Monday, May 24, 2010

African Players in MLS (2010)

A list of African born players in Major League Soccer (2010)

CHICAGO FIRE
Patrick Nyarko (Ghana)
John Thorrington* (South Africa)

CHIVAS USA
NONE

COLOMBUS CREW
Emmanuel Ekpo (Nigeria)

COLORADO RAPIDS
Mehdi Ballouchy (Morocco)

DC UNITED
Thabiso Khumalo (South Africa)

FC DALLAS
Ugo Ihemelu* (Nigeria)

HOUSTON DYNAMO
Dominic Oduro (Ghana)
Samuel Appiah (Ghana)
Joseph Ngwenya (Zimbabwe)

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS
Kei Kamara (Sierra Leone)
Birahim Diop (Senegal)

LOS ANGELES GALAXY
NONE

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Emmanuel Osei (Ghana)
Joseph Niouky (Senegal)
Kenny Mansally (The Gambia)
Sainey Nyassi (The Gambia)
Kheli Dube (Zimbabwe)

NEW YORK RED BULLS
Tony Tchani (Cameroon)
Salou Ibrahim (Ghana)
Macoumba Kandji (Senegal)
Bouna Coundoul (Senegal)
Danleigh Borman (South Africa)

PHILADELPHIA UNION
Danny Mwanga (DR Congo)

REAL SALT LAKE
Alex Nimo (Liberia) Currently on loan with the Portland Timbers

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Omar Jasseh (The Gambia)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Steve Zakuani (DR Congo)
Sanna Nyassi (The Gambia)

TORONTO FC
Nane Joseph (Cameroon)
Fuad Ibrahim* (Ethiopia)
Gabe Gala* (Nigeria)
Amadou Sanyang (The Gambia)
Emmanuel Gomez (The Gambia)



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


Notes:
*John Thorrington (Chicago Fire) was born in South Africa but has played with the USA National Team

*Ugo Ihemelu (FC Dallas) was born in Nigeria but has played with the USA National Team

*Fuad Ibrahim (Toronto FC) was born in Ethiopia but has played for the USA at U17 and U20 levels

*Gabe Gala (Toronto FC) was born in Nigeria but has played for the Canada U20 team.

1 comment:

  1. Hi,
    I do like this list of players and will actually use it and highlight each player on my site...I will make sure to add a link to your site on mine as it is being built. The name of the site is africanballerz.com. You can check it out, but it is currently just a blog until my developer finishes building it. Have a great day and thank you for the information.
    Hadiatu Dumbuya

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