Homegrown Player Rule (MLS)

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first-team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer would have to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

MLS roster rules allow a team to sign players to contracts similar to Generation Adidas contracts, which do not count against the MLS salary budget and may earn a much higher salary than the league minimum. MLS has since removed this wording from the roster rules. That means homegrown players will not count against the salary budget only if they are registered using supplemental roster slots, but will still count against the salary budget if they are registered using senior roster slots. There is, however, supplementary salary budget made by MLS only for homegrown players that are registered using senior roster slots called homegrown player funds.

To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year, as well as meeting other unspecified league requirements. The restrictions for homegrown players were modified in 2022 to allow clubs to prioritize signing rights of nine non-academy players within their territory. Non-protected players were then allowed to sign with any MLS club without requiring compensation to be paid to another team.

If a player on a team's homegrown list goes to college or U17, U20, and U23 United States men's national soccer teams, he remains eligible to sign as a homegrown player at any time as long as he is registered with the club as a homegrown player first. Since the program's inception, some players have elected to skip years in college to play in MLS academies and sign with senior clubs.

In 2014, Seattle's DeAndre Yedlin became the first MLS homegrown player to compete in a World Cup.

Homegrown territories

As of 2024, the homegrown territories for most MLS clubs is defined as a 75-mile (121 km) radius around the team's home stadium, with some exceptions when another team is nearby. Certain teams are also granted entire states or portions of adjacent states. San Diego FC is allowed to claim players from Mexico within a driving distance of 62.1-mile (99.9 km) from their training facility.

Homegrown players history

Notes

• This list only includes players who were fully eligible to be a homegrown player and officially signed a homegrown player contract with MLS. This is not a list of academy players for each respective MLS team.
• Players with their names in Bold have received a full international cap.
• Former MLS sides Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny were dissolved before the introduction of the homegrown player rule.
• The following list of players have been reported as or claimed to be homegrown players, but never officially signed a homegrown player contract identifying them as such for MLS roster rule purposes; Julián Araujo, Freddie Braun, Eduardo Cortes, Kyle Duncan, Raheem Edwards, Steven Emory, Jake LaCava, Chris Lema, Nico Lemoine, Pierre da Silva, and Zack Steffen.
• Nizar Khalfan was classified as a homegrown player, despite never been part of the Vancouver Whitecaps academy.

Atlanta United FC

Atlanta United FC homegrown player George Bello is a 2021 MLS All-Star. Bello has earned 7 caps with the USMNT.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Andrew Carleton		2016
Chris Goslin	retired	2017
Lagos Kunga	Union Omaha	2017
George Bello	LASK	2018
Patrick Okonkwo		2018
George Campbell	CF Montréal	2020
Jackson Conway	Charleston Battery	2020
Tyler Wolff	Atlanta United FC	2020
Efrain Morales	Atlanta United FC	2021
Machop Chol	San Antonio FC	2021
Bryce Washington	North Carolina FC	2021
Justin Garces	Atlanta United FC	2022
Caleb Wiley	Atlanta United FC	2022
Ajani Fortune	Atlanta United FC	2023
Noah Cobb	Atlanta United FC	2023
Luke Brennan	Atlanta United FC	2024
Adyn Torres	Atlanta United FC	2024
Garrison Tubbs	D.C. United	2024
Ashton Gordon	Atlanta United FC	2025

Austin FC

Player	Current club	Year signed
Owen Wolff	Austin FC	2021
Damian Las	Austin FC	2022
Micah Burton	Austin FC	2024

Charlotte FC

Player	Current club	Year signed
Chris Hegardt	Stabæk	2022
Brian Romero	Charlotte FC	2022
Nimfasha Berchimas	Charlotte FC	2023
Brandon Cambridge	Charlotte FC	2023
Jack Neeley	Charlotte FC	2023

Chicago Fire FC

Chicago Fire FC homegrown Djordje Mihailovic is currently playing for AZ Alkmaar. He has earned 11 caps for the USMNT

