J.P. Rodrigues is MLS Player #1,499

The emergency loan defender (also known as John Paul Rodrigues) came on as a sub for a depleted DC United team last night. He becomes the 1,499th player in league history, in all competitions.

This means that we're only one more debut away from the milestone. The next player to make his debut will be the one. Could it be Tyler Deric later today, for Houston against New England? Or maybe Philadelphia's J.T. Noone, whose team is out of contention? Or how about Chivas' academy signing, Byran de la Fuente? We'll soon learn the answer.

As a side note, Rodrigues represents Guyana internationally. I thought for a second that I'd be able to mark off another country on the list of MLS player nationalities, but then I realized that Gregory Richardson played a couple games for the Rapids last year. Remember him?

The Countdown to 1,500 Players

1,489	Geovanni	SJ	2010-08-21
1,490	Zizzo, Sal	CHV	2010-08-21
1,491	Mendoza, Andres	CLB	2010-09-04
1,492	Luna, Ruben	DAL	2010-09-04
1,493	Williams, Sheanon	PHI	2010-09-11
1,494	Araujo, Paulo	RSL	2010-09-15
1,495	Ristic, Bratislav	CHI	2010-09-18
1,496	Valera, Carlos	DC	2010-09-18
1,497	Carreiro, Junior	DC	2010-09-25
1,498	Williams, Josh	CLB	2010-09-29
1,499	Rodrigues, J.P.	DC	2010-10-09