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Javier Hernández, Carlos Vela and more: who are the Mexican players who play soccer in the USA?

The MLS season is about to start with a large presence of Mexican players. 

By Fredi Roman

The MLS season is about to start with a large presence of Mexican players. 
The MLS season is about to start with a large presence of Mexican players. 
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MLS's a league that's on the rise, not only economically but also sportingly. In the first point, the franchises didn't save a dollar in order to have great renowned figures on their teams. In the second, the arrival of world stars generated that, directly, the level of competition has risen due to the quality of the protagonists. In a month, the tournament will have its premiere in the 2021 season and for this reason we're going to present the Mexicans who will play.

Josecarlos Van Rankin (Portland Timbers), Javier Eduardo López (San José Earthquakes), Jürgen Damm (Atlanta United), Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City), Javier Hernández (Los Angeles Galaxy), Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC), Oswaldo Alanís (San José Earthquakes) and Rodolfo Pizarro (Inter Miami) are the latest examples of transfers in the US league with the aim of finding their best football version, both to reinforce the Tri Sub 23 in the Tokyo Olympic Games or the process for the World Cup of Qatar 2022. But they aren't the only ones who decided to accept an offer from the MLS.

In the Los Angeles Galaxy there's also Jonathan Dos Santos, who is in his third season with the California franchise in which he has played 66 games and scored six goals. In Europe he only went through the lower teams and the first team of Barcelona, as well as Villarreal, a club to which he had been sold in 2014.

Erik Torres returns to the competition. After a brief stint at Xolos de Tijuana, the Cube finally returns to MLS, where he previously was with the Houston Dynamo. He will also defend the colors of Atlanta United, such as Jürgen Damm, being the most recent signing of the American team for this new season.

Fierro Guerrero's in his second season with the San José Earthquakes. The forward only had seven participation matches in 2019 and will now seek to consolidate himself as a starter with Matías Almeyda as coach. Victor Ulloa, meanwhile, went from Cincinatti FC to Inter Miami as one of the new signings amid the expansion of MLS.

También competirán en la MLS Pablo Sisniega (Los Angeles FC), Daniel Ríos (Nashville SC), Richard Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City), Efraín Álvarez (Los Angeles Galaxy), Julián Vázquez (Real Salt Lake), Javier Eduardo López (San José Earthquakes), Christian Torres (Los Angeles FC), Erik Dueñas (Los Angeles FC), Jonathan Pérez (Los Angeles Galaxy), Antonio Leone (Los Angeles FC) y Emmanuel Ochoa (San José Earthquakes).

 


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