Major League Soccer Nationality Breakdown

This is a breakdown of the number of MLS players from different regions and nations of the world using the place of birth listed at MLSnet.com. (Compiled on September 18, 2009)


UNITED STATES (236)

236 - USA


REST OF NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND CARIBBEAN (45)


10 - Canada
8 - Jamaica
7 - Costa Rica
5 - Mexico
4 - Honduras
3 - Trinidad and Tobago
2 - Cuba
2 - Haiti
1 - El Salvador
1 - Grenada
1 - Guatemala
1 - St. Kitts


SOUTH AMERICA (36)

14 - Argentina
10 - Brazil
8 - Colombia
3 - Venezuela
1 - Bolivia


EUROPE (34)

5 - England
4 - Scotland
3 - Bosnia & Herzegovina
2 - France
2 - Netherlands
2 - Serbia
2 - Ukraine
1 - Armenia
1 - Austria
1 - Belgium
1 - Bulgaria
1 - Croatia
1 - Georgia
1 - Germany
1 - Hungary
1 - Lithuania
1 - Portugal
1 - Spain
1 - Sweden
1 - Switzerland
1 - Wales

AFRICA (31)

5 - Gambia
5 - South Africa
4 - Ghana
3 - Cameroon
3 - Nigeria
2 - Senegal
2 - Sierra Leone
2 - Zimbabwe
1 - DR Congo
1 - Ethiopia
1 - Liberia
1 - Morocco
1 - Republic of Congo

OCEANIA (3)

3 - New Zealand

ASIA (1)

1 - Japan


386 TOTAL MLS PLAYERS


Percentage by Region:
61% - USA
12% - Rest of North, Central America, and Caribbean
9% - South America
9% - Europe
8% - Africa
<1% - Oceania
<1% - Asia


Players listed from USSR and Yugoslavia were broken into what their birthplaces would be today. For example, Serbia, Bosnia, Georgia, Armenia, Lithuania, etc..