This is a list of foreign players in Major League Soccer. The following players:
- Have played at least one MLS game for the respective club (Unless noted by italics).
- Have not been capped for the U.S. national team on any level, independently from the birthplace
- Have been born outside the United States OR have been born in the United States and were capped by a foreign national team. This includes players who have dual citizenship with the United States.
In italics with bold: Players currently signed, but have yet to play a league match.
In bold: Current foreign MLS players and their present team.
In italics, but not bolded: Former players who had signed a professional contract with an MLS team, but never made a league appearance for the team.
(Note: If a player born in one country has represented another country on their youth team, but has not played for that country's youth team in the past two years, and has not been capped for that country's senior team, then they are listed with their country of birth.)
As of the start of the 2012 MLS season, 105 nations (including the United States) have been represented by players in the league.
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