I was curious about the historical club breakdown of USMNT's modern day World Cup rosters since 1990 and whether there was a noticeable impact on result. I've noted players based in European leagues vs US and Mexico based players (US includes domestic leagues/college/USSF-sponsored). I've also noted players who started (substitute appearances not counted) in any one of the WC games. (2018 WC - US did not qualify - last 2 WC qualifier in 2017 rosters examined here.)
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US WC Rosters 1990-2022 listed below:
1990
22 Total: 4 players in Europe, 4 college players and 13 in random domestic leagues at the time
Starters (3 games) - 3 Europe, 1 college, 11 domestic
Result: Group stage exit
GK
Tony Meola (Univ of Virginia) - 3 starts
Kasey Keller (Portland Timbers)
David Vanole (LA Heat)
DF
Mike Windischmann (Albany Capitals) - 3 starts
Desmond Armstrong (Baltimore Blast) - 3 starts
Marcelo Balboa (San Diego Nomads) - 2 starts, 1 sub
Jimmy Banks (Milwaukee Wave) - 2 starts
John Doyle (SF Bay Blackhawks) - 2 starts
Steve Trittschuh (Tampa Bay Rowdies) - 1 start
Brian Bliss (Albany Capitals) - 1 sub
Paul Krumpe (UCSB)
MF
John Harkes (Albany Capitals) - 3 starts
Tab Ramos (Figueros) - 3 starts
Paul Caligiuri (SV Meppen) - 3 starts
John Stollmeyer (Washington Stars) - 1 start, 1 sub
Chris Henderson (UCLA)
Neil Covone (Wake Forest University)
FW
Bruce Murray (Washington Stars) - 3 starts
Peter Vermes (FC Volendam) - 3 starts
Eric Wynalda (SF Bay Blackhawks) - 1 start, 1 sub
Eric Eichmann (Fort Lauderdale Strikers)
Christopher Sullivan (Győri ETO FC) - 2 subs
1994
22 Total: 7 in Europe, 1 in Mexico, 2 domestic league and 12 under contract with the US Soccer Federation. (The USSF signed some to exclusive contracts)
Starters (4 games) - 4 Europe, 1 domestic league, 8 USSF, 1 Mexico
Result: Round of 16
GK
Tony Meola (USSF) - 4 starts
Juergen Sommer (Luton Town)
Brad Friedel (USSF)
DF
Alexi Lalas (USSF) - 4 starts
Marcelo Balboa (USSF) - 4 starts
Paul Caligiuri (USSF) - 4 starts
Fernando Clavijo (USSF) - 3 starts
Cle Kooiman (Cruz Azul) - 1 start
Mike Lapper (LA Heat)
Mike Burns (USSF)
MF
Tab Ramos (Real Betis) - 4 starts
Thomas Dooley (USSF) - 4 starts
Mike Sorber (USSF) - 4 starts
John Harkes (Derby County) - 3 starts
Cobi Jones (USSF) - 1 start, 3 subs
Hugo Perez (LA Salsa) - 1 start
Claudio Reyna (USSF)
FW
Earnie Stewart (Willem II) - 4 starts
Eric Wynalda (1. FC Saarbrücken) - 3 starts, 1 sub
Roy Wegerle (Coventry City) - 3 subs
Frank Klopas (AEK Athens F.C.)
