Tim Cahill has been named in the Major League Soccer All-Stars to play Bayern Munich next month in Portland.
New York Red Bulls and Socceroos star Cahill is joined by MLS English standouts Jermain Defoe and Bradley Wright-Phillips and Ireland's Robbie Keane who were all named on Saturday.
The US league announced a 23-player roster that will be drawn upon when the elite MLS lineup faces the reigning Bundesliga champions and 2013 European Champions League winners on August 6.
Wright-Phillips, a striker for the New York Red Bulls, leads the MLS with 16 goals in 18 matches while Defoe has 11 goals for Toronto in his first season in the US after leaving Tottenham.
Cahill netted two World Cup goals last month for the Socceroos, while Keane, the Irish captain and all-time scoring leader with 53 goals, has 43 goals in three MLS seasons for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
France boasts two MLS all-Stars in Red Bulls forward Thierry Henry and 2012 MLS Defender of the Year Aurelien Collin for reigning MLS champion Sporting Kansas City.
Other internationals on the roster included Cuban midfielder Osvaldo Alonso and Nigerian forward Obafemi Martins of Seattle, Canadian midfielder Will Johnson and Argentine midfielder Diego Valeri of Portland and Mexican forward Erick Torres of Chivas USA.
Clint Dempsey of Seattle and Landon Donovan of the Galaxy lead the Americans in the MLS lineup, which also includes US World Cup midfielder Michael Bradley of Toronto, Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez, Seattle defender DeAndre Yedlin, Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi and Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman.
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