NEW YORK – Los Angeles FC forward Carlos Vela tops the list of best-selling jerseys in Major League Soccer for the 2020 regular season that were sold on MLSstore.com .

No Red Bull or New York City FC player was listed among the top 25 players.

LA Galaxy forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and Atlanta United striker Josef Martinez were second and third on the list, respectively. Seattle Sounders FC led with four jerseys in the top 25 – Jordan Morris (No. 4), who was the top selling U.S. player, Raul Ruidaz, (No. 8), Nicolas Lodeiro (No. 15) and Cristian Roldan (No. 24).

Thirteen MLS clubs are represented, including Inter Miami CF, which in the club’s debut season had three players rank in the top 25 – Rodolfo Pizarro (No. 5), Gonzalo Higuain (No. 6) and Blaise Matuidi (No. 9).

10 countries represented (determined by birthplace)

* Argentina (Diego Valeri, Cristian Pavon, Lucas Zelarayan, Ezequiel Barco)

* Colombia (Diego Chara)

* France (Gonzalo Higuain, Blaise Matuidi)

* Mexico (Carlos Vela, Javier Chicharito’ Hernandez, Rodolfo Pizarro, Alan Pulido, Jonathan dos Santos)

* Peru (Raul Ruidiaz, Edison Flores)

* Portugal (Nani)

* Scotland (Johnny Russell)

* Uruguay (Nicolas Lodeiro, Diego Rossi)

* United States (Jordan Morris, Brenden Aaronson, Alejandro Bedoya, Chris Wondolowski, Walker Zimmerman, Cristian Roldan)

* Venezuela (Josef Martinez)

The rankings are based on overall retail sales of MLS jerseys on MLSstore.com since the beginning of the year and through the end of the league’s 25th season.

 

Best-Selling MLS Player Jerseys:
1 Carlos Vela LAFC
2 Javier Hernandez LA Galaxy
3 Josef Martinez Atlanta United
4 Jordan Morris Seattle Sounders FC
5 Rodolfo Pizarro Inter Miami CF
6 Gonzalo Higuain Inter Miami CF
7 Nani Orlando City SC
8 Raul Ruidiaz Seattle Sounders FC
9 Blaise Matuidi Inter Miami CF
10 Brenden Aaronson Philadelphia Union
11 Diego Valeri Portland Timbers
12 Alejandro Bedoya Philadelphia Union
13 Diego Chara Portland Timbers
14 Alan Pulido Sporting Kansas City
15 Nicolas Lodeiro Seattle Sounders FC
16 Edison Flores D.C. United
17 Diego Rossi LAFC
18 Johnny Russell Sporting Kansas City
19 Chris Wondolowski San Jose Earthquakes
20 Jonathan dos Santos LA Galaxy
21 Cristian Pavon LA Galaxy
22 Walker Zimmerman Nashville SC
23 Lucas Zelarayan Columbus Crew SC
24 Cristian Roldan Seattle Sounders FC
25 Ezequiel Barco Atlanta United

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.