2026 World Cup will have record number of MLS players. See the list.
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Major League Soccer will be represented by a league-record 44 players when Canada, Mexico and the United States co-host the 2026 World Cup, as FIFA released the full 26-man rosters for each of the 48 squads at this year's tournament.
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The 44 active MLS players is an improvement over the 36 the league had competing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In all, 17 different countries have an MLS player.
Of course, highlighting that contingent is Lionel Messi, the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner who led Argentina to World Cup glory in 2022. Messi is joined on Argentina's roster by his Inter Miami teammate, Rodrigo De Paul.
Los Angeles FC is represented by the most players (four), while eight other MLS clubs have three World Cup players.
Per the league, MLS has the most players of any league in the Western Hemisphere, and has the second-most outside of Europe's big five leagues — English Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga, France's Ligue 1, Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A.
The 2026 World Cup kicks off on June 11 and runs through the final on July 19.
Here is a look at every MLS player on rosters for the 2026 World Cup, listed by country:
MLS players in 2026 World Cup
Argentina
- Rodrigo De Paul, midfielder (Inter Miami CF)
- Lionel Messi, forward (Inter Miami CF)
Australia
- Lucas Herrington, defender (Colorado Rapids)
- Aiden O'Neill, midfielder (New York City FC)
- Kai Trewin, midfielder (New York City FC)
Canada
- Mathieu Choinière, midfielder (Los Angeles FC)
- Maxime Crépeau, goalkeeper (Orlando City SC)
- Stephen Eustáquio, midfielder (Los Angeles FC)
- Richie Laryea, defender (Toronto FC)
- Jonathan Osorio, midfielder (Toronto FC)
- Jacob Shaffelburg, midfielder (Los Angeles FC)
- Dayne St. Clair, goalkeeper (Inter Miami CF)
- Joel Waterman, defender (Chicago Fire FC)
Cape Verde
- CJ dos Santos, goalkeeper (San Diego FC)
- Steven Moreira, defender (Columbus Crew)
Colombia
- James Rodríguez, midfielder (Minnesota United FC)
Croatia
- Petar Musa, forward, (FC Dallas)
- Marco Pašalić, forward (Orlando City SC)
Haiti
- Louicius Deedson, forward (FC Dallas)
- Derrick Etienne Jr., forward (Toronto FC)
- Danley Jean Jacques, midfielder (Philadelphia Union)
Iraq
- Ahmed Qasem, forward (Nashville SC)
New Zealand
- Michael Boxall, defender (Minnesota United FC)
- Finn Surman, defender (Portland Timbers)
Panama
- Aníbal Godoy, midfielder (San Diego FC)
- Carlos Harvey, midfielder (Minnesota United FC)
Paraguay
- Miguel Almirón, midfielder (Atlanta United)
- Andrés Cubas, midfielder (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
- Matías Galarza, midfielder (Atlanta United)
- Braian Ojeda, midfielder (Orlando City SC)
South Africa
- Olwethu Makhanya, defender (Philadelphia Union)
- Mbekezeli Mbokazi, defender (Chicago Fire FC)
South Korea
- Son Heung-Min, forward (Los Angeles FC)
Sweden
- Herman Johansson, defender (FC Dallas)
Tunisia
- Rayan Elloumi, forward (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
United States
- Max Arfsten, defender (Columbus Crew)
- Sebastian Berhalter, midfielder (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
- Chris Brady, goalkeeper (Chicago Fire FC)
- Matt Freese, goalkeeper (New York City FC)
- Tim Ream, defender (Charlotte FC)
- Miles Robinson, defender (FC Cincinnati)
- Cristian Roldan, midfielder (Seattle Sounders FC)
- Matt Turner, goalkeeper (New England Revolution)
Uruguay
- Juan Manuel Sanabria, defender (Real Salt Lake)
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Which MLS players are at the 2026 World Cup? Here's the full list.