-Columbus’ Harrison Afful and New York’s Gideon Baah have both appeared for the Ghanaian National Team. D.C. United’s Lloyd Sam, who was traded from the Red Bulls this season, also made an appearance.
-Dax McCarty and Crew SC's Corey Ashe played together at the University of North Carolina in 2004-2005. Columbus Coach Gregg Berhalter is also an alum.
-Waylon Francis of Columbus has played alongside longtime Red Bull Roy Miller on the Costa Rican National Team.
-Gonzalo Veron and Crew SC’s Federico Higuain and Gaston Sauro all hail from Argentina and played against each other in Argentina from 2009 to 2012
-Columbus players Ola Kamara and Nicolai Naess were born in Norway, which is also where former Red Bull player Jan Gunnar Solli is from.