Foreign MLS Cup Winning Players

Here is a list of Foreign (non-US and Canadian) MLS Cup Winning Players since 1996. To make the list, the player must have made an appearance in the cup final game.

1996
DC United
Mario Gori (Argentina)
Marco Etcheverry (Bolivia)
Jaime Moreno (Bolivia)
Raul Diaz Arce (El Salvador)

1997
DC United
Marco Etcheverry (Bolivia)
Jaime Moreno (Bolivia)
Raul Diaz Arce (El Salvador)

1998
Chicago Fire
Lubos Kubik (Czechoslovakia)
Francis Okaroh (Nigeria)
Jerzy Podbrozny (Poland)
Peter Nowak (Poland)
Roman Kosecki (Poland)
Frank Klopas (Greece)

1999
DC United
Diego Sonora (Argentina)
Marco Etcheverry (Bolivia)
Jaime Moreno (Bolivia)

2000
Kansas City Wizards
Preki (Yugoslavia/Serbia)
Uche Okafor (Nigeria)
Mo Johnston (Scotland)
Miklos Molnar (Denmark)

2001
San Jose Earthquakes
Ronnie Ekelund (Denmark)
Ronald Cerritos (El Salvador)

2002
Los Angeles Galaxy
Tyrone Marshall (Jamaica)
Ezra Hendrickson (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
Mauricio Cienfuegos (El Salvador)
Simon Elliot (New Zealand)
Alejandro Moreno (Venezuela)
Carlos Ruiz (Guatemala)

2003
San Jose Earthquakes
Ronnie Ekelund (Denmark)

2004
DC United
Ryan Nelsen (New Zealand)
Christian Gomez (Argentina)
Dema Kovalenko (Ukraine)

2005
Los Angeles Galaxy
Naldo (Brazil)
Paulo Nagamura (Brazil)
Guillermo "Pando" Ramirez (Guatemala)

2006
Houston Dynamo
Paul Dalglish (Scotland)
Alejandro Moreno (Venezuela)

2007
Houston Dynamo
Joseph Ngwenya (Zimbabwe)

2008
Columbus Crew
Gino Padula (Argentina)
Emmanuel Ekpo (Nigeria)
Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Argentina)


MLS Cup Winners by Nation:
5 - Argentina
3 - El Salvador
3 - Nigeria
3 - Poland
2 - Brazil
2 - Bolivia
2 - Denmark
2 - Guatemala
2 - New Zealand
2 - Scotland
1 - Czechoslovakia
1 - Greece
1 - Jamaica
1 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1 - Ukraine
1 - Venezuela
1 - Yugoslavia
1 - Zimbabwe



Players who have appeared for the US national team such as Ugo Ihemelu, Diego Gutierrez, Stuart Holden, Carlos Llamosa were left off the list even though they are technically 'foreign' players.