Foreign Players in the League

I just wanted to compare the Mexican league to the big leagues of the continent (Brazil and Argentina) in regards to foreign players.

America - 5 + 1 = Fernando Ortiz (D); Enrique Vera (M); Salvador Cabañas (S); Robert de Pinho (S); Jean Beausejour (M); Andres Chitiva (M)
Atlante - 5 + 1 = Miguel Martinez (M); Federico Vilar (G); Giancarlo Maldonado (S); Gabriel Pereyra (M); Luis G. Rey (S); Andres Carevic (M)
Atlas - 5 + 1 = Ismael Fuentes (D); Gonzalo Vargas (S); Bruno Marioni (S); Jorge Achucarro (S); Dario Bottinelli (M); Lucas Ayala (M)
Chivas - 0
Cruz Azul - 4 = Cristian Riveros (M); Carlos Bonet (D); Pablo Zeballos (S); Roberto Ovelar (S)
Indios - 4 + 2 = Javier Malagueño (D); Ezequiel Maggiolo (S); Juan Pablo Rodriguez (M); Juan Curbelo (M); Hector Gimenez (S); Augusto Gomez (M)

Jaguares - 5 = Javier Gandolfi (D); Andre Luiz (M); Danilinho (S); Itamar (S); Neri Cardozo (M)
Monterrey - 5 = Osvaldo Martinez (M); Jose Basanta (D); Walter Ayovi (M); Felipe Baloy (D); Humberto Suazo (S)
Morelia - 5 = Wilson Tiago (M); Oscar Rojas (M); Hugo Droguett (M); Andres Mendoza (S); Mauricio Romero (D)
Necaxa - 5 = Pablo Quatrocchi (D); Eduardo Coudet (M); Alfredo Moreno (S); Federico Insua (M); Carlos Pavon (S)
Pachuca - 5 + 3 = Damian Alvarez (M); Edgar Benitez (S); Christian Gimenez (M); Blas Perez (S); Javier Mustafa (D); Miguel Calero (G), Gabriel Caballero (M); Francisco Torres (M)
Puebla - 5 + 1 = Alejandro Acosta (D); Ramon Nuñez (M); Alvaro Gonzalez (S); Walter Vilchez (D); Everaldo Ferreira (S); Isidro Sanchez (S)

Pumas - 3 = Dario Veron (D); Dante Lopez (S); Martin Bravo (S)
San Luis - 5 + 1 = Egidio Arévalo (M); Jairo Patiño (M); Diego Álvarez (S); Nestor Bareiro (S); Tressor Moreno (S); Michael Orozco (D)
Santos Laguna - 5 + 1 = Pedro Quiñonez (M); Walter Jimenez (M); Daniel Ludueña (M); Christian Benitez (S); Darwin Quintero (S); Matias Vuoso (S)
Tecos - 5 + 1 = Marcelo Sosa (M); Nelson Pinto (M); Claudio Graf (S); Fredy Bareiro (S); Jorge Zamogilny (M); Rodrigo Ruiz (S)
Tigres - 5 = Pedro Benitez (D); Julio Aguilar (S); Lucas Lobos (M); Guillermo Marino (M); Ariel Bogado (S)
Toluca - 5 + 1 = Paulo Da Silva (D); Martin Romagnoli (M); Hector Mancilla (S); Daniel Rios (S); Hernan Cristante (G); Zinha (M)

81 + 13 naturalizados (of these players, 6 aren't eligible to play with El Tri. 4 have played with El Tri. 3 are eligible to play with el Tri)

I counted Isidro Sanchez (Canada), Paco Torres, Michael Orozco (US) as naturalizados. I know that they are technically not naturalizados but they represent foreign NTs.