Player	Current club	Year signed
Kellen Gulley	retired	2012
Chris Ritter	retired	2014
Harry Shipp	retired	2014
Patrick Doody	retired	2015
Collin Fernandez	Spokane Velocity	2015
Joey Calistri	retired	2016
Drew Conner	retired	2016
Djordje Mihailovic	Colorado Rapids	2017
Victor Pineda	retired	2017
Grant Lillard	retired	2018
Jeremiah Gutjahr	retired	2019
Andre Reynolds II	retired	2019
Gabriel Slonina	Eupen	2019
Nicholas Slonina	retired	2019
Chris Brady	Chicago Fire FC	2020
Javier Casas	Chicago Fire FC	2020
Brian Gutiérrez	Chicago Fire FC	2020
Alex Monis	New England Revolution II	2020
Mauricio Pineda	Chicago Fire FC	2020
Allan Rodriguez		2020
Victor Bezerra	Chicago Fire FC	2021
Sergio Oregel	Chicago Fire FC	2021
Missael Rodríguez	Chicago Fire FC	2021
Justin Reynolds	Chicago Fire FC	2023

Chivas USA (defunct)

Chivas USA homegrown Jorge Villafaña earned 21 caps with the USMNT.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Jorge Villafaña	retired	2007
Gerson Mayén	Águila	2008
César Zamora	retired	2009
Bryan de la Fuente	retired	2010
Chris Cortez		2011
Mark Delgado	LA Galaxy	2012
Caleb Calvert	retired	2013

FC Cincinnati

Player	Current club	Year signed
Zico Bailey	New Mexico United	2020
Beckham Sunderland	retired	2020
Arquimides Ordóñez	FC Cincinnati	2021
Harrison Robledo		2022
Stiven Jimenez	FC Cincinnati	2023
Malik Pinto	FC Cincinnati	2023
Paul Walters	FC Cincinnati	2023
Gerardo Valenzuela	FC Cincinnati	2023

Colorado Rapids

Player	Current club	Year signed
Davy Armstrong	retired	2010
Josh Janniere	retired	2011
Dillon Serna	retired	2012
Shane O'Neill	Toronto FC	2012
Kortne Ford	Sporting Kansas City II	2017
Cole Bassett	Colorado Rapids	2018
Sam Vines	Colorado Rapids	2018
Sebastian Anderson	Colorado Rapids	2019
Matt Hundley	retired	2019
Abraham Rodriguez	Toronto FC II	2019
Michael Edwards	Colorado Rapids	2019
Ricardo Pérez	retired	2019
Sam Raben	retired	2019
Will Vint		2020
Darren Yapi	Colorado Rapids	2020
Oliver Larraz	Colorado Rapids	2021
Dantouma Toure		2021
Jackson Travis	Colorado Rapids	2022
Adam Beaudry	Colorado Rapids	2024

Columbus Crew

Columbus Crew homegrown Wil Trapp is a 2016 MLS All-Star. He earned 20 caps with the USMNT.

Aidan Morris is a 2023 MLS All-Star. He has earned 4 caps with the USMNT.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Aaron Horton	retired	2011
Matt Lampson	retired	2012
Ben Speas	retired	2012
Chad Barson	retired	2013
Kyle Hyland	retired	2013
Wil Trapp	Minnesota United FC	2013
Ross Friedman	retired	2014
Matt Walker	retired	2014
Matt Wiet	retired	2014
Ben Swanson	retired	2015
Alex Crognale	Birmingham Legion FC	2017
Aboubacar Keita	Bohemian	2019
Sebastian Berhalter	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2020
Aidan Morris	Columbus Crew	2020
Isaiah Parente	Ventura County FC	2021
Jake Morris	Louisville City FC	2022
Sean Zawadzki	Columbus Crew	2022
Will Sands	Columbus Crew	2022
Jacen Russell-Rowe	Columbus Crew	2022
Keegan Hughes	Columbus Crew	2023
Taha Habroune	Columbus Crew	2024
Cole Mrowka	Columbus Crew	2024

FC Dallas

Kellyn Acosta is a 2017 MLS All-Star. He's earned 58 caps with the USMNT, being selected to the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad.

