Philadelphia Union - 2019 Roster

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    PHILADELPHIA UNION – 2019 SEASON ROSTER
    SALARY BUDGET PLAYER ROSTER (ROSTER SPOTS 1 - 20) ^

    1. Andre Blake #18 (G) (11/21/90) ($500.0K-$550.0K) [Jamaica - Green Card]
    2. Joe Bendik #12 (G) (4/25/89) ($144.0K - $144.0K)
    3. Fabio Alves “Fabinho” #33 (D) (3/16/85) ($153.0K - $153.0K) [Brazil - Green Card]
    4. Raymon Gaddis #28 (D) (1/13/90) ($190.0K - $190.0K)
    5. Aurelien Collin #78 (D) (8/14/90) ($175.0K - $175.0K) [France – Green Card]
    6. Olivier Mbaizo #15 (D) (8/15/97) [Cameroon - INTL] ($70.9K - $70.9K)
    7. Kai Wagner #27 (D) (2/15/97) ($318.0K - $360.2K) [Germany – INTL]
    8. Jack Elliott #3 (D) (8/24/95) ($250.0K - $265.0) [England – INTL]
    9. R.J. Allen #16 (D) (4/17/90) ($70.3K? - $70.3K?)
    10. Marco Fabian #10 (M) (12/29/91) ($2000.7K - $2274.1K) [Mexico – INTL]
    11. Ilsinho #25 (M) (10/12/85) ($330.0K - $357.0K) [Brazil - Green Card]
    12. Warren Creavalle #2 (M) (8/14/90) ($162.0K - $175.3K)
    13. Haris Medunjanin #6 (M) (3/8/85) ($550.0K - $595.0K) [Bosnia & Herzegovina - INTL]
    14. Jamiro Monteiro #35 (M) (11/23/93) ($516.0K - $569.2K) [Netherlands/Cape Verde Islands - INTL]%
    15. Alejandro Bedoya #11 (M) (4/29/87) ($1200.0K - $1266.3K)
    16. Kacper Przybylko #23 (F) (3/25/93) ($240.0K - $277.0K) [Germany/Poland - INTL]
    17. Fabrice “Fafa” Picault #9 (F) (2/23/91) ($160.0K - $173.7K)
    18. Andrew Wooten #7 (F) (9/30/89) ($700.0K? - $700.0K?) [Germany/USA]
    19. Sergio Santos #17 (F) (9/4/94) ($600.0K - $668.5K) [Brazil – INTL]
    20. Open

    INACTIVE LIST
    1. Cory Burke #19 (F) (12/29/91) ($75.9K - $79.7K) [Jamaica – INTL] (visa issues)

    FORMER HARDSHIP EMERGENCY LOAN - MLS POOL
    1. Charlie Lyon #13 (G) (4/10/92)

    Notes:
    ^ - Domestic players include US citizens and holders of green cards or refugee/asylum status – all other players considered international players. Minimum of 18 players required or have salary budget charge imputed for each roster spot less than 18.

    OFF-BUDGET PLAYER ROSTER (ROSTER SPOTS 21 - 31)
    The salaries for all of these players do not count against the salary cap budget. This roster includes all Generation Adidas (until they graduate from the program) and Home Grown players (they can stay off-budget even if they have signed new contracts since their original MLS contract). Non-GA/HG players can also be on this roster assuming that they make the minimum salary amount given their years of experience in MLS, so there is no age limit for these players (when MLS called these developmental rosters in the past, players had to be 25 years old or younger to be on this roster - this age requirement is no longer in place). These off-budget roster spots are differentiated by the minimum salary amount.

    SUPPLEMENTAL ROSTER SPOTS 21 - 24
    These players’ salaries will be at least $70,250.
    1. Matthew Freese #1 (G) (9/2/98)* ($70.0K - $77.7K)*
    2. Auston Trusty #26 (D) (8/12/98) ($95.0K - $124.1K)*
    3. Brenden Aaronson #22 (M) (10/22/00)* ($67.5K - $95.8K)*
    4. Derrick Jones #8 (M) (3/3/97) ($70.0K - $75.9K) [USA/Ghana]*%

    RESERVE ROSTER SPOTS 25 - 28*
    These players’ salaries will be at least $56.250 with slightly higher minimums based on years of MLS experience - non-HG or non-GA players must make minimum salaries to be on off-budget roster.
    1. Matthew Real #32 (D) (7/10/99) ($57.2K - $57.2K) *
    2. Mark McKenzie #4 (D) (2/25/99) ($72.2K - $82.2K)*
    3. Anthony Fontana #21 (M) (10/14/99) ($70.3K -$70.3K)*
    4. Michee Ngalina #20 (F) (4/12/00) ($56.3K - $56.3K) [Democratic Republic of Congo - INTL]

    RESERVE ROSTER SPOTS 29 - 30
    These players must be home grown players.
    1. Open
    2. Open

    USL LOAN ROSTER SPOT 31
    This player must be on season-long loan with Bethlehem Steel. If player requires international roster spot, it does not count the MLS international roster limit.
    1. Open

    Total Off-Budget Salaries: ($433.0K - $506.4K)

