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19 Major League Soccer players from 11 teams are on rosters representing Costa Rica, Egypt, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Sweden. The record for MLS players at a World Cup was 21 in 2014, with 10 on the U.S. roster.

5 Rafa Marquez of Mexico is the fourth player in history to go to five World Cups (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018). The other three were Mexico’s Antonio Carbajal, Germany’s Lothar Matthaus and Italy’s Gianluigi Buffon.