Monday, February 18, 2008

MLS Foreign Players - Country of Birth


NUMBER OF PLAYERS PER COUNTRY
15 - Argentina
11 - Canada
9 - Brazil
6 - England
5 - Colombia
5 - Jamaica
4 - Mexico
4 - Trinidad and Tobago

2 - Costa Rica, Gambia, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Scotland, Sierra Leone, South Africa

1 - Angola, Bermuda, Boliva, Bosnia and Herzagovina, Cuba, Grenada, Guatemala, Ireland, Cote d'Ivoire, Japan, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, St. Kitts, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Switzerland, Turks and Caicos, Ukraine, Uraguay, USSR, Venezuela, Wales

MLS is definitely getting more and more "international" everyday. Are the new foreign international rules going to make it tough for young Americans to get in the league? Is there going to be a 100 percent foreign starting 11 in the near future?

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