Jesús Ferreira is a 2x MLS All-Star. In 2022, he was named MLS Young Player of the Year and was selected to the MLS Best XI. He has earned 23 caps with the USMNT, having been selected to the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad.

In 2021, Ricardo Pepi was named an MLS All-Star and won the MLS Young Player of the Year Award. He has earned 16 caps with the USMNT.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Bryan Leyva	retired	2009
Rubén Luna	retired	2010
Moisés Hernández		2010
Víctor Ulloa	retired	2011
Jonathan Top	retired	2011
Richard Sánchez		2011
Kellyn Acosta	Chicago Fire FC	2013
Bradlee Baladez	retired	2013
Coy Craft	retired	2013
Danny Garcia	retired	2013
Jesse González	retired	2013
London Woodberry	retired	2013
Alejandro Zendejas	América	2015
Aarón Guillén	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2016
Paxton Pomykal	FC Dallas	2016
Reggie Cannon	Queens Park Rangers	2017
Jesús Ferreira	FC Dallas	2017
Bryan Reynolds	Westerlo	2017
Jordan Cano	retired	2018
Kris Reaves	retired	2018
Thomas Roberts	Stabæk	2018
Chris Richards	Crystal Palace	2018
Brandon Servania	Toronto FC	2018
Edwin Cerrillo	LA Galaxy	2019
Ricardo Pepi	PSV	2019
Dante Sealy	FC Dallas	2019
Carlos Avilez	Central Valley Fuego	2020
Justin Che	ADO Den Haag	2020
Eddie Munjoma	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2020
Beni Redžić	Real Monarchs	2020
Tanner Tessmann	Venezia	2020
Kalil ElMedkhar	Loudoun United FC	2021
Collin Smith	Rhode Island FC	2021
Antonio Carrera	FC Dallas	2022
Tarik Scott	FC Dallas	2023
Nolan Norris	FC Dallas	2023
Alejandro Urzua	FC Dallas	2024
Malik Henry-Scott	FC Dallas	2024

D.C. United

In 2014, Bill Hamid was named an MLS All-Star, named to the MLS Best XI, and won the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award.

D.C. United homegrown player Andy Najar was named the 2010 MLS Rookie of the Year.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Bill Hamid	Virginia Dream FC	2009
Conor Shanosky	retired	2010
Andy Najar	Olimpia	2010
Ethan White	retired	2011
Michael Seaton	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	2013
Jalen Robinson		2014
Collin Martin	North Carolina FC	2014
Chris Durkin	St. Louis City SC	2016
Ian Harkes	New England Revolution	2017
Antonio Bustamante	Aurora	2019
Moses Nyeman	Minnesota United FC	2019
Donovan Pines	Barnsley	2019
Griffin Yow	Westerlo	2019
Kevin Paredes	VfL Wolfsburg	2020
Jeremy Garay	D.C. United	2021
Jacob Greene	Columbus Crew 2	2021
Ted Ku-DiPietro	D.C. United	2022
Jackson Hopkins	D.C. United	2022
Kristian Fletcher	D.C. United	2022
Matai Akinmboni	D.C. United	2022

Houston Dynamo FC

As of July 19, 2023, Memo Rodríguez has played over 145 MLS matches.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Tyler Deric	Memphis 901 FC	2009
Francisco Navas	retired	2010
Alex Dixon	Monterey Bay FC	2011
Josue Soto	retired	2011
Bryan Salazar	retired	2009
Memo Rodríguez	Sporting Kansas City	2015
Bradley Bourgeois	FC Tulsa	2016
Christian Lucatero	retired	2016
Erik McCue	Örebro	2019
Marcelo Palomino	AFC Eskilstuna	2019
Juan Castilla	Deportivo Cali	2021
Danny Ríos		2021
Brooklyn Raines	Houston Dynamo	2022
Xavier Valdez	Houston Dynamo	2022
Mujeeb Murana	Birmingham Legion FC	2023
Kieran Sargeant	Houston Dynamo	2024
Sebastian Rodriguez	Houston Dynamo	2025

