2010's New MLS Players

The 2010 MLS season ended with the total all time player count at 1,504 (all competitions); Tyler Deric of Houston was the 1,500th player. The full list can be found by downloading my MLS lineup database. Debuts By Year Debuts Per Team 1996 241 24.1 1997 80 8.0 1998 93 7.8 1999 62 5.2 2000 75 6.3 2001 63 5.3 2002 54 5.4 2003 68 6.8 2004 63 6.3 2005 120 10.0 2006 87 7.3 2007 113 8.7 2008 136 9.7 2009 114 7.6 2010 135 8.4 Total 1,504 2010 Debuts By Team CHI 10 CHV 11 CLB 6 COL 5 DAL 9 DC 12 HOU 5 KC 8 LA 4 NE 9 NY 12 PHI 12 RSL 6 SEA 7 SJ 9 TOR 10 Debuts per Expansion Team 1998 CHI 9 1998 MIA 10 2005 CHV 17 2005 RSL 14 2007 TOR 20 2008 SJ 7 2009 SEA 14 2010 PHI 12 Player Breakdown Where did these 135 new players come from? The team listed is the one that gave the player his first minutes, not necessarily the one that first acquired him. 2010 Superdraft (41) CHI Bone, Corben CHI Johnson, Sean CHI Kinney, Steven CHI Watson-Siriboe, Kwame CHV Gavin, Blair CHV Zemanski, Ben CLB Duka, Dilly CLB Francis, Shaun COL Akpan, Andre COL LaBauex, Ross DAL Alexander, Eric DAL Loyd, Zach DAL Wiederman, Andrew DAL Yeisley, Jason DC Graye, Jordan HOU Appiah, Samuel KC Aiyegbusi, Korede KC Bunbury, Teal LA Stephens, Michael NE Boggs, Zak NE Griffiths, Jason NE Schilawski, Zack NE Sinovic, Seth NY Chinn, Conor NY da Luz, Austin NY Garcia, Irving NY Ream, Tim NY Tchani, Tony PHI McInerney, Jack PHI Mwanga, Danny PHI Nakazawa, Kyle PHI Okugo, Amobi PHI Stahl, Toni RSL Schuler, Chris RSL Warner, Collen SEA Estrada, David SEA Seamon, Mike SJ Beitashour, Steven SJ Morrow, Justin SJ Opara, Ike TOR Nane, Joseph The past two years, there were 29 and 36 Superdraft players used in the same year they were drafted. Here's a list of them by round: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 2008 12 8 8 8 36 2009 14 5 6 4 29 2010 15 12 9 5 41 2009 Superdraft (3) COL Ceus, Steward SEA Fucito, Michael SJ Ring, Brad Three holdovers from the previous draft who finally made their debuts. Ring missed last season due to injury. I know Fucito was waived and re-signed, I just feel like it makes more sense to put him here rather than in domestic signings. This is how he was initially brought into the league. Academy Players (14) CHV de la Fuente, Bryan DAL Levya, Bryan DAL Luna, Ruben DC Hamid, Bill DC Najar, Andy HOU Deric, Tyler HOU Navas Cobo, Francisco NY Agudelo, Juan TOR Cordon, Oscar TOR Henry, Doneil TOR Lindsay, Nicholas TOR Matheson, Allando TOR Morgan, Ashtone This category should only get bigger and bigger. I still have no explanation for how Toronto was allowed to use players not under contract in official games. Weighted Lottery (2) CHV Zizzo, Sal RSL Gil, Luis RSL didn't win the lottery, but Gil first played for them. A list of past lotteries can be found here. Emergency Loan (2) CHV Guppy, Kevin DC Rodrigues, J.P. Guppy is an MLS pool goalkeeper, but got to play similar to Seattle's Ben Dragavon a year ago. Pool keepers qualify as a loan in my book. Meanwhile, Rodrigues is the first emergency loan field player to get into a match since Diaz Kambere for Toronto in 2008. Domestic-Based Signings (10) CLB Williams, Josh COL Earls, Danny DAL Edward, Edson DC Rice, Barry NE Shuttleworth, Bobby PHI Arrieta, Cristian PHI Williams, Sheanon RSL Araujo, Paulo SEA Boss, Terry SJ Gjertsen, Joey This category includes undrafted rookies and players signed from lower leagues here in the US (even if they're from a foreign club like Montreal or Puerto Rico). Foreign-Based Signings (64) CHI Castillo, Nery CHI John, Collins CHI Krol, Krzysztof CHI Martinez, Julio CHI Ristic, Bratislav CHI Umanzor, Deris CHV Borja, Carlos CHV Delgado, Dario CHV Espinoza, Rodolfo CHV Macotelo, Jose CHV Maldonado, Giancarlo CHV Romero, Osael CLB Griffit, Leandre CLB Herrera, Sergio CLB Mendoza, Andres COL Joyce, Ian DAL Jackson DAL Rodriguez, Milton DC Allsopp, Danny DC Boskovic, Branko DC Carreiro, Junior DC Castillo, Christian DC Hernandez, Pablo DC Pena, Juan Manuel DC Varela, Carlos HOU Obodai, Anthony HOU Palmer, Lovel KC Auvray, Stephane KC Chhetri, Sunil KC Escobar, Pablo KC Nielsen, Jimmy KC Rocastle, Craig KC Smith, Ryan LA Cazumba, Alex LA Juninho LA Leonardo NE Linck, Roberto NE Niouky, Joseph NE Perovic, Marko NE Stolica, Ilija NY Henry, Thierry NY Ibrahim, Salou NY Lindpere, Joel NY Marquez, Rafael NY Miller, Roy NY Nielsen, Brian PHI Coudet, Eduardo PHI Gonzalez, Juan Diego PHI Myrie, David PHI Orozco Fiscal, Michael PHI Torres, Roger RSL Gonzalez, Nelson RSL Saborio, Alvaro SEA Fernandez, Alvaro SEA Montano, Miguel SEA Nkufo, Blaise SJ Eduardo SJ Geovanni SJ Jasseh, Omar SJ Robles, Javier TOR Hscanovics, Raivis TOR Mista TOR Saric, Martin TOR Usanov, Maksim The numbers aren't really up too much for this category, but rather, the number of domestic signings is down from previous years. There were 10 this season compared to 23 and 20 the past two season. The number of academy players makes up the difference, I guess. Further Reading 2009 MLS Debuts 2008 MLS Debuts