Current MLS Players with European National Team Caps

TEAM
Player (Caps: Nation)

Chicago Fire
Răzvan Cociș (50: Romania)

LA Galaxy
Stefan Ishizaki (13: Sweden)
Robbie Keane (134: Ireland)

Montreal Impact
Marco Di Vaio (14: Italy)
Matteo Ferrari (11: Italy)

New England Revolution
Andy Dorman (3: Wales)

New York City FC (2015)
Frank Lampard (106: England)
David Villa (97: Spain)

New York Red Bulls
Thierry Henry (123: France)
Péguy Luyindula (6: France)

Portland Timbers
Pa Modou Kah (10: Norway)

San Jose Earthquakes
Yannick Djaló (1: Portugal)
Andreas Görlitz (2: Germany)

Toronto FC
Steven Caldwell (12: Scotland)
Jermain Defoe (55: England)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Andy O'Brien (26: Ireland)

$300,000+ MLS Players - 2014

Players making a guaranteed salary of $300,000 or more in the 2014 Major League Soccer season.

Chicago Fire
$417.5 - Mike Magee
$370.0 - Bakary Soumare

Chivas USA
$450.0 - Mauro Rosales
$333.3 - Carlos Bocanegra

Columbus Crew
$744.0 - Federico Higuain
$300.0 - Michael Parkhurst

Colorado Rapids
$325.0 - Edson Buddle

FC Dallas
$647.0 - Andres Escobar
$411.0 - Mauro Diaz
$359.3 - Blas Perez
$338.0 - David Texeira
$326.6 - George John

DC United
$613.3 - Eddie Johnson
$381.0 - Chris Pontius

Houston Dynamo
$392.0 - Brad Davis
$321.7 - Ricardo Clark

Sporting Kansas City
$398.3 - Graham Zusi
$337.2 - Benny Feilhaber

LA Galaxy
$4,583.3 - Landon Donovan
$4,500.0 - Robbie Keane
$1,250.0 - Omar Gonzalez
$325.0 - Juninho

Montreal Impact
$2,600.0 - Marco Di Vaio
$355.5 - Matteo Ferrari

New England Revolution
$479.4 - Jose Goncalves

New York Red Bulls
$4,350.0 - Thierry Henry
$3,625.0 - Tim Cahill
$373.3 - Richard Eckersley
$372.5 - Bradley Wright-Phillips

Philadelphia Union
$650.0 - Maurice Edu
$330.0 - Vincent Nogueira

Portland Timbers
$500.0 - Diego Valeri
$325.0 - Will Johnson

Real Salt Lake
$453.3 - Alvaro Saborio
$378.8 - Kyle Beckerman
$315.1 - Luis Gil
$300.0 - Javier Morales

Seattle Sounders
$6,695.2 - Clint Dempsey
$1,753.3 - Obafemi Martins
$400.0 - Osvaldo Alonso

San Jose Earthquakes
$650.0 - Chris Wondolowski
$342.0 - Clarence Goodson
$300.0 - Yannick Djalo

Toronto FC
$6,500.0 - Michael Bradley
$6,180.0 - Jermain Defoe
$1,205.0 - Gilberto
$364.2 - Steven Caldwell

Vancouver Whitecaps
$1,410.0 - Pedro Morales
$940.0 - Kenny Miller
$446.5 - Nigel Reo-Coker
$300.0 - Matias Laba

CCL: Days between MLS Team Qualification and Elimination

The amount of days between MLS teams qualifying for the 2013/2014 CONCACAF Champions League and their first game and elimination from the tournament.


Sporting Kansas City (US Open Cup Champions 2012)
Q: August 8, 2012
1: August 7, 2013
E: March 19, 2014

Q>1: 364 days
Q>E: 588 days


SJ Earthquakes (Supporters Shield 2012)
Q: October 28, 2012
1: August 7, 2013
E: March 19, 2014

Q>1: 283 days
Q>E: 507 days


LA Galaxy (MLS Cup Champion 2012)
Q: December 1,2012
1: August 20, 2013
E: March 18, 2014

Q>1: 262 days
Q>E: 472 days


Houston Dynamo (MLS Cup Runner-up 2012)
Q: December 1, 2012
1: August 20, 2013
E: October 24, 2013

Q>1: 262 days
Q>E: 327 days


Montreal Impact (Canadian Championship 2013)
Q: May 29, 2013
1: August 7, 2013
E: September 24, 2013

Q>1: 70 days
Q>E: 118 days



Q=Qualification Date
1=First CCL Game 2013/2014
E=Date of CCL Elimination

Q>1=Days between Qualification and 1st Game
Q>E=Days between Qualification and Elimination

MLS Players with 10+ International Appearances

Chicago Fire
29 - Lovel Palmer (Jamaica)
19 - Gonzalo Segares (Costa Rica)
13 - Bakary Soumare (Mali)
10 - Chris Rolfe (USA)

Chivas USA
110 - Carlos Bocanegra (USA)
43 - Tony Lochhead (New Zealand)
18 - Oswaldo Minda (Ecuador)
10 - Mauro Rosales (Argentina)

Colombus Crew
32 - Geoncarlo Gonzalez (Costa Rica)
24 - Michael Parkhurst (USA)
16 - Jairo Arrieta (Costa Rica)

Colorado Rapids
43 - Gabriel Torres (Panama)
39 - Marvin Chavez (Honduras)
30 - Vincente Sanchez (Uruguay)
11 - Edson Buddle (USA)

