The Top 10 USA Soccer Players of all time

Although soccer is not so popular in the USA compared to other sports such as basketball, American football, and baseball, it is undeniably the most popular on the planet. And the fact that it’s not widely celebrated in the United States doesn’t mean that there aren’t people who are exceptional in the sport.

We all know the best soccer players in the world but we probably do not know the great ones from the USA. We will take a look at the top 10 USA soccer players of all time. Meanwhile, you can check out the best strikers in the world here –https://www.novibet.co.uk/blog/top-ten-best-strikers-in-the-world-2019/.

Christian Pulisic

The 21-year-old is currently the best footballer that America has, playing as an attacking midfielder. Borussia Dortmund signed him at just 16 years due to his exceptional performance at the U17. He joined Chelsea FC in January 2019. With his transfer costing $71.3m, he is among the costliest players in America. At the age of 21, Pulisic has a great career and is easily the best player of his generation when America is concerned.

Landon Donovan

Although retired, Landon is a winger who made history in US football. He holds the records for the most assists and being the best all-time scorer for USMNT. His international career saw him scoring a total of 57 goals and being capped 157 times. Throughout his career as a footballer, he scored 200 goals and made 511 appearances.

Clint Dempsey

The forward player is a legend in USMNT and is also an all-time top scorer just like Landon Donovan. With 57 goals and 141 caps, he comes 4th on the nation’s chart of the most capped players. Many US News sites report that he was Fulham’s lead goal scorer in the Premier League, scoring 50 goals and making 184 appearances with the club. He scored 129 goals and made 404 appearances in his football career.

Tim Howard

Nicknamed the  “Secretary of Defense”, he is acclaimed the most legendary goalkeeper of America being the most capped goalkeeper in the history of USMNT. He performed best at the 2014 World Cup where USMNT played against Belgium. He saved 16 goals in that match and broke the record for the most saves in a World Cup match. He spent most of his career in the Everton football club. Having joined the club in 2006, he made 414 appearances there before returning to the US to complete his career.

Michael Bradley

Michael Bradley is exceptional in the sense that he is a good defender and at the same time, a good attacker. This makes him one of America’s best box-to-box midfielders. The former USMNT captain made the list of the top10, scoring 17 goals and being capped 151 times with the team. He is currently the captain of Toronto FC with a goal chart of 11 and 200 appearances.

Others who made the list of top10 USA soccer players of all time include Brian McBride, Cobi Jones, Damarcus Beasley, Eric Wynalda, and Claudio Reyna. Although there are no players who have won the most ballon d’Or on this list, they all have outstanding performances and have made great contributions to the history of football in the United States of America.