    ^ - Generation Adidas player
    * - Home Grown Player

    INJURED RESERVE
    * None

    LOAN PLAYERS (%)
    IN
    * Jamiro Monteiro #35 (M) (Metz - France)

    OUT
    * Derrick Jones #8 (M) (Nashville - USL)

    SALARY CAP BUDGET – GUARANTEED COMP $ RANKING BY PLAYER
    1. Fabian ($2000.7K - $2274.1K: $530.0K for Salary Budget DP purposes)
    2. Bedoya ($1200.0K - $1266.3K: $530.0K for Salary Budget DP purposes)
    3. Wooten ($700.0K? - $700.0K?: $530.0K for Salary Budget TAM purposes)
    4. Santos ($600.0K - $600.0K: $530.0K for Salary Budget TAM purposes - TAM paid transfer fee)
    5. Medunjanin ($550.0K - $595.0K: $530.0K for Salary Budget TAM purposes)
    6. Monteiro ($516.0K? - $550.0K: $569.2K for Salary Budget TAM purposes)
    7. Blake ($500.0K-$550.0K)
    8. Wagner ($318.0K - $360.2K)
    9. Ilsinho ($330.0K - $357.0K)
    10. Przybylko ($240.0K - $277.0K)
    11. Elliott ($250.0K - $265.0K)
    12. Gaddis ($190.0K - $190.0K)
    13. Creavalle ($162.0K - $175.3K)
    14. Collin ($175.0K - $175.0K)
    15. Picault ($160.0K - $173.7K)
    16. Bendik ($144.0K - $144.0K)
    17. Fabinho ($120.0K - $120.0K)
    18. Burke ($75.9K - $79.7K) {unclear whether he has budget charge while inactive}
    19. Mbaizo ($70.9K - $70.9K)
    20. Allen ($70.3K? - $70.3K?)

    Totals
    * Salary Cap Budget: $4.240M
    * Salary & Guaranteed Comp $ Likely Do Not Reflect All Uses of Allocation $ to Pay Them Down
    * Salary Total: $8.373M - $4.133M over salary cap
    * Salary Total (with Fabian/Bedoya as DP & Medunjanin/Santos/Monteiro/Wooten as TAM Buydowns $): $5.972M [$1.732M over salary cap]
    * Guaranteed Comp Total: $9.081M [$4.841M over salary cap]
    * Guaranteed Comp Total (with Bedoya/Fabian as DP & Medunjanin/Santos/Monteiro/Wooten as TAM Buydowns $): $6.227M [$1.987M over salary cap]
    * May 2016 Training Facility White Board showed a blank for Salary Budget available $.

    ~: Assume TAM $ used for Monteiro, Santos, Wooten and Medunjanin to get comp just to non-DP level.

    ACQUISITION METHODS BY SEASON
    2012 Super Draft (1) – Gaddis
    2013 Discovery (1) – Fabinho
    2014 SuperDraft (1) - Blake
    2015 Trade (1): Creavalle
    2016 Discovery using TAM $ (1): Ilsinho
    2016 Home Grown (2): D. Jones, Trusty
    2016 Allocation Rank (1): Bedoya
    2017 Discovery (1): Picault
    2017 Discovery using TAM $ (1): Medunjanin
    2017 SuperDraft (1): Elliott
    2018 Discovery (3): Burke, Mbaizo, Przybylko
    2018 Home Grown (3): McKenzie, Real, Fontana
    2019 Home Grown (2): Aaronson, Freese
    2019 Discovery using TAM (3): Santos, Monteiiro, Wooten
    2019 Discovery (4): Coronel, Allen, Wagner, Ngalina
    2019 Free Agent (1): Collin
    2019 Designated Player (1): Fabian
    2019 Trade (1): Bendik

    OTHER ROSTER SPOT DESIGNATIONS*
    International Spots (9 Spots Available {Columbus Spot expires 12/31/19}. Any Bethlehem Season Loan player does not count in Union spot total)
    1. Jack Elliott - England
    2. Haris Mejundanin – Bosnia & Herzegovina
    3. Sergio Santos - Brazil
    4. Jamiro Monteiro - Netherlands/Cape Verde Islands
    5. Kacper Przybylko - Germany/Poland+
    6. Olivier Mbaizo - Cameroon
    7. Kai Wagner - Germany
    8. Marco Fabian - Mexico
    9. Michee Ngalina - Democratic Republic of Congo

    Inactive List
    1. Cory Burke - Jamaica

    ^: green card in process
    +: Bethlehem season loan player does not count in Union total

    Designated Player (3 Total Spots for Regular or Young DPs - No Fee for Young DP as 3rd DP)
    1. Alejandro Bedoya
    2. Marco Fabian
    3. Open

    DEPTH CHART - 4-1-2-1-2
    G – Blake, Bendik, Freese
    RB – Gaddis, Mbaizo, Allen
    RCB – Elliott, McKenzie
    LCB – Trusty, Collin
    LB – Wagner, Real, Fabinho
    DM – Medunjanin, Creavalle
    RM – Bedoya, Ilsinho
    LM – Monteiro, Fontana
    AM – Fabian, Aaronson
    F – Santos, Picault, Ngalina
    S – Wooten, Przybylko, Burke

    TRIALISTS
    Current Trialists
    * Alexander Meier - F (1/17/83) (St. Pauli - Germany) (Germany - INTL)