FC Dallas
83 - Blas Perez (Panama)
52 - Hendry Thomas (Honduras)
31 - JeVaughn Watson (Jamaica)
26 - Raul Fernandez (Peru)

DC United
62 - Eddie Johnson (USA)

Houston Dynamo
91 - Oscar Boniek Garcia (Honduras)
70 - Jermaine Taylor (Jamaica)
35 - Omar Cummings (Jamaica)
34 - Ricardo Clark (USA)
13 - Brad Davis (USA)

Los Angeles Galaxy
155 - Landon Donovan (USA)
129 - Robbie Keane (Ireland)
93 - Jaime Penedo (Panama)
30 - Rob Friend (Canada)
18 - Robbie Rogers (USA)
17 - Omar Gonzalez (USA)
13 - Stefan Ishizaki (Sweden)

Montreal Impact
48 - Patrice Bernier (Canada)
35 - Heath Pearce (USA)
14 - Marco Di Vaio (Italy)
11 - Matteo Ferrari (Italy)

New England Revolution
40 - Jerry Bengtson (Honduras)
17 - Charlie Davies (USA)
15 - O'Brian Woodbine (Jamaica)

New York Red Bulls
123 - Thierry Henry (France)
67 - Tim Cahill (Australia)
46 - Bobby Convey (USA)
45 - Roy Miller (Costa Rica)
26 - Ibrahim Sekagya (Uganda)

Philadelphia Union
57 - Keon Daniel (Trinidad and Tobago)
45 - Maurice Edu (USA)
20 - Conor Casey (USA)

Portland Timbers
99 - Donovan Ricketts (Jamaica)
33 - Will Johnson (Canada)
16 - Rodney Wallace (Costa Rica)
10 - Pa-Moudou Kah (Norway)

Real Salt Lake
92 - Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica)
34 - Kyle Beckerman (USA)
13 - Nick Rimando (USA)
11 - Robbie Findley (USA)

San Jose Earthquakes
74 - Victor Bernardez (Honduras)
49 - Walter Martinez (Honduras)
45 - Clarence Goodson (USA)
27 - Atiba Harris (St. Kitts & Nevis)
18 - Chris Wondolowski (USA)

Seattle Sounders FC
101 - Clint Dempsey (USA)
61 - Leonoardo Gonzalez (Costa Rica)
44 - Gonzalo Pineda (Mexico)
39 - Obafemi Martins (Nigeria)
38 - Marco Pappa (Guatemala)
17 - Brad Evans (USA)
16 - Osvaldo Alonso (Cuba)
11 - Chad Marshall (USA)
10 - Kenny Cooper (USA)
10 - Djimi Traoré (Mali)

Sporting Kansas City
41 - Benny Feilhaber (USA)
22 - Mechack Jerome (Haiti)
19 - Graham Zusi (USA)
18 - Peterson Joseph (Haiti)
13 - Matt Besler (USA)

Toronto FC
82 - Michael Bradley (USA)
77 - Júlio César (Brazil)
76 - Dwayne de Rosario (Canada)
55 - Jermain Defoe (England)
12 - Steven Caldwell (Scotland)
10 - Ashtone Morgan (Canada)
10 - Kyle Bekker (Canada)

Vancouver Whitecaps
69 - Kenny Miller (Scotland)
26 - Andy O'Brien (Ireland)
25 - Jay DeMerit (USA)
23 - Carlyle Mitchell (Trinidad and Tobago)
22 - Johnny Leveron (Honduras)
14 - Pedro Morales (Chile)

MLS Goalscoring Trios

Teams in MLS history with three players each with 10 goals or more:

2012 San Jose Earthquakes 
22 Chris Wondolowski, 13 Alan Gordon, 10 Steven Lenhart

2002 Colorado Rapids 
11 Chris Carrieri, 11 Mark Chung, 11 Chris Henderson

2000 NY/NJ Metrostars 
16 Adolfo Valencia, 13 Alex Comas, 13 Clint Mathis

1998 Colorado Rapids 
13 Wolde Harris, 11 Paul Bravo, 10 Ross Paule

1998 DC United 
18 Roy Lassiter, 16 Jaime Moreno, 10 Marco Etcheverry

1998 LA Galaxy 
19 Cobi Jones, 17 Welton, 13 Mauricio Cienfuegos

1997 San Jose Clash
12 Ronald Cerritos, 10 Jeff Baicher, 10 Lawrence Lozzano

1996 San Jose Clash
13 Paul Bravo, 10 Eduardo Espinoza, 10 Eric Wynalda



Source:  2014 MLS Record Book

MLS Players with Dual Nationality

Chicago Fire
Bakary Soumaré - Mali/France
Jalil Anibaba - USA/Nigeria
Jeff Larentowicz - USA/Poland
Dilly Duka - USA/Albania
Quincy Amarikwa - USA/Nigeria

Chivas USA
Jaime Frias - USA/Mexico
Carlos Bocanegra - USA/Mexico
Steve Purdy - El Salvador/USA
Carlos Borja - Mexico/USA
Ante Jazic - Canada/Croatia
Emilio Orozco - USA/Mexico
Daniel Antunez - Mexico/USA
Gabriel Farfan - USA/Mexico
Bryan de la Fuente - USA/Mexico
Jorge Villafana - USA/Mexico
Eric Avila - USA/Mexico
Carlos Alvarez - USA/Mexico
Julio Morales - Mexico/USA

Colorado Rapids
Steward Ceus - Haiti/USA
Shane O'Neill - USA/Ireland
Nick LaBrocca - USA/Italy
Edson Buddle - USA/Jamaica
Kamani Hill - USA/Trinidad and Tobago
Danny Mwanga - DR Congo/USA

