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 MLS Re-Entry picks, SuperDraft picks (all of them are shown including the GA and seniors who signed prior to the draft), academy and guest players in camps, non-roster invitees from the same team as well as the traditional non-roster trialists from all corners of the planet. I added Homegrowns (since all of the other college players are listed) and Lottery/Waiver Draft players even though they are not trialists in the true sense. Here is the list as of now - I am sure that there will be plenty of additions as camps begin all over MLS: CHICAGO FIRE SIGNED Matt Lampson - G (Columbus) Brandon Vincent – D – (Stanford)* Jonathan Campbell – D (North Carolina)* Arturo Alvarez - M (Videoton - Hungary) John Goossens - M (FC Voluntari - Romania) IN Callum Irving - G (Kentucky) Matt Bersano - G (Penn State) Vincent Keller – D (Creighton)* Alex Morrell – M (North Florida)* Christian Volesky - F (Rochester - USL) OUT Zach Bennett - G (Michigan State) James Musa - D (St. Louis - USL) Benedikt Krug - D (TSV Rain/Lech - Germany) Vincent Mitchell – M (Butler)* Patrick Maher - M (St. Louis - USL) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS Mauricio Pineda - D (Chicago Academy) PENDING None COLORADO RAPIDS SIGNED Michael Azira – M (Seattle)**** IN Chris Frochauer – G (Ohio State)* Denis Castillo – D (Virginia Commonwealth)* Javan Torre – D (UCLA)* Bradley Kamdem – D (UNLV)* Stephen Keel - D (FC Dallas) AJ Cochran - D (Houston) Emmanuel Appiah – M (Cincinnati)* Sean Keith - M (UNLV) Brad Spencer - F (Houston Academy) OUT Brian Ownby - M (Richmond - USL) John Manga – F (Cincinnati)* ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None COLUMBUS CREW SIGNED Rodrigo Savaria – M (Florida Gulf Coast)* IN Matt Pacifici - G (Davidson) Chase Minter – M (Cal Poly)* Kyle Parker – F (North Carolina Charlotte)* Marshall Hollingsworth – F (Wheaton)* Vince Cicciarelli – F (St. Louis)* OUT Florian Pick - M (Schalke II - Germany) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None DC UNITED SIGNED Julian Buescher – M (Syracuse)* Rob Vincent – M (Pittsburgh – USL) Paul Clowes – M (Clemson)* IN Konstantine Kolokotronis – M (Ermionida - Greece) Andrea Mancini – F (Szombathhelyi Haladas - Hungary) OUT Paolo Tornaghi - G (Vancouver) Chris Konopka - G (Toronto) Benjamin Kirsten - G (Nijmegen - Netherlands) Liam Doyle – D (Ohio State)* Brayan Garcia - D (CD Vida - Honduras) Kevan George - M (Columbus) Paul Torres – M (Sandnes – Norway) Ariel Rodriguez – M (Alajuelense – Costa Rica) Santiago Dittborn – M (San Marcos – Chile) Leandro Paiva - M (Montevideo Wanderers - Uruguay) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None FC DALLAS SIGNED Ryan Herman – G (Washington)* Timo Pitter – M (Creighton)* Maxi Urrutti – F (Portland)** IN Jacob Speed – D (SMU)* Augustin Jara - D (?) Amaury Thomas - D (Arras - France) Andre Auras - M (Los Angeles - USL) Colin Bonner – F (North Carolina Greensboro)* Hector Ramos - F (Isdro Metapan - El Salvador) OUT Jaime Ibarra - G (Bayamon - Puerto Rico) Charles Elondou - F (Colorado) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS Martin Salas - D (Academy) Toshiki Yasuda - M (Academy) Luiz Carillo - M (Academy) Devan Vega - F (Academy) PENDING None HOUSTON DYNAMO SIGNED None IN Ivan Maghales – D (Maryland)* T.J. Casner – F (Clemson)* OUT Dzenan Catic - F (Rio Grande Valley - USL) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None LOS ANGELES GALAXY SIGNED None IN Josh Turnley – D (Georgetown)* Joe Franco - D (Los Angeles - USL) Ariel Lassiter - M (Los Angeles - USL) OUT None ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None MONTREAL IMPACT SIGNED Kyle Fisher – D (Clemson)* IN Eric Verso – M (Stanford)* Michael Salazar – F (California Riverside)* Keegan Smith – F (San Diego)* OUT Pedro Jeanine - M (San Francisco - Panama) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS Louis Beland-Goyette - D (Montreal - USL) PENDING Brendan Hines-Ike (South Florida)* NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION SIGNED Jordan McCrary – D (North Carolina)* IN Trevor Spangenberg - G (New England)*** Matt Turner - G (Fairfield) Tyler Rudy - M (New England)*** Michael Gamble – M (Wake Forest)* Je-Vaughn Watson - M (Dallas) Femi Hollinger-Janzen – F (Indiana)+ OUT Josh Phillips – D (Colorado Springs – USL) Dominic Samuel - D (Southern New Hampshire) Jeb Brovsky - D (New York City) David Addy - D (Beveren - Belgium) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None NEW YORK RED BULLS SIGNED None IN Cheikh Mbaye - D (Bordeaux - France) Aaron Long - D (Seattle - USL) Vincent Bezecourt - M (St. Francis Brooklyn) OUT Rafael Diaz - G (New York - USL) Kendall McIntosh - G (Santa Clara) Justin Bilyeu – D (Southern Illinois Edwardsville) Zach Carroll – D (Michigan State)* A.J. Cochran - D (Houston) Shawn McLaws - D (New York - USL) Tim Schmoll - D (New York - USL) Manolo Sanchez - M (New York)*** Kenny Cooper - F (Montreal) Florian Valot - M (Rider) Stefano Bonomo - F (New York - USL) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS Noah Powder - D (New York Academy) Mason Deeds - D (New York Academy) PENDING None NEW YORK CITY FC SIGNED Jack Harrison – M (Wake Forest)* IN Andre Rawls - G (Wilmington - USL) Ivan Ivanov - D (FC Basel - Switzerland) Shannon Gomez - D (W Connection - Trinidad & Tobago) Romain Gall - M (Columbus) Ernest Agyiri - M (Right to Dream Academy - Ghana) OUT Moussa Sane - F (Montverde Academy) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None ORLANDO CITY SIGNED Kevin Alston - D (New England) Richie Laryea – M (Akron) Hadji Barry – F (Central Florida)* IN Mikey Ambrose - D (Orlando - USL) Tony Rocha - M (Orlando - USL) Antonio Matarazzo – M (Columbia)* Jacob Shoop – M (Knattspyrnufelag Reykjavikur – Iceland) Tobenna Uzo – F (Coastal Carolina)* OUT None ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None PHILADELPHIA UNION SIGNED Joshua Yaro – D (Georgetown)* Keegan Rosenberry – D (Georgetown)* Taylor Washington – D (George Mason)* Ken Tribbett - D (Bethlehem - USL) Cole Missimo – M (Northwestern)* Ilsinho - M (Shakthar Donetsk - Ukraine) Fabian Herbers – F (Creighton)* IN Boluwatife Akinyode - M (Bethlehem USL) OUT Ryan Richter - D (Bethlehem - USL) Mitchell Lurie – D (Rutgers)* Mickey Daly - D (Bethlehem - USL) Ibrahima Diaby - D (SO Armee - Ivory Coast) Ian Christianson - M (Vancouver - USL) Derrick Jones - M (Bethlehem - USL) Anthony Allison - F (Sandvikens IF - Sweden) Mouusa Maazou - F (CC Yatai - China) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS Sadir Badr - G (Bethlehem - USL) Andrew Verdi - G (Academy) Mark McKenzie - D (Academy) Matthew Real - D (Academy) Auston Trusty - D (Academy) Joseph DeZart - D (Academy) Lamine Conte - D (Academy) Raymond Lee - D (Bethlehem - USL) Manny Perez - M (Academy) Anthony Fontana - M (Academy) Josue Monge - M (Academy) Alexander Soto - F (Academy) Gabe Gissie - F (Bethlehem - USL) Yosef Samuel - F (Academy) PENDING None PORTLAND TIMBERS SIGNED Jermain Taylor – D (Houston)*** IN Wade Hamilton – G (Cal Poly)* Trevor Morley – D (Cal State Northridge)* Neco Brett – F (Robert Morris)* Ben Polk – F (Syracuse)* OUT Akinjide Idowu - D (Portland - USL) Eric Avila - M (Orlando City) Nermin Crnkic - M (Jablonec - Bosnia) Kharlton Belmar - F (Portland - USL) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None REAL SALT LAKE SIGNED Omar Holness – D (North Carolina)* IN Max Lachowecki – D (Notre Dame)* Amass Amankona – M (Dayton)* OUT Conner Sparrow – G (Creighton)* Jerry Akaminko - D (Eskiehirspor - Turkey) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS Alec Felix - M (Academy) Elijah Rice - M (Academy) PENDING None SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SIGNED Andrew Tarbell – G (Clemson)* IN Kip Colvey – D (Cal Poly)* Tyler Thompson – M (Stanford)* Patrick Hodan – M (Notre Dame)* OUT None ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None SEATTLE SOUNDERS SIGNED Nathan Sturgis - M (Houston) IN Tony Alfaro – D (Cal State Dominguez Hills) Roberto Chen - D (Malaga - Spain) Zach Mathers – M (Duke) Emir Alihodzic – M (Nebraska Omaha) Oaxall Anderson - F (Seattle - USL) Myron Samuel - F (Seattle - USL) OUT Matt Bersano - G (Penn State) Shane Haworth - G (Seattle Univ.) Anthony Wallace - D (New York) Michael Nelson – D (Old Dominion) Ashani Fairclough - D (Seattle - USL) Michael Gallagher - D (Univ. of Washington) Ben Speas - M (Columbus) Sergio Mota - M (Seattle - USL) Ian Lange - M (Univ. of Washington) ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS Tally Hall - G (Orlando City) Josh Ford - G (Orlando City) PENDING None SPORTING KANSAS CITY SIGNED Alec Kann – G (Chicago)** IN Faik Hajderovic – M (St. Louis)* Kenny Cooper - F (Montreal) OUT Zac Lubin - G (Swope Park - USL) Kalem Scott - D (FC Tucson - USL) Tommy Meyer - D (Swope Park - USL) Jacob VanComponelle - D (Swope Park - USL) Ryan James – M (Bowling Green)* ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS None PENDING None TORONTO FC SIGNED Tsubasa Endoh – M (Maryland)* IN Molhom Babouli - F (Toronto - USL) OUT Mitchell Taintor – M (Rutgers)* Brian James – M (Penn State)* Darius Madison – F (Maryland Baltimore County)* ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS Skylar Thomas - D (Toronto - USL) Raheem Edwards - M (Toronto - USL) Luca Uccello - M (Toronto - USL) PENDING None VANCOUVER WHITECAPS SIGNED Cole Seiler – D (Georgetown)* IN Spencer Richey – G (Vancouver – USL) Paolo Tornaghi - G (Vancover)*** Tyler David – D (St. Louis)* Kadin Chung – D (Vancouver – USL) Jackson Farmer – D (Vancouver – USL) Chris Serban – D (Vancouver – USL) Deklan Wynne – D (Vancouver – USL) James Moberg – M (Washington)* Giulano Frano – M (Vancouver – USL) Victor Blasco – M (Vancouver – USL) Brett Levis – M (Vancouver – USL) Thomas Gardner – M (Vancouver – USL) Christopher Hellmann – F (Lynn)* Thomas Sanner – F (Princeton)* Daniel Haber – F (Vanvouver - USL) Fatawu Safiu – M (Portland – USL) OUT Neil Yadolahi - D (Drogheda United - Ireland) Josh Heard – M (Washington)* ACADEMY & GUEST PLAYERS Sean Melvin - G Matthew Baldisimo – D Michael Baldisimo – M Alphonso Davies - F PENDING None NOTES *- 2016 SuperDraft pick ** - 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft pick *** - non-roster invitee from last season’s roster **** - Waiver Draft
Rapids have former Dynamo and Kickers player Brian Ownby in camp. http://richmondkickers.com/home/904546.html
I'm pretty sure waiver draft guys (i.e. Azira) are under contract as soon as they are selected. He's listed as IN on the MLS transactions page unlike RED phase 2 players Alston and Taylor. Urruti and Kann are also signed because they was selected in the RED phase 1, in which selecting teams are required to take the player's existing contract.
