Nashville SC’s Walker Zimmerman selected to 2021 MLS All-Star game

Nashville SC defender Walker Zimmerman was selected to the 2021 MLS All-Star game on Wednesday, the club and Major League Soccer announced. The center back is the first player in club history to be named an All-Star, and will play in the second MLS All-Star game of his career.

Zimmerman, 28, has appeared in 10 matches in 2021, five of which have resulted in 10 clean sheet, and was named the MLS Defender of the Year for the 2020 season. Zimmerman most recently played with the U.S. Men’s National Team in the Gold Cup, where he captained the side for the final two matches of the group stage before withdrawing due to a hamstring injury.

The MLS All-Star Game will be played on August 25 at Los Angeles’s Banc of California Stadium, where they’ll take on a team of Liga MX All-Stars. 13 of the MLS players were selected by fan, media and player voting, 13 were selected by All-Star and LAFC head coach Bob Bradley, and two were selected by MLS Commissioner Don Garber.

2021 MLS All-Star Game roster

Author: Ben Wrightis the Director of Soccer Content and a Senior MLS Contributor for Broadway Sports covering Nashville SC and the US National Team. Previously Ben was the editor and a founder of Speedway Soccer, where he has covered Nashville SC and their time in USL before journeying to Major League Soccer since 2018. Raised in Louisville, KY Ben grew up playing before a knee injury ended his competitive career. When he is not talking soccer he is probably producing music, drinking coffee or hanging out with his wife and kids. Mastodon

Twitter