Wednesday, May 21, 2008

MLS - New International Players '08

[UPDATE: I originally posted this back in March. I've updated it to include all of the international players that have joined the league since that time.]

I recently received a request to put together a list of the new international players that have made their way to MLS this season. Well, I went over to the trusty MLS Players page and quickly put this list together. DC United definitely wins in the 'signing players from abroad' category with 6 signed this offseason. It'll be interesting to see if their strategy is successful this season.


Argentina
Gino Padula (CLB), Marcelo Gallardo (DC), Franco Niell (DC), Gonzalo Peralta (DC), Franco Caraccio (HOU), Claudio Lopez (KC), Matías Córdoba (RSL)

Armenia
Vardan Adzemian (LA)

Australia
Chris Sharpe (COL), James Georgeff (HOU)

Bermuda
Killian Elkinson (TOR)

Brazil
Guilherme So (CLB), Rafael Gomes (COL), Andre Rocha (DAL), Alvaro Pires (LA)

Colombia
Gonzalo Martinez (DC), Ivan Trujillo (KC), Oscar Echeverry (NY), Jámison Olave (RSL)

Costa Rica
Argenis Fernandez (NE)

England
Dan Stratford (DC), Tony Caig (HOU), Andy Iro (CLB), Rohan Ricketts (TOR)

France
Laurent Robert (TOR)

Ghana
Patrick Nyarko (CHI)

Honduras
Mauricio Castro (NE), Roger Espinoza (KC)

Ivory Coast
Olivier Tebily (TOR)

Liberia
Alex Nimo (RSL), Adam Smarte (SJ)

Mexico
Duilio Davino (DAL)

New Zealand
Jarrod Smith (TOR)

Nigeria
Emannuel Ekpo (CLB)

Paraguay
Lider Marmol (CHI)

Peru
Jose Carvallo (DC)

Poland
Tomasz Frankowski (CHI)

Scotland
Kenny Deuchar (RSL), Tom McManus (COL), Kevin Souter (KC)

South Africa
Danleigh Borman (NY)

Switzerland
Raphael Wicky (CHV)

Trinidad and Tobago
Julius James (TOR)

Zimbabwe
Kheli Dube (NE)

7 comments:

  1. Kenny Deuchar (Scotland) - signed with RSL in February; he is not the the mlsnet list . .

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  2. Thanks Brenton, I'll add Dr. Deuchar.

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  3. Olave from Columbia to RSL
    Cordoba from Argentina to RSL

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  4. Thanks for helping out. I knew that the "trusty" MLS player page wasn't quite up to date.

    Anyone else I can add to the list MLS fans?

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  5. Killian Elkinson isn't actually a member of TFC yet, he's only part of the team's academy. If he develops quickly his Irish passport means it is conceivable he'd never play for TFC.

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  6. Anonymous: Back when I originally posted this, TFC hadn't picked up Laurent Robert, Amado Guevara, or Rohan Ricketts yet. You're right though.


    Trevor: I included Killian because he is currently listed on TFC's Roster on the MLS player pages, which seems to change on a daily basis lately. I just like hearing that MLS teams HAVE academies at all.

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