MLS Players Born in the former Soviet Union

While watching Dema Kovalenko and Yura Movsisyan in the Real Salt Lake game last night, I wondered how many other Soviet Union-born players have played in Major League Soccer's history (with at least one senior league appearance). Here is the list.




Armenia
Harut Karapetyan - Los Angeles, San Jose, Tampa Bay - 1996-2000
*Vardan Adzemian - Los Angeles 2008-

Azerbaijan
Yura Movsisyan - Kansas City, Salt Lake - 2006-

Belarus
Sasha Gotsmanov – Colorado – 2005

Russia
Igor Simutenkov – Kansas City – 2002-04
Sergei Raad – Kansas City – 2006
Rod Dyachenko – DC United – 2006-

Ukraine
Dema Kovalenko – Chicago, DC United, New York, Salt Lake – 1999-
Sergi Daniv – Dallas, Chicago – 1999-2002
Ihor Dotsenko – Kansas City – 2000
Yuri Lavrinenko – Chicago – 2000
Aleksey Korol – Dallas, Chicago – 2000-02


* Signed with LA Galaxy but yet to make a league appearance


Map from Theodara