Columbus Crew
Andy Gruenebaum - USA/Israel
Glauber - Brazil/Italy
Konrad Warzycha - USA/Poland
Agustin Viana - Uruguay/Italy
Matias Sanchez - Argentina/Italy
Kevan George - Trinidad and Tobago/USA
Justin Meram - USA/Iraq

FC Dallas
Ugo Ihemelu - USA/Nigeria
George John - USA/Greece
Micel - Brazil/Italy
Peter Luccin - France/Martinique
Ramón Núñez - Honduras/USA
Kenny Cooper - USA/England

DC United
Dejan Jakovic - Canada/Serbia
Dennis Iapichino - Switzerland/Italy
John Thorrington - USA/South Africa
Dwayne de Rosario - Canada/Guyana
Luis Silva - USA/Mexico
Nick DeLeon - USA/Trinidad and Tobago
Michael Seaton - Jamaica/USA
Conor Doyle - USA/Ireland

Houston Dynamo
Erich Marscheider - USA/Austria
Eric Brunner - USA/Germany
Kofi Sarkodie - USA/Ghana
Andy Driver - Scotland/England
Omar Cummings - Jamaica/USA

Los Angeles Galaxy
Jaime Penedo - Panama/Spain
Omar Gonzalez - USA/Mexico
AJ DeLaGarza - USA/Guam
Kofi Opare - USA/Canada
Pablo Mastroeni - USA/Argentina
Laurent Courtois - France/Reunion
Jack McBean - USA/Scotland

Montreal Impact
Hassoun Camara - France/Senegal
Matteo Ferrari - Italy/Algeria
Patrice Bernier - Canada/France
Hernan Bernardello - Argentina/Italy
Zakaria Messoudi - Canada/Morocco
Felipe - Brazil/Italy

New England Revolution
Jose Goncalves - Portugal/Switzerland
Andrew Farrell - USA/Peru
Ryan Guy - Guam/USA
Andy Dorman - Wales/England
Lee Nguyen - USA/Vietnam
Juan Agudelo - USA/Colombia
Saer Sene - France/Senegal
Dimitry Imbongo - France/DR Congo
Charlie Davies - USA/Gambia

New York Red Bulls
Kevin Hartman - USA/Germany
Ryan Meara - Ireland/USA
Santiago Castano - USA/Colombia
Luis Robles - USA/Puerto Rico
Jamison Olave - Colombia/USA
Matthew Miazga - USA/Poland
Tim Cahill - Australia/Samoa
Jonny Steele - Northern Ireland/USA
Michael Bustamante - Colombia/USA
Sam Lloyd - England/Ghana
Thierry Henry - France/Guadeloupe
Andre Akpan - USA/Ghana
Peguy Luyindula - France/DR Congo
Bradley Wright-Phillips - England/Grenada

Philadelphia Union
Oka Nikolov - Macedonia/Germany
Amobi Okugo - USA/Nigeria
Michael Lahoud - USA/Sierra Leone
Roger Torres - Colombia/USA
Yann Ekra - Cote d'Ivoire/France
Antoine Hoppenot - USA/France

Portland Timbers
Mikaël Silvestre - France/Guadeloupe
Diego Valeri - Argentina/Italy
Sal Zizzo - USA/Italy
Rodney Wallace - Costa Rica/USA
Frédéric Piquionne - Martinique/France

Real Salt Lake
Eduardo Fernandez - USA/Mexico
Josh Saunders - Puerto Rico/USA
Aaron Maund - USA/Trinidad and Tobago
Kyle Beckerman - USA/Germany
Javier Morales - Argentina/Italy
Sebastian Velasquez - USA/Colombia
Robbie Findley - USA/Trinidad and Tobago

San Jose Earthquakes
Jason Hernandez - USA/Puerto Rico
Nana Attakora - Canada/Ghana
Ramiro Corrales - USA/Mexico
Steven Beitashour - Iran/USA
Chris Wondolowski - USA/Poland

Seattle Sounders
Marcus Hahnemann - USA/Germany
Djimi Traore - Mali/France
Osvaldo Alonso - Cuba/USA
Steve Zakuani - DR Congo/England
Obafemi Martins - Nigeria/Italy
David Estrada - Mexico/USA

Sporting Kansas City
Fede Bessone - Argentina/Spain
Ike Opara - USA/Nigeria
Benny Feilhaber - USA/Austria/Brazil
Soony Saad - Lebanon/USA
Teal Bunbury - USA/Canada
Claudio Bieler - Argentina/Ecuador

Toronto FC
Chris Konopka - USA/Poland
Stefan Frei - Switzerland/USA
Quillan Roberts - Canada/Guyana
Doneil Henry - Canada/Jamica
Gale Agbossoumonde - USA/Togo
Ashtone Morgan - Canada/Jamaica
Manny Aparicio - Argentina/Canada
Jonathan Osorio - Canada/Colombia
Bright Dike - Nigeria/USA
Robert Earnshaw - Wales/Zambia

Vancouver Whitecaps
Simon Thomas - Canada/France
Andy O'Brien - Ireland/England
Sam Adekugbe - Canada/England
Nigel Reo-Coker - England/Sierra Leone
Jun Marques Davidson - Japan/USA
Matt Watson - England/USA
Gershon Koffie - Ghana/Canada
Russel Teibert - Canada/Italy
Kekuta Manneh - Gambia/USA
Omar Salgado - USA/Spain
Tommy Heinemann - USA/Germany

MLS: Top Goal Scorer Salaries

Salaries of MLS players that have scored 8+ goals in the 2013 season.