    Former Trialists
    In-Season

    * R.J. Allen - D (4/17/90) (FC Motown - NPSL, Orlando City)@

    Pre-Season
    * Yomi Scintu – F (Vfb Eichstatt – Germany) [Germany/Democratic Republic of Congo – INTL]

    @ - signed with team after trial
    # - SuperDraft pick

    TRAINING PARTICIPANTS
    Current
    * None

    Former
    In-Season

    * None

    Pre-Season
    * Ben Ofeimu #44 (D) (Bethlehem – USL))+
    * Selmir Miscic #55 (M) (Bethlehem – USL)
    * Michee Ngalina #46 (M) (Bethlehem – USL)
    * Zach Zandi #38 (M) (Bethlehem - USL)+
    * Faris Pemi Moumbagna #35 (F) (Bethlehem – USL

    Preseason - Union Academy
    * Tomas Romero (G)
    * Kris Shakes (G)
    * Lukas Burns (G)
    * Nathan Harriel (D)
    * J.D. Wagner (D)
    * Tyger Evans (D)
    * Sekou Soumah (D)
    * Cole Turner (M)
    * MIchael Pellegrino (M)
    * Nick Blacklock (M)
    * Tonny Temple (F)
    * Patrick Bohui (F)
    * Axel Picazo (F)
    * Shandyder Borgelin (F)


    GUEST PLAYERS
    Current
    * None

    Former
    * None

    BETHLEHEM STEEL FC
    Roster
    1. Todd Morton #49 (G)
    2. Ben Ofeimu #44 (D)+
    3. Steve Kingue #43 (D) [Cameroon – INTL] {loan – Nfuko Sports Academy}
    4. Jamoi Topey #42 (D) [Jamaica - INTL] {loan - Cavalier FC - Jamaica}
    5. Walter Cortes #47 (D) [Costa Rica - INTL] {loan - Deportivo Saprissa - Costa Rica)
    6. Chavany Willis #39 (M) [Jamaica - INTL] (loan - Portmore United - Jamaica)
    7. Issa Rayyan #40 (M)+
    8. Zach Zandi #38 (M)+
    9. Selmir Miscic #37 (M)+
    10. James Chambers #45 (M) [Ireland – INTL]
    11. Cole Turner #51 (M)*
    12. Shandyder Borgelin #63 (F)+ [USA/HAITI]
    13. Saed Diaz #36 (F) [Panama – INTL] {loan - Tauro FC}
    14. Faris Pemi Moumbagna #35 (F) [Cameroon - INTL]
    15. Yomi Scintu #41 (F) [Germany/Democratic Republic of Congo - INTL]

    Academy Roster
    Kris Shakes #62 (G)
    Tomas Romero #64 (G)
    Brady McSwain #65
    Nathan Harriel #60 (D)
    Michael Pellegrino #68 (D)
    John Wagner #58 (D)
    Jack De Vries #55 (M)
    Dante Huckaby #61 (M)
    Nicholas Blacklock#66 (M)
    Axel Picazo #59 (F)
    Anges Patrick Bohui #57 (F)

    Trialists
    None

    Academy - Pre-Season Camp
    None

    Former Trialists
    John Murphy (M) (Clemson)
    Caden Clark (M) (Barca)
    Aramis Kouzine (F) [Canada]

    TECHNICAL STAFF
    * Jim Curtin (Head Coach)
    * Pat Noonan (Assistant Coach)
    * Oka Nikolov (Assistant Coach/Director of Goalkeeping)
    * Ernst Tanner (Director of Soccer)
    * Chris Albright (Technical Director)
    * Tommy Wilson (Academy Director)
    * Kyle McCarthy (Director of Scouting Operations)
    * Josh Gros (Team Coordinator)
    * Paul Rushing (Head Athletic Trainer)
    * Garrison Draper (Performance Director)

    Bethlehem Steel FC
    * Brendan Burke (Head Coach)
    * Stephen Hogan (Assistant Coach, also Reading United - Head Coach)
    * Phil Wheddon (Goalkeeper Coach)

