00:01Lionel Messi may be the biggest name ever to play in MLS but Clint Dempsey still left him
00:07off his Mount Rushmore. Asked to name four players who dominated the league, the American
00:12soccer legend selected Robbie Keane, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sebastian Jovinko and Landon Donovan.
00:32The list combines championships, MVP awards, scoring records, and some of the most memorable
00:39individual performances in MLS history. Messi has transformed into Miami and raised the league's
00:45global profile since arriving in 2023, but Dempsey gave all four places to players with completed
00:52MLS legacies. The former Fulham and Tottenham forward knows the league well, having starred
00:58for the New England Revolution and Seattle Sounders during a career that also produced 57 goals for
01:04the United States.