Goals - Player (2013 Guaranteed Compensation)

19 - Marco Di Vaio ($1,937,508)
18 - Mike Magee ($191,666)
16 - Camilo ($247,500)
13 - Robbie Keane ($4,333,333)
12 - Dominic Oduro ($122,015)
11 - Federico Higuain ($604,000)
11 - Diego Fagundez ($127,196)
11 - Blas Perez ($324,250)
10 - Conor Casey ($175,000)
10 - Claudio Bieler ($200,000)
10 - Alvaro Saborio ($453,333)
10 - Jack McInerney ($189,666)
9 - Thierry Henry ($4,350,000)
9 - Tim Cahill ($3,625,000)
9 - Chris Wondolowski ($600,000)
8 - Diego Valeri ($400,000)
8 - Javier Morales ($300,000)
8 - Landon Donovan ($2,500,000)
8 - Will Bruin ($165,000)
8 - Obafemi Martins ($1,725,000)
8 - Ryan Johnson ($144,704)
8 - Lamar Neagle ($48,400)
8 - Giles Barnes ($184,187)
8 - Darlington Nagbe ($266,000)
8 - Eddie Johnson ($156,333)
8 - Fabian Espindola ($150,000)
8 - Juan Agudelo ($175,000)
8 - Kenny Miller ($1,124,992)


$ per Goal Scored (Salary ÷ Goals Scored)

$6,050 - Lamar Neagle (8)
$10,168 - Dominic Oduro (12)
$10,648 - Mike Magee (18)
$15,469 - Camilo (16)
$17,500 - Conor Casey (10)
$18,088 - Ryan Johnson (8)
$18,967 - Jack McInerney (10)
$18,750 - Fabian Espindola (8)
$19,541 - Eddie Johnson (8)
$20,000 - Claudio Bieler (10)
$20,625 - Will Bruin (8)
$21,875 - Juan Agudelo (8)
$23,023 - Giles Barnes (8)
$29,477 - Blas Perez (11)
$33,250 - Darlington Nagbe (8)
$37,500 - Javier Morales (8)
$45,333 - Alvaro Saborio (10)
$50,000 - Diego Valeri (8)
$54,909 - Federico Higuain (11)
$66,667 - Chris Wondolowski (9)
$101,974 - Marco Di Vaio (19)
$140,624 - Kenny Miller (8)
$215,625 - Obafemi Martins (8)
$312,500 - Landon Donovan (8)
$333,333 - Robbie Keane (13)
$402,778 - Tim Cahill (9)
$483,333 - Thierry Henry (9)



Stats as of October 1, 2013

Map: CONCACAF Champions League Teams - 2013/2014

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MLS Unique Internationals 2013

Nations that are currently represented by a single player in Major League Soccer.

Australia - Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls)

Austria - Michael Gspurning (Seattle Sounders)

Bermuda - Reggie Lambe (Toronto FC)

Chile - Kevin Harbottle (Colorado Rapids)

Estonia - Joel Lindpere (Chicago Fire)

Grenada - Shalrie Joseph (Seattle Sounders)

Guam - Ryan Guy (New England Revolution)

Guatemala - Carlos Ruiz (DC United)

Indonesia - Syamsir Alam (DC United)

Kenya - Lawrence Olum (Sporting Kansas City)

Lebanon - Soony Saad (Sporting Kansas City)

Liberia - Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers)

Macedonia - Oka Nikolov (Philadelphia Union)

Martinique - Frédéric Piquionne (Portland Timbers)

Morocco - Mehdi Ballouchy (San Jose Earthquakes)

Northern Ireland - Jonny Steele (New York Red Bulls)

Norway - Pa-Modou Kah (Portland Timbers)

Panama - Blas Pérez (FC Dallas)

Portugal - José Goncalves (New England Revolution)

Serbia - Milos Kocic (Portland Timbers)

Sierra Leone - Kei Kamara (Sporting Kansas City)

South Korea - Young-Pyo Lee (Vancouver Whitecaps)

St. Kitts & Nevis - Atiba Harris (Colorado Rapids)

Sweden - Markus Holgersson (New York Red Bulls)

Uganda - Ibrahim Sekagya (New York Red Bulls)

Venezuela - Bernardo Añor (Columbus Crew)

MLS Cities Average Annual Precipitation

Annual Precipitation (Inches) - City
49.9   New York City, NY
49.8   Houston, Texas      
47.2   Vancouver, BC   (Turf)      
43.8   Boston, Massachusetts  (Turf)
43.5   Portland, Oregon (Turf)
41.5   Philadelphia, PA
39.7   Washington, DC      
39.3   Columbus, Ohio      
39.1   Kansas City, Missouri
38.5   Montreal, Quebec      
37.7   Seattle, Washington (Turf)
36.9   Chicago, Illinois
37.6   Dallas, Texas      
31.2   Toronto, Ontario      
16.1   Salt Lake City, Utah
15.8   San Jose, California
15.6   Denver, Colorado
12.8   Los Angeles, California

Wet Days - City
166  Vancouver, BC (Turf)        
164 Portland, Oregon (Turf)
163  Montreal, Quebec      
149 Seattle, Washington  (Turf)
146  Toronto, Ontario      
139 Columbus, Ohio      
126 Boston, Massachusetts (Turf)
124 Chicago, Illinois
122 New York, New York
118 Philadelphia, PA
114 Washington, DC      
104 Houston, Texas      
96 Salt Lake City, Utah
91 Kansas City, Missouri
87 Denver, Colorado
81 Dallas, Texas      
62 San Jose, California
36 Los Angeles, California

Sources:

Current Results Research News and Science Facts

Statistics Canada

$200,000+ MLS Players - 2013

MLS Players with Guaranteed Compensation of $200,000 or more for the 2013 season according to the Salaries released by the MLS Players Union on May 1, 2013.

