# Homegrown Player Rule (MLS)

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first-team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer would have to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.
MLS roster rules allow a team to sign players to contracts similar to Generation Adidas contracts, which do not count against the MLS salary budget and may earn a much higher salary than the league minimum. MLS has since removed this wording from the roster rules. That means homegrown players will not count against the salary budget only if they are registered using supplemental roster slots, but will still count against the salary budget if they are registered using senior roster slots. There is, however, supplementary salary budget made by MLS only for homegrown players that are registered using senior roster slots called homegrown player funds.
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year, as well as meeting other unspecified league requirements. The restrictions for homegrown players were modified in 2022 to allow clubs to prioritize signing rights of nine non-academy players within their territory. Non-protected players were then allowed to sign with any MLS club without requiring compensation to be paid to another team.
If a player on a team's homegrown list goes to college or U17, U20, and U23 United States men's national soccer teams, he remains eligible to sign as a homegrown player at any time as long as he is registered with the club as a homegrown player first. Since the program's inception, some players have elected to skip years in college to play in MLS academies and sign with senior clubs.
In 2014, Seattle's DeAndre Yedlin became the first MLS homegrown player to compete in a World Cup.

## Homegrown territories

As of 2024, the homegrown territories for most MLS clubs is defined as a 75-mile (121 km) radius around the team's home stadium, with some exceptions when another team is nearby. Certain teams are also granted entire states or portions of adjacent states. San Diego FC is allowed to claim players from Mexico within a driving distance of 62.1-mile (99.9 km) from their training facility.

## Homegrown players history

Notes
* This list only includes players who were fully eligible to be a homegrown player and officially signed a homegrown player contract with MLS. This is not a list of academy players for each respective MLS team.
* Players with their names in Bold have received a full international cap.
* Former MLS sides Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny were dissolved before the introduction of the homegrown player rule.
* The following list of players have been reported as or claimed to be homegrown players, but never officially signed a homegrown player contract identifying them as such for MLS roster rule purposes; Julián Araujo, Freddie Braun, Eduardo Cortes, Kyle Duncan, Raheem Edwards, Steven Emory, Jake LaCava, Chris Lema, Nico Lemoine, Pierre da Silva, and Zack Steffen.
* Nizar Khalfan was classified as a homegrown player, despite never been part of the Vancouver Whitecaps academy.

### Atlanta United FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Andrew Carleton | | 2016 |
| Chris Goslin | retired | 2017 |
| Lagos Kunga | Union Omaha | 2017 |
| George Bello | LASK | 2018 |
| Patrick Okonkwo | | 2018 |
| George Campbell | CF Montréal | 2020 |
| Jackson Conway | Charleston Battery | 2020 |
| Tyler Wolff | Real Salt Lake | 2020 |
| Efrain Morales | Atlanta United | 2021 |
| Machop Chol | | 2021 |
| Bryce Washington | North Carolina FC | 2021 |
| Justin Garces | | 2022 |
| Caleb Wiley | Watford (on loan from Chelsea) | 2022 |
| Ajani Fortune | Atlanta United | 2023 |
| Noah Cobb | Atlanta United | 2023 |
| Luke Brennan | Atlanta United | 2024 |
| Adyn Torres | Atlanta United | 2024 |
| Garrison Tubbs | D.C. United | 2024 |
| Matt Edwards | Atlanta United | 2024 |
| Ashton Gordon | Atlanta United | 2025 |
| Will Reilly | Atlanta United | 2025 |

### Austin FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Owen Wolff | Austin FC | 2021 |
| Damian Las | Austin FC | 2022 |
| Micah Burton | Austin FC | 2024 |

### Charlotte FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Chris Hegardt | Orange County SC | 2022 |
| Brian Romero | Charlotte FC | 2022 |
| Nimfasha Berchimas | Charlotte FC | 2023 |
| Brandon Cambridge | Charlotte FC | 2023 |
| Jack Neeley | Charlotte FC | 2023 |

