During his sixth season in Major League Soccer, LAFC forward Carlos Vela finds himself atop the list of top-selling adidas jerseys in the league sold on MLSstore.com.

Nashville SC midfielder Hany Mukhtar and defender Walker Zimmerman sit second and third on the list respectively, and LA Galaxy striker Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández and Seattle Sounders FC forward Jordan Morris round out the top five.

No Red Bulls or New York City FC player were among the top 25.

Currently sitting in second place in the Western Conference, 2022 Concacaf Champions League winner Seattle Sounders FC lead with five jerseys in the top 25 – Jordan Morris (No. 5), Cristian Roldan (No. 12), Nicolás Lodeiro (No. 17), Raúl Ruidíaz (No. 21) and João Paulo (No. 25).

Fourteen MLS clubs are represented, including St. Louis CITY SC who in the club’s debut season had João Klauss (No. 23) rank in the top 25, as well as Atlanta United’s Thiago Almada (No. 7), the first ever active FIFA World Cup winner in league history.

Sixteen countries are represented (determined by birthplace):

    • Argentina (Thiago Almada, Julián Carranza, Sebastián Driussi, Lucas Zelarayán*)
    • Brazil (João Klauss, João Paulo)
    • Colombia (Juan ‘Cucho’ Hernández)
    • France (Denis Bouanga**)
    • Germany (Hany Mukhtar)
    • Hungary (Dániel Gazdag)
    • Jamaica (Andre Blake)
    • Mexico (Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández, Carlos Vela)
    • Norway (Jakob Glesnes)
    • Peru (Raúl Ruidíaz)
    • Poland (Mateusz Klich)
    • Scotland (Johnny Russell)
    • Spain (Riqui Puig)
    • United States (Ben Bender, Jordan Morris, Cristian Roldan, Walker Zimmerman)
    • Uruguay (Nicolás Lodeiro, Facundo Torres)
    • Venezuela (Josef Martínez)

*Born in Argentina. Plays for Armenian National Team.
**Born in France. Plays for Gabonese National Team.

 

 

                                                                                                       2023 Top-Selling MLS Club Jerseys

 

1. Seattle Sounders FC
2. Nashville SC
3. Charlotte FC
4. Philadelphia Union
5. Austin FC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.