While MLS teams are fully in preseason mode, the quest for Qatar 2022 World Cup berths carries on for dozens of players throughout the league.
Next in their crosshairs are matches across late January and early February, with Concacaf (North America), Conmebol (South America) and ACF (Asia, Australia) all approaching pivotal qualifiers. Those from UEFA (Europe), CAF (Africa) and Oceania aren’t resuming qualifiers until the March window.
Below is a running list of players called into their national teams for winter window qualifiers. It will be updated as additional squads are announced, though does not include players called in for friendlies only.
- Ronald Hernández (D, Venezuela)
- Brooks Lennon (D, United States
- Josef Martínez (F, Venezuela)
- Miles Robinson (D, United States)
None so far
- Alan Franco (M, Ecuador)
- Christian Makoun (D, Venezuela)
- Miguel Ángel Navarro (D, Venezuela)
- Gabriel Slonina (GK, United States)
- Ronald Matarrita (D, Costa Rica)
- Alvas Powell (D, Jamaica)
- Bryan Acosta (M, Honduras)
- Mark-Anthony Kaye (M, Canada)
- Milos Degenek (D, Australia)
- Gyasi Zardes (F, United States)
- Jesús Ferreira (F, United States)
- Paul Arriola (F, United States)
- Edison Flores (M, Peru)
- Adalberto Carrasquilla (M, Panama)
- Darwin Ceren (M, El Salvador)
- Kellyn Acosta (M, United States)
- Jose Cifuentes (M, Ecuador)
- Maxime Crepeau (GK, Canada)
- Diego Palacios (D, Ecuador)
- Julian Araujo (D, Mexico)
- Damion Lowe (D, Jamaica)
- Jairo Quinteros (D, Bolivia)
None so far
- Zachary Brault-Guillard (D, Canada)
- Alistair Johnston (D, Canada)
- Kamal Miller (D, Canada)
- Samuel Piette (M, Canada)
- Romell Quioto (F, Honduras)
- Anibal Godoy (M, Panama)
- Randall Leal (M, Costa Rica)
- Walker Zimmerman (D, United States)
- Sebastian Lletget (M, United States)
- Matt Turner (GK, United States)
- Alexander Callens (D, Peru)
- Sean Johnson (GK, United States)
- Wikelman Carmona (M, Venezuela)
- Cristian Cásseres Jr. (M, Venezuela)
- Pedro Gallese (G, Peru)
- Sebastian Mendez (M, Ecuador)
- Facundo Torres (F, Uruguay)
- Andre Blake (GK, Jamaica)
- Cory Burke (F, Jamaica)
- José Martínez (M, Venezuela)
- Pablo Bonilla (D, Venezuela)
- Yimmi Chara (M, Colombia)
- Cristhian Paredes (M, Paraguay)
None so far
- Francisco Calvo (D, Costa Rica)
- Marcos Lopez (D, Peru)
- Xavier Arreaga (D, Ecuador)
- Jordan Morris (F, United States)
- Alex Roldan (D/M, El Salvador)
- Cristian Roldan (M, United States)
None so far
- Kemar Lawrence (D, Jamaica)
- Jonathan Osorio (M, Canada)
- Javain Brown (D, Jamaica)
- Lucas Cavallini (F, Canada)
- Cristián Gutiérrez (D, Canada)