### Chicago Fire FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Kellen Gulley | retired | 2012 |
| Chris Ritter | retired | 2014 |
| Harry Shipp | retired | 2014 |
| Patrick Doody | retired | 2015 |
| Collin Fernandez | Spokane Velocity | 2015 |
| Joey Calistri | retired | 2016 |
| Drew Conner | retired | 2016 |
| Djordje Mihailovic | Colorado Rapids | 2017 |
| Victor Pineda | retired | 2017 |
| Grant Lillard | retired | 2018 |
| Jeremiah Gutjahr | retired | 2019 |
| Andre Reynolds II | retired | 2019 |
| Gabriel Slonina | Chelsea | 2019 |
| Nicholas Slonina | retired | 2019 |
| Chris Brady | Chicago Fire | 2020 |
| Javier Casas | | 2020 |
| Brian Gutiérrez | Chicago Fire | 2020 |
| Alex Monis | New England Revolution II | 2020 |
| Mauricio Pineda | Chicago Fire | 2020 |
| Allan Rodriguez | | 2020 |
| Victor Bezerra | | 2021 |
| Sergio Oregel | Chicago Fire | 2021 |
| Missael Rodríguez | | 2021 |
| Justin Reynolds | Chicago Fire | 2023 |
| Dylan Borso | Chicago Fire | 2025 |
| Robert Turdean | Chicago Fire | 2025 |
| Christopher Cupps | Chicago Fire | 2025 |
| Sam Williams | Chicago Fire | 2022 |

### Chivas USA (defunct)

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Jorge Villafaña | retired | 2007 |
| Gerson Mayén | Municipal Limeño | 2008 |
| César Zamora | retired | 2009 |
| Bryan de la Fuente | retired | 2010 |
| Chris Cortez | retired | 2011 |
| Mark Delgado | Los Angeles FC | 2012 |
| Caleb Calvert | retired | 2013 |

### FC Cincinnati

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Zico Bailey | New Mexico United | 2020 |
| Beckham Sunderland | retired | 2020 |
| Arquimides Ordóñez | Zimbru Chișinău | 2021 |
| Harrison Robledo | AV Alta | 2022 |
| Stiven Jimenez | FC Cincinnati | 2023 |
| Malik Pinto | | 2023 |
| Paul Walters | FC Cincinnati | 2023 |
| Gerardo Valenzuela | FC Cincinnati | 2023 |
| Stefan Chirila | FC Cincinnati | 2025 |

### Colorado Rapids

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Davy Armstrong | retired | 2010 |
| Josh Janniere | retired | 2011 |
| Dillon Serna | retired | 2012 |
| Shane O'Neill | Radnički 1923 | 2012 |
| Kortne Ford | retired | 2017 |
| Cole Bassett | Colorado Rapids | 2018 |
| Sam Vines | Colorado Rapids | 2018 |
| Sebastian Anderson | Hartford Athletic | 2019 |
| Matt Hundley | retired | 2019 |
| Abraham Rodriguez | | 2019 |
| Michael Edwards | Colorado Rapids | 2019 |
| Ricardo Pérez | retired | 2019 |
| Sam Raben | retired | 2019 |
| Will Vint | retired | 2020 |
| Darren Yapi | Colorado Rapids | 2020 |
| Oliver Larraz | Colorado Rapids | 2021 |
| Dantouma Toure | | 2021 |
| Jackson Travis | Colorado Rapids | 2022 |
| Adam Beaudry | Colorado Rapids | 2024 |
| Sam Bassett | Colorado Rapids | 2025 |

### Columbus Crew

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Aaron Horton | SV Mösbach | 2011 |
| Matt Lampson | retired | 2012 |
| Ben Speas | retired | 2012 |
| Chad Barson | retired | 2013 |
| Kyle Hyland | retired | 2013 |
| Wil Trapp | Minnesota United | 2013 |
| Ross Friedman | retired | 2014 |
| Matt Walker | retired | 2014 |
| Matt Wiet | retired | 2014 |
| Ben Swanson | retired | 2015 |
| Alex Crognale | San Antonio FC | 2017 |
| Aboubacar Keita | | 2019 |
| Sebastian Berhalter | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2020 |
| Aidan Morris | Middlesbrough | 2020 |
| Isaiah Parente | LA Galaxy | 2021 |
| Jake Morris | Louisville City | 2022 |
| Sean Zawadzki | Columbus Crew | 2022 |
| Will Sands | New England Revolution | 2022 |
| Jacen Russell-Rowe | Columbus Crew | 2022 |
| Keegan Hughes | New England Revolution | 2023 |
| Taha Habroune | Columbus Crew | 2024 |
| Cole Mrowka | Columbus Crew | 2024 |
| Stanislav Lapkes | Columbus Crew | 2025 |