Chicago Fire
$527,125 - Sherjill MacDonald
$367,500 - Arne Friedrich
$366,666 - Alvaro Fernandez (loan Al Rayyan Qatar)
$273,000 - Dilly Duka
$249,500 - Patrick Nyarko
$248,333 - Chris Rolfe
$231,000 - Jeff Larentowicz
$205,000 - Joel Lindpere

Chivas USA
NONE

Columbus Crew
$604,000 - Federico Higuain
$361,250 - Chad Marshall
$263,333 - Glauber
$230,000 - Matias Sanchez
$225,375 - Jairo Arrieta

Colorado Rapids
$285,000 - Marvell Wynne
$275,000 - Edson Buddle
$247,000 - Drew Moor
$212,933 - Matt Pickens
$200,000 - Hendry Thomas
$200,000 - Pablo Mastroeni

FC Dallas
$730,000 - David Ferreira
$342,500 - Kenny Cooper
$324,250 - Blas Perez
$301,666 - George John
$262,276 - Eric Hassli
$237,500 - Raul Fernandez
$200,000 - Ugo Ihemelu

DC United
$645,333 - Dwayne DeRosario
$361,000 - Chris Pontius
$303,341 - Dejan Jakovic
$284,625 - Rafael Teixera
$273,250 - Brandon McDonald
$205,000 - Lionard Pajoy

Houston Dynamo
$372,062 - Brad Davis
$307,750 - Ricardo Clark
$239,000 - Omar Cummings
$220,000 - Bobby Boswell

Sporting Kansas City
$312,187 - Benny Feilhaber
$302,500 - Kei Kamara
$270,500 - Paulo Nagamura
$256,250 - Aurelien Collin
$220,000 - Jimmy Nielsen
$215,000 - Bobby Convey
$208,000 - Teal Bunbury
$200,000 - Claudio Bieler

Los Angeles Galaxy
$4,333,333 - Robbie Keane
$2,500,000 - Landon Donovan
$290,000 - Juninho
$282,000 - Omar Gonzalez
$248,333 - Sean Franklin

Montreal Impact
$1,937,508 - Marco Di Vaio
$305,000 - Alessandro Nesta
$295,475 - Matteo Ferrari
$290,000 - Davy Arnaud
$236,833 - Troy Perkins
$222,000 - Andrew Wenger

New England Revolution
$445,000 - Kalifa Cisse
$295,000 - Juan Toja
$211,537 - Saer Sene

New York Red Bulls
$4,350,000 - Thierry Henry
$3,625,000 - Tim Cahill
$340,736 - Heath Pearce
$325,000 - Jamison Olave
$222,500 - Dax McCarty
$200,000 - Digao
$200,000 - Juninho

Philadelphia Union
$495,000 - Kleberson
$350,000 - Bakary Soumare
$321,000 - Carlos Valdes (loan Santa Fe Colombia)
$216,500 - Jeff Parke
$212,812 - Sebastian Le Toux

Portland Timbers
$400,000 - Diego Valeri
$300,000 - Donovan Rickets
$266,000 - Darlington Nagbe
$243,754 - Diego Chara
$243,750 - Will Johnson

Real Salt Lake
$453,333 - Alvaro Saborio
$311,250 - Kyle Beckerman
$300,000 - Javier Morales
$213,833 - Luis Gil
$211,972 - Nat Borchers
$210,833 - Nick Rimando
$205,500 - Robbie Findley

Seattle Sounders
$1,725,000 - Obafemi Martins
$856,000 - Fredy Montero (loan Millonarios Colombia)
$599,333 - Shalrie Joseph
$285,000 - Michael Gspurning
$233,000 - Steve Zakuani
$225,000 - Mauro Rosales
$210,000 - Osvaldo Alonso

San Jose Earthquakes
$600,000 - Chris Wondolowski
$217,500 - Steven Lenhart
$208,333 - Jason Hernandez

Toronto FC
$1,663,323 - Danny Koevermans
$456,250 - Darren O'Dea
$310,000 - Richard Eckersley
$200,000 - Stefan Frei
$200,000 - Matias Laba

Vancouver Whitecaps
$1,132,492 - Kenny Miller
$375,000 - Jay DeMerit
$247,500 - Camilo Sanvezzo
$242,250 - Andy O'Brien
$238,833 - Daigo Kobayashi
$237,362 - Nigel Reo-Coker
$231,100 - Young-Pyo Lee
$212,000 - Darren Mattocks

MLS TV Markets 2012-2013

2012-2013 MLS TV Market sizes based on a report by the Television Bureau of Canada using the January 2013 Nielsen Rankings and the Fall 2012 BBM Rankings.


