MLS Player Nationalities - Completing the List

93 down, 115 to go. Here are the remaining nationalities, listed by March 2010 FIFA ranking: Countries Left 11 Greece UEFA 14 Egypt CAF 24 Norway UEFA 27 Algeria CAF 29 Slovenia UEFA 35 Turkey UEFA 43 Gabon CAF 52 Burkina Faso CAF 56 Tunisia CAF 61 Benin CAF 62 Saudi Arabia AFC 65 Macedonia UEFA 67 Bahrain AFC 70 Cyprus UEFA 71 Zambia CAF 81 Iraq AFC 83 Albania UEFA 84 China AFC 85 Guinea CAF 87 Moldova UEFA 90 Iceland UEFA 94 Kuwait AFC 95 Uzbekistan AFC 96 Oman AFC 97 Syria AFC 97 Qatar AFC 99 Congo CAF 101 Libya CAF 102 Jordan AFC 102 United Arab Emirates AFC 104 Thailand AFC 105 North Korea AFC 107 Rwanda CAF 108 Yemen CAF 109 Tanzania CAF 110 Azerbaijan UEFA 112 Namibia CAF 114 Kenya CAF 118 Georgia UEFA 119 Vietnam AFC 120 Antigua & Barbuda CONCACAF 121 Sudan CAF 124 Luxembourg UEFA 125 Faroe Islands UEFA 127 Singapore AFC 129 Kazakhstan UEFA 130 Tajikistan AFC 131 Fiji OFC 132 Swaziland CAF 134 Turkmenistan AFC 137 Barbados CONCACAF 138 Indonesia AFC 139 Maldives AFC 140 Hong Kong AFC 141 Myanmar AFC 141 Suriname CONCACAF 143 Equatorial Guinea CAF 144 Chad CAF 146 New Caledonia OFC 147 Malaysia AFC 148 Lesotho CAF 149 Lebanon AFC 151 Liechtenstein UEFA 151 Kyrgyzstan AFC 153 Pakistan AFC 154 Madagascar CAF 155 Vanuatu OFC 157 Sri Lanka CAF 158 Malta UEFA 158 Bangladesh AFC 160 Nepal AFC 160 Nicaragua CONCACAF 162 Netherlands Antilles CONCACAF 163 Chinese Taipei AFC 163 Eritrea CAF 165 Niger CAF 167 Philippines AFC 168 Mauritania CAF 170 Solomon Islands OFC 171 Cambodia AFC 172 Mongolia AFC 174 Comoros CAF 175 Seychelles CAF 176 Mauritius CAF 177 Somalia CAF 177 Cayman Islands CONCACAF 177 Laos AFC 180 Samoa OFC 181 Macau AFC 182 Cook Islands OFC 182 Belize CONCACAF 182 Bahamas CONCACAF 185 Dominica CONCACAF 187 Tonga OFC 188 Dominican Republic CONCACAF 189 Brunei AFC 190 Djibouti CAF 191 Afghanistan CAF 192 St. Lucia CONCACAF 192 Guinea-Bissau CAF 192 Tahiti OFC 195 British Virgin Islands CONCACAF 196 Bhutan AFC 196 Guam AFC 198 Aruba CONCACAF 199 US Virgin Islands CONCACAF 200 Timor-Leste CAF 201 Andorra UEFA 202 San Marino UEFA 202 Anguilla CONCACAF 202 Montserrat CONCACAF 202 American Samoa OFC 202 Central African Republic CAF 202 Papua New Guinea OFC Sao Tome & Principe CAF I only count one nationality per player, the one that they play international soccer with. If the player is not an international, then I go by their first nationality: the country they were born in. Countries Filled First player listed below. This includes all competitions, not just the regular season. This isn't necessarily permanent. If a country only has one player, and they decide to play for a different national team, then they could be taken off this list. Angola 1999-08-11 Fernandes, Fernando Argentina 1996-04-06 Gori, Mario Armenia 1996-04-13 Karapetyan, Harut Australia 2010-03-27 Allsopp, Danny Austria 2004-04-03 Herzog, Andreas Belarus 2005-10-12 Gotsmanov, Sasha Belgium 1999-04-25 Kalonji, Nansha Bermuda 2005-05-07 Smith, Khano Bolivia 1996-04-06 Etcheverry, Marco Suarez, Juan Berthy Bosnia 1996-04-06 Fazlagic, Said Botswana 2002-09-22 Selolwane, Dipsy Brazil 1996-04-13 Welton Bulgaria 2000-03-18 Stoitchkov, Hristo Burundi 2009-08-18 Habarugira, David Cameroon 1996-04-13 Ekeme, Samuel Canada 1996-04-13 Aunger, Geoff Watson, Mark Yallop, Frank Cape Verde 1998-04-11 Jair Chile 1996-04-06 Mella, Victor Colombia 1996-04-13 Valderrama, Carlos Costa Rica 1996-04-13 Hamlett, Denis Cote d'Ivoire 2007-04-07 Oka, Arsene Croatia 1996-05-08 Hunjak, Goran Cuba 2004-06-12 Martinez, Rey Angel Czech 1998-03-24 Kubik, Lubos Denmark 2000-03-25 Molnar, Miklos DR Congo 2007-07-11 Mupier, Mira Ecuador 1996-04-13 Hurtado, Eduardo El Salvador 1996-04-06 Diaz Arce, Raul England 1996-04-13 Butterworth, Ian Estonia 2010-03-27 Lindpere, Joel Ethiopia 1998-05-22 Mohammed, Dahir Finland 2004-04-03 Valakari, Simo France 2005-04-16 Djorkaeff, Youri Gambia 2007-09-04 Nyassi, Sainey Germany 2000-03-26 Matthaus, Lothar Ghana 1996-09-21 Ken-Kwofie, Louis Grenada 2003-03-23 Joseph, Shalrie Guatemala 1996-04-06 Rodas, Jorge Guyana 2009-03-21 Richardson, Gregory Haiti 1996-07-11 Tardieu, Patrick Honduras 1997-04-19 Cruz, Arnold Hungary 1997-04-12 Urbanyi, Istvan India 2010-04-14 Chhetri, Sunil Iran 1996-04-13 