### FC Dallas

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Bryan Leyva | retired | 2009 |
| Rubén Luna | retired | 2010 |
| Moisés Hernández | retired | 2010 |
| Víctor Ulloa | retired | 2011 |
| Jonathan Top | retired | 2011 |
| Richard Sánchez | San Antonio FC | 2011 |
| Kellyn Acosta | Chicago Fire | 2013 |
| Bradlee Baladez | retired | 2013 |
| Coy Craft | retired | 2013 |
| Danny Garcia | retired | 2013 |
| Jesse González | retired | 2013 |
| London Woodberry | retired | 2013 |
| Alejandro Zendejas | América | 2015 |
| Aarón Guillén | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2016 |
| Paxton Pomykal | FC Dallas | 2016 |
| Reggie Cannon | Colorado Rapids | 2017 |
| Jesús Ferreira | Seattle Sounders | 2017 |
| Bryan Reynolds | Westerlo | 2017 |
| Jordan Cano | retired | 2018 |
| Kris Reaves | retired | 2018 |
| Thomas Roberts | Stabæk | 2018 |
| Chris Richards | Crystal Palace | 2018 |
| Brandon Servania | D.C. United | 2018 |
| Edwin Cerrillo | LA Galaxy | 2019 |
| Ricardo Pepi | PSV | 2019 |
| Dante Sealy | CF Montréal | 2019 |
| Carlos Avilez | AV Alta | 2020 |
| Justin Che | Patro Eisden (on loan from Brøndby | 2020 |
| Eddie Munjoma | Forward Madison | 2020 |
| Beni Redžić | | 2020 |
| Tanner Tessmann | Lyon | 2020 |
| Kalil ElMedkhar | FC Tulsa | 2021 |
| Collin Smith | Phoenix Rising | 2021 |
| Antonio Carrera | FC Dallas | 2022 |
| Tarik Scott | FC Dallas | 2023 |
| Nolan Norris | FC Dallas | 2023 |
| Alejandro Urzua | FC Dallas | 2024 |
| Malik Henry-Scott | Lexington SC | 2024 |
| Michael Collodi | FC Dallas | 2025 |
| Malachi Molina | FC Dallas | 2025 |
| Diego García | FC Dallas | 2025 |
| Anthony Ramirez | FC Dallas | 2025 |
| Daniel Baran | FC Dallas | 2025 |
| Diego Pepi | Texoma FC (on loan from FC Dallas) | 2025 |

### D.C. United

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Bill Hamid | Miami FC | 2009 |
| Conor Shanosky | retired | 2010 |
| Andy Najar | Nashville SC | 2010 |
| Ethan White | retired | 2011 |
| Michael Seaton | SV Rödinghausen | 2013 |
| Jalen Robinson | | 2014 |
| Collin Martin | North Carolina FC | 2014 |
| Chris Durkin | St. Louis City | 2016 |
| Ian Harkes | San Jose Earthquakes | 2017 |
| Antonio Bustamante | Aurora | 2019 |
| Moses Nyeman | Loudoun United | 2019 |
| Donovan Pines | Barnsley | 2019 |
| Griffin Yow | Westerlo | 2019 |
| Kevin Paredes | VfL Wolfsburg | 2020 |
| Jeremy Garay | | 2021 |
| Jacob Greene | Lexington SC | 2021 |
| Ted Ku-DiPietro | Colorado Rapids | 2022 |
| Jackson Hopkins | D.C. United | 2022 |
| Kristian Fletcher | Nottingham Forest (on loan from D.C. United) | 2022 |
| Matai Akinmboni | AFC Bournemouth | 2022 |
| Gavin Turner | D.C. United | 2025 |

### Houston Dynamo FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Tyler Deric | | 2009 |
| Francisco Navas | retired | 2010 |
| Alex Dixon | Monterey Bay FC | 2011 |
| Josue Soto | retired | 2011 |
| Bryan Salazar | retired | 2009 |
| Memo Rodríguez | Sporting Kansas City | 2015 |
| Bradley Bourgeois | | 2016 |
| Christian Lucatero | retired | 2016 |
| Erik McCue | Örebro | 2019 |
| Marcelo Palomino | GIF Sundsvall | 2019 |
| Juan Castilla | Deportivo Pasto | 2021 |
| Danny Ríos | | 2021 |
| Brooklyn Raines | Houston Dynamo | 2022 |
| Xavier Valdez | Nashville SC | 2022 |
| Mujeeb Murana | | 2023 |
| Kieran Sargeant | Houston Dynamo | 2024 |
| Sebastian Rodriguez | Houston Dynamo | 2025 |