Joe-Max Moore (USSF)
1998
22 Total: 6 Europe and 16 MLS
Starters (3 games): 6 Europe, 12 MLS
Result: Group stage exit
GK
Kasey Keller (Leicester City) - 2 starts
Brad Friedel (Liverpool) - 1 start
Juergen Sommer (Columbus Crew)
DF
Thomas Dooley (captain) (Columbus Crew) - 3 starts
David Regis (Karlsruher SC) - 3 starts
Frankie Hejduk (Tampa Bay Mutiny) - 2 starts, 1 sub
Eddie Pope (D.C. United) - 2 starts
Mike Burns (New England Revolution) - 2 starts
Marcelo Balboa (Colorado Rapids) - 1 sub
Jeff Agoos (D.C. United)
Alexi Lalas (NY MetroStars)
MF
Claudio Reyna (VfL Wolfsburg) - 3 starts
Cobi Jones (LA Galaxy) - 3 starts
Earnie Stewart (NAC Breda) - 2 starts, 1 sub
Brian Maisonneuve (Columbus Crew) - 2 starts, 1 sub
Tab Ramos (NY MetroStars) - 1 start, 1 sub
Chad Deering (VfL Wolfsburg) - 1 start
Predrag Radosavljević (Kansas City Wizards) - 2 subs
FW
Brian McBride (Columbus Crew) - 2 starts
Joe-Max Moore (New England Revolution) - 2 starts
Roy Wegerle (Tampa Bay Mutiny) - 1 start, 1 sub
Eric Wynalda (San Jose Clash) - 1 start, 1 sub
2002
23 Total: 12 Europe and 11 MLS
Starters (5 games): 8 Europe and 9 MLS
Result: 2nd round of knockout (Quarterfinals)
GK
Brad Friedel (Blackburn Rovers) - 5 starts
Kasey Keller (Tottenham Hotspur)
Tony Meola (Kansas City Wizards)
DF
Tony Sanneh (1. FC Nürnberg) - 5 starts
Eddie Pope (D.C. United) - 5 starts
Frankie Hejduk (Bayer Leverkusen) - 4 starts
Jeff Agoos (San Jose Earthquakes) - 3 starts
Gregg Berhalter (Crystal Palace) - 2 starts
Carlos Llamosa (New England Revolution) - 2 subs
David Regis (Metz)
Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96)
MF
John O'Brien (Ajax) - 5 starts
Claudio Reyna (Sunderland) - 4 starts
Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids) - 3 starts
Earnie Stewart (NAC Breda) - 2 starts, 2 subs
Eddie Lewis (Fulham) - 2 starts, 1 sub
DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago Fire) - 2 starts, 1 sub
Cobi Jones (LA Galaxy) - 4 subs
FW
Brian McBride (Columbus Crew) - 5 starts
Landon Donovan (San Jose Earthquakes) - 5 starts
Clint Mathis (MetroStars) - 2 starts, 1 sub
Josh Wolff (Chicago Fire) - 1 start, 1 sub
Joe-Max Moore (Everton) - 2 subs
2006
23 Total: 12 Europe and 11 MLS
Starters (3 games): 9 Europe and 5 MLS
Result: Group stage exit
GK
Kasey Keller (Borussia Mönchengladbach) - 3 starts
Tim Howard (Manchester United)
Marcus Hahnemann (Reading)
DF
Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96) - 3 starts
Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liège) - 3 starts
Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake) - 2 starts
Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham) - 2 starts
Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards) - 1 start, 1 sub
Chris Albright (LA Galaxy)
Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus)
MF
Claudio Reyna (Manchester City) - 3 starts
DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven) - 2 starts, 1 sub
Bobby Convey (Reading) - 2 starts, 1 sub
Clint Dempsey (New England Revolution) - 2 starts
Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids) - 2 starts
Eddie Lewis (Leeds United) - 2 starts
John O'Brien (Chivas USA) - 1 sub
Ben Olsen (D.C. United) - 1 sub
FW
Brian McBride (Fulham) - 3 starts
Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy) - 3 starts
Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards) - 2 subs
Josh Wolff (Kansas City Wizards) - 1 sub
Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)
2010
23 Total: 17 Europe, 2 Mexico, and 4 MLS
Starters: 11 Europe, 2 Mexico, 3 MLS
Result: Round of 16
GK
Tim Howard (Everton) - 4 starts
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa)
Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
DF
Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes) - 4 starts
Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96) - 4 starts
Jay DeMerit (Watford) - 4 starts
Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan) - 2 starts
Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA) - 2 starts
Clarence Goodson (IK Start)
Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MF
Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach) - 4 starts
Clint Dempsey (Fulham) - 4 starts
Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy) - 4 starts
Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt) - 2 starts
Maurice Edu (Rangers) - 1 start, 2 sub
José Francisco Torres (Pachuca) - 1 start
Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus Gymnastikforening) - 3 subs
DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers) - 1 sub
Stuart Holden (Bolton Wanderers) - 1 sub
FW
Jozy Altidore (Hull City) - 4 starts
Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake) - 3 starts
Herculez Gomez (Puebla) - 1 start, 2 subs
Edson Buddle (LA Galaxy) - 2 subs
2014
We have 12 Europe, 1 Mexico, and 10 MLS
Starters (4 games): 6 Europe, 1 Mexico, and 8 MLS
Result: Round of 16
GK
Tim Howard (Everton) - 4 starts
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa)
Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DF
Fabian Johnson (1899 Hoffenheim) - 4 starts
Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City) - 4 starts
DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla) - 4 starts
Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) - 3 starts
Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy) - 2 starts, 1 sub
DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC) - 3 subs
John Brooks (Hertha BSC) - 1 sub
Timothy Chandler (1. FC Nürnberg)
MF
Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) - 4 starts
Jermaine Jones (Beşiktaş) - 4 starts
Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes) - 3 starts, 1 sub
Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) - 3 starts, 1 sub
Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake) - 3 starts
Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) - 1 start
Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg)
FW
Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC) - 4 starts
Jozy Altidore (Sunderland) - 1 start
Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) - 2 subs
Aron Jóhannsson (AZ Alkmaar) - 1 sub
Julian Green (Bayern Munich) - 1 sub
2017
DID NOT QUALIFY FOR WC. We'll compare our roster for the last 2 qualifying matchdays.
(10/6/17 vs Panama; 10/10/17 vs T&T)
23 Total: 5 Europe, 2 Mexico and 16 MLS
Starters: 3 Europe, 2 Mexico, 6 MLS
GK
Tim Howard (Colorado Rapids) - 2 starts
Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
Brad Guzan (Atlanta United)
DF
DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United) - 2 starts
Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca) - 2 starts
Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City) - 2 starts
Jorge Villafaña (Santos Laguna) - 2 starts
Geoff Cameron (Stoke City)
DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo)
Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
Tim Ream (Fulham)
MF
Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) - 2 starts
Paul Arriola (DC United) - 2 starts
Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers) - 2 starts
Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund) - 2 starts
Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas) - 1 sub
Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) - 1 sub
Dax McCarty (Chicago Fire) - 1 sub
Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) - 1 sub
FW
Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC) - 2 starts
Bobby Wood (Hamburger SV) - 2 starts
Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC) - 2 subs
Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)
2022
26 Total: 17 Europe, and 9 MLS
Starters: 12 Europe, 2 MLS
Result: Round of 16
GK
Matt Turner (Arsenal) 4 starts
Matt Turner (Arsenal) 4 starts
Ethan Horvath (Luton Town)
Sean Johnson (NYCFC)
Sean Johnson (NYCFC)
DF
Tim Ream (Fulham) 4 starts
Sergino Dest (AC Milan) 4 starts
Antonee Robinson (Fulham) 4 starts
Walker Zimmerman (Nashville SC) 3 starts, 1 sub
Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) 1 start
Shaq Moore (Nashville SC) 2 subs
DeAndre Yedlin (Inter Miami CF) 2 subs
Aaron Long (NY Red Bulls)
Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
MF
Tyler Adams (Leeds United) 4 starts
Weston McKennie (Juventus) 4 starts
Yunus Musah (Valencia) 4 starts
Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) 3 subs
Kellyn Acosta (LAFC) 2 subs
Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo)
Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC)
FW
Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) 4 starts
Tim Weah (Lille) 4 starts
Josh Sargent (Norwich City) 2 starts, 1 sub
Haji Wright (Antalyaspor) 1 start, 2 subs
Jesus Ferreira (FC Dallas) 1 start
Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund) 2 subs
Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders) 2 subs
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