Continuing an annual tradition, I am starting a thread for folks to track and update the various non-roster players who come in and out of pre-season camps - many of them will end up being roster road kill but some of them will resurface with other MLS teams at some point. Players include SuperDraft picks (all of them are shown including the GA and seniors who signed prior to the draft), Supplemental picks (will be added after Tuesday's draft), non-roster invitees from the same team as well as the traditional non-roster trialists from all corners of the planet. International players are noted as well as a player's former team. Here is the list as of now - I am sure that there will be plenty of additions as camps begin all over MLS: COLUMBUS SIGNED Ryan Finley – F (Notre Dame)* IN Drew Beckie – D [CANADA] (Denver)* OUT None CHICAGO SIGNED None IN Rich Balchan – D (Columbus) Yazid Atouba – M [CAMEROON] (Rainbow FC Bamenda – Cameroon)* Sam Archer – F (Rutgers) OUT None DC UNITED SIGNED None IN Diego Restrepo – G (Deportivo Tachira – Venezuela) Matt Van Oekel – G (Minnesota – NASL) Taylor Kemp – D (Maryland)* Kyle Altman – D (Minnesota – NASL) Demertius Omphroy – D (Global FC – Phillipines) Neven Markovic – D [SERBIA](Kansas City) Ryan Richter – M (Charleston – USL PRO) Joseph Nane – M [CAMEROON](Colorado) OUT None HOUSTON SIGNED Jason Johnson – F [JAMAICA] (Virginia Commonwealth) *GA IN Mike Chabala – D (DC United) Jimmy Nealis – D (Georgetown)* Calum Elliot – F [SCOTLAND] (Girilis Vilnius – Lithuania) OUT None KANSAS CITY SIGNED Mikey Lopez – M (North Carolina) *GA IN Mechack Jerome [HAITI] (Orlando City – USL PRO) OUT None MONTREAL SIGNED Andrea Pisanu – M [ITALY] (Bologna – Italy) IN Brad Stuver – G (Cleveland State)* Fernando Monge – M (UCLA)* Blake Smith – M (New Mexico)* Paolo DelPiccolo – M (Louisville)* Nick Zimmerman - F (Carolina - NASL) OUT Nicolas Cordova – M [CHILE] (Brescia – Italy) Henrique Cornelio Bem – M [BRAZIL] (SC Kriens – Switzerland) Oussama Essabr – F [MOROCCO] (Juventus – Italy) NEW ENGLAND SIGNED Andrew Farrell – D (Louisville – D) *GA IN Luis Soffner – G (Indiana)* Donnie Smith – M (North Carolina Charlotte)* Quinton Griffith – M [ANTIGUA] (SSS All Saints United – Antigua) Luke Spencer – F (Xavier)* OUT None NEW YORK SIGNED None IN Tyler Ruthven – D (New York)*** Toni Stahl – D [FINLAND] (Ft. Lauderdale – NASL) Ian Christianson – M (Georgetown)* OUT None PHILADELPHIA SIGNED None IN Chase Harrison - G (Philadelphia)*** Alex Mendoza – D (Pumas Morelos – Mexico) Stephen Okai – M [GHANA] (MOBILE)* Don Anding – F (Northeastern)* OUT None TORONTO SIGNED Kyle Bekker – M [CANADA] (Boston College)* IN Emery Welshman – F [CANADA] (Oregon State)* OUT None CHIVAS USA SIGNED Carlos Alvarez – M (Connecticut)* IN Antonio Rodriguez - G [MEXICO] (Chivas Guadalajara – Mexico) Mario de Luna – D [MEXICO] (Chivas Guadalajara – Mexico) Edgar Mejia - M [MEXICO] (Chivas Guadalajara – Mexico) Giovani Casillas - M [MEXICO] (Chivas Guadalajara – Mexico) OUT None COLORADO SIGNED Dillon Powers – M (Notre Dame)* Deshorn Brown – F [JAMAICA] (Central Florida) *GA IN Clint Irwin – G (Charlotte – USL PRO) Jim Maurer – G (Universidad Concepcion – Chile) Joel Helmick – G (Longwood University) Kory Kindle – D (Cal State Bakersfield)* Jamie Smith – M [SCOTLAND](Colorado)*** Luke Vercollone – M (Richmond – USL PRO) Ruben Luna – F (FC Dallas) OUT None FC DALLAS SIGNED Walker Zimmerman – D (Furman) *GA IN None OUT Ryan Hollingshead – M (UCLA)* {never in camp - currently doing missionary work} LOS ANGELES SIGNED None IN Kofi Opare – D (Michigan)* Greg Cochrane – D (Louisville)* Kyle Nakazawa – M (Los Angeles)*** Charlie Rugg – F (Boston College)* OUT None PORTLAND SIGNED None IN Dylan Tucker-Gangnes – D (Washington)* OUT None REAL SALT LAKE SIGNED John Stertzer – M (Maryland)* IN Devon Sandoval – F (New Mexico)* OUT None SAN JOSE SIGNED None IN Tommy Muller – D (Georgetown)* Dan Delgado – M (San Diego)* OUT None SEATTLE SIGNED Eriz Zavaleta – D (Indiana)*GA IN Dylan Remick – D (Brown)* Jose David Velasquez – D [HONDURAS] (Victoria – Honduras) Cordell Cato – M [TRINIDAD]*** Philip Lund – M [DENMARK] (FC Fyn – Denmark) Ross LaBauex – M (Colorado) Manuel Asprilla - M [PANAMA] (Tigres – Mexico) OUT None VANCOUVER SIGNED Kekuta Manneh – F [GAMBIA] (Austin – PDL) *GA Erik Hurtado – F (Santa Clara)* IN Corey Hertzog – F (New York) OUT None NOTES * - 2013 SuperDraft pick ** - 2013 Supplemental pick *** - non-roster invitee from last season’s roster
Vancouver (last known club) -Andres Fresenga -D (Racing de Montevideo, Uruguay) -Evan James -M(Montreal) -Simon Thomas -GK (Huddersfield Town) -Paolo Jr -F (RSL, re-entry draft signing) -Corey Hertzog -F (NYRB) -Tom Heinemann -F (Columbus) -Ben Fisk -M (Whitecaps Residency) -Crispin Olando -M (Tusker FC, Kenya) -Dever Orgill -F (St. George's SC, Jamaica) -Jacob Lensky -M(Utrecht) -Sean Melvin -GK (Whitecaps Residency)
Thanks Zman. It should be Mechack Jerome - D [HAITI] (Orlando City – USL PRO) and Deshorn Brown – F [JAMAICA] (Central Florida) *GA
Zman, thanks for doing this thread. A few notes on draftees: *Ryan Finley should be listed as signed; he was one of the seniors who signed a pre-draft deal. *Meanwhile, I don't believe Erik Hurtado was in that group
Changed Finley in the initial post but Hurtado was not in the initial signed group but Ives said that he signed a deal while at the Combine.
http://www.thecrew.com/news/2013/01/roster-update-mirosevic-will-not-return-2013 Blake Brettschneider on trial at Columbus
Per Joshua Myers the following invitees are in Sounders' camp right now (ones listed already in this thread are removed): Guy Essame [Cameroon] (FC Terek Grozny) Travis Bowen Jonas Rasmussen Marvin Angulo Jose Cuevas Justin Davis Cody Ellison Blair Gavin David Opoku Isaiah Schafer Also, Velasquez was not listed.
NE Rev trialists per Jeff Lemieux: Non-rostered training camp participants: Bilal Duckett (D), Quinton Griffith (D), Matt Horth (F), Olivier Kapo (F). #NERevs
I usually include an academy section for them for each team since most often than not - they are there for training purposes and not a roster spot, at least in the short-run. I will add it for the next update. On another note, I attended Philly's practice today - there were 3 mystery trialists - trying to get names for them.
#preseason camp includes trialists D Michael Nanchoff (former U of Akron & Whitecaps) + G Jason Dodson (former U-23s). #rctid— Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) January 21, 2013
Ramiro Corrales and Khari Stephenson are in camp with SJE without contracts: http://www.sjearthquakes.com/news/2013/01/quakes-open-2013-preseason-camp
official notice that Kyle Nakazawa M LAG has retired and is no longer training in camp: http://www.lagalaxy.com/blog/beat/2013/01/21/news-and-notes-la-galaxys-first-day-preseason
TSN's Luke Wileman reporting that Canadian MF Jamie Peters is on trial with Vancouver: https://twitter.com/LukeWileman/status/293539223162744832
RSL have tweeted that Andrew Weber (GK) is in camp with them. https://twitter.com/RealSaltLake/status/293552564828524544
http://www.mercurynews.com/earthqua...e-earthquakes-open-camp-aiming-recapture-2012 Gargan and Harden are also in camp.
Colorado add MF/FW Carlos Diaz and FW Cesar Romero while FW Ruben Luna leaves. No word if Burgess Meredith will be in camp later this week. http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2013/01/former-us-youth-internationals-romero-and-diaz-join-camp