### Sporting Kansas City

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Jon Kempin | retired | 2010 |
| Kevin Ellis | retired | 2011 |
| Erik Palmer-Brown | Panathinaikos | 2013 |
| Dániel Sallói | Sporting Kansas City | 2016 |
| Jaylin Lindsey | New Mexico United | 2017 |
| Gianluca Busio | Venezia | 2018 |
| Wan Kuzain | St. Louis City 2 | 2018 |
| Matt Lewis | retired | 2018 |
| Zach Wright | retired | 2018 |
| Cameron Duke | Crown Legacy | 2019 |
| Tyler Freeman | | 2019 |
| Wilson Harris | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2019 |
| Felipe Hernández | | 2019 |
| John Pulskamp | Sporting Kansas City | 2020 |
| Grayson Barber | retired | 2021 |
| Ozzie Cisneros | | 2021 |
| Jake Davis | Sporting Kansas City | 2021 |
| Kayden Pierre | Genk | 2021 |
| Kaveh Rad | | 2021 |
| Brooks Thompson | Lexington SC | 2021 |
| Ian James | Sporting Kansas City | 2025 |
| Jack Kortkamp | Sporting Kansas City | 2025 |
| Jacob Bartlett | Sporting Kansas City | 2025 |

### LA Galaxy

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Tristan Bowen | retired | 2009 |
| Jack McBean | retired | 2011 |
| Jose Villarreal | retired | 2012 |
| Oscar Sorto | retired | 2013 |
| Gyasi Zardes | | 2013 |
| Raúl Mendiola | | 2014 |
| Bradford Jamieson IV | retired | 2014 |
| Ariel Lassiter | Portland Timbers | 2015 |
| Justin Dhillon | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 2017 |
| Nathan Smith | retired | 2017 |
| Jaime Villarreal | retired | 2017 |
| Efraín Álvarez | Tijuana | 2018 |
| Hugo Arellano | retired | 2019 |
| Ethan Zubak | Orange County SC | 2019 |
| Cameron Dunbar | Orange County SC | 2020 |
| Eric Lopez | | 2020 |
| Jonathan Perez | Nashville SC (on loan from LA Galaxy) | 2020 |
| Marcus Ferkranus | Brisbane Roar | 2021 |
| Jalen Neal | CF Montréal | 2021 |
| Adam Saldana | Los Angeles FC | 2021 |
| Ruben Ramos Jr | LA Galaxy | 2025 |
| Harbor Miller | LA Galaxy | 2025 |
| Riley Dalgado | LA Galaxy | 2026 |
| Vicente Garcia | LA Galaxy | 2027 |
| Pepe Magaña | LA Galaxy | 2027 |
| Owen Pratt | LA Galaxy | 2027 |

### Los Angeles FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Shaft Brewer Jr. | Las Vegas Lights | 2018 |
| Erik Dueñas | Houston Dynamo | 2020 |
| Bryce Duke | CF Montréal | 2020 |
| Tony Leone | Monterrey | 2020 |
| Christian Torres | Tapatio | 2020 |
| Tomás Romero | New York City FC | 2021 |
| Nathan Ordaz | Los Angeles FC | 2022 |
| Bajung Darboe | FC Bayern Munich II | 2023 |
| Diego Rosales | Guadalajara | 2023 |
| Luca Bombino | San Diego FC (on loan from Los Angeles FC) | 2024 |
| Adrian Wibowo | Los Angeles FC | 2024 |
| Jude Terry | Los Angeles FC | 2025 |

### Inter Miami CF

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Drake Callender | Inter Miami | 2020 |
| Edison Azcona | Las Vegas Lights | 2021 |
| Ian Fray | Inter Miami | 2021 |
| Felipe Valencia | | 2021 |
| Noah Allen | Inter Miami | 2022 |
| Benjamin Cremaschi | Inter Miami | 2023 |
| Shanyder Borgelin | Vendsyssel FF | 2023 |
| David Ruiz | Inter Miami | 2023 |
| Santiago Morales | Inter Miami | 2023 |
| Tyler Hall | Inter Miami | 2024 |
| Israel Boatwright | Inter Miami | 2024 |

### Minnesota United FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Fred Emmings | | 2020 |
| Patrick Weah | Atlanta United 2 | 2021 |
| Aziel Jackson | Columbus Crew | 2021 |
| Devin Padelford | Minnesota United | 2022 |