MLS TV Markets

Rank	Market	Pop. (000)
1	New York	19,790
2	Los Angeles	16,897
3	Chicago	9,339
4	Philadelphia	7,432
5	Toronto-Hamilton	7,362
6	Dallas-Ft. Worth	6,910
7	San Francisco-Oak-San Jose	6,705
8	Boston	6,272
9	Houston	6,137
11	Washington DC	5,851
13	Montreal (French and English)	4,714
15	Seattle-Tacoma	4,584
19	Denver	3,900
21	Vancouver	3,526
24	Montreal (French)	3,273
27	Portland, OR	3,003
32	Salt Lake City	2,495
35	Kansas City	2,282
36	Columbus, OH	2,270
60	Montreal (English)	1,441

Biggest Non-MLS TV Markets in USA/Canada

Rank	Market	Pop. (000)
10	Atlanta	5,910
12	Detroit	4,910
14	Minneapolis-St. Paul	4,614
16	Tampa-St. Petersburg	4,462
17	Phoenix	4,439
18	Cleveland-Akron	4,054
20	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	3,745
22	Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne	3,502
23	Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto	3,400
24	Charlotte	3,398
25	Pittsburgh	3,136
26	St. Louis	3.034
28	Raleigh-Durham	2,830
29	San Diego	2,677
30	Baltimore	2,669

MLS: American-born Goal Scorer Birthplace Map

The birthplaces of the American-born players that have scored in the first 8 weeks of the 2013 MLS season


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Chris Wondolwoski - Danville, California
Adam Jahn - El Macero, California
Andrew Jacobson - Palo Alto, California
Daniel Paladini - Northridge, California
Eric Avila - San Diego, California
Amobi Okugo - Hayward, California
Landon Donovan - Ontario, California
Jack McBean - Newport Beach, California
Jeff Larentowicz - Pasadena, California
Luis Gil - Garden Grove, California
Jose Villareal - Inglewood, California
Carlos Alvarez - Los Angeles, California

Josh Williams - Akron, Ohio
Ben Speas - Stow, Ohio
Chris Rolfe - Kettering, Ohio
Justin Morrow - Cleveland, Ohio

Graham Zusi - Longwood, Florida
Dax McCarty - Winter Park, Florida
Eddie Johnson - Bunnell, Florida
Jeremy Hall - Tampa, Florida

Brad Davis - Saint Charles, Missouri
Will Bruin - St. Louis, Missouri

Eric Alexander - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Corey Hertzog - Reading, Pennsylvania

Brad Evans - Phoenix, Arizona
Robbie Findley - Phoenix, Arizona

Dillon Powers - Plano, Texas
Davy Arnaud - Nederland, Texas

George John - Shoreline, Washington

Ricardo Clark - Atlanta, Georgia

Justin Braun - Salt Lake City, Utah

Kenny Cooper - Baltimore, Maryland

Perry Kitchen - Indianapolis, Indiana

Conor Casey - Dover, New Hampshire

Jack McInerney - Chattanooga, Tennessee

Mike Magee - Chicago, Illinois

MLS Week 8 - Total Goals by Nationality

The total number of goals scored by different nationalities in the first 8 weeks of the MLS season.


Region
85 - CONCACAF
24 - Europe
29 - South America
7 - Africa
1 - Asia

Nation
60 - USA
11 - Argentina
9 - Brazil
8 - Colombia
6 - France
6 - Jamaica
5 - Canada
5 - Costa Rica
5 - Ghana
5 - Wales
4 - England
3 - Italy
3 - Mexico
3 - Panama
3 - Scotland
2 - Honduras
1 - Ecuador
1 - Japan
1 - Liberia
1 - Nigeria
1 - Northern Ireland
1 - Republic of Ireland
1 - Spain
1 - St. Kitts and Nevis




Updated: I previously posted the statistics with a week of goals missing.  These are the corrected statistics.

MLS Week 6 - Total Goals by Nationality

The total number of goals scored by different nationalities in the first 6 weeks of the MLS season.

Region
58 - CONCACAF
21 - South America
19 - Europe
5 - Africa
1 - Asia

Nation
38 - USA
8 - Argentina
6 - Brazil
6 - Colombia
5 - Canada
5 - Costa Rica
5 - Jamaica
5 - Wales
4 - France
4 - Ghana
3 - Italy
3 - Scotland
2 - Honduras
2 - Panama
1 - Ecuador
1 - Japan
1 - Liberia
1 - Mexico
1 - Republic of Ireland
1 - Spain

MLS Week 5 - Total Goals by Nationality

The total number of goals scored by different nationalities in the first 5 weeks of the MLS season.

Region
52 - CONCACAF
18 - South America
14 - Europe
4 - Africa
1 - Asia

Nation
33 - USA
8 - Argentina
5 - Brazil
5 - Costa Rica
4 - Canada
4 - Colombia
4 - Jamaica
4 - Wales
3 - France
3 - Ghana
3 - Scotland
2 - Honduras
2 - Panama
1 - Ecuador
1 - Japan
1 - Liberia
1 - Mexico
1 - Republic of Ireland
1 - Spain

MLS Week 4 - Total Goals by Nationality

The total number of goals scored by different nationalities in the first 4 weeks of the MLS season.

