2022 Major League Soccer International Player Guide: USMNT, Canada, and Beyond
By Ivan Ornelas
A good sign of the progress of Major League Soccer is how many international players, including outside of Canada and the United States, are present in the league.
When the 2022 Major League Soccer Season opens this weekend, you will see nations all over the globe represented by this league’s players. In order to help you keep track of them and to provide some additional reasoning to watch other clubs players other than your own, here’s a guide that provides that information for you.
All players listed have either been called up in the latest squad or in one of the latest squads, or are otherwise considered to be on their respective national team’s radar.
Only players currently on their active rosters appear on this list, not in a reserve team or out on loan.
A complete list of international players in Major League Soccer’s 2022 season
Western Conference
Austin FC
Costa Rica: Julio Cascante
Norway: Ruben Gabrielsen
Colorado Rapids
Canada: Mark-Anthony Kaye
Honduras: Bryan Acosta
United States: Jonathan Lewis
FC Dallas
Guinea-Bissau: Nanu
Hungary: Szabolcs Schön
United States: Paul Arriola, Jesús Ferreira, Paxton Pomykal
Venezuela: Freddy Vargas
Houston Dynamo
Canada: Tyler Pasher
El Salvador: Darwin Cerén, Danny Ríos
Panama: Adalberto Carrasquilla
Paraguay: Sebastián Ferreira
Puerto Rico: Zarek Valentin
United States: Corey Baird, Memo Rodríguez
Zimbabwe: Teenage Hadebe
Los Angeles FC
Canada: Maxime Crépeau, Doneil Henry
Colombia: Cristian Arango
Ecuador: José Cifuentes, Diego Palacios
El Salvador: Tomas Romero
South Korea: Kim Moon-hwan
United States: Kellyn Acosta
Uruguay: Brian Rodríguez
Los Angeles Galaxy
Madagascar: Rayan Raveloson
Mexico: Efrain Álvarez, Julián Araujo, Javier Hernández
Panama: Carlos Harvey
Suriname: Kelvin Leerdam
Minnesota United
Canada: Dayne St. Clair
Finland: Robin Lod
Honduras: Kervin Arriaga
Jamaica: Oniel Fisher
Madagascar: Romain Métanire
New Zealand: Michael Boxall
Paraguay: Luis Amarilla
South Africa: Bongokuhle Hlongwane
United States: Hassani Dotson, Chase Gasper
Nashville SC
Costa Rica: Randall Leal
Panama: Anibal Godoy
United States: Walker Zimmerman
Portland Timbers
Colombia: Yimmi Chará
New Zealand: Bill Tuiloma
Paraguay: Cristhian Paredes
United States: Eryk Williamson
Venezuela: Pablo Bonilla
Real Salt Lake
Mexico: David Ochoa
United States: Aaron Herrera, Rubio Rubin
Venezuela: Sergio Córdova
San Jose Earthquakes
Cameroon: Jeremy Ebobisse
Cape Verde: Jamiro Monteiro
Costa Rica: Francisco Calvo
Peru: Marcos López
Slovakia: Ján Greguš
United States: Cade Cowell, Jackson Yueill
Seattle Sounders
Cameroon: Nouhou Tolo
Colombia: Yeimar Gómez
Ecuador: Xavier Arreaga
El Salvador: Alex Roldan
Peru: Raúl Ruidíaz
Slovakia: Albert Rusnák
United States: Jordan Morris, Cristian Roldan
Sporting Kansas City
Cyprus: Marinos Tzionis
Hungary: Daniel Sallói
Israel: Gadi Kinda
Mexico: Alan Pulido
Montenegro: Nikola Vujnović
United States: Tim Melia, John Pulskamp
Vancouver Whitecaps
Canada: Michael Baldisimo, Lucas Cavallini, Marcus Godinho, Cristian Gutierrez, Thomas Hasal, Ryan Raposo, Russell Teibert
Jamaica: Javain Brown
Eastern Conference
Atlanta United
South Sudan: Machop Chol
United States: Brad Guzan, Brooks Lennon, Miles Robinson
Venezuela: Ronald Hernández, Josef Martínez
Charlotte FC
Costa Rica: Joseph Mora
Ecuador: Jordy Alcívar, Alan Franco
Poland: Karol Świderski
Venezuela: Christian Makoun
Chicago Fire
Bulgaria: Stanislav Ivanov
Paraguay: Gastón Giménez
Slovakia: Boris Sekulić
Switzerland: Xherdan Shaqiri
United States: Gabriel Slonina
Venezuela: Miguel Navarro
CF Montreal
Canada: Zorhan Bassong, Zachary Brault-Guillard, Mathieu Choinière, Alistair Johnson, Kamal Miller, James Pantemis, Samuel Piette, Joel Waterman
Finland: Lassi Lappalainen
Honduras: Romell Quioto
Sierra Leone: Kei Kamara
United States: Djordje Mihailović, Mason Toye
Columbus Crew
Armenia: Lucas Zelarayán
Australia: Miloš Degenek
Costa Rica: Luis Díaz, Waylon Francis
Ghana: Jonathan Mensah, Yaw Yeboah
Haiti: Derrick Etienne
Trinidad and Tobago: Kevin Molino
United States: Gyasi Zardes
DC United
Australia: Brad Smith
Ecuador: Michael Estrada
El Salvador: Jeremy Garay
Peru: Edison Flores
United States: Bill Hamid, Moses Nyeman, Donovan Pines
Venezuela: Júnior Moreno (Reported to be traded to FC Cincinnati but not finalized at the time of writing)
FC Cincinnati
Costa Rica: Allan Cruz, Rónald Matarrita
Ecuador: Gustavo Vallecilla
Jamaica: Alvas Powell
Inter Miami
Bolivia: Jairo Quinteros
Costa Rica: Ariel Lassiter
Dominican Republic: Edison Azcona
Ecuador: Leonardo Campana
Finland: Robert Taylor
Jamaica: Damian Lowe
Trinidad and Tobago: Joevin Jones
United States: Robbie Robinson, DeAndre Yedlin
Iceland: Arnór Ingvi Traustason
Poland: Adam Buksa
United States: Jozy Altidore, DeJuan Jones, Henry Kessler, Sebastian Lletget, Matt Turner (will go to Arsenal on July 1)
Luxembourg: Maxime Chanot
Peru: Alexander Callens
United States: Sean Johnson
Uruguay: Santiago Rodríguez
New York Red Bulls
United States: Frankie Amaya, Caden Clark, Aaron Long
Venezuela: Wikelman Carmona, Cristian Cásseres Jr.
Orlando City
Austria: Ercan Kara
Canada: Tesho Akindele
Ecuador: Sebas Méndez
Peru: Pedro Gallese
Puerto Rico: Wilfredo Rivera
United States: Andrés Perea
Uruguay: César Araújo, Facundo Torres
Cameroon: Olivier Mbaizo
Hungary: Dániel Gazdag
Jamaica: Andre Blake, Corey Burke
United States: Leon Flach
Venezuela: José Martínez
Toronto FC
Canada: Ayo Akinola, Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, Jayden Nelson, Noble Okello, Jonathan Osorio, Ralph Priso, Jacob Shaffelburg
Congo DR: Chris Mavinga
Jamaica: Kemar Lawrence
Mexico: Carlos Salcedo
Trinidad and Tobago: Greg Ranjitsingh, Luke Singh
There you have it! Which players from your club do you hope will make a leap for their country as well as domestically? Let me know on Twitter @IvanOrnelas2