Lovel Palmer's punishment for missing his penalty kick is having to play for Chicago. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...ovel-palmer-real-salt-lake-exchange-allocatio
I wonder what is in store for Saborio, Grabavoy, and Velasquez. If any one of them had made his kick, Palmer never would have stepped up to the spot. Not that I am complaining ...
Sporting KC acquires Sal Zizzo from Portland. http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2013...r-sal-zizzo-through-trade-portland-timbers-fc
Goalkeeper Steve Clark comes to MLS from Norway, will join Columbus Crew. Steven Goff @SoccerInsider1m American GK Steve Clark moves from Honefoss in Norway to Columbus Crew, which acquired rights from Seattle for 4th-rounder in 2015 #mls
Other shoe drops in Columbus with that trade. Columbus trade Gruenebaum to KC for a 2016 2nd round pick.
Portland sends Horst to Houston for draft pick. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...er-david-horst-houston-dynamo-superdraft-pick
http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/12/dc-united-acquires-eddie-johnson Its official Seattle trade Eddie Johnson to DC United for Allocation money.
Risky bet by DC, but I suppose they don't have much to lose except $$$. Wonder which EJ shows up after he "gets paid."
great, officially signed, Kenny Cooper, we got our new Jaqua, watch out Opencup! http://www.soundersfc.com/News/Articles/2013/12-December/Sounders-FC-Signs-Forward-Kenny-Cooper.aspx
Edgar Mejia and Mario de Luna from Chivas USA to Puebla: http://pueblanoticias.com.mx/noticia/nuevos-refuerzos-para-el-puebla-de-la-franja-46001/
Crew have now signed Paladini. http://www.thecrew.com/news/2013/12/crew-signs-midfielder-daniel-paladini
Update 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) 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) 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) 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) Zach Loyd (out of contract) 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) 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) Out: Colin Clark (option declined) Laurent Courtois (option declined) Sean Franklin (option declined, drafted by DC) Pablo Mastroeni (out of contract, retired) Montreal Impact Out: Alessandro Nesta (retired) Paolo Del Piccolo (waived) Maximilliano Rodriguez (waived) Sinisa Ubiparipovic (option declined) Davy Arnaud (trade to DC) 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) 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) 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 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) 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) 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) Toronto FC In: Jackson (trade from Dallas) Gilberto(DP from Brasil) Dwayne DeRosario (re-entry draft) Justin Morrow (traded from SJ) 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, draft to SEA)
Crew re-signed F Jairo Arrieta. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2013/12/19/arrieta-back-for-another-year.html