Soccer is an immensely popular sport in the United States of America. Interestingly, USA is the only country which has yielded skilled players in numerous foreign leagues. Among the first Americans to become regulars in foreign leagues were John Harkes at Sheffield Wednesday in England, Eric Wynalda at Saarbrücken in Germany, Kasey Keller at Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany, and Earnie Stewart at NAC Breda in the Netherlands.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Caption- Hark’s was one of the pioneer American players to play for foreign leagues
Here’s a list of Americans playing in foreign leagues:
In Croatia’s Prva Nogometna Liga
* Johann Smith (Rijeka)
In Denmark’s Superliga
* Danny Califf (Midtjylland)
* Benny Feilhaber (AGF)
* Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjælland)
* Marcus Tracy (Aalborg)
* Jeremiah White (AGF)
In England’s Premier League
* Jozy Altidore (Hull City)
* Clint Dempsey (Fulham)
* Brad Friedel (Aston Villa)
* Brad Guzan (Aston Villa)
* Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
* Tim Howard (Everton)
* Eddie Johnson (Fulham)
* Eric Lichaj (Aston Villa)
* Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
In England’s Football League Championship
* Jay Demerit (Watford)
* Frank Simek (Sheffield Wednesday)
In England’s Football League One
* Mike Grella (Leeds United)
* Jemal Johnson (Milton Keynes Dons)
* Ian Joyce (Southend United)
* Jon-Paul Pittman (Wycombe Wanderers)
* Zak Whitbread (Millwall)
In France’s Ligue 1
* Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes)
* Charlie Davies (Sochaux)
In Germany’s Fußball-Bundesliga
* Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
* Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96)
* Sal Zizzo (Hannover 96)
In Germany’s 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
* Kenny Cooper (1860 Munich)
* Luis Robles (Kaiserslautern)
* Matt Taylor (Frankfurt)
* David Yelldell (Koblenz)
In Italy’s Serie A
* Oguchi Onyewu (Milan)
In Italy’s Lega Pro Prima Divisione
* Gabriel Ferrari (Foggia)
In Mexico’s Primera División
* Edgar Castillo (UANL Tigres)
* Michael Orozco (San Luis)
* José Francisco Torres (Pachuca)
* Marco Vidal (Indios)
In Norway’s Tippeligaen
* Mikkel Diskerud (Stabæk)
* Clarence Goodson (Start)
* Hunter Freeman (Start)
* Troy Perkins (Vålerenga)
In Portugal’s Liga
* Freddy Adu (Belenenses)
* Kamani Hill (Vitória)
In Scotland’s Premier League
* DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers)
* Maurice Edu (Rangers)
In Sweden’s Allsvenskan
* Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro)
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