    ALLOCATIONS (GENERAL & TARGETED), SUPERDRAFT PICKS & DISCOVERY CLAIMS
    General Allocation $: Sources
    MLS (2010 – Expansion Funding): $1.4M
    MLS (2010 - Missing Playoff): $200K?
    MLS (2011 - 1st Round Playoff): $100K?
    DCU (2010 – Troy Perkins): $100K
    KC (2010 – Shavar Thomas): $100K?
    VAN (2011 – Jordan Harvey): $100K
    MLS (2011 - Transfer Fee – Carlos Ruiz – Veracruz): $333K
    MLS (2011 - Off-Budget Salary 29 & 30 Spots Open): $70K
    VAN (2012 – Sebastien Le Toux): $200K?
    CHIV (2012 – Danny Califf): $100K
    MLS (2012 - Missing Playoff): $150K?
    CHIV (2013 – Gabriel Farfan): $100K?
    CHI (2013 - Bakary Soumare): $75K
    MLS (2013 - Transfer Fee & Loan Fee - 40% of Carlos Valdes' rights - Santa Fe): $350K
    MLS (2013 - Missing Playoff): $150K?
    MLS (2014 - Retention Funds): $250K
    MLS (2014 - Transfer Fee - Michael Farfan - Cruz Azul): $200K?
    FCD (2014) - SuperDraft pick swap): $50K
    TOR (2014 - SuperDraft pick swap): $50K
    MLS (2014 - Loan Fee - Carlos Valdes - San Lorenzo): $?K?
    MLS (2014 - Missing Playoff): $150K?
    MLS (2014 - Share of 3rd DP Fees Paid by Other Teams): $?K
    ORL (2015 - Amobi Okugo): $150K
    MLS (2015 - Pedro Ribeiro - Expansion Draft) - $50K?
    MLS (2015 - Loan Fee - Carlos Valdes - Nacional): $?K?
    MLS (2015 - Targeted Allocation $): $500K available over next 5 years
    HOU (2015 - Sheanon Williams): $100K?
    NASL (2015 – Loan Fee – Leo Fernandes): $?K?
    MLS (2015 - Missing Playoff): $150K?
    MLS (2015 - Share of 3rd DP Fees Paid by Other Teams): $?K
    HOU (2016 – Cristian Maidana & Andrew Wenger): $200K? ($100K? General + $100K? TAM)
    MLS (2016 - Targeted Allocation $): $800K
    MLS (2016 – Homegrown Player Funds $): $125K
    MLS (2016 - Share of 3rd DP Fees Paid by Other Teams): $?K
    CHI (2016 - Michael de Leeuw Discovery Rights): $50K
    MLS (2016 - Michael Lahoud transfer to Miami FC - $300K total - $100K kept by MLS): $200K
    COL (2016 - Le Toux trade): $100K?
    MLS (2017 – General Allocation $): $200K
    MLS (2017 - Targeted Allocation $): $1200K
    MLS (2017 – Homegrown Player Funds $): $125K
    MLS (2017 - Share of 3rd DP Fees Paid by Other Teams): $?K
    CLM (2017 - 2017 international roster spot - Sept. trade): $50K
    MLS (2018 – General Allocation $): $200K
    MLS (2018 - Targeted Allocation $): $1200K
    MLS (2018 – Homegrown Player Funds $): $125K
    NYCFC (2018 - 2018 international roster spot - February trade): $175K
    COL (2019 – Keegan Rosenberry - $150K + $100K (2020) + $100K (2020 – performance-related option)
    CIN (2019 – 2019 SuperDraft picks – 1st, 2nd (from CHI), 2nd, 3rd & 4th) - $150K + $50K (performance-related option)
    CHI (2019 - CJ Sapong trade - $200K (2019) and $100K (2019 or 2020)
    NAS (2019 - effective 2020 - Derrick Jones trade -$175K)

    General Allocation $: Uses
    RSL (2010 - Chris Seitz): $175K
    HOU (2010 - Danny Califf): $100K?
    NY (2010 - allocation spot swap – Michael Orozco Fiscal): $175K
    FCD (2010 - #6 overall SuperDraft pick – Amobi Okugo): $150K
    CHI: (2010 – Justin Mapp): $100K?
    MLS: (2010 – Transfer Fee - Juan Diego Gonzalez – La Equidad): $75K?
    CLM (2011 – Brian Carroll): $75K?
    MLS (2011 – Freddy Adu Salary Budget Buydown): $100K?
    MLS (2011 – Transfer Fee – Carlos Valdes – Santa Fe): $200K?
    MLS (2011 – Transfer Fee – Josue Martinez – Saprissa): $300K?
    MLS (2011 – Transfer Fee – Porfirio Lopez – Dailan Haichang): $75K?
    MLS (2012 – Transfer Fee – Roger Torres – America Cali): $150K?
    MLS (2012 – Transfer Fee – Lionardo Pajoy – Millionaros): $150K?
    VAN (2012 - Allocation spot swap – Bakary Soumare): $125K?
    NY (2013 – Sebastien Le Toux): $150K
    SEA (2013 – Jeff Parke) - $100K?
    MLS (2013 - Transfer Fee - Aaron Wheeler - Koo Tee Pee): $25K
    MLS (2014 - Transfer Fee - Cristian Maidana - Rangers [Chile]): $400K
    DC (2014 - SuperDraft pick swap): $75K
    MLS (2014 - Loan Fee - Maurice Edu - Stoke City): $?K
    MLS (2014 - Transfer Fee - Vincent Nogueira): $300K (includes $100K for Sochaux relegation)
    CHI (2014 - Austin Berry): $100K
    MLS (2014 - Loan Fee - Brian Brown - Harbour View): $25K?
    MLS (2014 - Transfer Fee - Rais M'Bolhi): $400K?
    MLS (2015 - Transfer Fee - Maurice Edu): $K?
    VAN (2015 - Steven Vitoria - Loan Fee & Discovery Rights): $?K
    MLS (2015 - Loan Fee - Fernando Aristeguieta - Nantes FC): $?K
    MLS (2015 - Transfer Fee - John McCarthy): $?25K?
    NASL (2015 – Loan Fee – Brian Sylvestre): $?K?
    MLS (2015 – Targeted Allocation Money – Tranquillo Barnetta salary buydown): $200K
    MLS (2015 - League Fine Related to Peter Nowak Use of Trialists in 2010 Friendlies): $75K
    DCU (2016 – Chris Pontius): $100K? ($50K? General Allocation $+ $50K? TAM $)
    MLS (2016 – Targeted Allocation Money – Tranquillo Barnetta salary buydown): $175K
    MLS (2016 – Loan Fee – Anderson Conceicao - Tombense): $?K?
    MLS (2016 – Transfer Fee – Walter Restrepo): $50K?
    COL (2016 – SuperDraft pick): $100K?
    MLS (2016 – Targeted Allocation Money – Transfer Fee - Roland Alberg): $250K?)
    MLS (2016 – Loan Fee - Matt Jones): $?K?
    MLS (2016 – Targeted Allocation Money – Ilsinho Salary Buydown - $150K?)
    CHI (2016 - Bedoya): $75K?
    NE (2016 - Davies): $50K?
    MIN (2017 – draft pick swap - Epps trade): $50K – 2018 GAM $
    MLS (2017 – Targeted Allocation Money – Ilsinho Salary Buydown - $?K?)
    MLS (2017 – Targeted Allocation Money – Simpson Transfer Fee & Salary Buydown - $?K?)
    MLS (2017 – Targeted Allocation Money – Medunjanin Transfer Fee & Salary Buydown - $?K?)
    MLS (2018 – Targeted Allocation Money – Blake Salary Buydown - $?K?)
    MLS (2018 – Targeted Allocation Money – Accam trade - $400K)
    MLS (2018 – General Allocation Money – Accam trade - $200K)
    MLS (2018 – Targeted Allocation Money – Accam trade - $500K)
    MLS (2019 – General Allocation Money – Accam trade - $100K)
    MLS (2019 - General Allocation Money - Wagner Transfer Fee - $?K)
    MLS (2019) - Targeted Allocation Money – Monteiro Salary Buydown - $50K)

