Doctor Khumalo and 4 Other South Africans Who Played in Major League Soccer
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With Lionel Messimoving to Inter Miami, Major League Soccer has received renewed interest.
The American league has attracted many big-name players over the years, and even South Africans have been drawn to the league.
With Mamelodi Sundowns’ Cassius Mailula likely to be the next to head off to American shores, Sports Brieflooks at five players from the country who moved abroad.
Doctor Khumalo – Columbus CrewA Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafanalegend, Khumalo also enjoyed a spell in America.
In 1996 and 1997, he played for MLS side Columbus Crew, joining them from the Argentinian team Ferro Carril Oeste. As noted by the MLS website, 16v played 43 games in the USA, scoring five goals and notching up six assists.
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FootballHe returned to Chiefs after his spell overseas before eventually retiring.
Jomo Sono (New York Cosmos)A legend at Orlando Pirates, Sono played for more than one MLS side. After leaving the Buccaneers, he joined New York Cosmos in 1997.
A year later, he moved to another MLS side, Colorado Caribous, before they moved to become the Atlanta Chiefs. Sono’s final stint in the MLS came for the Toronto Blizzard, where he played from 1980 until 1982.
As noted by News24, he played alongside Pele while at NY Cosmos. When Sono returned to South Africa, he bought a club and renamed it Jomo Cosmos in
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