### CF Montréal

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Karl Ouimette | Celtix du Haut-Richelieu | 2012 |
| Maxime Crépeau | Portland Timbers | 2013 |
| Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé | HFX Wanderers | 2013 |
| Wandrille Lefèvre | AS Blainville | 2013 |
| Zakaria Messoudi | retired | 2013 |
| Maxim Tissot | | 2013 |
| Louis Béland-Goyette | retired | 2014 |
| Anthony Jackson-Hamel | retired | 2014 |
| David Choinière | Forge FC | 2016 |
| Ballou Tabla | Atlético Ottawa | 2017 |
| Jason Beaulieu | retired | 2018 |
| Mathieu Choinière | Grasshopper | 2018 |
| Thomas Meilleur-Giguère | HFX Wanderers | 2018 |
| James Pantemis | Portland Timbers | 2018 |
| Clément Bayiha | HFX Wanderers (on loan from York United FC) | 2019 |
| Karifa Yao | Rhode Island FC | 2019 |
| Tomas Giraldo | | 2020 |
| Keesean Ferdinand | Columbus Crew 2 | 2020 |
| Jonathan Sirois | CF Montréal | 2021 |
| Jean-Aniel Assi | Alcorcón B | 2021 |
| Sean Rea | HFX Wanderers | 2021 |
| Nathan-Dylan Saliba | CF Montréal | 2021 |
| Rida Zouhir | D.C. United | 2021 |
| Alessandro Biello | CF Montréal | 2024 |
| Owen Graham-Roache | CF Montréal | 2025 |

### Nashville SC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Nick Hinds | | 2021 |
| Ben Martino | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 2023 |
| Adem Sipić | Nashville SC | 2023 |
| Isaiah Jones | Nashville SC | 2024 |
| Chris Applewhite | Nashville SC | 2025 |

### New England Revolution

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Diego Fagúndez | LA Galaxy | 2010 |
| Scott Caldwell | retired | 2013 |
| Zachary Herivaux | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2013 |
| Isaac Angking | Rhode Island FC | 2018 |
| Nicolas Firmino | Lexington SC | 2018 |
| Justin Rennicks | AC Oulu | 2019 |
| Damian Rivera | Phoenix Rising | 2019 |
| Noel Buck | New England Revolution | 2022 |
| Esmir Bajraktarević | PSV | 2022 |
| Jack Panayotou | New England Revolution | 2023 |
| Santiago Suarez | Birmingham Legion (on loan from New England Revolution) | 2024 |
| Peyton Miller | New England Revolution | 2024 |
| Malcolm Fry | New England Revolution | 2024 |
| Damario McIntosh | New England Revolution | 2025 |

### New York City FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| James Sands | FC St. Pauli (on loan from New York City FC) | 2017 |
| Joe Scally | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2018 |
| Justin Haak | New York City FC | 2019 |
| Tayvon Gray | New York City FC | 2020 |
| Andres Jasson | AaB | 2020 |
| Chris Gloster | New Mexico United | 2021 |
| Christian McFarlane | Manchester City | 2021 |
| Nico Benalcazar | Orange County SC | 2022 |
| Jonathan Jiménez | Hartford Athletic | 2022 |
| Samuel Owusu | New York City FC II | 2022 |
| Maximo Carrizo | New York City FC | 2022 |
| Jonny Shore | New York City FC | 2023 |
| Drew Baiera | New York City FC | 2023 |
| Zidane Yañez | New York City FC | 2024 |
| Alex Rando | New York City FC | 2024 |
| Prince Amponsah | New York City FC | 2025 |
| Jacob Arroyave | New York City FC | 2025 |

### New York Red Bulls

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Giorgi Chirgadze | retired | 2010 |
| Juan Agudelo | San Antonio FC | 2010 |
| Šaćir Hot | retired | 2011 |
| Matt Kassel | retired | 2011 |
| Connor Lade | retired | 2012 |
| Santiago Castaño | retired | 2013 |
| Matt Miazga | FC Cincinnati | 2013 |
| Amando Moreno | El Paso Locomotive | 2013 |
| Sean Davis | | 2015 |
| Tyler Adams | AFC Bournemouth | 2016 |
| Brandon Allen | retired | 2016 |
| Mael Corboz | Arminia Bielefeld | 2016 |
| Derrick Etienne | Toronto FC | 2016 |
| Alex Muyl | Nashville SC | 2016 |
| Scott Thomsen | retired | 2016 |
| Chris Thorsheim | retired | 2016 |
| Arun Basuljevic | | 2017 |
| Evan Louro | FC Cincinnati | 2017 |
| Ben Mines | Loudoun United | 2018 |
| Kevin Politz | retired | 2018 |
| Omir Fernandez | Colorado Rapids | 2019 |
| Jean-Christophe Koffi | | 2019 |
| Caden Clark | CF Montréal | 2020 |
| John Tolkin | Holstein Kiel | 2020 |
| Bento Estrela | Sporting CP | 2021 |
| Daniel Edelman | New York Red Bulls | 2022 |
| Zach Ryan | Loudoun United FC | 2022 |
| Serge Ngoma | New York Red Bulls | 2022 |
| Curtis Ofori | New York Red Bulls | 2023 |
| Jayden Reid | St. Louis City | 2023 |
| Peter Stroud | New York Red Bulls | 2023 |
| Julian Hall | New York Red Bulls | 2023 |
| Davi Alexandre | New York Red Bulls | 2024 |
| Aidan Stokes | New York Red Bulls | 2024 |
| Roald Mitchell | New York Red Bulls | 2024 |
| Adri Mehmeti | New York Red Bulls | 2025 |
| Aiden Jarvis | New York Red Bulls | 2025 |