Region
42 - CONCACAF
14 - South America
13 - Europe
3 - Africa
1 - Asia

Nation
27 - USA
7 - Argentina
5 - Costa Rica
4 - Canada
4 - Wales
3 - Brazil
3 - Colombia
3 - France
3 - Scotland
2 - Ghana
2 - Honduras
2 - Jamaica
1 - Ecuador
1 - Japan
1 - Liberia
1 - Mexico
1 - Panama
1 - Republic of Ireland
1 - Spain

MLS Player Name Pronunciation Guide 2013

Chicago Fire
Alec Kann - kahn
Jalil Anibaba - Jah-LEEL Ah-Nee-Bah-Bah
Sherjill MacDonald - sir-ZHEEL
Dilly Duka - DOO-kah
Gonzalo Segares - seh-GAH-res
Patrick Nyarko - NEE-yah-koh
Jeff Larentowicz - low-REN-toe-witz
Michael Videira - VEE-dare-AH
Arne Friedrich - ARR-nuh FREE-drick
Quincy Amarikwa - ah-MARE-ik-wah
Joel Lindpere - jol lind-pair
Paolo Tornaghi - TOR-nah-GEE

Chivas USA
Carlos Borja - Bohr-ha
Edgar Mejia - Meh-he-ah
Miller Bolaños - Boh-lah-nios
Juan Agudelo - Ah-gu-deh-loh
Eric Avila - Ah-vih-lah
Laurent Courtois - Core-tuah
Jorge Villafaña - Vi-yah-fah-niah
Timothy Melia - Meh-lee-ah
Marvin Iraheta - E-rah-eh-tah

Colorado Rapids
Nick LaBrocca - la-BROCK-ah
Drew Moor - MORE
Martin Rivero - mar-TEEN ree-VARE-oh
Hendry Thomas - HEN-dree toe-MAHS
Kamani Hill - kah-MAH-nee
Tony Cascio - CASS-ee-oh
Atiba Harris - at-TEE-bah
Dillon Serna - SARE-nah
Andre Akpan - AHK-pahn
Steward Ceus - SAY-oos
Pablo Mastroeni - mahs-troh-EHN-ee
Danny Mwanga - muh-WAHN-gah

Columbus Crew
Gláuber - gl-OW-burr
Tony Tchani - CHA-knee
Bernardo Anor - Ah-noor
Justin Meram - MEER-ahm
Dominic Oduro - OH-dur-OH
Aaron Schoenfeld - SHOW-en-feld
Konrad Warzycha - VAR-zee-HA
Kevan George - KEY-vonn
Jairo Arrieta - HI-row arr-EE-eta
Andy Gruenebaum - GREW-nah-BAHM
Federico Higuain - FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN

DC United
Nick DeLeon - de-le-ON
Dwayne De Rosario - DAY-row-SAR-ee-oh
Bill Hamid - Ah-meed
Dejan Jakovic - DAY-on YA-ko-vich
Lionard Pajoy - pa-hoy
Chris Pontius - PON-tee-us

FC Dallas
Ugo Ihemelu - OO-go ee-HEM-meh-loo
Jair Benitez - Ji-EER
David Ferreira - dah-VEED feh-RARE-ah

Houston Dynamo
Eric Brunner - BREW-ner
Warren Creavalle - cruh-VAL
Mike Chabala - Cha-ball-ah
Kofi Sarkodie - KO-fee sar-KO-dee
Adam Moffat - Moff-it
Tyler Deric - DARE-ick
Boniek Garcia - Bone-ee-ECK
Bobby Boswell - BOZ-well

Los Angeles Galaxy
Carlo Cudicini - COO-duh-CHEE-knee
Todd Dunivant - DUNN-uh-vint
Marcelo Sarvas - sahr-VIS
Bryan Gaul - gall
Kofi Opare - CO-fee oh-PAR-ee
Gyasi Zardes - JAS-see ZAR-des

Montreal Impact
Zarek Valentin - Val-en-teen
Patrice Bernier - Bern-yay
Marco Di Vaio - Di Va-yo
Sanna Nyassi - Sawn-na Nye-as-see
Dennis Iapichino - Ya-pikino
Davy Arnaud - Ar-no
Andrea Pisanu - Pi-zanu
Sinisa Ubiparipovic - Sini-sha Ubi-Pari-Povik
Karl Ouimette - Wee-mette
Maxime Crepeau - Cray-po
Wandrille Lefevre - Vandril Le-fay-vre
Karl Ouimette - Wee-mette
Maxim Tissot - Ti-so

New England Revolution
Matt Reis - REESE
Andrew Farrell - FAIR-ell
Kalifa Cisse - kah-LEE-fah SEE-say
AJ Soares - SORES
Juan Toja - TOE-ha
Chris Tierney - TEER-nee
Kelyn Rown - KELL-len ROW
Bilal Duckett - bill-LAHL
Sainey Nyassi - SAIN-nee ny-AH-see
Jose Goncalves - joe-SAY gon-SAHL-ves
Lee Nguyen - WIN
Darrius Barnes - DARE-ee-us
Gabe Latigue - lah-TEEG
Jerry Bengtson - BEHN-son
Luis Soffner - LOO-ee SOFF-ner
Saer Sene - sah-AIR SEN
Dimitry Imbongo - dim-EE-tree im-BONG-go

New York Red Bulls
Jamison Olave - HA-mee-son oh-LAH-vay
Fabian Espindola - fah-bee-AHN es-SPEEN-doh-lah
Marius Obekop - mare-EE-us oh-BEH-cop
Thierry Henry - TYAIR-ee ahn-REE
Ryan Meara - MARE-uh
Ruben Bover - roo-BEN boh-VEHR
Michael Bustamante - BOOST-tah-mahn-tay
Kosuke Kimura - KOHS-kay kee-MOO-rah
Josue Martinez - HO-sway
Luis Robles - ROH-blez
Peguy Luyindula - PEG-gee loo-yin-DOO-lah
Rafhinha - raff-FEEN-yah

Philadelphia Union
Chris Konopka - Con-op-ka
Bakary Soumare - Ba-car-ee Sue-mar-ee
Jack McInerney - Mac-IN-ern-ee
Sebastien Le Toux - Le TWO
Michael Lahoud - la-WHO'd
Amobi Okugo - A-Moby oh-KOO-go
Jimmy McLaughlin - muk-LAHK-lun
Sheanon Williams - SHANE-en
Keon Daniel - Kee-ON
Raymon Gaddis - Ray-moan Gad-dis
Antoine Hoppenot - An-Twon Hope-e-no

