2014 MLS Thread

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Teams:


Note: NYCFC and Orlando City will be joining next season as expansion sides

Current MLS Champions: Sporting KC
Current Supporters Shield Champs: NY Red Bulls
Current Open Cup Winners: DC United

Teams Competing in the 2014-15 Champions Leagues:
Sporting KC, NY Red Bulls, Portland Timbers, DC United

Big Story Lines for 2014 season:
1) Michael Bradley and Jermaine Defoe joining TFC and the potential of TFC becoming a "mega team"
2) SKC Winning the championship
3) How will Dempsey play and will Sounders finally win it?
4) After success last year will NY Red Bulls win the championship
5) Possible return of American players to the league
6) Jason Kreis leaving RSL for NYCFC

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2014 MLS Draft is hosted on Jan 16th
- Will Post more in a few days on this


Player Movement scorecard(Copied from BigSoccer forums, not mine)
Chicago Fire

In:
Lovel Palmer (traded from RSL)

Out:
Arevalo Rios (option declined)
Paolo Tornaghi (waived)
Michael Vidiera (option declined)
Corben Bone (option declined, drafted by Philadelphia)
Daniel Paladini (option declined, rights traded to Columbus)
Joel Lindpere (option declined)
Logan Pause (option declined)
Kellen Gulley (option declined)
Maicon Santos (option declined)
Chris Rolfe (option declined)
Shaun Francis (option declined, draft to SJ)
Wells Thompson (out of contract)
Yazid Atouba (option declined)

Chivas USA

In:
Mauro Rosales (trade from Seattle)
Andrew Jean-Baptiste (trade from Portland)

Out:
Mario de Luna (loan terminated)
Jaime Frias (loan terminated)
Edgar Mejia (loan terminated)
Julio Morales (loan terminated)
Patrick McLain (option declined)
Steven Purdy (option declined)
Daniel Antunez (option declined)
Marvin Iraheta (option declined)
Josue Soto (option declined)
Jose Manuel Rivera (option declined)
Ante Jazic (out of contract)
Tristan Bowen (trade to Seattle)
Jorge Villafana (trade to Portland)

Colorado Rapids

In:
Marc Burch* (re-entry draft)
Martin Chavez (traded from San Jose)

Out:
Diego Calderon (loan ended, purchase option declined, confirmed not returning)
Martin Rivero (loan ended, purchase option declined, in negotiations)
Jaime Castrillon (option declined, confirmed not returning)
Steward Ceus (option declined, confirmed not returning)
Hendry Thomas (option declined, in negotiations)
Brian Mullan (option declined, in negotiations)
Jamie Smith (option declined, in negotiations)
Anthony Wallace (out of contract)
Brenton Griffiths (in negotiations)
Kory Kindle (in negotiations)
German Mera (in negotiations)
Danny Mwanga (in negotiations)
Atiba Harris (traded to San Jose)

Columbus Crew

In:
Waylon Francis (Herediano)
Matt Wiet (Homegrown, Dayton Dutch Lions)
Brad Stuver (Waiver draft, MLS pool)
Daniel Paladini* (trade from Chicago)
Steve Clark (signed from Norway/SEA)
Ross Friedman (homegrown)
Matt Walker (homegrown)

Out:
Eddie Gaven (retired)
Aaron Horton (waived)
Matias Sanchez (waived)
Drew Beckie (option declined)
Glauber (option declined)
Kyle Hyland (option declined)
Danny O'Rourke (option declined)
Konrad Warzycha (option declined)
Andy Grunenbaum (traded to SKC)
Chad Marshall (trade to Seattle)

FC Dallas

In:
Ryan Hollingshead (2013 SuperDraft holdout)
Adam Moffat (traded from SEA for Cooper)

Out:
David Ferreira (option declined)
Ramon Nunez (option declined)
Erick (option declined)
Jackson (trade to Toronto)
Kenny Cooper (traded to Seattle)
Victor Ulloa (out of contract)
Ugo Ihemelu (option declined)

DC United

In:
Davy Arnaud (trade from Montreal)
Sean Franklin (re-entry draft)
Bobby Boswell (re-entry draft)
Fabian Espindola (re-entry draft)
Eddie Johnson (traded from SEA)
Nana Attakora (re-entry draft)
Jalen Robinson (homegrown)

