Major League Soccer 

United States League level:  First Tier 

€1.18bn

• Number of teams: 29 teams 
• Players: 835 
• Foreigners: 467 Players  55.9%

• ø-Market value:  €1.41m 
• ø-Age: 25.8 
• Most valuable player: Thiago Almada  €20.00m

The 82 countries represented, as determined by birthplace, is a 37 percent increase from the 60 countries in 2010 and makes MLS the most globally diverse player pool among North American men’s professional sports leagues.

The number of countries represented in 2022 is nearly double that of the next closest men’s league in North America (NBA, 45 countries represented), and is also significantly higher than top men’s soccer leagues around the world, including Italy’s
Serie A (62 countries represented),
France’s Ligue 1 (60),
the English Premier League (59),
Spain’s La Liga (54) and
Germany’s Bundesliga (52).

MLS today also released data about the average age of MLS players on rosters. As of March 10, the average age of players on MLS rosters was 25 years, 194 days old, nearly a full year younger than the next closest league (NBA, 26 years, 137 days).

FOREIGNERS

Country	Number	Share	Player	Club	Market value
Canada	47	10.1 %	Kamal MillerCentre-Back		€4.00m
Brazil	36	7.7 %	Talles MagnoLeft Winger		€15.00m
Argentina	34	7.3 %	Thiago AlmadaAttacking Midfield		€20.00m
Colombia	30	6.4 %	Cucho HernándezCentre-Forward		€10.00m
Mexico	19	4.1 %	Efraín ÁlvarezAttacking Midfield		€6.00m
France	14	3.0 %	Kévin CabralLeft Winger		€3.50m
Venezuela	13	2.8 %	Jefferson SavarinoRight Winger		€5.00m
Spain	12	2.6 %	Riqui PuigCentral Midfield		€8.00m
Germany	12	2.6 %	Hany MukhtarAttacking Midfield		€12.00m
Ghana	12	2.6 %	Latif BlessingAttacking Midfield		€3.00m
Uruguay	11	2.4 %	Facundo TorresRight Winger		€10.00m
Ecuador	10	2.1 %	José CifuentesCentral Midfield		€12.00m
Costa Rica	9	1.9 %	Randall LealLeft Winger		€4.00m
Paraguay	9	1.9 %	Sebastián FerreiraCentre-Forward		€4.50m
Jamaica	8	1.7 %	Andre BlakeGoalkeeper		€2.50m
Honduras	8	1.7 %	Romell QuiotoCentre-Forward		€2.00m
England	8	1.7 %	Lewis O’BrienCentral Midfield		€8.00m
Poland	7	1.5 %	Karol SwiderskiCentre-Forward		€5.00m
Serbia	7	1.5 %	Dejan JoveljicCentre-Forward		€4.00m
Nigeria	6	1.3 %	Obinna NwobodoDefensive Midfield		€2.50m
Sweden	6	1.3 %	Joakim NilssonCentre-Back		€3.50m
Scotland	5	1.1 %	Ryan GauldAttacking Midfield		€6.50m
Finland	5	1.1 %	Robin LodLeft Midfield		€3.50m
Peru	5	1.1 %	Luis AbramCentre-Back		€4.00m
Denmark	5	1.1 %	Mikael UhreCentre-Forward		€4.00m
Ireland	5	1.1 %	Jon GallagherRight-Back		€1.00m
Italy	5	1.1 %	Lorenzo InsigneLeft Winger		€12.00m
Haiti	5	1.1 %	Derrick Etienne Jr.Left Winger		€1.50m
Iceland	4	0.9 %	Thor ÚlfarssonAttacking Midfield		€1.50m
Switzerland	4	0.9 %	Xherdan ShaqiriAttacking Midfield		€4.00m
Cameroon	4	0.9 %	NouhouLeft-Back		€3.00m
Greece	4	0.9 %	Taxiarchis FountasSecond Striker		€5.00m
Croatia	4	0.9 %	Stipe BiukLeft Winger		€6.50m
