Outside the traditional top five Europeans leagues — the Premier League, Italy’s Serie A, Spain’s La Liga, Germany’s Bundesliga, and France’s Ligue 1 — MLS has the largest representation at the 2022 tournament with 36 players from the league turning out for various international sides.
Premier League – England – 136
La Liga – Spain – 83
Bundesliga – Germany – 75
Serie A – Italy – 68
Ligue 1 – France – 54
MLS – USA – 36
Saudi Pro League – Saudi Arabia – 33
Qatar Stars League – Qatar – 33
EFL Championship – England – 26
Liga MX – Mexico – 23
Here’s the list of MLS players in 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar:
Charlotte FC – Karol Swiderski (Poland)
Chicago Fire – Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)
FC Cincinnati – Ronald Matarrita (Costa Rica)
Colorado Rapids – Daniel Chacon (Costa Rica)
Columbus Crew – Milos Degenek (Australia)
FC Dallas – Jesus Ferreira (USA)
Houston Dynamo – Hector Herrera (Mexico)
LAFC
Jose Cifuentes (Ecuador)Sebastian Mendez (Ecuador)Diego Palacios (Ecuador)Kellyn Acosta (USA)Gareth Bale (Wales)
LA Galaxy – Martin Caceres (Uruguay)
Inter Miami – DeAndre Yedlin (USA)
Minnesota United – Dayne St Clair (Canada)
CF Montreal
Alistair Johnston (Canada)Ismael Kone (Canada)Kamal Miller (Canada)James Pantemis (Canada)Samuel Piette (Canada)Joel Waterman (Canada)
Nashville SC
Shaq Moore (USA)Walker Zimmerman (USA)
New York City – Sean Johnson (USA)
New York Red Bulls – Aaron Long (USA)
Orlando City – Facundo Torres (Uruguay)
Philadelphia Union – Olivier Mbaizo (Cameroon)
Real Salt Lake – Bryan Oviedo (Costa Rica)
Seattle Sounders
Nouhou Tolo (Cameroon)Xavier Arreaga (Ecuador)Jordan Morris (USA)Cristian Roldan (USA)
Toronto FC
Mark-Anthony Kaye (Canada)Richie Laryea (Canada)Jonathan Osorio (Canada)Vancouver Whitecaps1Lucas Cavallini (Canada)