Portland Timbers
Darlington Nagbe - NAG-be
Sal Zizzo - ZEE-zoh
Diego Valeri - VA-lehr-ee
Frederic Piquionne - pick-EE-own
Kalif Alhassan - KUH-leaf AL-hass-on
Ryan Kawulok - ka-WALL-uk
Bright Dike - DEE-kay
Mikael Silvestre - mi-KELL sil-ves-TRAY
Milos Kocic - MEE-losh ko-SICH
Hanyer Mosquera - HAHN-yehr moss-KEH-rah
Andrew Jean-Baptiste - zhahn-bap-TEEST
Futty Danso - Foot-y DAN-sue

Real Salt Lake
Tony Beltran - BELL-trann
Kwame Watson-Siriboe - SEAR-uh-bow
Lovel Palmer - luh-VELL
Joao Plata - ZHOW
Yordany Alvarez - jor-DONN-ee
Alvaro Saborio - Al-vuh-ro sabb-oh-REE-oh
Luis Gil - GILL
Chris Schuler - SHOO-ler
Abdoulie Mansally - ab-do-LYE

San Jose Earthquakes
David Bingham - BING-um
Shea Salinas - SHAY
Chris Wondolowski - wan-dough-LOWW-skee
Mehdi Ballouchy - meh-DEE BUH-loo-SHEE
Adam Jahn - john
Steven Lenhart - LEN-heart
Nana Attakora - NANNA AT-uh-CORE-uh
Rafael Baca - BOCK-uh
Steven Beitashour - BAY-tah-sure
Marvin Chavez - CHAW-vez

Seattle Sounders
Osvaldo Alonso - ahs-VAHL-doe
Servando Carrasco - sir-VAWN-dough cuh-ROSS-coh
Ashani Fairclough - As-shah-nee FAIR-claw
Michael Gspurning - guh-SHPOORN-ing
Patrick Ianni - ee-AWN-ee
Obafemi Martins - Oh-bah-fem-ee
Lamar Neagle - NAY-gull
Mauro Rosales - MOW-ro roh-SAH-les
Djimi Traore - Jimmy try-OR-ay
Steve Zakuani - zak-uh-WAH-nee
Eriq Zavaleta - Zah-va-let-uh

Sporting Kansas City
Matt Besler - BEEZ-ler
Graham Zusi - ZOO-see
Teal Bunbury - BUN-buh-ree
Benny Feilhaber - FAIL-hob-ber
Bobby Convey - CON-vee
Lawrence Olum - OH-lumm
Seth Sinovic - sin-OH-vick
Claudio Bieler - bee-AY-lurr
Eric Kronberg - Krawn-berg
Oriol Rosell - ew-REE-all rohz-EL
Soony Saad - soo-NEE sod
Mechack Jerome - MEH-shack
Aurelien Collin - au-REEL-ee-en

Toronto FC
Danny Califf - Kay-liff
Gale Agbossoumonde - Gal-eh Ag-boos-o-mon-deh
John Bostock - Boss-tock
Danny Koevermans - Koo-ver-mans
Stefan Frei - Stef-in Fry
Hogan Ephraim - E-frame
Andrew Wiedeman - Wee-da-men
Darren O'Dea - O'Dee

Vancouver Whitecaps
Brad Rusin - RUSS-in
Alain Rochat - ah-lahn roe-SHA
Camilo Sanvezzo - kah-MEE-lo san-VAY-zoe
Darren Mattocks - MAT-uks
Young-Pyo Lee - yung-pee-o
Daigo Kobayashi - die-go
Johnny Leveron - lev-uh-ronn
Kekuta Manneh - keh-KOO-tuh mah-nay
Jun Marques Davidson - JOON MAR-kiss
Gershon Koffie - GURR-shin co-fee
Russel Teibert - TIE-bert

MLS Week 4 - Goal Scorer Nationalities

CONCACAF

Canada
2 - Will Johnson (POR)
1 - Jonathan Osorio (TOR)

Honduras
1 - Hendry Thomas (COL)

Panama
1 - Blas Pérez (DAL)

USA
1 - Mike Magee (LA)
1 - Jose Villarreal (LA)
1 - Dax McCarty (NY)
1 - Conor Casey (PHI)
1 - Dillon Powers (COL)
1 - Graham Zusi (SKC)
1 - Will Bruin (HOU)
1 - Robbie Findley (RSL)
1 - Luis Gil (RSL)
1 - Brad Evans (SEA)
1 - Eric Avila (CHV)

EUROPE

England
1 - Giles Barnes (HOU)

France
1 - Thierry Henry (NY)

Scotland
1 - Kenny Miller (VAN)

Wales
1 - Robert Earnshaw (TOR)


SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina
1 - Claudio Bieler (SKC)

MLS Week 3 - Goal Scorer Nationalities

CONCACAF

Canada
1 - Patrice Bernier (MTL)

Costa Rica
1 - Alvaro Saborio (RSL)
1 - Rodney Wallace (POR)

Jamaica
1 - Deshorn Brown (COL)

USA
1 - Jack McInerney (PHI)
1 - Justin Morrow (SJ)
1 - Eddie Johnson (SEA)


EUROPE

Italy
1 - Marco Di Vaio (MTL)

Wales
1 - Robert Earnshaw (TOR)

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil
1 - Gláuber (CLB)