In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the popular celebration of Mexican victory over French forces at the 1862 Battle of Puebla, here are the top 29 Mexican-born goalscorers in MLS regular season history (courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau):
Player | Games | Goals |
---|---|---|
Erick “Cubo” Torres (CHV 13-14, HOU 15-16) | 58 | 22 |
Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Chicago Fire 07-09) | 62 | 16 |
Damian (DAL 97-98, NE 98) | 34 | 15 |
Carlos Hermosillo (LA Galaxy 98-99) | 34 | 14 |
Luis “El Matador” Hernandez (LA Galaxy 00-01) | 30 | 12 |
Antonio “Chivas” Martinez (DAL 00-03, LA 03, CHV 05) | 97 | 10 |
Missael Espinoza (San Jose Clash 96) | 26 | 10 |
Martin Vasquez (TB 96-97, SJ 98) | 87 | 9 |
Claudio “El Emperador” Suarez (Chivas USA 06-09) | 64 | 9 |
Juan Pablo Garcia (Chivas USA 05-06) | 38 | 9 |
Omar Bravo (Sporting Kansas City 11) | 27 | 9 |
Eduardo Lillingston (Chivas USA 09-10) | 25 | 8 |
Juan Francisco “Paco” Palencia (Chivas USA 05-06) | 32 | 7 |
Giovani dos Santos (LA Galaxy 15-16) | 15 | 7 |
Jose Vasquez (LA Galaxy 96-99) | 27 | 6 |
Hugo Sanchez (Dallas Burn 96) | 23 | 6 |
Francisco “Panchito” Mendoza (Chivas USA 05-08, 11) | 123 | 5 |
David Estrada (SEA 10-14, DC 14) | 50 | 5 |
David Patino (Colorado Rapids 97) | 23 | 5 |
Gonzalo Pineda (Seattle Sounders 14-15) | 56 | 4 |
Hector Cuadrados (Chivas USA 05) | 26 | 4 |
Isaac Romo (Chivas USA 05) | 25 | 3 |
Sammy Ochoa (Seattle Sounders 11-13) | 17 | 3 |
Rafael Baca (San Jose Earthquakes 11-13) | 79 | 2 |
Pavel Pardo (Chicago Fire 11-12) | 41 | 2 |
Ramon Ramirez (Chivas USA 05-06) | 31 | 2 |
Ruben Luna (FC Dallas 10-12) | 26 | 2 |
Luis Angel Landin (Houston Dynamo 09-10) | 16 | 2 |
Francisco Uribe (San Jose Clash 98) | 12 | 2 |
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In addition to Torres and dos Santos, other active players who were born in Mexico include Miguel Aguilar, Raul Mendiola, Tony Alfaro and Lalo Fernandez.