Englishmen in New York and elsewhere

Gerrard and Lampard are both moving across the Atlantic to play in the MLS

Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard are bidding the Premier League fair well, to move to the USA to play in MLS.

Following in the footsteps of the greats, such as Pele and Eusebio

Gerrard is moving to LA Galaxy and Frank Lampard is moving to New York City (a sister club of Man City). They are by no means the first to do so, in the 70s Bobby Moore, joined the likes of Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, Eusebio, George Best and Johann Cruyff in joining the North American Soccer League (NASL), and more recently David Beckham starred for LA Galaxy and the legend that is Darren Huckerby.

Gerrard and Lampard will have a good deal of compatriots in the MLS, and I preview a few of them below.

Nigel Reo-Coker, never fufilled his early promise
with Wimbledon and Aston Villa

Nigel Reo-Coker - Montreal Impact
Reo-Coker was tipped for big things when he broke onto the scene with Wimbledon. He subsequently joined West Ham and then made a big money move to Aston Villa for £8.5m, but he never hit the heights his talent promised.

In 2013 he joined Vancouver Whitecaps and had a good season, but was traded to Chivas USA in 2014, the move unfortunately coincided with it being Chivas' last season in the MLS , as they dissolved at the end of the season. Reo-Coker has now joined Montreal Impact, who are relatively new to the competition and have yet to achieve an overall finish above 11th.

The Welsh wizard Earnshaw seems to be
ending his career on a bench in Canada

Robert Earnshaw - Vancouver Whitecaps
Earnshaw is now 34 and has had success at international level with 16 goals in 59 appearances, his career has fizzled out some what and he is now a bit part player with Vancouver Whitecaps.

Bexleyheath born Ridgewell has headed to the MLS,
but hasn't quite reached the Broadway heights yet

Liam Ridgewell - Portland Timbers
Ridgewell has played 11 seasons in the Premier League and is still only 30, but in 2014 after being released from West Brom, Ridgewell ran out of Birmingham clubs to play for, so decided to head to USA. Ridgewell had a good first season and the Bexleyheath born defender will be looking to stop Steven Gerrard when Portland play LA.

Kevin Doyle has already scored 2 goals
in his first 4 games for the Rapids

Kevin Doyle - Colorado Rapids
Doyle played for both Reading and Wolves in the Premier League, and most recently played 3 games on loan for Crystal Palace. He has now joined Colorado Rapids, after his Wolves contract expired, and will be hoping to pull the Rapids off of bottom spot in the Western Conference.

Wright-Phillips has recaptured his League 1
scoring form for NY Red Bulls

Bradley Wright-Phillips/Lloyd Sam - New York Red Bulls
Two former Charlton players feature for MLS side New York Red Bulls.
In the 2014 MLS season, Wright-Phillips finished as top goalscorer in the MLS with 27 goals, which included 3 hat-tricks, across his 32 games.   
Lloyd Sam provides energy and assists from out wide, contributing to Wright-Phillips' scoring. In 2014 Sam scored 4 goals across 32 matches, he has already matched that in his first 13 matches this season.

Other English players in the MLS
Tyrone Mears/Andy Rose - Seattle Sounders
Jordan Stewart - San jose Earthquakes
Luke Mulholland - Real Salt Lake
Dom Dwyer - Spoting Kansas City (Scored 22 goals in 2014)
Luke Boden/Lewis Neal/Seb Hines/Harrison Heath - Orlando City
Matt Watson - Chicago Fire
Steve Caldwell/ Luke Moore - Toronto FC