All-time MLS defenders bracket

The greatest defenders in MLS history, by their honours. Fill out a all-time MLS defenders bracket.

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1

Marcelo Balboa1996–2001

2

Francisco Calvo2017–2021

3

Jeff Agoos1996–2000

4

Carlos Bocanegra2000–2003

5

Alexi Lalas1996–2003

6

Matt Besler2009–2020

7

Roger Espinoza2008–2023

8

Pablo Mastroeni2002–2013

9

Kamal Miller2019–2023

10

Rodney Wallace2009–2021

11

MB

Mike Burns1996–2002

12

Peter Vermes1997–2002

13

Robbie Rogers2007–2011

14

Chris Albright1999–2013

15

Jimmy Conrad2003–2010

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Greg Vanney1996–2008

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Hong Myung-bo2003–2004

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Chad Marshall2004–2013

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Tyrone Marshall1998–2012

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Alex Freeman2022–2026

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Robin Fraser1996–2005

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Waylon Francis2013–2022

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CL

Carlos Llamosa1997–2005

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Danny Califf2000–2013

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Yoshimar Yotún2017–2018

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UO

Uche Okafor1996–2000

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Cory Gibbs2004–2012

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Avery John2004–2009

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Bill Tuiloma2017–2023

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Carlos Valdés2011–2015

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Román Torres2015–

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Ezra Hendrickson1997–2008

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C. J. Brown1998–2010

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Tony Sanneh1996–2009

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Joel Waterman2020–2025

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Mario Guerrero2005–2009

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GA

Geoff Aunger1987–2001

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Aaron Herrera2018–

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Bakary Soumaré2007–2015

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Xavier Arreaga2019–

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Damion Lowe2014–2024

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Ambroise Oyongo2015–

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Auston Trusty2016–2019

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Mark Watson1993–2005

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Omar Gonzalez2009–2015

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Gonzalo Segares2005–2014

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ML

Mike Lapper1997–2002

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Alessandro Nesta2012–2013

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Olivier Mbaizo2018–

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Lee Young-pyo2012–2013

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Miles Robinson2017–2023

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Julián Araujo2020–

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IB

Ian Bridge1979–1984

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Drew Moor2005–2015

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Tim Ream2024–

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JR

Jorge Humberto Rodríguez1997–2002

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Walker Zimmerman2013–2017

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Jeff Larentowicz2005–2020

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Ali Ahmed2022–2026

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Duncan Oughton2001–2010

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Michael Boxall2011–2012

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Adrian Serioux2006–2010

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Jermaine Taylor2011–2017

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Bobby Boswell2005–2017

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Shavar Thomas2003–2012

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Steven Moreira2021–

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Larrys Mabiala2017–2024

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John Limniatis1993–2001

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Steve Birnbaum2014–

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Josh Williams2010–2016

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Marvell Wynne2007–2014

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George Bello2018–

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Jorge Luis Corrales2017–2019

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Gavin Wilkinson2001–2006

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MP

Miroslav Pavlović1976–1980

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Steve Trittschuh1995–1999

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Clarence Goodson2004–2007

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CF

Carl Fletcher1996–2001

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Jay Heaps2001–2009

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Liam Ridgewell2014–2018

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James Sands2017–

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Sean Franklin2008–2013

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NH

Nadir Haroub2009–

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Matt Miazga2022–

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AE

Ancil Elcock1996–2001

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Adrian Cann2004–2012

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Geoff Cameron2008–2012

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Chris Korb2011–

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Shaun Francis2010–2017

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Mike Petke2003–2008

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Adam Braz2002–2010

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Marc Burch2006–2018

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Pa-Modou Kah2013–2014

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Matt Hedges2012–

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Romain Métanire2019–

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Brandon McDonald2008–2013

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Nicolas Hasler2017–2019

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A. J. DeLaGarza2009–2019

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Jason de Vos1993–1996

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Logan Pause2003–2014

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A knockout bracket: pick the winner of every matchup, round by round, until one is left.

The greatest defenders in MLS history, by their honours.

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