Belgium	3	0.6 %	Dante VanzeirCentre-Forward		€5.00m
DR Congo	3	0.6 %	Chris MavingaCentre-Back		€600k
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0.6 %	Kevin MolinoRight Winger		€500k
Norway	3	0.6 %	Jakob GlesnesCentre-Back		€4.00m
South Africa	3	0.6 %	Bongokuhle HlongwaneCentre-Forward		€1.50m
Australia	3	0.6 %	Milos DegenekCentre-Back		€2.00m
Senegal	3	0.6 %	Dominique BadjiCentre-Forward		€600k
Slovenia	3	0.6 %	Mitja IlenicRight-Back		€1.00m
Portugal	3	0.6 %	Nuno SantosAttacking Midfield		€2.50m
El Salvador	3	0.6 %	Álex RoldánRight-Back		€3.00m
Guatemala	3	0.6 %	Aarón HerreraRight-Back		€2.00m
Chile	3	0.6 %	Diego RubioCentre-Forward		€4.00m
Curacao	2	0.4 %	Nigel RoberthaCentre-Forward		€1.00m
Puerto Rico	2	0.4 %	Zarek ValentinRight-Back		€350k
Cote d’Ivoire	2	0.4 %	Franck BoliCentre-Forward		€500k
Mali	2	0.4 %	Bakaye DibassyCentre-Back		€750k
Panama	2	0.4 %	Adalberto CarrasquillaCentral Midfield		€2.50m
Cuba	2	0.4 %	Maikel ChangRight Midfield		€600k
Kenya	2	0.4 %	Victor WanyamaDefensive Midfield		€3.50m
Netherlands	2	0.4 %	Maarten PaesGoalkeeper		€1.20m
Southern Sudan	2	0.4 %	Machop CholRight Winger		€200k
Suriname	2	0.4 %	Djevencio van der KustLeft-Back		€850k
Dominican Republic	2	0.4 %	Edison AzconaLeft Winger		€400k
Egypt	2	0.4 %	Ahmed HamdiAttacking Midfield		€400k
Hungary	2	0.4 %	Dániel GazdagAttacking Midfield		€6.00m
Japan	2	0.4 %	Yohei TakaokaGoalkeeper		€1.00m
Austria	2	0.4 %	Ercan KaraCentre-Forward		€3.50m
Iraq	2	0.4 %	Mohanad JeahzeLeft-Back		€1.20m
New Zealand	2	0.4 %	Bill TuilomaCentre-Back		€2.50m
Slovakia	2	0.4 %	Albert RusnákAttacking Midfield		€3.00m
Cyprus	1	0.2 %	Marinos TzionisLeft Winger		€1.50m
Equatorial Guinea	1	0.2 %	Carlos AkapoRight-Back		€1.00m
Luxembourg	1	0.2 %	Maxime ChanotCentre-Back		€800k
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1	0.2 %	Selmir PidroLeft-Back		€350k
Sierra Leone	1	0.2 %	Kei KamaraCentre-Forward		€150k
Tanzania	1	0.2 %	Bernard KamungoRight Winger		€300k
Cape Verde	1	0.2 %	Jamiro MonteiroCentral Midfield		€4.00m
Czech Republic	1	0.2 %	Tomás OstrákAttacking Midfield		€1.50m
Ukraine	1	0.2 %	Sergiy KryvtsovCentre-Back		€2.00m
Burkina Faso	1	0.2 %	Ousseni BoudaLeft Winger		€400k
Zimbabwe	1	0.2 %	Teenage HadebeCentre-Back		€2.00m
Armenia	1	0.2 %	Lucas ZelarayánAttacking Midfield		€7.00m
Albania	1	0.2 %	Giacomo VrioniCentre-Forward		€2.50m
Zambia	1	0.2 %	Aimé MabikaCentre-Back		€400k
Morocco	1	0.2 %	Amine BassiAttacking Midfield		€1.50m
Bolivia	1	0.2 %	Efraín MoralesCentre-Back		€125k
Iran	1	0.2 %	Steven BeitashourRight-Back		€150k
Gabon	1	0.2 %	Denis BouangaLeft Winger		€6.00m
Romania	1	0.2 %	Alexandru MatanLeft Winger		€1.00m
Israel	1	0.2 %	Gadi KindaAttacking Midfield		€4.00m
Uganda	1	0.2 %	Steven SserwaddaCentral Midfield		€200k
Korea, South	1	0.2 %	Sang-bin JeongCentre-Forward		€2.00m

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