Blanco is one of the most capped internationals in MLS/AP Photo
For years Major League Soccer didn’t attract internationals who had been part of their national team set up at any point. In the early days of MLS, not only did the league attract many active national team players, but the league also sent a number of players from outside CONCACAF to the 1998 World Cup and sent two players to the Euro 2000 tournament. Since then however not a single active MLS player has played for a non CONCACAF nation in either the World Cup or Euro Finals.

Here is the list of current MLS players who have featured internationally for their home countries.

Mexico

Claudio Suarez

178 caps/ 6 goals

Member of 1994, 1998 and 2006 Mexican World Cup teams

Member of 1993, 1998 and 2003 Gold Cup Champion teams

Member of 1999 and 2005 Confederations Cup teams

Cuauhtemoc Blanco

97 caps/34 goals

Member of 1998 and 2002 World Cup teams

Member of 1998 and 2003 Gold Cup Champion teams

Member of 2007 Gold Cup runner up team

Member of 1999 Confederations Cup Champion team

Duilio Davino

80 caps/1 goal

Member of 1998 World Cup team

Argentina

Guilermo Barros Schelloto

10 caps/ 0 goals

Member 1999 Copa America team

Marcello Gallardo

44 caps/ 14 goals

Member 1997 U-20 World Cup champion team

Member 1998 and 2002 World Cup team

Member 1999 and 2004 Argentine Copa America team

Claudio Lopez

58 caps/10 goals

Member 1998 and 2002 World Cup team

Member 1997 and 1999 Copa America team

Bermuda

Khano Smith

20 caps/7 goals

Bolivia

Jaime Moreno

72 caps/11 goals

Member 1994 World Cup team

Member 1997, 2001, 2007 Copa America team

Columbia

Juan Pablo Angel

33 caps/9 goals

Member 2003 Confederations Cup team

Gonzalo Martinez

36 caps/1 goal

Member 2001 Copa America Championship team

Member 2003 Confederations Cup team

Member 2004 Copa America team

Costa Rica

Andy Herron

17 caps/ 8 goals

Member 2005 Gold Cup team

Gonzalo Segaras

3 caps/0 goals

Ivory Coast

Olivier Tebily

18 caps/0 goals

Cuba

Maykel Galindo

35 caps/12 goals

England

David Beckham

100 caps/17 goals

Member 1998, 2002, 2006 World Cup teams

Member 2000, 2004 European Championship teams

France

Laurent Robert

9 caps/ 1 goal

Grenada

Shalrie Joseph

11 caps/0 goals

Guatemala

Carlos Ruiz

72 caps/35 goals

Member 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 Gold Cup teams

Haiti

Jean Phiippe Peguero

10 caps/6 goals

Honduras

Ivan Guerrero

69 caps/4 goals

Member 2000 Olympic team

Member 2001 Copa America team

Member 2002, 2007 Gold Cup teams

Mauricio Castro

4 caps/0 goals

Amado Guevara

106 caps/ 22 goals

Member 2001 Copa America team

Copa America 2001 Golden Ball (best player)

Member 2002, 2005, 2007 Gold Cup teams

Jamaica

Tyrone Marshall

59 caps/ 2 goals

Member 2000, 2003 Gold Cup teams

Ryan Johnson

1 cap/0 goals

Dane Richards

6 caps/ 0 goals

Shavar Thomas

12 caps/ 0 goals

Member 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup team

Andy Williams

82 caps/12 goals

1998 World Cup squad member

2000, 2003 Gold Cup team member

Liberia

Francis Doe

7 caps/ 3 goals

Netherlands

Dave Van Den Bergh

2 caps/o goals

New Zealand

Andrew Boyens

5 caps/ 0 goals

Duncan Oughton

18 caps/ 2 goals

Jarrod Smith

11 caps/ o goals

Peru

Jose Carvallo

1 cap/o goals

Poland

Tomasz Frankowski

22 caps/ 10 goals

Portugal

Abel Xavier

20 caps/ 2 goals

Member 2002 World Cup team

Member 2000 European Champions team

St Kitts and Nevis

Atiba Harris

23 caps/ 7 goals

St Vincent

Ezra Hendrickson

123 caps/ 5 goals

Senegal

Bouna Coundoul

2 caps/ 0 goals

Member 2008 African Nations Cup team

Switzerland

Raphael Wicky

75 caps/ 1 goal

Member 2006 World Cup team

Member 1996 and 2004 World Cup team.

Trinidad and Tobago

Scott Sealy

22 caps/ 2 goals

Member 2007 Gold Cup squad

Turks and Caicos

Gavin Glinton

5 caps/ 4 goals

Venezuala

Alejandro Moreno

5 caps/ 0 goals

Wales

Carl Robinson

45 caps/ 1 goal

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I’m working on a few other related lists that will be posted shortly.