Inter Miami CF

Player	Current club	Year signed
Drake Callender	Inter Miami CF	2020
Edison Azcona	Inter Miami CF	2021
Ian Fray	Inter Miami CF	2021
Felipe Valencia	Inter Miami CF	2021
Noah Allen	Inter Miami CF	2022
Benjamin Cremaschi	Inter Miami CF	2023
Shanyder Borgelin	Inter Miami CF	2023
David Ruiz	Inter Miami CF	2023
Santiago Morales	Inter Miami CF	2023
Tyler Hall	Inter Miami CF	2024
Israel Boatwright	Inter Miami CF	2024

Sporting Kansas City

Erik Palmer-Brown currently plays for Troyes in Ligue 2. He has earned 4 caps with the USMNT.

Dániel Sallói is a 2021 MLS All-Star. With over 170 appearances, he has more appearances for Sporting Kansas City than any other homegrown player for their organization.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Jon Kempin	retired	2010
Kevin Ellis	retired	2011
Erik Palmer-Brown	Panathinaikos	2013
Dániel Sallói	Sporting Kansas City	2016
Jaylin Lindsey	Charlotte FC	2017
Gianluca Busio	Venezia	2018
Wan Kuzain	St. Louis City SC 2	2018
Matt Lewis	retired	2018
Zach Wright	retired	2018
Cameron Duke	Crown Legacy FC	2019
Tyler Freeman	Carolina Core FC	2019
Wilson Harris	Louisville City FC	2019
Felipe Hernández	Sporting Kansas City	2019
John Pulskamp	Sporting Kansas City	2020
Grayson Barber		2021
Ozzie Cisneros	Sporting Kansas City	2021
Jake Davis	Sporting Kansas City	2021
Kayden Pierre	Sporting Kansas City	2021
Kaveh Rad	Portland Timbers 2	2021
Brooks Thompson	Hartford Athletic	2021

LA Galaxy

A 2015 MLS All-Star, Gyasi Zardes is the only homegrown player in MLS history to join the MLS 100 goal club. He's earned 66 cap with the USMNT.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Tristan Bowen	retired	2009
Jack McBean	retired	2011
Jose Villarreal		2012
Oscar Sorto	retired	2013
Gyasi Zardes	Austin FC	2013
Raúl Mendiola	Central Valley Fuego	2014
Bradford Jamieson IV	retired	2014
Ariel Lassiter	CF Montréal	2015
Justin Dhillon	El Paso Locomotive FC	2017
Nathan Smith		2017
Jaime Villarreal	retired	2017
Efraín Álvarez	Tijuana	2018
Hugo Arellano	retired	2019
Ethan Zubak	Orange County SC	2019
Cameron Dunbar	Orange County SC	2020
Eric Lopez		2020
Jonathan Perez	LA Galaxy	2020
Marcus Ferkranus	LA Galaxy	2021
Jalen Neal	LA Galaxy	2021
Adam Saldana	KFUM Oslo	2021
Ruben Ramos Jr.	LA Galaxy	2025
Harbor Miller	LA Galaxy	2025

Los Angeles FC

Player	Current club	Year signed
Shaft Brewer Jr.	North Carolina FC	2018
Erik Dueñas	Los Angeles FC	2020
Bryce Duke	CF Montréal	2020
Tony Leone	CF Monterrey	2020
Christian Torres	CD Tapatio	2020
Tomás Romero	New York City FC	2021
Nathan Ordaz	Los Angeles FC	2022
Bajung Darboe	Los Angeles FC	2023
Diego Rosales	Los Angeles FC 2	2023

Minnesota United FC

Player	Current club	Year signed
Fred Emmings	Minnesota United FC 2	2020
Patrick Weah	Minnesota United FC	2021
Aziel Jackson	St. Louis City SC	2021
Devin Padelford	Minnesota United FC	2022