    General Allocation Receivable:
    2019 - $100K (Rosenberry trade – if performance metrics are achieved)
    2019 - $50K (Cincinnati draft picks trade – if performance metrics are achieved)
    2020 - $100K (Rosenberry trade)
    2020 - $175K (Jones trade)

    General Allocation Payable
    2020 - $50K (Bendik trade - if certain metrics are achieved)

    Last Known Estimated Allocation $ Balances: $50K balance in May 2016 (Training Facility White Board balance was $0 - then got $50K for de Leeuw discovery rights). Prior estimate was $500K from Summer 2012 per Ives but difficult to fully know how other allocation uses (i.e. applications related to salary budget paydowns and transfer fees)

    Transfer Fees Paid by Union Ownership
    * $1M (FC Nantes - Bedoya transfer fee)

    Retention Funds (used to keep existing roster players)
    * $250K available

    Targeted Allocation Money (can be used to buy down players making more than DP charge. 5 Year limit)
    * Sources:
    2015: $500K (MLS Funding)
    2016: $800K (MLS Funding)
    2016: $100K? (Houston: Maidana & Wenger trade)
    2017: $1.200M (MLS Funding)
    2018: $1.200M (MLS Funding)
    2019: $1.200M (MLS Funding)
    2019: $50K (Rosenberry trade)
    2020: $100K (Sapong trade)
    Total: $5.150?M

    TAM Receivables
    None

    * Uses
    2015: $200K? (Barnetta 2015 salary buydown)
    2016: $230K? (Barnetta 2016 salary buydown)
    2016: $50K? (DC United: Pontius trade)
    2016: $400K? (Alberg transfer fee)
    2016: $21K? (Ilsinho 2016 salary buydown)
    2016: $50K? (Chicago: Bedoya trade)
    2016: $50K? (New England: Davies trade)
    2017: $219K? (MLS: Simpson transfer fee & salary buydown)
    2017: $119K? (MLS: Medunjanin salary buydown)
    2017: $21K? (Ilsinho 2017 salary buydown)
    2018: $400K (Chicago: Accam trade)
    2018: $119K (Simpson 2018 salary buydown)
    2018: $41K (Medunjanin 2018 salary buydown)
    2018 $21K (Sapong 2018 salary buydown)
    2019: $500K (Chicago: Accam trade)
    2019: $500K (Santos transfer fee)

    Total: $2.141M?

    TAM Liabilities

    * Net Balance: $1.240M? (May 2016 Training Facility White Board Photo balance: $1K)

    Discretionary TAM (Team Funded)
    2018: $746K (Accam 2018 salary buydown)
    2019: $746K (Accam 2018 salary buydown)

    Allocation Rank
    * 12th spot

    SuperDraft Picks
    * 2020 – 1st, (2nd to Columbus [Bendik]), 3rd, 4th and 4th (from Atlanta [Kratz])

    Lotteries
    * Eligible to participate along with 24 other teams - no lotteries yet

    Waiver Draft Priority List
    * 12th spot

    DISCOVERY CLAIMS
    Teams are allowed to claim 7 players at any given time, revise the list during the season and make unlimited signings from players on the list. Claims expire at end of season.