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Argentinos Juniors - 5 = Andres Scotti (D); Pedro Balbuena (D); Derlis Cardozo (D); Carlos Recalde (M); Kevin Harbottle (D)
Arsenal - 2 = Josimar Mosquera (D); Jose Manuel Contreras (M)
Banfield - 4 = James David Rodriguez (M); Sebastian Fernandez (S); Jose Devaca (D); Santiago Silva (S)
Boca Juniors - 4 = Julio Caceres (D); Claudio Morel (D); Alvaro Gonzalez (M); Fabian Vargas (M)
Colon - 3 = Salustiano Candia (D); Pablo Aguilar (D); Daley Mena (S)

Estudiantes - 2 = Juan Manuel Salguiero (S); Juan Manuel Diaz (D)
Gimnasia (Jujuy) - 1 = Sebastian Rocco (D)
Gimnasia (La Plata) - 3 = Alvaro Ormeño (D); Diego Alonso (S); Ruben Maldonado (D)
Godoy Cruz - 4 = Jairo Castillo (S); Roberto Jimenez (S); Sebastian Pinto (S); Sebastian Rodrigo (D)
Huracan - 2 = Cesar Gonzalez (M); Leonardo Medina (S)

Independiente - 3 = Guillermo Rodriguez (D); Jose Moreno Mora (S); Samuel Caceeres (D)
Lanús - 2 = Jadson Viera (D); Eduardo Ledesma (M)
Newell's - 3 = Santiago Salcedo (S); Ernesto Cristaldo (M); Alejandro Da Silva (S)
Racing - 2 = Marcos Caceres (D); Nicolas Vigneri (S)
River Plate - 2 = Radamel Falcao (S); Robert Mario Flores (S)

Rosario Central - 3 + 1 = Jorge Nuñez (D); Pablo Lima (D); Gonzalo Choy (M); Ivan Moreno y Fabianesi (M)
San Lorenzo - 3 = Aureliano Torres (M); Jonathan Santana (M); Bruno Fornaroli (S)
San Martin - 2 = Cristian Canio (S); Jorge Anchen (D)
Tigre - 2 = Nestor Ayala (S); Sebastian Rosano (M)
Velez Sarsfield - 2 = Hernan Rodrigo Lopez (S); Waldo Ponce (D)

54 + 1 (Ivan Moreno y Fabianesi was born in Spain but his mom is Argentine)
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Atl.Mineiro - 0
Atl. Paranaense - 2 = Edwin Valencia (D); Julio dos Santos (M)
Avai - 1 = Miguel Lavié (D)
Barueri - 0
Botafogo - 2 = Juan Castillo (G); Leandro Zarate (S)

Corinthians - 2 = Sergio Escudero (D); Acosta (S)
Coritiba - 1 = Ariel Nahuelpan (S)
Cruzeiro - 1 = Juan Pablo Sorin (D)
Flamengo - 2 = Gonzalo Fierro (M); Maxi Biancucchi (S)
Fluminense - 1 = Dario Conca (M)

Goiás - 0
Gremio - 4 = Sergio Orteman (M); Edixon Perea (S); Germán Herrera (S); Maxi López (S)
Internacional - 3 = Gonzalo Sorondo (D); Pablo Guiñazu (M); Andres d'Alessandro (M)
Náutico - 1 = Daniel Gonzalez (M)
Palmeiras - 2 = Pablo Armero (D); José Ortigoza (S)

Santo André - 1 = Pablo Escobar (S)
Santos FC - 2 = Mauricio Molina (M); Luis Bolaños (M)
São Paulo - 0
Sport - +1 = Hamílton (M)
Vitoria - 2 = Julian Viafara (G); Javier Reina (M)

27 + 1 (Hamilton represents Togo but he was born in Brazil)
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There are 18 teams in Mexico while there are 20 teams in Argentina and Brazil.

A nation of a 100 million and can't produce more footballers.

I honestly believe that if Fuerzas basicas of the clubs were good enough to produce players then we would see clubs reduce the amount of foreigners.

Look at Santos yesterday, they played their bench which includes, MLS reject Johnny Garcia, Juan Pablo Santiago, Andony (I look like Porky) Hernandez.

And one wonders why clubs resort to foreigners.

If your Fuerzas basicas can't produce better players than the ones I just named then you have problems, devoloping talent.

But clubs are not forced to have a decent youth program.

Does Ciudad Juarez and Jaguares even have Fuerzas basicas?

It really is pathetic

At least we are not MLS yet.

Chicago - 8
Columbus - 8
DC United - 9
Kansas City - 6
New England - 10
New York - 12
Toronto - 14
Chivas USA - 7
Colorado - 5
Dallas - 8
Houston - 3
Galaxy - 8
Real Salt Lake - 6
San Jose - 7
Seattle - 11

122 foreigners