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MLS: Top 5 Dutch players in MLS history

By Matt Coles

SEATTLE, WA - NOVEMBER 10: Kelvin Leerdam #18 of Seattle Sounders FC celebrates the first goal during the match between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders as part of the MLS Cup 2019 at CenturyLink Field on November 10, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Omar Vega/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA - NOVEMBER 10: Kelvin Leerdam #18 of Seattle Sounders FC celebrates the first goal during the match between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders as part of the MLS Cup 2019 at CenturyLink Field on November 10, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Omar Vega/Getty Images) /
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SEATTLE, WA – NOVEMBER 10: Kelvin Leerdam #18 of Seattle Sounders FC celebrates the first goal during the match between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders as part of the MLS Cup 2019 at CenturyLink Field on November 10, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Omar Vega/Getty Images) /

There have been some amazing foreign imports in the 25-year history of MLS, but who ranks in the top five Dutch players of all time.

In total, 26 Dutch footballers have featured in Major League Soccer, dating back to 1996, when Raimo de Vries played for Colorado Rapids.

Since then, Dutchman have sporadically featured across the league.

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But who makes it into the top five to ever play in MLS?

KERKRADE, NETHERLANDS – JANUARY 12: (L-R) Roland Alberg of Roda JC celebrates 1-2 during the Dutch Keuken Kampioen Divisie match between Roda JC v MVV Maastricht at the Parkstad Limburg Stadium on January 12, 2020 in Kerkrade Netherlands (Photo by Etienne Zegers/Soccrates/Getty Images)
KERKRADE, NETHERLANDS – JANUARY 12: (L-R) Roland Alberg of Roda JC celebrates 1-2 during the Dutch Keuken Kampioen Divisie match between Roda JC v MVV Maastricht at the Parkstad Limburg Stadium on January 12, 2020 in Kerkrade Netherlands (Photo by Etienne Zegers/Soccrates/Getty Images) /

5. Roland Alberg

The first person to make our list of the best five Dutchman to have ever played in Major League Soccer is former Philadelphia Union midfielder Roland Alberg.

Alberg joined Philadelphia Union ahead of the 2016 campaign, and played for the club for two campaigns, helping them into the post-season in his first year with the side. Overall, the Dutchman scored 16 goals and assisted four others in 52 regular-season matches for the club, as well as featuring in a playoff game in 2016.

He left MLS following the end fo the 2017 season, and has since gone on to play for CSKA Sofia and Panionios before joining Roda JC back in his native Netherlands, where he has scored five times in just 13 league games before the suspension of football worldwide.

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