On Sunday, Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. ET, Major League Soccer clubs Seattle Sounders and Toronto FC will go head-to-head in the MLS Cup final. Before the two sides vie for the title of MLS champions, we look back on which colleges produced the most players on the 2019 MLS Cup final rosters.
DREAM XI: 11 college soccer players thriving professionallyBetween both rosters, 25 players have college soccer experience playing for 16 schools. Out of those 24, five once donned the crimson and cream of Indiana. In addition to the Hoosiers, four other schools have more than one representative — Akron, Notre Dame and Washington each have two while Maryland has three. Here's the full breakdown by school, in alphabetical order:
| SCHOOL | PLAYERS |
|---|---|
| Akron | 2 |
| California | 1 |
| Cal Poly | 1 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 1 |
| Indiana | 5 |
| Louisville | 1 |
| Maryland | 3 |
| Michigan State | 1 |
| Monmouth | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Notre Dame | 2 |
| Seattle | 1 |
| Stanford | 1 |
| Syracuse | 1 |
| Wake Forest | 1 |
| Washington | 2 |
Here is each former college soccer player, by team:
| TEAM (MLS) | PLAYER | COLLEGE |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Sounders | Saad Abdul Salaam | Akron |
| Seattle Sounders | Will Bruin | Indiana |
| Seattle Sounders | Handwalla Bwana | Washington |
| Seattle Sounders | Jonathan Campbell | North Carolina |
| Seattle Sounders | Justin Dhillon | Cal Poly |
| Seattle Sounders | Stefan Frei | California |
| Seattle Sounders | Bryan Meredith | Monmouth |
| Seattle Sounders | Jordan Morris | Stanford |
| Seattle Sounders | Trey Muse | Indiana |
| Seattle Sounders | Cristian Roldan | Washington |
| Seattle Sounders | Alex Roldan | Seattle |
| Seattle Sounders | Harry Shipp | Notre Dame |
| Seattle Sounders | Luis Silva | UC Santa Barbara |
| Toronto FC | Jon Bakero | Wake Forest |
| Toronto FC | Alex Bono | Syracuse |
| Toronto FC | Jay Chapman | Michigan State |
| Toronto FC | Nick DeLeon | Louisville |
| Toronto FC | Griffin Dorsey | Indiana |
| Toronto FC | Tsubasa Endoh | Maryland |
| Toronto FC | Omar Gonzalez | Maryland |
| Toronto FC | Richie Laryea | Akron |
| Toronto FC | Drew Moor | Indiana |
| Toronto FC | Justin Morrow | Notre Dame |
| Toronto FC | Patrick Mullins | Maryland |
| Toronto FC | Eriq Zavaleta | Indiana |
This list features three MAC Hermann Trophy winners. Jordan Morris (2015) took home the hardware at Stanford while Jon Bakero (2017) won with Wake Forest. Maryland's Patrick Mullins won back-to-back years in 2012 and 2013, one of seven male players to win the award twice. Out of the three players, Morris was the only one to win a College Cup. He has also won an MLS Cup with Seattle.
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Sunday's match features two of the past three MLS champions. Seattle won it all in 2016, followed by Toronto in 2017. Both clubs will compete for its second title at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Kick-off is at 3 p.m. ET. You can watch the game on ABC.
