2-1 win over South Korea. Vela appeared in all four of Mexico's World Cup matches, including a 1-0 victory over 2014 World Cup champion Germany.

For the first time ever, fans decided the captain via Twitter hashtag, with each Tweet of a player's unique hashtag (#VoteVela) counting as one vote. This season, the four candidates, nominated by All-Star head coach Tata Martino, included Michael Parkhurst (Atlanta United), Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers), Carlos Vela (LAFC), and Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls).

The best in MLS will face the seven-time reigning Serie A champions Juventus, which also advanced to the UEFA Champions League final in two of the previous four years. The match will air on ESPN, UniMás, TSN and TVA Sports domestically as well as in more than 170 countries globally.

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