Out:
Syamsir Alam (option declined)
Dwayne DeRosario (option declined)
Lionard Pajoy (option declined)
Carlos Ruiz (option declined)
Marcelo Saragosa (option declined)
James Riley (option declined)
John Thorrington (option declined)
Daniel Woolard (option declined)

Houston Dynamo

In:
David Horst (traded from PTFC)

Out:
Brian Ching (retired)
Alex Dixon (option declined)
Andrew Driver (option declined)
Cam Weaver (option declined)
Michael Chabala (option declined)
Calen Carr (out of contract)
Bobby Boswell* (out of contract, drafted by DC)

Los Angeles Galaxy

In:
Baggio Husidic (Hammarby)
Samuel (loan, Fluminense)

Out:
Colin Clark (option declined)
Laurent Courtois (option declined)
Sean Franklin (option declined, drafted by DC)
Pablo Mastroeni (out of contract, retired)
Jose Villareal (loan to Cruz Azul)

Montreal Impact

Out:
Alessandro Nesta (retired)
Paolo Del Piccolo (waived)
Maximilliano Rodriguez (waived)
Sinisa Ubiparipovic (option declined)
Davy Arnaud (trade to DC)
Zarek Valentin (out of contract)
Nelson Rivas (out of contract)
Andres Romero (out of contact)
Daniele Paponi (out of contract)
Andrea Pisanu (out of contract)

New England Revolution

In:
Paolo Del Piccolo (waiver draft)
Brad Knighton (trade from Vancouver)

Out:
Chad Barrett (option declined, draft to SEA)
Charlie Davies (option declined)
Ryan Guy (option declined)
Tyler Polak (option declined)
Matt Reis (option declined, retired)
Clyde Simms (option declined)
Donnie Smith (option declined)
Luis Soffner (option declined)
Juan Toja (option declined)
Juan Agudelo (out of contract)
Kevin Alston (out of contract)
Darrius Barned (out of contract)
Bilal Duckett (waived)
Matt Horth (waived)
Gabe Latigue (waived)

New York Red Bulls

In:
Bobby Convey (from TFC)

Out:
Kevin Hartman (option declined, retired)
David Carney (option declined)
Brandon Barklage (option declined)
Heath Pearce (out of contract)
Fabian Espindola (option declined)
Marcus Holgersson (mutual consent)

Philadelphia Union

In:
Corben Bone (re-entry draft)

Out:
Chris Albright (out of contract, retired)
Don Anding (waived)
Greg Jordan (waived)
Kleberson (waived)
Oka Nikolov (waived)
Michael Farfan (transferred to Cruz Azul)


Portland Timbers

In:
Jorge Villafana (trade from Chivas)
Steve Zakuani* (re-entry draft)

Out:
David Horst (traded to Houston)
Ryan Miller (option declined)
Dylan Tucker-Gagnes (waived)
Brent Richards (waived)
Ryan Johnson (out of contract)
Milos Kocic (out of contract)
Brad Ring (out of contract)
Sal Zizzo (traded to SKC)
Frederic Piquionne (out of contract)
Sebastian Rincon (out of contract)
Andrew Jean-Baptiste (trade to Chivas)

Real Salt Lake

In:
Jordan Allen (homegrown)

Out:
Yordany Alvarez (option declined)
Brandon McDonald (option declined)
Josh Saunders (option declined)
Khari Stephenson (option declined)

San Jose Earthquakes

In:
Brandon Barklage (re-entry draft)
Shaun Francis (re-entry draft)
Jean-Baptiste Pierrazi (free agent?/AC Ajaccio)
Atiba Harris (traded from Colorado)

Out:
Ramiro Corrales (retired)
Nana Attakora (option declined; draft to DC)
Dan Gargan (option declined)
Evan Newton (option declined)
Marcus Tracy (option declined)
Peter McGlynn (option declined)
Cesar Diaz Pizarro (option declined)
Mehdi Ballouchy (out of contract; draft to VAN)
Justin Morrow (traded to TFC)
Rafael Baca (transfer to Cruz Azul)
Martin Chavez (traded to Colorado)

Seattle Sounders

In:
Stefan Frei (trade from Toronto)
Tristan Bowen* (trade from Chivas)
Chad Marshall (trade from Columbus)
Kenny Cooper (traded from FCD for Moffat)
Chad Barrett (re-entry draft)
Corey Hertzog (re-entry draft)