    Claims Used (unlimited per season)
    1. Sergio Santos #20 (Audax Italiano – Chile)
    2. Carlos Miguel Coronel #31 (Red Bull Salzburg - Austria)
    3. Kai Wagner #27 (Wurzburger Kickers - Germany)
    4. Jamiro Monteiro #35 (Metz - France)
    5. Michee Ngalina #20 (Bethlehem - USL)

    Players on Discovery Claim List (7 available at all times)
    1. – 7. To Be Determined

    No Longer on Discovery List
    1. None

    USL AFFILIATE PRIORITY LIST
    A MLS team with its own USL team is allowed to have priority rights on 3 players on that team (typically Home Grown players).

    1. Selmir Miscic #55 (M)*
    2. Issa Rayyan #40 (M)*
    3. Ben Ofeimu #44 (D)* or Faris Pemi Moumbagna #35 (F) [Cameroon - INTL]

    COLLEGE PROTECTED LIST
    Union retains MLS rights until December 2019 or December 2020 for players drafted this year if player has not trialed with team. If player has trialed with team and was not offered a contract, he is a free agent for MLS purposes.
    * None

    ALUMNI IN/OFF-SEASON - TRADES, TRANSFERS, WAIVERS)
    * John McCarthy #1 (G) (out of contract – Tampa Bay – USL)
    * Jake McGuire #29 (G) (option declined – Gefle IK – Sweden)
    * Joshua Yaro #15 (D) (option declined – San Antonio – USL)
    * Richard Marquez #16 (D) (option declined)
    * Keegan Rosenberry #12 (D) (trade to Colorado)
    * Marcus Epps #20 (M) (option declined – acquired by New York in Waiver Draft)
    * Fabian Herbers #14 (M) (option declined - rights traded to Chicago)
    * Adam Najem #24 (M) (option declined - Memphis - USL)
    * Borek Dockal #10 (M) (Loan expired – Sparta Prague - Czech Republic)
    * Derrick Jones #8 (M) (trade to Nashville - MLS - effective 2020)
    * Jay Simpson #27 (F) (option declined - Leyton Orient)
    * C.J. Sapong #17 (F) (trade to Chicago)
    * David Accam #7 (F) (trade to Columbus)
    * Tim Hanley (Goalkeeper Coach – unattached)
    * B.J. Callaghan (Assistant Coach - US National Team)
    * Dick Schreuder (Assistant Coach - Hoffenheim - Germany)
    * Carlos Miguel Coronel #31 (G) (loan terminated early - return to Red Bull Salzburg)
     
  2. drewuke

    drewuke Member+

    Jul 19, 2012
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    This team is going to be bad.
     
  3. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Weren't we all saying the same thing this time last year?
     
  4. OwlSaver

    OwlSaver Member+

    Jan 26, 2005
    Berwyn, PA (127, J)
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We're we wrong then? Will we be proved wrong now?

    I think no is the correct answer to both questions.
     
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  5. thomas19064

    thomas19064 Member+

    Apr 29, 2008
    Delco
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And we were right?
     
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  6. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I believe most if not everyone thought that the team would be a spoon contender last season. They cliunched a playoff spot with two games left to be played and made it to the USOC Final. Also, most wins, and points in a season for the team (yes, I KNOW, isn't saying much). That's a helluva lot better then ANYONE thought they'd fair going into last season.
     
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  7. thomas19064

    thomas19064 Member+

    Apr 29, 2008
    Delco
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yo, lemme get some of what your taking. Would love to have optimism back in my life.


    I don’t think we made a prediction thread, but after the Dockal acquisition I think most people (from my memory) were predicting a near playoff miss or bounced from the first round. I don’t think anyone was thinking spoon.
     
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  8. derek750

    derek750 Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #8 derek750, Jan 27, 2019
    Last edited: Jan 27, 2019
    Closest thing I can find to a prediction thread suggests that the idea everyone thought this was a Wooden Spoon contender last year isn't accurate.
    • 138 voters predicted the Union would finish in 5th or 6th place (43.1%).
    • 137 voters predicted the Union would finish in 7th or 8th place (42.8%).
    More people predicted we'd finish in 6th (which is where we finished) than any other position in the table.
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    If you look at all the predictions, the biggest issues were:
    • Failing to see TFC's coming implosion.
    • Underestimating NYRB.
     
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  9. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You aware that more then half of the people voting thought the Union would finish OUTSIDE of the playoffs right?
     
  10. derek750

    derek750 Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #10 derek750, Jan 27, 2019
    Last edited: Jan 27, 2019
    After I responded to this:
    With this:
    Just admit you were wrong, man. We've all been there. Moving the goalposts is unbecoming.
     
  11. Handsome Pete

    Handsome Pete Member+

    May 16, 2011
    Minneapolis
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes. And they were bad.
     
  12. PhillyMLS

    PhillyMLS Member+

    Oct 24, 2000
    SE PA
    @Zman Gunner, pretty sure you'll need to move Kacper up to the main squad and Elliott up to the supplemental. I doubt that Kacper is going to be on senior roster minimum this year so that moves him up. Elliott needs to move up as the CBA only allows a player to be on the minimum reserve for the first two years of their contract. If the option is exercised for year three they automatically get bumped up to the senior minimum.
     
