2015 Opening Day Starting XIs

Here's a rundown of everyone's Opening Day Starting XIs. Players who also started the season opener for their club in 2014 are highlighted in red. The New England Revolution return 8 starters from Opening Day a year ago to lead all 18 teams that returned in 2015 while the Colorado Rapids, Montreal Impact and Portland Timbers each had only two returning starters. Players from 48 different countries were represented with just under 50% of starters coming from the United States. Argentina and England tied for the second best representation with 10 starters each.

CHICAGO FIRE (6-10-18)

GK - Sean Johnson (USA) 
D - Eric Gehrig (USA)
D - Jeff Larentowicz (USA)
D - Joevin Jones (Trinidad and Tobago)
D - Lovel Palmer (Jamaica)
M - Chris Ritter (USA)
M - Harrison Shipp (USA)
M - Matt Watson (England)
M - Shaun Maloney (Scotland)
F - Kennedy Igboananike (Nigeria)
F - Quincy Amarikwa (USA)

COLORADO RAPIDS (8-18-8)

GK - Clint Irwin (USA)
D - Axel Sjöberg (Sweden)
D - Bobby Burling (USA)
D - James Riley (USA)
D - Michael Harrington (USA)
M - Dillon Serna (USA) 
M - Gabriel Torres (Panama) 
M - Lucas Pittinari (Argentina)
M - Marcelo Sarvas (Brazil)
M - Vicente Sánchez (Uruguay)
F - Dominique Badji (Senegal)

COLUMBUS CREW (14-10-10)

GK - Steve Clark (USA)
D - Emanuel Pogatetz (Austria)
D - Hernán Grana (Argentina)
D - Michael Parkhurst (USA)
D - Waylon Francis (Costa Rica)
M - Ethan Finlay (USA)
M - Federico Higuaín (Argentina)
M - Kristinn Steindórsson (Iceland)
M - Tony Tchani (Cameroon)
M - Will Trapp (USA)
F - Kei Kamara (Sierra Leone)

DC UNITED (17-9-8)

GK - Bill Hamid (USA) 
D - Bobby Boswell (USA)
D - Chris Korb (USA)
D - Sean Franklin (USA)
D - Steve Birnbaum (USA)
M - Chris Rolfe (USA)
M - Davy Arnaud (USA) 
M - Nick DeLeon (USA)
M- Perry Kitchen (USA) 
F - Chris Pontius (USA)
F - Jairo Arrieta (Costa Rica)

FC DALLAS (16-12-8)

GK - Chris Seitz (USA)
D - Atiba Harris (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
D - Matt Hedges (USA)
D - Moises Hernandez (USA)
D - Zach Loyd (USA)
M - Mauro Díaz (Argentina)
M - Ryan Hollingshead (USA)
M - Tesho Akindele (Canada/USA)
M - Victor Ulloa (USA)
F - Blas Pérez (Panama)
F - Fabián Castillo (Colombia)

HOUSTON DYNAMO (11-17-6)

GK - Tyler Deric (USA)
D - DaMarcus Beasley (USA)
D - Jermaine Taylor (Jamaica)
D - Kofi Sarkodie (USA)
D - Raúl Rodríguez (Spain)
M - Brad Davis (USA)
M - Luis Garrido (Honduras)
M - Ricardo Clark (USA)
M - Oscar Boniek Garcia (Honduras)
F - Giles Barnes (England)
F - Will Bruin (USA)

LA GALAXY (17-7-10)

GK - Brian Rowe (USA)
D - Dan Gargan (USA)
D - Leonardo (Brazil) 
D - Omar Gonzalez (USA) 
D - Robbie Rogers (USA)
M - Jose Villarreal (USA)
M - Juninho (Brazil) 
M - Kenney Walker (USA)
M - Stefan Ishizaki (Sweden)
F - Gyasi Zardes (USA)
F - Robbie Keane (Ireland) 

MONTREAL IMPACT (6-18-10)

GK - Evan Bush (USA)
D - Bakary Soumaré (Mali)
D - Donny Toia (USA)
D - Hassoun Camara (France)
D - Laurent Ciman (Belgium)
M - Calum Mallace (Scotland)
M - Dilly Duka (USA)
M - Ignacio Piatti (Argentina)
M - Justin Mapp (USA)
M - Nigel Reo-Coker (England)
F - Jack McInerney (USA)

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (17-13-4)

GK - Bobby Shuttleworth (USA)
D - Kevin Alston (USA)
D - Andrew Farrell (USA)
D - José Gonçalves (Portugal) 
D - Chris Tierney (USA)
M - Andy Dorman (Wales)
M - Scott Caldwell (USA)
M - Teal Bunbury (USA)
M - Kelyn Rowe (USA)
M - Diego Fagúndez (Uruguay)
F - Juan Agudelo (USA)