CF Montréal

Maxime Crépeau has earned 15 caps with the Canada Men's National Team.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Karl Ouimette	Atlético Ottawa	2012
Maxime Crépeau	Portland Timbers	2013
Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	York United FC	2013
Wandrille Lefèvre	retired	2013
Zakaria Messoudi	retired	2013
Maxim Tissot	Atlético Ottawa	2013
Louis Béland-Goyette		2014
Anthony Jackson-Hamel	retired	2014
David Choinière	Forge FC	2016
Ballou Tabla	Atlético Ottawa	2017
Jason Beaulieu	retired	2018
Mathieu Choinière	CF Montréal	2018
Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	Pacific FC	2018
James Pantemis	Portland Timbers	2018
Clément Bayiha	York United FC	2019
Karifa Yao	Rhode Island FC	2019
Tomas Giraldo	HFX Wanderers FC	2020
Keesean Ferdinand	Portland Timbers 2	2020
Jonathan Sirois	CF Montréal	2021
Jean-Aniel Assi	Crown Legacy FC	2021
Sean Rea	CD Castellón B	2021
Nathan-Dylan Saliba	CF Montréal	2021
Rida Zouhir	CF Montréal	2021
Alessandro Biello	CF Montréal	2024

Nashville SC

Player	Current club	Year signed
Nick Hinds	El Paso Locomotive FC	2021
Ben Martino	Nashville SC	2023
Adem Sipić	Nashville SC	2023
Isaiah Jones	Nashville SC	2024

New England Revolution

Diego Fagúndez is the first ever MLS homegrown player. He is one of only 13 players in MLS history to record 60 career goals and 60 career assists.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Diego Fagúndez	LA Galaxy	2010
Scott Caldwell	Real Salt Lake	2013
Zachary Herivaux	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2013
Isaac Angking	Rhode Island FC	2018
Nicolas Firmino	Atlanta United FC	2018
Justin Rennicks	AC Oulu	2019
Damian Rivera	New England Revolution	2019
Noel Buck	New England Revolution	2022
Esmir Bajraktarević	New England Revolution	2022
Jack Panayotou	New England Revolution	2023
Santiago Suarez	New England Revolution	2024
Peyton Miller	New England Revolution	2024
Malcolm Fry	New England Revolution	2024

New York City FC

A 2021 MLS All-Star, James Sands has earned 13 caps with the UMSNT.

Player	Current club	Year signed
James Sands	New York City FC	2017
Joe Scally	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2018
Justin Haak	New York City FC	2019
Tayvon Gray	New York City FC	2020
Andres Jasson	New York City FC	2020
Chris Gloster	New Mexico United	2021
Christian McFarlane	New York City FC	2021
Nico Benalcazar	FC Cincinnati 2	2022
Jonathan Jiménez	New York City FC II	2022
Samuel Owusu	New York City FC II	2022
Maximo Carrizo	New York City FC	2022
Jonny Shore	New York City FC	2023
Drew Baiera	New York City FC	2023
Zidane Yañez	New York City FC	2024
Alex Rando	New York City FC	2024

New York Red Bulls

A 2011 MLS All-Star, Juan Agudelo has earned 28 caps with the USMNT.

Matt Miazga is a 2023 MLS All-Star. He's earned 28 caps with the USMNT.

USMNT captain Tyler Adams was named the 2022 U.S. Soccer Player of the Year. He has earned 36 caps with the national team and was selected to the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad.