Also Yann Ekra in Rapids camp: http://scratchingthepitch.com/2016/01/22/ekra-signed-in-charlotte-but-could-land-in-mls/
List of trialists we've id'd so far: Nate sturgis (hou) Ben speas (clb) Ian Lange (UW), Michael Gallagher (UW), Shane Haworth (SU)— Sounder At Heart (@sounderatheart) January 23, 2016
The Revs have Tyler Rudy and Trevor Spangenberg in camp, who are 2015 players trying to earn new contracts.
I'm not sure if you're tracking "trials" from MLS owned USL teams, but the Galaxy have both Joe Franco and Ari Lassiter from G2 in camp.
#DCU release their pre-season roster - #MLS-seasoned 'keepers Paulo Tornaghi and Chris Knopka are both in camp: pic.twitter.com/7RxD7POmBb— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) January 24, 2016
http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/post/2016/01/24/impact-opens-camp-monday Montreal pre-season roster - Panama DM Pedro Jeanine is the only non-affiliate trialist.. 2016 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER January 25 and 26 in Montreal (25 players): Alexander, Béland-Goyette*, Bernier, Bush, Cabrera, Camara, Ciman, Choinière*, Dominguez*, Donadel, Fisher, Gagnon-Laparé, Jackson-Hamel, Kronberg, Mallace, Meilleur-Giguère*, Oduro, Oyongo, Pantemis*, Paulmin*, Piatti, Porter, Tissot, Toia, Williams Absent (11 players): Bekker, Crépeau, Drogba, Lefèvre, Miller, Ontivero, Romero, Salazar, Smith, Venegas, Verso January 26 to February 5 in Orlando (30 players): Alexander, Béland-Goyette*, Bernier, Bush, Cabrera, Camara, Ciman, Choinière*, Dominguez*, Donadel, Gagnon-Laparé, Fisher, Jackson-Hamel, Jeanine**, Kronberg, Mallace, Meilleur-Giguère*, Oduro, Ontivero, Oyongo, Pantemis*, Paulmin*, Piatti, Porter, Salazar, Smith, Tissot, Toia, Verso, Williams Absent (7 players): Bekker, Crépeau, Drogba, Lefèvre, Miller, Romero, Venegas *FC Montreal player **Trialist
Red Bulls trialists: M Vincent Bezecourt (St. Francis Brooklyn College) D A.J. Cochran (Houston) D Aaron Long (Sounders 2) M Manolo Sanchez (RBII)
KC also has Tommy Meyer just signed with the Swope Park Rangers and Kalem Scott from FC Tucson in camp. Can confirm that Tommy Meyer and Zac Lubin are both currently in Tucson for preseason with @SportingKC pic.twitter.com/JW653XpEiL— SKCII (@SportingKCII) January 25, 2016 FC Tucsom alum Kalem Scott training with @SportingKC! #MLSpreseason pic.twitter.com/6rGjmYKNB9— FC Tucson (@FCTucson) January 24, 2016
Former NYCFC, Montreal and Vancouver defender Jeb Brovsky has joined #NERevs camp in Casa Grande. Info on more trialists later today.— Jeff Lemieux (@jeff_lemieux) January 27, 2016
Carlos Lizarazo reportedly on his way to trial with FCD http://www.bigdsoccer.com/fc-dallas...1/27/10841472/rumor-carlos-lizarazo-fc-dallas So another young attacking midfielder from S. America. Maybe FCD is preparing to participate in Copa Libertadores?