NEW YORK CITY FC

GK - Josh Saunders (Puerto Rico)
D - Chris Wingert (USA)
D - Jason Hernandez (USA)
D - Jeb Brovsky (USA)
D - Josh Williams (USA)
M - Mehdi Ballouchy (Morocco)
M - Mix Diskerud (USA)
M - Ned Grabavoy (USA)
M - Andrew Jacobson (USA)
F - David Villa (Spain)
F - Adam Nemec (Slovakia)

NEW YORK RED BULLS (13-10-11)

GK - Luis Robles (USA)
D - Chris Duvall (USA)
D - Damien Perrinelle (France)
D - Ronald Zubar (Guadeloupe)
D - Roy Miller (Costa Rica)
M - Dax McCarty (USA)
M - Felipe (Brazil)
M - Lloyd Sam (England)
M - Mike Grella (USA)
M - Sacha Kljestan (USA)
F - Bradley Wright-Phillips (England)

ORLANDO CITY SC

GK - Donovan Ricketts (Jamaica)
D - Aurélien Collin (France)
D - Brek Shea (USA)
D - Rafael Ramos (Portugal)
D - Seb Hines (England)
M - Amobi Okugo (USA)
M - Kaka (Brazil)
M - Kevin Molino (Trinidad and Tobago)
M - Lewis Neal (England)
M - Cristian Higuita (Colombia)
F - Carlos Rivas (Colombia)

PHILADELPHIA UNION (10-12-12)

GK - Raïs M'Bolhi (Algeria)
D - Ethan White (USA)
D - Raymon Gaddis (USA)
D - Sheanon Williams (USA)
D - Steven Vitória (Portugal)
M - Andrew Wenger (USA)
M - Maurice Edu (USA)
M - Sébastien Le Toux (France)
M - Vincent Nogueira (France)
F - C.J. Sapong (USA)
F - Fernando Aristeguieta (Venezuela)

PORTLAND TIMBERS (12-9-13)

GK - Adam Larsen Kwarasey (Ghana)
D - Alvas Powell (Jamaica)
D - Jorge Villafaña (USA)
D - Liam Ridgewell (England)
D - Nat Borchers (USA)
M - Dairon Asprilla (Colombia)
M - Darlington Nagbe (Liberia)
M - George Fochive (USA)
M - Jack Jewsbury (USA)
M - Rodney Wallace (Costa Rica)
F - Fanendo Adi (Nigeria)

REAL SALT LAKE (15-8-11)

GK - Nick Rimando (USA)
D - Chris Schuler (USA)
D - Jámison Olave (Colombia)
D - Kenny Mansally (Gambia)

D - Tony Beltran (USA)

M - Javier Morales (Argentina)

M - Kyle Beckerman (USA)

M - Luis Gil (USA)

F - Olmes Garcia (Colombia)

F - Sebastián Jaime (Argentina)

F - Álvaro Saborío (Costa Rica)

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (6-16-12)

GK - David Bingham (USA)
D - Marvell Wynne (USA)
D - Paulo Renato (Portugal)
D - Shaun Francis (Jamaica)
D - Víctor Bernárdez (Honduras)
M - J.J. Koval (USA)
M - Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi (France)
M - Sanna Nyassi (Gambia)
M - Shea Salinas (USA)
F - Chris Wondolowski (USA)
F - Matías Pérez García (Argentina)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS (20-10-4)

GK - Stefan Frei (Switzerland)
D - Tyrone Mears (England)
D - Chad Marshall (USA)
D - Brad Evans (USA)
D - Leonardo González (Costa Rica)
M - Lamar Neagle (USA)
M - Michael Azira (Uganda)
M - Gonzalo Pineda (Mexico)
M - Marco Pappa (Guatemala)
F - Clint Dempsey (USA)
F - Obafemi Martins (Nigeria)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY (14-13-7)

GK - Luis Marín (Chile)
D - Amadou Dia (USA)
D - Matt Besler (USA)
D - Ike Opara (USA)
D - Seth Sinovic (USA)
M - Benny Feilhaber (USA)
M - Bernardo Añor (Venezuela)
M - Graham Zusi (USA)
M - Krisztián Németh (Hungary)
M - Roger Espinoza (Honduras)
F - Dom Dwyer (England)

TORONTO FC (11-15-8)

GK - Joe Bendik (USA)
D - Damien Perquis (Poland)
D - Justin Morrow (USA)
D - Steven Caldwell (Scotland)
D - Warren Creaville (USA)
M - Benoit Cheyrou (France)
M - Jonathan Osorio (Canada)
M - Michael Bradley (USA)
M - Sebastian Giovinco (Italy)
F - Jozy Altidore (USA)
F - Robbie Findley (USA)

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS (12-8-14)

GK - David Ousted (Denmark)
D - Jordan Harvey (USA)
D - Kendall Waston (Costa Rica)
D - Pa Modou Kah (Norway)
D - Steven Beitashour (Iran)
M - Kekuta Manneh (Gambia)
M - Matías Laba (Argentina)
M - Mauro Rosales (Argentina)
M - Pedro Morales (Chile)
M - Russel Teibert (Canada)
F - Octavio Rivero (Uruguay)