{"id":1742,"date":"2021-08-26T10:20:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T10:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2021-12-16T14:27:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:27:08","slug":"most-famous-mls-players-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/most-famous-mls-players-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Most Famous MLS Players Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Major League Soccer<\/strong>\u00a0(MLS<\/strong>) was founded in 1993 as \u2018part and parcel\u2019 of the United States successfully hosting the FIFA World Cup Soccer finals in 1994. The men\u2019s professional soccer league currently consists of 27 teams \u2013 24 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada. Regulated by the United States Soccer Federation, the league is headquartered in Midtown, Manhattan, New York. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though only operational for 28 years, Major League Soccer has seen players of international renown and even superstar status represent its various teams. Let\u2019s take a look at the \u2018Top 10\u2019 most famous MLS players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now lets look at the most famous MLS players<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No 10 Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Country: USA <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Major League Soccer<\/a> (MLS) honors naming its Most Valuable Player trophy award after you, then you know you have had a great career. Widely considered the greatest American Soccer player of all time, Donovan had quite a diverse career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A forward who principally operated as a \u2018Number 10\u2019, Donovan signed for German \u2018Bundesliga\u2019 side Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1999. Although much of his career at Leverkusen was spent back on loan to the San Jose Earthquakes, his initial 6 year stint at this famed European club marks him down as player who was internationally recognized. In 2005, Donovan would move back to the U.S and signed with arguably the United States most famous club, LA Galaxy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later returning on loan to European giants Bayern Munich before undertaking short loan roles in the English Premier League in 2010 and 2012 with Everton FC. Donovan would retire as a player in 2014 albeit with a \u2018cameo comeback\u2019 for LA Galaxy in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landon Timothy Donovan is now the manager, co-founder and vice-president of Soccer operations for USL Championship side San Diego Loyal SC. His impressive record for club and country can be seen here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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