Derrick Etienne Jr. won the 2018 Supporters' Shield with the New York Red Bulls. He has earned 39 caps with the Haiti National Team.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Giorgi Chirgadze	retired	2010
Juan Agudelo	San Antonio FC	2010
Šaćir Hot	retired	2011
Matt Kassel	retired	2011
Connor Lade	retired	2012
Santiago Castaño	retired	2013
Matt Miazga	FC Cincinnati	2013
Amando Moreno	El Paso Locomotive FC	2013
Sean Davis	Nashville SC	2015
Tyler Adams	AFC Bournemouth	2016
Brandon Allen	retired	2016
Mael Corboz	SC Verl	2016
Derrick Etienne	Atlanta United FC	2016
Alex Muyl	Nashville SC	2016
Scott Thomsen	retired	2016
Chris Thorsheim	retired	2016
Arun Basuljevic	El Paso Locomotive FC	2017
Evan Louro	FC Cincinnati	2017
Ben Mines	Indy Eleven	2018
Kevin Politz	retired	2018
Omir Fernandez	Colorado Rapids	2019
Jean-Christophe Koffi		2019
Caden Clark	Minnesota United FC	2020
John Tolkin	New York Red Bulls	2020
Bento Estrela	New York Red Bulls	2021
Daniel Edelman	New York Red Bulls	2022
Zach Ryan	Loudoun United FC	2022
Serge Ngoma	New York Red Bulls	2022
Curtis Ofori	New York Red Bulls	2023
Jayden Reid	St. Louis City 2	2023
Peter Stroud	New York Red Bulls	2023
Julian Hall	New York Red Bulls	2023
Davi Alexandre	New York Red Bulls	2024
Aidan Stokes	New York Red Bulls	2024
Roald Mitchell	New York Red Bulls	2024

Orlando City SC

Player	Current club	Year signed
Tommy Redding	retired	2014
Harrison Heath	retired	2015
Tyler Turner	retired	2015
Mason Stajduhar	Orlando City SC	2016
Cameron Lindley	Indy Eleven	2018
Benji Michel	Arouca	2019
Michael Halliday	Orlando City SC	2020
David Loera	Lexington SC	2020
Raul Aguilera		2020
Jordan Bender	FK Metta	2020
Wilfredo Rivera	Orlando City SC	2021
Thomas Williams	Orlando City SC	2021
Alex Freeman	Orlando City SC	2022
Favian Loyola	Orlando City SC	2023
Javier Otero	Orlando City SC	2023
Tahir Reid-Brown	Orlando City SC	2024

Philadelphia Union

2022 MLS Best XI selection Mark McKenzie has earned 11 caps with the USMNT

In 2020, Brenden Aaronson was named to the MLS Best XI. He's earned 32 caps with the USMNT and was selected to the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Zach Pfeffer	retired	2011
Cristhian Hernández	retired	2012
Jimmy McLaughlin	retired	2012
Derrick Jones	Columbus Crew	2016
Auston Trusty	Sheffield United	2016
Adam Najem	Bhayangkara	2017
Anthony Fontana	PEC Zwolle	2018
Mark McKenzie	Genk	2018
Matthew Real	Philadelphia Union	2018
Brenden Aaronson	Union Berlin	2019
Matt Freese	New York City FC	2019
Jack de Vries	Vis Pesaro	2020
Cole Turner	Loudoun United FC	2020
Paxten Aaronson	Eintracht Frankfurt	2021
Brandan Craig	Philadelphia Union	2021
Nathan Harriel	Philadelphia Union	2021
Jack McGlynn	Philadelphia Union	2021
Quinn Sullivan	Philadelphia Union	2021
Anton Sorenson	Charlotte Independence	2022
Jeremy Rafanello	Philadelphia Union	2022
Nelson Pierre	Philadelphia Union	2023
Nick Pariano	Philadelphia Union	2024
David Vazquez	Philadelphia Union	2024
Andrew Rick	Philadelphia Union	2024

Portland Timbers

Player	Current club	Year signed
Brent Richards		2012
Steven Evans	retired	2013
Bryan Gallego	retired	2014
Marco Farfan	FC Dallas	2017
Foster Langsdorf	retired	2018
Eryk Williamson	Portland Timbers	2018
Blake Bodily	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2020
Hunter Sulte	Portland Timbers	2021
Tega Ikoba	Portland Timbers	2022

