Tuesday, April 6, 2010

MLS All-Time Unique Internationals

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




The base source for this list (link)

3 comments:

  1. Great list! Iam sad to see Robinson go but he was a good player for TFC

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  2. How about Jair, played for new england and San jose from Cape Verde

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  3. Josh

    There was one other Cape Verde born player in MLS history. Paulo Dos Santos played with New England in 1996 and 1999.

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