Parkhurst and LA's Jelle Van Damme.

Montreal's Ignacio Piatti and Portland's Diego Valeri were also added in midfield, while Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei also made the squad.

Altidore, McCarty, Acosta and Hedges are currently playing with the U.S. national team at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, while Dwyer just left the team after playing in the knockout stage.

Among the notable omissions to the All-Star squad is Seattle's Clint Dempsey, who missed out for the first time since returning to the league. Erick "Cubo" Torres also was left out despite scoring 12 goals for Houston this season, tied for second-most in the league. Dempsey and Torres were both late additions to Gold Cup squads but so was Altidore.

Other players who failed to make the team despite scoring at least 10 goals wereDallas' Maximiliano Urruti, Chicago's David Accam, Portland's Fanendo Adi and Minnesota's Christian Ramirez. Assists leaders Victor Vazquez of Toronto and Michael Barrios of Dallas also missed out.

All told, the MLS squad represents 13 of the 22 MLS teams, from 13 different countries. Paunovic will select the starting XI from the full 24-player pool available to him.

Goalkeepers: Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders), Tim Howard (Colorado Rapids)

Defenders: DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo), Greg Garza (Atlanta United), Hernan Grana (FC Dallas), Matt Hedges (FC Dallas), Johan Kappelhof (Chicago Fire), Michael Parkhurst (Atlanta United), Jelle Van Damme (LA Galaxy), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

Midfielders: Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas), Miguel Almiron (Atlanta United), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Giovani dos Santos (LA Galaxy), Kaka (Orlando City), Dax McCarty (Chicago Fire), Ignacio Piatti (Montreal Impact), Bastian Schweinsteiger