Monday, March 31, 2008

Former MLS Players now in the USL

There's a large number of former MLS players who've eventually made their way to the United Soccer Leagues, the second division in the US and Canada. In fact, every team in USL-1 has at least one former MLS player, and many teams have quite a few more.



This chart lists the current USL-1 players that have made 10 or more appearances in Major League Soccer.

[Edit: Added Matt Jordan - Montreal Impact]
[Edit: MLS appearances now only Regular Season Totals]


PlayerCurrent USL Club Former MLS Club(s)
MLS Appearances
Chris Brown Portland Timbers KC, NE, RSL, SJ
197
Matt Jordan Montreal Impact DAL, CLB, COL
117
Petter Villegas Puerto Rico Islanders NY, DC
109
Tenywa Bonseu Rochester Rhinos CHI, CLB, DAL, NY
87
Stephen ArmstrongCharleston Battery DC, CLB, KC
71
Jack Stewart Charleston Battery CHI, RSL
39
Taylor Graham Seattle Sounders KC, NY
34
David Testo Montreal Impact CLB
33
Luchi Gonzalez Miami FC SJ, COL
30
Kevin Novak Rochester Rhinos RSL
29
David Stokes Carolina Railhawks DC
24
Eric Vasquez Miami FC CLB
23
Andrew GregorPortland Timbers CLB, KC
23
Jose Retiz California Victory LA, CLB
22
Josh Gardner Seattle Sounders LA
21
Fabrice NoëlPuerto Rico IslandersCOL
16
Adam Braz Montreal Impact TOR
13
Scott Buete Atlanta Silverbacks CHI
13
Alberto DelgadoPuerto Rico Islanders COL
13
Melvin Tarley Puerto Rico Islanders RSL, COL
12
Alfonso Loera Rochester Rhinos CHV
12
Nicolas Addlery Vancouver Whitecaps DC
11
Chris Aloisi Rochester Rhinos LA, SJ
10


Players with less than 10 MLS appearances currently in USL-1:
Luke Kreamalmeyer, Marco Reda, Rey Angel Martinez, Roberto Brown, Jay Nolly, Steve Guppy, Leighton O'Brien, Chris Bagley, Ray Burse, Srdjan Djekanovic, John Ball, Connally Edozien, Justin Moore, David Hayes, Tony McManus, Mike Munoz, Joey Worthen, Matt Jordan, Scot Thompson, Cameron Knowles, Jared Montz, Dusty Hudock


Real Salt Lake has more former players in USL-1 than any other MLS team. Former RSL players include: Chris Brown, Jack Stewart, Kevin Novak, Melvin Tarley, Luke Kreamalmeyer, Jay Nolly, Leighton O'Brien, Cameron Knowles, and Joey Worthen.

There's also a large number of former MLS draft picks that never signed with the team that drafted them, instead ending up in USL-1.



Official USL Website
Posted by Steve at 8:35 AM
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6 comments:

  1. DanielApril 2, 2008 at 4:05 PM

    Matt Jordan has 119 MLS appearances.

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  2. AnonymousApril 2, 2008 at 4:46 PM

    Thanks for the head up Daniel, not sure how I missed that one.

    I have Matt down for 117 appearances though, 114 for the Dallas Burn and 3 for the Columbus Crew.

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  3. DanielApril 3, 2008 at 10:54 PM

    Oops, I counted Odense in hiw Wiki profile...

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  4. scaryiceApril 16, 2008 at 3:46 AM

    You have Chris Brown with 208 appearances, which apparently includes 197 in the regular season and 11 in the playoffs.

    But you have Jordan and Villegas with 117 and 109 appearances, and that's just the regular season totals. Also, the next guy is Armstrong, whose totals include his 6 playoff appearances.

    So you definitely need to make up your mind on which number to use. I definitely would not trust Wikipedia's numbers that much. Otherwise good job.

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  5. AnonymousApril 16, 2008 at 8:21 AM

    Thanks scaryice!

    Honestly, just compiling the players took me forever and I originally planned to go back and double check the crap wiki statistics, but obviously forgot about it.

    I've now changed it to show only regular season appearances, as listed at the all-time mls player register.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 26, 2010 at 12:42 PM

    Cool website, I had not noticed www.thebesteleven.com earlier in my searches!
    Carry on the fantastic work!

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