### Orlando City SC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Tommy Redding | retired | 2014 |
| Harrison Heath | retired | 2015 |
| Tyler Turner | retired | 2015 |
| Mason Stajduhar | Real Salt Lake | 2016 |
| Cameron Lindley | Indy Eleven | 2018 |
| Benji Michel | | 2019 |
| Michael Halliday | Houston Dynamo | 2020 |
| David Loera | | 2020 |
| Raul Aguilera | retired | 2020 |
| Jordan Bender | | 2020 |
| Wilfredo Rivera | | 2021 |
| Thomas Williams | Orlando City | 2021 |
| Alex Freeman | Orlando City | 2022 |
| Favian Loyola | Orlando City | 2023 |
| Javier Otero | Orlando City | 2023 |
| Tahir Reid-Brown | Orlando City | 2024 |
| Colin Guske | Orlando City | 2025 |
| Gustavo Caraballo | Orlando City | 2025 |

### Philadelphia Union

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Zach Pfeffer | retired | 2011 |
| Cristhian Hernández | retired | 2012 |
| Jimmy McLaughlin | retired | 2012 |
| Derrick Jones | Columbus Crew | 2016 |
| Auston Trusty | Celtic | 2016 |
| Adam Najem | | 2017 |
| Anthony Fontana | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 2018 |
| Mark McKenzie | Toulouse | 2018 |
| Matthew Real | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 2018 |
| Brenden Aaronson | Leeds United | 2019 |
| Matt Freese | New York City FC | 2019 |
| Jack de Vries | Venezia | 2020 |
| Cole Turner | Loudoun United | 2020 |
| Paxten Aaronson | Utrecht (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) | 2021 |
| Brandan Craig | CF Montréal | 2021 |
| Nathan Harriel | Philadelphia Union | 2021 |
| Jack McGlynn | Houston Dynamo | 2021 |
| Quinn Sullivan | Philadelphia Union | 2021 |
| Anton Sorenson | Charlotte Independence | 2022 |
| Jeremy Rafanello | Philadelphia Union | 2022 |
| Nelson Pierre | Whitecaps FC 2 (on loan from Philadelphia Union) | 2023 |
| Nick Pariano | Philadelphia Union | 2024 |
| David Vazquez | Philadelphia Union | 2024 |
| Andrew Rick | Philadelphia Union | 2024 |
| Cavan Sullivan | Philadelphia Union | 2024 |
| CJ Olney | Philadelphia Union | 2024 |
| Neil Pierre | Philadelphia Union | 2025 |
| Frankie Westfield | Philadelphia Union | 2025 |
| Eddy Davis III | Philadelphia Union | 2025 |
| Sal Olivas | Philadelphia Union | 2025 |

### Portland Timbers

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Brent Richards | retired | 2012 |
| Steven Evans | retired | 2013 |
| Bryan Gallego | retired | 2014 |
| Marco Farfan | FC Dallas | 2017 |
| Foster Langsdorf | retired | 2018 |
| Eryk Williamson | Charlotte FC | 2018 |
| Blake Bodily | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2020 |
| Hunter Sulte | Indy Eleven (on loan from Portland Timbers) | 2021 |
| Tega Ikoba | FC Cincinnati 2 | 2022 |
| Sawyer Jura | Portland Timbers | 2024 |

