10 best players to join the MLS before retiring from football - from Henry to Cole
dailystar.co.ukemerging from the MLS, rather than simply retiring there - as the likes of Alphonso Davies, Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie have proven.Its reputation as a 'retirement division' is rapidly diminishing, but it'll be tough to completely shake given how many of football's most talented individuals have hung up their boots following stateside stints in recent years.Here, Daily Star Sport has taken a look back at 10 of the very best.After pretty much winning everything available to him with Arsenal and Barcelona, Thierry Henry signed for the New York Red Bulls in 2010.Although very much into his twilight years at that point, the Frenchman had no trouble for scoring for fun, just as he'd done in the Premier League for so many years.For four seasons in a row, Henry's MLS goal tally reached double figures before he eventually called it a day in 2014.Is the MLS a glorified retirement home for elite footballers?
Let us know what you think in the comments section below...The pitiful season he spent with Manchester United aside, English fans shouldn't forget how fabulous a player Bastian Schweinsteiger was at his best.The man dubbed 'the brain' of Germany's midfield by Joachim Low, Schweinsteiger was an integral part of his nation's famous World Cup triumph in 2014, and won a whopping eight Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich.He joined Chicago Fire in 2017 after being effectively booted out of Old Trafford by Jose Mourinho, and spent two years in America before hanging up his boots in 2019.Orlando City supporters must have had to scratch their eyes when 2007 Ballon d'Or winner Kaka joined their ranks in 2015.The the former AC Milan midfielder was - for a time - the most in-demand footballer on the planet, and his move to Real.
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