"Preseason often brings with it a fair share of trialists hoping to make the cut, and 2016 is no exception. Joining camp on Thursday afternoon was none other than one-time Red Bull Kenny Cooper."
Fire issue an updated camp roster - Nelson Rodriguez continues his Chivas Reunion (Nick LaBrocca, Patrick McLain - now Arturo Alvarez). http://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2016/02/01/chicago-fire-weekly-update-february-1 Chicago Fire Training Camp Roster (as of Feb. 1, 2016): GOALKEEPERS: Sean Johnson*, Matt Lampson^, Patrick McLain DEFENDERS: Jonathan Campbell, Patrick Doody, Eric Gehrig, Michael Harrington, Vincent Keller**, João Meira, Mauricio Pineda#, Brandon Vincent* MIDFIELDERS: David Accam, Arturo Alvarez^, Kingsley Bryce, Joey Calistri, Razvan Cocis, Drew Conner, Collin Fernandez, Nick LaBrocca, Parker Maher+, Vincent Mitchell**, Alex Morell**, Matt Polster*, Harry Shipp, Michael Stephens FORWARDS: Gilberto, Kennedy Igboananike *Currently on international duty **Unsigned 2016 MLS SuperDraft Pick ^Trialist +Saint Louis FC player #Chicago Fire Academy Player
Near as I can tell RSL has no trialists in camp beyond the unsigned draft picks, of which there are three.
I'd be interested to read more about this Moussa Sane kid with NYCFC, but I haven't been able to find much. Last season, I didn't think much at the time when San Jose signed the youngster Matheus Silva, also out of Montverde, although it did seem odd that he went through a waiver draft. And of course, fans of college sports will know that Montverde is something of a talent pipeline, then I find out Rijkaard apparently has some role overseeing player development there. And then just a few days ago Reyna mentioned how they are in fact getting interest from kids around the country wanting to be a part of their academy yet they are "trying to keep our distance from doing this." So maybe just because they don't intend to have any HG's until '18 at the earliest doesn't mean they won't be trying to get young talent in the mean time. Just thought it was an interesting development.
FCD with several trialists (including Andre Auras, formerly of LA II) and academy players. http://www.fcdallas.com/post/2016/0...-new-england-2-1-behind-two-goals-timo-pitter
Based on today's scrimmage it appears the Rapids still just have 3 trialists in camp along with their draftees: D Stephen Keel - Unattached M Yann Ekra - Charlotte M Brian Ownby - Richmond 5 of the 6 draftees got time as well: GK Chris Froschauer D Dennis Castillo D Bradley Kamdem D Javan Torre M Emmanuel Appiah F John Manga was the only unsigned player not to appear in the game
Some of the Bethlehem Steel players are still in camp with the Union. In addition to them they have Ibrahima Diaby (20 year old Ivory Coast U-20 LB), Ilsinho (30 year old Brazilian midfielder who last played for Shakhtar), Moussa Maazou (27 year old forward from Niger that plays in China but played all over Europe prior to that), and Yosef Samuel (18 year old academy forward). http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/post/2016/02/06/match-roster-vs-jacksonville-armada-fc
RSL maybe-probably going to send out a trialist on defense tomorrow in the scrimmage against Portland.
Turns out the RSL trialist is one-time Ghanaian NT central defender Jerry Akaminko. He has been playing in Turkey, and had a bad injury in a final friendly before the 2014 World Cup and missed an entire season. He may not be back to that form, hence the trial.
Update for DC's trialists: In Leandro Paiva, Uruguayan AM Benjamin Kirsten, German GK Out Kevan George, DM Santiago Dittborn, AM Paulo Tornaghi, GK Ariel Rodriguez, DM Bryan Garcia, LB Liam Doyle, CB Still On Trial Chris Konopka, GK Konstantine Kolokotronis, M/F Andrea Mancini, F Paul Clowes (unsigned draft pick), DM