### Real Salt Lake

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Nico Muñiz | retired | 2011 |
| Donny Toia | retired | 2011 |
| Lalo Fernández | retired | 2012 |
| Benji Lopez | retired | 2013 |
| Carlos Salcedo | Monterrey | 2013 |
| Jordan Allen | retired | 2014 |
| Justen Glad | Real Salt Lake | 2014 |
| Sebastian Saucedo | Juárez | 2014 |
| Phanuel Kavita | Birmingham Legion | 2015 |
| Adolfo Ovalle | | 2015 |
| Danilo Acosta | retired | 2016 |
| Ricardo Velazco | Arizona Monsoon | 2016 |
| José Hernández | | 2017 |
| Corey Baird | FC Cincinnati | 2018 |
| Aaron Herrera | D.C. United | 2018 |
| Brooks Lennon | Atlanta United | 2018 |
| Luis Arriaga | | 2019 |
| Erik Holt | | 2019 |
| David Ochoa | Los Angeles FC | 2019 |
| Tate Schmitt | | 2019 |
| Julián Vázquez | | 2019 |
| Christopher Garcia | Forward Madison | 2020 |
| Milan Iloski | Nordsjælland | 2020 |
| Andrew Brody | Sporting Kansas City | 2021 |
| Bode Hidalgo | Real Salt Lake | 2021 |
| Jeff Dewsnup | retired | 2021 |
| Zackery Farnsworth | Real Salt Lake | 2021 |
| Gavin Beavers | Brøndby | 2022 |
| Julio Benitez | | 2022 |
| Axel Kei | Real Salt Lake | 2022 |
| Jaziel Orozco | St. Louis City 2 | 2022 |
| Jude Wellings | Real Salt Lake | 2022 |
| Luis Rivera | Real Salt Lake | 2023 |
| Delentz Pierre | FC Tulsa | 2023 |
| Tommy Silva | Real Salt Lake | 2024 |
| Owen Anderson | Real Salt Lake | 2025 |
| Aiden Hezarkhani | Real Salt Lake | 2025 |
| Omar Marquez | Real Salt Lake | 2025 |
| Juan Gio Villa | Real Salt Lake | 2025 |

### San Diego FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Anisse Saidi | San Diego FC | 2025 |

### San Jose Earthquakes

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Tommy Thompson | | 2014 |
| Nick Lima | San Jose Earthquakes | 2017 |
| Jacob Akanyirige | | 2018 |
| Gilbert Fuentes | retired | 2018 |
| JT Marcinkowski | LA Galaxy | 2018 |
| Cade Cowell | Guadalajara | 2019 |
| Casey Walls | Phoenix Rising | 2020 |
| Emi Ochoa | Cruz Azul | 2021 |
| Will Richmond | | 2022 |
| Niko Tsakiris | San Jose Earthquakes | 2022 |
| Cruz Medina | San Jose Earthquakes | 2022 |
| Cam Cilley | St. Louis City 2 | 2023 |
| Keegan Tingey | Loudoun United | 2023 |
| Chance Cowell | San Jose Earthquakes | 2023 |
| Edwyn Mendoza | San Jose Earthquakes | 2023 |
| Oscar Verhoeven | San Jose Earthquakes | 2023 |
| Wilson Eisner | San Jose Earthquakes | 2025 |
| Kaedren Spivey | San Jose Earthquakes | 2025 |
| Rohan Rajagopal | San Jose Earthquakes | 2026 |

### Seattle Sounders FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| DeAndre Yedlin | FC Cincinnati | 2012 |
| Aaron Kovar | retired | 2014 |
| Sean Okoli | | 2014 |
| Darwin Jones | retired | 2015 |
| Victor Mansaray | | 2015 |
| Jordan Morris | Seattle Sounders | 2016 |
| Jordan Schweitzer | retired | 2016 |
| Seyi Adekoya | retired | 2017 |
| Henry Wingo | Toronto FC | 2017 |
| Handwalla Bwana | South Georgia Tormenta | 2018 |
| Danny Leyva | Seattle Sounders | 2019 |
| Trey Muse | Portland Timbers | 2019 |
| Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | | 2019 |
| Josh Atencio | Colorado Rapids | 2020 |
| Ethan Dobbelaere | | 2020 |
| Shandon Hopeau | retired | 2020 |
| Reed Baker-Whiting | Seattle Sounders | 2021 |
| Obed Vargas | Seattle Sounders | 2021 |
| Dylan Teves | | 2022 |
| Sota Kitahara | | 2023 |
| Jacob Castro | Seattle Sounders | 2023 |
| Cody Baker | Seattle Sounders | 2023 |
| Stuart Hawkins | Seattle Sounders | 2023 |
| Leo Burney | Seattle Sounders | 2025 |

### St. Louis City SC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Caden Glover | St. Louis City | 2023 |
| Miguel Perez | St. Louis City | 2023 |
| Tyson Pearce | St. Louis City | 2024 |
| MyKhi Joyner | St. Louis City | 2024 |