Real Salt Lake

Justen Glad became the first RSL homegrown player to play in over 200 games for the team.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Nico Muñiz	retired	2011
Donny Toia		2011
Lalo Fernández	retired	2012
Benji Lopez	retired	2013
Carlos Salcedo	Cruz Azul	2013
Jordan Allen	retired	2014
Justen Glad	Real Salt Lake	2014
Sebastian Saucedo	Juárez	2014
Phanuel Kavita	Birmingham Legion FC	2015
Adolfo Ovalle	Tacoma Defiance	2015
Danilo Acosta		2016
Ricardo Velazco	retired	2016
José Hernández	Phoenix Rising FC	2017
Corey Baird	FC Cincinnati	2018
Aaron Herrera	D.C. United	2018
Brooks Lennon	Atlanta United FC	2018
Luis Arriaga		2019
Erik Holt	Real Salt Lake	2019
David Ochoa	Los Angeles FC 2	2019
Tate Schmitt	Houston Dynamo	2019
Julián Vázquez	Real Monarchs	2019
Christopher Garcia	Austin FC II	2020
Milan Iloski	FC Nordsjælland	2020
Andrew Brody	Real Salt Lake	2021
Bode Hidalgo	Real Salt Lake	2021
Jeff Dewsnup	retired	2021
Zackery Farnsworth	Real Salt Lake	2021
Gavin Beavers	Real Salt Lake	2022
Julio Benitez		2022
Axel Kei	Real Salt Lake	2022
Jaziel Orozco	Larne	2022
Jude Wellings	Real Salt Lake	2022
Luis Rivera	Real Salt Lake	2023
Delentz Pierre	Real Salt Lake	2023
Tommy Silva	Real Salt Lake	2024

San Jose Earthquakes

Tommy Thompson is currently 4th all-time in games played for the Earthquakes at over 200 appearances.

Nick Lima has played over 175 games in MLS and earned 9 caps with the USMNT.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Tommy Thompson	San Jose Earthquakes	2014
Nick Lima	New England Revolution	2017
Jacob Akanyirige	New England Revolution II	2018
Gilbert Fuentes		2018
JT Marcinkowski	San Jose Earthquakes	2018
Cade Cowell	Guadalajara	2019
Casey Walls	San Jose Earthquakes	2020
Emi Ochoa	San Jose Earthquakes	2021
Will Richmond	San Jose Earthquakes	2022
Niko Tsakiris	San Jose Earthquakes	2022
Cruz Medina	San Jose Earthquakes	2022
Cam Cilley	St. Louis City SC 2	2023
Keegan Tingey	Loudoun United FC	2023
Chance Cowell	San Jose Earthquakes	2023
Edwyn Mendoza	San Jose Earthquakes	2023
Oscar Verhoeven	San Jose Earthquakes	2023

Seattle Sounders FC

DeAndre Yedlin is a 3x MLS All-Star. He's earned 81 caps with the USMNT and was selected to the 2014 and 2022 FIFA World Cup squads.

A 2x MLS All-Star, and 2020 MLS Best XI selection, Jordan Morris has earned 55 USMNT caps and was selected to the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad.

Player	Current club	Year signed
DeAndre Yedlin	Inter Miami CF	2012
Aaron Kovar	retired	2014
Sean Okoli		2014
Darwin Jones	retired	2015
Victor Mansaray	PSM Makassar	2015
Jordan Morris	Seattle Sounders FC	2016
Jordan Schweitzer	retired	2016
Seyi Adekoya	retired	2017
Henry Wingo	Ferencváros	2017
Handwalla Bwana		2018
Danny Leyva	Seattle Sounders FC	2019
Trey Muse	Portland Timbers	2019
Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	Austin FC	2019
Josh Atencio	Seattle Sounders FC	2020
Ethan Dobbelaere		2020
Shandon Hopeau	retired	2020
Reed Baker-Whiting	Seattle Sounders FC	2021
Obed Vargas	Seattle Sounders FC	2021
Dylan Teves	Seattle Sounders FC	2022
Sota Kitahara	Seattle Sounders FC	2023
Jacob Castro	Seattle Sounders FC	2023
Cody Baker	Seattle Sounders FC	2023
Stuart Hawkins	Seattle Sounders FC	2023

St. Louis City SC

Player	Current club	Year signed
Caden Glover	St. Louis City SC	2023
Miguel Perez	St. Louis City SC	2023
Tyson Pearce	St. Louis City SC	2024

Toronto FC

Doneil Henry has earned 44 caps with the Canada men's national soccer team. He was selected to the squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but sustained an injury that ruled him out of the tournament.

