Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber has made no secret of hoping to grow MLS into a selling league, but you can't accomplish that without inventory. Thus, one route general managers take is mining leagues around the world for talent to fill out their rosters.
To take stock of that trend, here's the full list of international offseason acquisitions as of Jan. 4, as sorted by nation of their former club. So far, the greatest amount of international acquisitions have come from two locations also in the Western Hemisphere: Mexico's Liga MX and Brazil's Serie A.
Brazil
Yimmi Chara - POR
Antonio Carlos - ORL
Thiago Santos - DAL
Judson - SJ
Mexico
Lucas Zelarayan - CLB
Alan Pulido - SKC
Lucas Cavallini - VAN
Croatia
Roberto Puncec - SKC
Dario Zuparic - POR
Germany
Emiliano Insua - LA
Khiry Shelton - SKC
Spain
Alvaro Medran - CHI
Cristian Espinoza - SJ
Argentina
Rodrigo Schlegel - ORL
Colombia
Andres Perea - ORL
France
Samba Camara - NE
Honduras
Brayan Beckeles - NSH
Netherlands
Alexander Buttner – NE
Norway
Vito Wormgoor - CLB
Poland
Adam Buksa - NE
Sweden
Tom Pettersson - CIN
Uruguay
Francisco Ginella - LAFC
Venezuela
Jose Andres Martinez - PHI