Out:
Philip Lund (waived)
Michael Gspurning (option declined)
Marc Burch (out of contract, drafted by Colorado)
Blair Gavin (out of contract)
Mauro Rosales (trade to Chivas)
Steve Zakuani (out of contract, draft to PTFC)
Adam Moffat (traded to FCD for Cooper)
Eddie Johnson (traded to DC)

Sporting Kansas City

In:
Sal Zizzo (from PTFC)
Andy Grunenbaum (traded from Crew)

Out:
Jimmy Nielsen (retired)
Kyle Miller (waived)
Brendan Ruiz (waived)
Federico Bessone (out of contract)

Toronto FC

In:
Jackson (trade from Dallas)
Gilberto (Portugesa)
Dwayne DeRosario (re-entry draft, signing confirmed)
Justin Morrow (traded from SJ)
Jordan Hamilton (homegrown)
Michael Bradley(DP)
Jermaine Defoe(DP)

Out:
Danny Koevermans (out of contract)
Michael Thomas (option declined)
Bobby Convey (traded to NYRB)
Darel Russell (option declined)
Robert Earnshaw (option declined)
Justin Braun (out of contract)
Stefan Frei (trade to Seattle)

Vancouver Whitecaps

Out:
Lee Young-Pyo (retired)
Greg Klazura (waived)
Joe Cannon (option declined)
Brad Knighton (trade to New England)
Simon Thomas (option declined)
Brad Rusin (option declined)
Jun Marques Davidson (option declined)
Daigo Kobayashi (option declined)
Tommy Heinemann (option declined)
Corey Hertzog (option declined)

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This post will be reserved for the Rumor Mill(any rumor really)

Some Rumors so far
1) Xavi to NYRB or possibly NYCFC?
2) Maurice Edu to Philly? Jermaine Jones back to MLS?

[netsfan549]

Dammit was hoping Toronto was in champions. Does anybody know if Utti from timbers still with team?

D.C. United trades 1st slot in allocation & Ethan White to PHL for 6th position in allocation & Jeff Parke. Philly angling for Maurice Edu

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Dammit was hoping Toronto was in champions. Does anybody know if Utti from timbers still with team?

D.C. United trades 1st slot in allocation & Ethan White to PHL for 6th position in allocation & Jeff Parke. Philly angling for Maurice Edu

TFC still has a chance and who ever wins the canandian cup will enter. Could be a mls Canadian team or a amateur Canadian team. Canadian teams don't compete in the US open cup sinces its for US teams only

[kentatm]

FCD finally has a new manager!

FCD is still a massive train wreck!

[netsfan549]

TFC still has a chance and who ever wins the canandian cup will enter. Could be a mls Canadian team or a amateur Canadian team. Canadian teams don't compete in the US open cup sinces its for US teams only

Thanks, hopefully theyh get in. I want to see them against a mexican team

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Chara no longer a DP from this season on.. just saw this tweet

welcomes Adolfo “Bofo” Bautista to the Red-and-White!

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[QUOTE=netsfan549]Chara no longer a DP from this season on.. just saw this tweet

welcomes Adolfo

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Chivas USA lol.


Hate to continue talking about TFC but I'm glad they are making this splash. It's only going to be great for the league if they end up becoming a "mega team" and have the ability to be the hottest team in town and draw in millions of canadian fans.

To think in one offseason they got Bradley, Defoe, Gilberto and DeRo. Not sure how they afforded it.

I think MLS increased cap but not being reported. THis is great for league hopefully they will be able to draw fans to stadiums on road

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I think MLS increased cap but not being reported. THis is great for league hopefully they will be able to draw fans to stadiums on road

Salary cap increases by 5% yearly but maybe they have alot of cap allocation? Who knows.

[netsfan549]

Salary cap increases by 5% yearly but maybe they have alot of cap allocation? Who knows.

I will def be going to Red bulls vs toronto game

[niko]

I think i'll root for NYC FC. I really don't have a strong affinity for the Red Bulls, and it will be closer to me to go to games (just jump on the BQE) when the stadium is finished.

Where will they be playing to start?

[netsfan549]

I think i'll root for NYC FC. I really don't have a strong affinity for the Red Bulls, and it will be closer to me to go to games (just jump on the BQE) when the stadium is finished.

Where will they be playing to start?

Yankees stadium


INCREIBLE! Xavi ha aceptado de ir a jugar en los New York Redbull despu

[RagaZ]

Lawl, you really think one of the best players for Barcelona and Spain would join MLS