Noamouz, Arash Ireland 1996-04-20 Keegan, Paul Israel 2005-04-02 Melamed, Guy Italy 1996-04-13 Galderisi, Giuseppe Jamaica 1996-04-14 Butler, Altimont Japan 2007-07-10 Kimura, Kosuke Latvia 2010-04-10 Hscanovics, Raivis Liberia 1997-08-15 Shannon, Musa Lithuania 2009-07-04 Jankauskas, Edgaras Malawi 2003-10-01 Geddes, Jorge Mali 2002-08-10 Kante, Daouda Mexico 1996-04-13 Campos, Jorge Montenegro 2010-07-15 Boskovic, Branko Morocco 2006-04-02 Ballouchy, Mehdi Mozambique 1997-03-29 Conde, Chiquinho Netherlands 1996-08-29 de Vries, Raimo New Zealand 1999-05-23 Elliott, Simon Nigeria 1996-04-06 Emenalo, Michael Iroha, Ben Northern Ireland 2002-03-23 Morrow, Steve Palestine 2000-04-08 Asad, Shaker Panama 1999-03-20 Dely Valdes, Jorge Paraguay 2008-07-01 Marmol, Lider Peru 1998-03-21 Tamashiro, Jerry Poland 1996-06-19 Warzycha, Robert Portugal 1998-04-04 Rocha, Carlos Puerto Rico 1996-07-21 Villegas, Petter Romania 2003-05-14 Zotinca, Alex Russia 2002-06-01 Simutenkov, Igor Scotland 1996-05-02 Johnston, Mo Senegal 2000-04-01 Diallo, Mamadou Serbia 1996-05-11 Vuckovic, Bojan Sierra Leone 2000-03-25 Conteh, Abdul Thompson Slovakia 1996-04-13 Weiszmann, Richard South Africa 1996-04-13 Khumalo, Doctor McKinley, Ivan South Korea 2003-03-16 Myung-Bo, Hong Spain 2000-07-15 Morales, Jose Luis St. Kitts 2006-04-02 Harris, Atiba St. Vincent 1997-04-26 Hendrickson, Ezra Sweden 1998-03-21 Eriksson, Jan Ravelli, Thomas Switzerland 1997-05-04 Sutter, Alain Togo 2005-04-16 Ibrahim, Abbe Trinidad 1996-04-13 Wise, Evans Turks & Caicos 2002-03-23 Glinton, Gavin Uganda 2000-07-08 Byaruhanga, Peter Ukraine 1999-04-03 Kovalenko, Dema Uruguay 1996-04-13 Paz, Adrian USA 1996-04-06 Agoos, Jeff Baicher, Jeff Bravo, Paul Causey, Jeff Dayak, Troy Doyle, John Harkes, John Lee, Thor Liner, Tom Martin, Tim Medved, Shawn Williams, Richie Wynalda, Eric Venezuela 1996-04-13 Savarese, Giovanni Wales 2004-04-17 Dorman, Andy Zimbabwe 1996-04-13 Takawira, Vitalis Updates 4/27/2010: As usual, there's been a number of new players coming into the league this season from all over the world. It's pretty exciting to see these players come in when it gets a big reaction in their home country - just look at the media coverage for India's Sunil Chhetri, now with the Kansas City Wizards. Or, how about the reaction from the Estonian fans over NY's signing, Joel Lindpere? But what's interesting, besides the reaction, is that those two are both the first MLS players in league history from India and Estonia. Two more big countries were knocked off the list recently as well: Australia (Danny Allsopp) and Latvia (Raivis Hscanovics). I think that's all the new nationalities for this season so far, right? I'm only counting those who have played an official game. Those four now make the MLS all time total number of nationalities 93, out of 208 FIFA members. Here is where I'll post which countries are taken off the list when it happens. I expect the next one to get knocked off will be Moldova, thanks to the Wizards' Igor Kostrov. If the Red Bulls' academy signing Giorgi Chirgadze gets healthy, then Georgia could follow. 7/16/2010 Montengro is off the list as DP Branko Boskovic gets into the DC-SEA match during the second half. This is actually a tricky case depending on how you count Refik Sabanadzovic (the former KC Wizards player, 1998-99), who is apparently considered a Bosnian who born in Montenegro. However, it was Yugoslavia when he was born, and he played for the Yugoslavian national team. Serbia is considered to be the same national team as Yugoslavia by FIFA, so I count him as Serbian. Also, a while ago KC waived Igor Kostrov which will deprive us the opportunity to see Moldova filled. Georgian Giorgi Chirgadze remains injured. 8/11/2010 Yura Movsisyan, who always considered himself Armenian despite being born in neighboring Azerbaijan, has been capped by the Armenian national team. Harut Karapetyan was the first Armenia player in MLS, so he's not breaking any new ground there. However, Movsisyan was the only Azerbaijani player, which means that Azerbaijan is now back on the needed list of nationalities and we're back to only 93. On another note, Greek player Nikos Kounenakis was signed by KC, which means that the highest ranked country missing could soon be filled.