You look like a good footballer

How do you get ahead in the cut-throat world of American Major League Soccerball? Easy, you convince your American coach that you play in the Champions League. The Best Eleven has uncovered a startling number of MLS players with doppelgängers playing in a real league European football. Take Wayne Rooney, for instance, and his MLS alter ego Chad Barrett, of Toronto.

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John Wolyniec (New York Red Bulls) and Thomas Augustinussen (Aalborg BK)

Craig Waibel (Houston Dynamo) and Franck Jurietti (Bordeaux)

Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution) and Roman Eremenko (Dynamo Kiev)

Justin Mapp (Chivas USA) and Boudewijn Zenden (Olympique Marseille)

Sacha Kljestan (CHV) and Fucile (Porto)

Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution) and Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid)

Kevin Hartman (Kansas City Wizards) and Sebastien Frei (Fiorentina)

Abe Thompson (Kansas City Wizards) and Arthur Bernhardt (Steaua Bucharest)

Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas) and Chris Killen (Celtic)

Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo) and Julio Cruz (Inter Milan)

Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA) and Alvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool)

Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Chivas USA) and Aleksandr Yurevich (FC BATE)

A little bit scary, no?