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MLS: Top 5 Oceanic players in league history

By Matt Coles

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 20: Tim Cahill of Australia thanks supporters in the crowd after playing his final match for Australia in the International Friendly Match between the Australian Socceroos and Lebanon at ANZ Stadium on November 20, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 20: Tim Cahill of Australia thanks supporters in the crowd after playing his final match for Australia in the International Friendly Match between the Australian Socceroos and Lebanon at ANZ Stadium on November 20, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) /
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HARRISON, NJ – OCTOBER 20: Tim Cahill #17 of the New York Red Bulls takes the field against Sporting Kansas City at Red Bull Arena on October 20, 2012, in Harrison, New Jersey. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images for Red Bulls)
HARRISON, NJ – OCTOBER 20: Tim Cahill #17 of the New York Red Bulls takes the field against Sporting Kansas City at Red Bull Arena on October 20, 2012, in Harrison, New Jersey. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images for Red Bulls) /

3. Tim Cahill

The only Australian to make our list of the top five Oceanic players to play in MLS is former New York Red Bulls midfielder Tim Cahill, who comes in at number three.

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Cahill joined the New York Red Bulls following the conclusion of the 2011-12 Premier League season. He made an instant impact on MLS, scoring and assisting several times in his first twelve games in the latter part of the 2012 campaign.

The Australian midfielder moved to the LA Galaxy went on to break records in 2013, scoring the fastest-ever goal in MLS history, scoring just eight seconds into a regular-season clash with the Houston Dynamo. The Red Bulls won the Supporters’ Shield that year and he went on to be named into the MLS Best XI that season after scoring 11 times and assisting on five other goals in 27 appearances in 2013.

Cahill was then nominated to the MLS All-Star side a year later, playing the opening 45 minutes of the All-Star game against Bayern Munich. The Aussie left the Red Bulls following the end of the 2014 campaign, having scored 14 goals and assisting 10 others in 62 regular-season appearances for the club.

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