  13. PhillyMLS

    PhillyMLS Member+

    Oct 24, 2000
    SE PA
    Regardless, I don't think we can say they were bad last year. They finished 11th out of 22 teams in the supporter's shield race last year. They were middle of the pack in everything basically. The offense wasn't great (slightly worse than average) and the defense was ok (slightly above average). They didn't get smoked for 60+ goals (or 70 like several teams) and they finished almost right on 1.5 PPG, which would be taking half the points on offer all year. They were average last year in pretty much every aspect of the word.

    Most of the problem comes from the fact that we immediately think that an imported player is better than our homegrown players. Our defense consisted of two centerbacks for a good chunk of the year that were 20 or younger and we finished tied for 9th defensively. And that is despite the fact that we played them without a proper defensive minded midfielder in front of them. Alphonso Davies and Tyler Adams have gone straight from teens in MLS to being on the bench or starting for teams in the top 4 of the Bundesliga. Now, I'm not about to say that anyone we have are on those players levels but I don't think they are that far off.

    However, I think most of the fanbase would think we are better going off and importing a central defender from a Bundesliga team or signing a young South American a-mid instead of going with what we have on defense or playing Aaronson up top. So they would want something like what Orlando did last year with Lamine Sane (was starting for Bremen up until he didn't show up for practice cause he said he was sick) and Josue Colman (a 19 year old Paraguayan that had Euro teams looking at him). Colman was beat out on the wing by a 22 year old college kid and Sane looked lost on the field when he was there. So, I'm not sure that just going out and blowing wads of money on "proven" talent is necessarily better than letting the kids play.
     
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  14. lopezzzz

    lopezzzz Member

    Jun 28, 2011
    Philadelphia
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
  15. Zman Gunner

    Zman Gunner BigSoccer Supporter

    Feb 7, 2003
    Middletown, DE
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I usually make all of the roster edits from prior year $ and roster designations once the new salaries get posted on the MLSPA website and/or when MLS officially updates their rosters. Over the last season or two, the MLS website has gotten a lot better as to who is on what part of each team's roster.
     
  16. ScottyMac26

    ScottyMac26 Member+

    Jan 13, 2012
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
     
  17. thomas19064

    thomas19064 Member+

    Apr 29, 2008
    Delco
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    why are people happy with a ceiling of mediocrity?
     
  18. ScottyMac26

    ScottyMac26 Member+

    Jan 13, 2012
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    If I had to guess, there’s a sense of fear we could lose the team, or, we waited so long to get one so let’s just appreciate what we have. All the Union til I die chants soaked in and our reality is this team FO will always be constrained financially so get on board the austerity train!

    I’d get on board the youth movement if it weren’t for the little fact that half the team was over 30. It just points to a squad makeup of misfit toys and philosophies by committee. The academy route is an issue when it’s your only mechanism for player acquisition. It should be a way to grow players who round out a roster. Supplement the players we buy in the market instead of the sole method.

    I’m not happy with it, but it’s definitely their ceiling. Understaffed FO, Low priced coaching staff with learning curves, mismatched parts, youth anointed starters without winning the job. One step sideways, two steps back, three diagonally, and hope for Orlando and Montreal to crap the bed and grab sixth. Should be on a scarf.
     
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  19. Ascalz

    Ascalz BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 18, 2010
    130
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #19 Ascalz, Feb 2, 2019
    Last edited: Feb 2, 2019
    Realistically we can say they weren't good last year either. If someone had come to you and said, "Hey, in 2018 the Union will finish in the 6th playoff spot, and lose in the Open Cup again" would you have called that an unqualified success?

    The Union slunk into another playoff spot only to be utterly embarrassed and once again failed to show up for an Open Cup Final.

    Weeeeeeeeeee. What a change of pace from what we've come to expect from this team over the years.

    Honestly, my prediction (from what I can recall) was that the Union would either just barely slide into the playoffs or just barely miss the playoffs.

    Your example of Alphonso Davies and Tyler Adams ignores the fact that they are both from different teams and different academies. If they both were produced by the same academy and played for the same team I would have a little more optimism for going all in on the academy as the Union have done. The Union are banking that Trusty, McKenzie and more than likely Real, Aaronson, or Fontana are going to be MLS starting caliber or better. That is a HUGE gamble to make.

    Also, what needs to be factored in is the fact that historically almost no Union player has done well in their 2nd season under Curtin. Will Trusty and McKenzie buck that trend? I don't know, but past evidence has me pointed to a pretty good guess of "No."

    Furthermore, the Union's defensive stoutness can also be partly attributed to Andre Blake once again being one of the league's best between the pipes. In 2018 he was 4th in shots faced and 4th in saves.

    Finally, you mentioned that there wasn't a defensive minded midfielder in front of them...and that hasn't changed. We're still relying on Medujanin and I guess Bedoya to sweep in front of our backline. Not to mention the team jettisoned it's younger, better RB most likely to play speedy nice guy Ray Gaddis who let's face it isn't suddenly going to develop into a better defender at 29 years of age. My honest feeling is that Rosenberry was dumped because he isn't afraid to criticize crap with the team. I get the feeling that behind the scenes he was more vocal about things going on and the Union would rather play Gaddis who will just smile and do whatever you tell him regardless of if it works or not.

    I don't think people want a foreign player just for the sake of a foreign player. I want them to actually show some goddamned ambition and try and achieve to be actually better than "middle of the pack." But let's take a moment and look at some major awards that MLS has and see who has won it.

