A list of International players in Major League Soccer who are the only one from their nation to have played in the league. A few new nations will join the club in the 2010 season including; Australia (Allsopp), Estonia (Lindpere), India (Chhetri), and Moldova (Kostrov). These new foreign players have not all made a league appearance yet, but the rest of the players on the list have made at least one MLS league appearance.
Australia
Danny Allsopp (DC) 2010-Current
Belarus
Sasha Gotsmanov (COL) 2005
Belgium
Nansha Kalonji (NY) 1999
Bermuda
Khano Smith (NE, NY) 2005-09, 2010-Current
Botswana
Dipsy Selolwane (CHI, RSL) 2002-05
Burundi
David Habarugira (DC) 2009-10
Estonia
Joel Lindpere (NY) 2010-Current
Ethiopia
Dahir Mohammed (NY) 2000
Georgia
Giorgi Chirgadze (NY) 2009-Current
Guyana
Gregory Richardson (COL) 2009
Grenada
Shalrie Joseph (NE) 2003-Current
India
Sunil Chhetri (KC) 2010-Current
Japan
Kosuke Kimura (COL) 2007-Current
Korea Republic
Hong Myung-Bo (LA) 2003-04
Lithuania
Edgaras Jankauskas (NE) 2009-Current
Moldova
Igor Kostrov (KC) 2010-Current
Morocco
Mehdi Ballouchy (RSL, COL) 2006-Current
Palestine
Shaker Asad (NE, MIA) 2000-02
Romania
Alex Zotinca (KC, CHV) 2003-08
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Atiba Harris (RSL, CHV, DAL) 2006-Current
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Ezra Hendrickson (NY, LA, DAL, DC, CHV, CLB) 1997-2008
Togo
Abbe Ibrahim (NY, TOR) 2005, 2007
Turks and Caicos
Gavin Glinton (LA, DAL, SJ) 2002-03, 2006-08
Wales
Carl Robinson (TOR, NY) 2007-Current
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Great list! Iam sad to see Robinson go but he was a good player for TFC
ReplyDelete6 Yard Box
How about Jair, played for new england and San jose from Cape Verde
ReplyDeleteJosh
ReplyDeleteThere was one other Cape Verde born player in MLS history. Paulo Dos Santos played with New England in 1996 and 1999.