Ashtone Morgan is Toronto FC's first homegrown player to appear in over 100 games.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Nicholas Lindsay	retired	2010
Doneil Henry	HFX Wanderers FC	2010
Keith Makubuya	retired	2011
Oscar Cordon	retired	2011
Matt Stinson	retired	2011
Ashtone Morgan		2011
Quillan Roberts	Western Suburbs FC	2012
Manny Aparicio	Pacific FC	2013
Jordan Hamilton	Forge FC	2014
Chris Mannella		2014
Jay Chapman	Hartford Athletic	2015
Molham Babouli	York United FC	2016
Ben Spencer	retired	2017
Aidan Daniels	HFX Wanderers FC	2018
Julian Dunn	HFX Wanderers FC	2018
Sergio Camargo	Cavalry FC	2020
Ayo Akinola	Toronto FC	2018
Liam Fraser	FC Dallas	2018
Noble Okello	Atlanta United 2	2019
Jacob Shaffelburg	Nashville SC	2019
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	Toronto FC	2020
Jayden Nelson	Rosenborg	2020
Ralph Priso	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2020
Rocco Romeo	Vancouver FC	2020
Jordan Perruzza	Toronto FC	2021
Luke Singh	Atlético Ottawa	2021
Luca Petrasso	Orlando City SC	2022
Deandre Kerr	Toronto FC	2022
Kosi Thompson	Lillestrøm	2022
Themi Antonoglou		2022
Hugo Mbongue	Toronto FC	2022
Kobe Franklin	Toronto FC	2023
Adam Pearlman	Toronto FC	2024

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

In 2020, as a member of Bayern Munich, Alphonso Davies became the first MLS homegrown player to be named to the FIFPRO World XI and first homegrown player to win the UEFA Champions League. He's earned 41 caps with the Canada men's national soccer team and was selected to the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad.

Player	Current club	Year signed
Philippe Davies	retired	2011
Nizar Khalfan	retired	2011
Brian Sylvestre	retired	2011
Russell Teibert	retired	2011
Bryce Alderson	retired	2012
Caleb Clarke	retired	2012
Sam Adekugbe	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2013
Marco Carducci	Cavalry FC	2014
Kianz Froese	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	2014
Ethen Sampson		2014
Marco Bustos	IFK Värnamo	2015
Alphonso Davies	Bayern Munich	2016
Michael Baldisimo	San Jose Earthquakes	2018
Simon Colyn	De Graafschap	2018
Ben McKendry		2018
Sean Melvin	Atlético Ottawa	2018
David Norman Jr.	Vancouver FC	2018
Theo Bair	Motherwell	2019
Thomas Hasal		2019
Georges Mukumbilwa	Pacific FC	2019
Isaac Boehmer	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2020
Gianfranco Facchineri	Windsor City FC	2020
Damiano Pecile	Venezia	2020
Matteo Campagna		2021
Kamron Habibullah	Sporting Kansas City II	2021
Max Anchor	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2023

Notes

Records

The following table shows the leading home grown player goal scorer by season. It also shows which club the player was with in that season, as well as the player's age at the end of that season.

Year	Player (Club)	Goals	Age	Transfer notes
2010	Andy Najar (D.C. United)	5	17	Transferred to Anderlecht (Belgium) in January 2013.
2011	Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls)	6	18
2012	Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls)	3	19	Transferred to Stoke City (England) in January 2014.
2013	Diego Fagúndez (New England Revolution)	13	18
2014	Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)	14	23
2015	Diego Fagúndez (New England Revolution)	6	20
2016	Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders)	12	21
2017	Anthony Jackson-Hamel (Montreal Impact)	9	24
2018	Gyasi Zardes^ (Columbus Crew)	19	27	Traded to Columbus Crew in January 2018
2019	Gyasi Zardes^ (Columbus Crew)	13	28
2020	Gyasi Zardes^ (Columbus Crew)	12	29
2021	Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City)	16	25
2022	Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas)	18	21