    Going back through the last 6 years, a foreign player has won every MVP award going back to 2013 when Mike Magee last won it.

    MLS Cup MVP? Once again going back to 2013 only Jozy Altidore in 2017 broke the streak of non-Americans winning the MLS Cup MVP.

    Golden Boot winner? Gotta go back to 2012 for that one, Chris Wondolowski.

    My point is, is that yes, we shouldn't be going after foreign players just because they are foreign, but we would be complete idiots if thinking going AMERICA FIRST! Will produce overwhelming dividends for the team. At this point I'm thinking that many academy signings are less of a, "This kid is good and he's ready to step up his game to the next level" and more of a "Just sign a bunch of those guys, surely ONE of them's gotta pan out right?"

    With the new playoff rules of eliminating two seed playoff games the Union NEED to improve if they ever want to get anywhere. Limping into the playoffs to get bitch smacked by the #1 or #2 seed doesn't ********ing cut it for me or a lot of other people, I'm tired of our team being a speed bump for the rest of the league (fun fact the Union lost the most home games of any playoff team in 2018).

    Look, if the team proves me wrong, I will be ECSTATIC and will happily admit I was wrong. I would love to have the Union make me and others eat Crow, but god DAMN I'm tired of being proven right every. Single. YEAR.

    We start out slow, get hot by mid season, and then trail off as the season goes on. That is the Union's season by season life cycle for years now. We have yet to win a playoff game in our 10th goddamn season which by the way, if we fail to accomplish that this upcoming season we will officially be demonstrably worse than Chivas USA (which managed to win 1 playoff game during it's lifetime).

    Yes, 2018 wasn't a complete disaster for the Union as a team, they made the playoffs made it to the Open Cup final. But let's not kid ourselves that being "average" or "middle of the road" is any kind of success at this point.
     
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  20. Starpork

    Starpork Member+

    Nov 12, 2013
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    I think this is the year I stop focusing on the Union every week and just try to watch whatever gets televised nationally. I can't enjoy this team so I'm gonna try to enjoy the bigger picture.
     
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  21. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  22. drewuke

    drewuke Member+

    Jul 19, 2012
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    The 2018 Union were fine. Not good, not bad, just fine. It gets lost in all the polarizing opinions, I know we're Philly, but it's kind of funny how polarizing we are for a decade-long below-average (average during the good years) team. Reddit is optimistic, and bigsoccer is pessimistic, and have all kinds of opinions being thrown around for any given reason, yet at the end of the day, the front office has gone through different coaches, different GMs, different players, yet all find a way to be consistently below average.

    Back to 2018...the Union were better than they usually are, which @jaykoz3 is completely correct about, but I think misses the point (as do the people calling the team bad last season do in my opinion). It's kind of funny, I could post next month predicting the Union to finish 7th, make the playoffs, lose first round, and make the Open Cup semi(ish)-finals, and be 100% correct, and then get called a bad fan for saying that's not a good season despite that being my expectation.

    The Union are a team that does nothing to become good every offseason, roll the dice, and hope everything works out, and that's our only hope of ever being good. I want to believe the roster looks surprisingly good, and that we'll win something this year, or at least soon. It has to happen eventually.

    But at the end of the day, I just want the Union to win an important game, and not collapse like they always do. We were inches away from a home playoff game, only to lose three straight to end the season. That can't be considered successful, and if it is, we might as well all just supporting the team right now.

    I want to believe the Union will be good, but at this point, there's no reason to believe until they prove it. It's been ten years, it's not our responsibility to hype up this team, they have overstayed their welcome and it's now 100% their turn to bring people back/bring people in for the first time. I'll never stop loving this team, and I'll always be there cheering/keeping my eye on them, but applauding a first round exit and pretending we are good is not something worth buying into. I'll be there when we're last, I'll be there when we're first, I'll be there when we collapse, but no I'm not buying into it anymore. Want me to believe? That's on you. Create something worth believing in.
     
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  23. thomas19064

    thomas19064 Member+

    Apr 29, 2008
    Delco
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    I don't think anyone has unrealistic expectations about the team... we are all on the same page in terms of what they are.... the question is are the realistic expectations of what this team will do "good enough" for you?

    The way I see it, the divide in the fan base is:

    • the "positive" side - can be satisfied with what the team is and can enjoy what we have. Accepts the current reality and wants to figure out how the team can be successful in the current setup.
    • the "negative" side - refuses to accept the terms the Union have given us as a reality. Wants more, demands more.

    Both sides know what the team is... it's just how they personally reconcile it, and when the team is winning the negative side is willing to put feelings aside and celebrate a Union goal/victory/success... but even if the current team miraculously won MLS cup, I don't think they would stop pushing the team/strive for the team to be better... continue to demand more out of the team. (and in my opinion, we should never be satisfied)

    I'm firmly in the "negative" camp... I genuinely believe this team can and should be more than it is, so I will judge with a critical eye... if that means bitching about Jay Sugarman until the day he sells, so be it. I'll celebrate success along the way, but not gonna take my eye off the ball.


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  24. ScottyMac26

    ScottyMac26 Member+

    Jan 13, 2012
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
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  25. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

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