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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Fans gathered Tuesday night into Lower.com Field in Downtown Columbus for the MLS All-Star Skills Challenge and were treated to a show.
Twenty all-stars from the MLS and Liga MX teams, along with two legends and two women's players, competed in five challenges in the annual skills competition that kicks off All-Star week. Liga MX was able to win the overall challenge by a final score of 6-5, but it came down to the wire.
The evening began with the MLS NEXT Pro Goalie Wars challenge, where four keepers from the MLS' developmental league competed in a single-elimination bracket to earn a Goalie Wars title belt. Crown Legacy FC goalie Chituru Odunze won the competition, taking home the title.
The main skills challenge began with the shooting challenge which Liga MX was able to win. Crew striker Cucho Hernandez gave the hometown crowd a good show in the challenge despite MLS falling in the first of five challenges.
After MLS was victorious in the touch challenge, Liga MX retook the overall lead in the cross & volley challenge. Hernandez, though, electrified the crowd with a highlight reel bicycle kick goal.
Silky smooth passing from Spaniards Riqui Puig and Sergio Busquets led MLS to victory in the passing challenge, setting up the winner-take-all crossbar challenge for the overall title.
Liga MX was able to clinch the overall title after Cruz Azul's Gonzalo Piovi hit the crossbar from more than 30 yards away. It's the second time Liga MX beat MLS in the skills challenge with the victory earning Special Olympics Ohio, Liga MX's charity of choice, a $25,000 donation. MLS' charity, Adaptive Sports Collection, also received a $25,000 donation.
The 28th MLS All-Star Game will take place Wednesday night at Lower.com Field. MLS has won both previous meetings with Liga MX.