### Toronto FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Nicholas Lindsay | retired | 2010 |
| Doneil Henry | retired | 2010 |
| Keith Makubuya | retired | 2011 |
| Oscar Cordon | retired | 2011 |
| Matt Stinson | retired | 2011 |
| Ashtone Morgan | retired | 2011 |
| Quillan Roberts | Western Suburbs | 2012 |
| Manny Aparicio | Atlético Ottawa | 2013 |
| Jordan Hamilton | | 2014 |
| Chris Mannella | retired | 2014 |
| Jay Chapman | Detroit City | 2015 |
| Molham Babouli | Forge FC | 2016 |
| Ben Spencer | retired | 2017 |
| Aidan Daniels | Pacific FC | 2018 |
| Julian Dunn | HFX Wanderers | 2018 |
| Sergio Camargo | Cavalry FC | 2020 |
| Ayo Akinola | FC Wil | 2018 |
| Liam Fraser | Crawley Town | 2018 |
| Noble Okello | Phoenix Rising | 2019 |
| Jacob Shaffelburg | Nashville SC | 2019 |
| Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty | CF Montréal | 2020 |
| Jayden Nelson | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2020 |
| Ralph Priso | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2020 |
| Rocco Romeo | Valour FC | 2020 |
| Jordan Perruzza | | 2021 |
| Luke Singh | York United | 2021 |
| Luca Petrasso | CF Montréal | 2022 |
| Deandre Kerr | Toronto FC | 2022 |
| Kosi Thompson | Toronto FC | 2022 |
| Themi Antonoglou | Valour FC | 2022 |
| Hugo Mbongue | Toronto FC | 2022 |
| Kobe Franklin | Toronto FC | 2023 |
| Adam Pearlman | Toronto FC | 2024 |
| Adisa De Rosario | Toronto FC | 2025 |
| Markus Cimermancic | Toronto FC | 2025 |
| Lazar Stefanovic | Toronto FC | 2025 |

### Vancouver Whitecaps FC

| Player | Current club | Year signed |
| Philippe Davies | retired | 2011 |
| Nizar Khalfan | retired | 2011 |
| Brian Sylvestre | retired | 2011 |
| Russell Teibert | retired | 2011 |
| Bryce Alderson | retired | 2012 |
| Caleb Clarke | retired | 2012 |
| Sam Adekugbe | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2013 |
| Marco Carducci | Cavalry FC | 2014 |
| Kianz Froese | | 2014 |
| Ethen Sampson | retired | 2014 |
| Marco Bustos | IFK Värnamo | 2015 |
| Alphonso Davies | Bayern Munich | 2016 |
| Michael Baldisimo | | 2018 |
| Simon Colyn | De Graafschap | 2018 |
| Ben McKendry | retired | 2018 |
| Sean Melvin | Pacific FC | 2018 |
| David Norman Jr. | Vancouver FC | 2018 |
| Theo Bair | Auxerre | 2019 |
| Thomas Hasal | Los Angeles FC | 2019 |
| Georges Mukumbilwa | Pacific FC | 2019 |
| Isaac Boehmer | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2020 |
| Gianfranco Facchineri | Valour FC | 2020 |
| Damiano Pecile | Sporting da Covilhã | 2020 |
| Matteo Campagna | Vancouver FC | 2021 |
| Kamron Habibullah | Sporting Kansas City II | 2021 |
| Max Anchor | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2023 |
| Jeevan Badwal | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2024 |
Notes
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from another team.
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from Atlanta United FC
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from the Chicago Fire FC
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from Dallas
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from D.C. United
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from the LA Galaxy
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from Minnesota United FC
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from New York City FC
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from the Philadelphia Union
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from the New York Red Bulls
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from Real Salt Lake
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from the Seattle Sounders FC
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from the San Jose Earthquakes
* ^ Homegrown rights acquired from Toronto FC

## Records

The following table shows the leading home grown player goal scorer by season. It also shows which club the player was with in that season, as well as the player's age at the end of that season.
| Year | Player (Club) | Goals | Age | Transfer notes |
| 2010 | Andy Najar (D.C. United) | 5 | 17 | Transferred to Anderlecht (Belgium) in January 2013. |
| 2011 | Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls) | 6 | 18 | |
| 2012 | Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls) | 3 | 19 | Transferred to Stoke City (England) in January 2014. |
| 2013 | Diego Fagúndez (New England Revolution) | 13 | 18 | |
| 2014 | Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy) | 14 | 23 | |
| 2015 | Diego Fagúndez (New England Revolution) | 6 | 20 | |
| 2016 | Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders) | 12 | 21 | |
| 2017 | Anthony Jackson-Hamel (Montreal Impact) | 9 | 24 | |
| 2018 | Gyasi Zardes^ (Columbus Crew) | 19 | 27 | Traded to Columbus Crew in January 2018 |
| 2019 | Gyasi Zardes^ (Columbus Crew) | 13 | 28 | |
| 2020 | Gyasi Zardes^ (Columbus Crew) | 12 | 29 | |
| 2021 | Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) | 16 | 25 | |
| 2022 | Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas) | 18 | 21 | |
| 2023 | Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas) | 12 | 22 | |
| 2024 | Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders) | 13 | 30 | |