Perusing the roster, we COULD have a SR spot open IF a guy has a salary significantly lower than their 2019 figure. Tarbell, Hamilton, & Sjoberg are candidates. Or if Cadden's deal is only slightly higher than last. Berry could be a reserve guy. Just desperately trying to create a roster spot for some CM depth.
Minor cleanups: Valezuela has a GC. Mokhtar is Moroccan/Dutch. A. Rules & Regs (2020) Link: https://www.mlssoccer.com/league/official-rules/mls-roster-rules-and-regulations B. General Stuff: 1. Salary Cap = $4,900,000 A) On Budget: Only Senior Roster Spots count against the Cap B) 20 player max, subject to exceptions for Season Ending Injury, Injury List, and Loans. C) Up to 20 Senior Roster spots. 18 must be filled. Min budget charge is made if spots 19 & 20 are not filled. D) Max budget charge is $612,500. GAM/TAM Allocation $$ and DP rules can reduce a player's budget charge below their listed salary number. E) Off-Budget: Supplemental (21-24) and Reserve (25-30) Rosters do not count towards the salary cap. II. Estimated Roster Compositions 1. Senior Roster: 19/18-20 Players: A) 20 Player max on Senior Roster, subject to Season Ending Injury List, Disabled List, and Loan exceptions. B) Generally, this is the highest 20 paid players, though HG players and GA players can be on other rosters. C) Union still only has Sept 2019 Salary Data up. Rank, Player, Pos, Age,DOB, HT, WT, Nat, Desig(s), Base $$/Guar $$ 1. Zelarayan, M, 28, 6/20/92, 5'8", 154, Argentina, DP, INT#1, $1.5 mil+/$1.5 mil+ 2. Zardes, F, 28, 9/2/91, 6'1", 187, USA, DP, $1,421,667/$1,471,667 3. Mensah, D, 30, 7/13/90, 6'2", 183, Ghana, GC: $800,004/$894,004 4. Santos, M, 32, 4/22/88, 5'6", 139, Portugal, DP, Int#2: $817,560/$864,560 5. Nagbe, CM, 29, 7/19/90, 5'9", 165, USA/Liberia, $665,500/$665,500. 6. Mokhtar, M, 28, 8/29/91, 5'9", 159, Morocco, Int#3, $459,996/$533,845. 7. de Lima (Artur), M, 24, 3/11/96, 5'11", 154, Brazil, GC: $360,000/$411,633 8. Afful, D, 33, 7/24/86, 5'6", 135, Ghana, GC, $288,100/$363,800 9. Room, GK, 31, 2/6/89, 6'3", 179, Curacao & NED, Int#4, $300k/$354,694. 10. Diaz, M, 21, 12/6/98, 5'11", 159, Costa Rica, Int#5, YDP, $300k/$333,900. 11. Valenzuela, D, 21, 8/13/98, 5'6", 145, Argentina, GC, $290,000/$321,300 12. Wormgoor, D, 31, 11/16/88, 6'2", 179, Netherlands, INT#6, $???/$???. 13. Tarbell, GK, 26, 10/7/93, 6'3", 193, USA, $200k/$235k. 14. J. Williams, D, 32, 4/18/88, 6'2", 185, USA: $215,000/$215,000 15. Adi, F, 29, 10/10/90, 6'4", 185, Nigeria, GC, $205,000 (of 1,933,333). 16. Jimenez, D/M, 31, 11/3/88, 5'9", 145, USA: $200,000/$200,000 17. W. Francis, D, 29, 9/20/90, 5'9", 160, Costa Rica, GC, $160,000/$199,167 18. Sjoberg, D, 29, 3/8/91, 6'7", 210, Sweden, GC, $174,996/$179/996 19. Hamilton, F, 24, 3/17/96, 6'0", 176, Canada, HGI, $124,992/$137,659 20. Cadden, D/M, 23, 9/19/96, 6'0", 168, Scotland, INT#7, $56,250/same (2019) ----------- 2. Supplemental Roster: Slots 21-24. 3 of 4 Players. A) Up to 4 players. Do not count vs. salary cap. Subject to SE Injury Replacement, Disabled List, and Loan exceptions. B) May include Senior Minimum Budget Players ($81,375), Generation Adidas players (who may earn more), and Homegrown Players (who may earn more). Must make at least $81,375. Rank, Player, Pos, Age,DOB, HT, WT, Nat, Desig(s), Base $$/Guar $$ 21. Etienne Jr, M, 23, 11/25/96, 5'10", 160, Haiti/USA, $77,063/$82,063. 22. Lampson, GK, 30, 9/6/89, 6'3", 190, USA, $70,250/$70,250 23. Berry, F, 22, 9/16/97, 6'3", 180, Spain/USA, $???/$???. 24. Open (Kempin loan) --------------- 3. Reserve Roster: 25-28. A) Players must be either earning the Reserve Minimum Salary ($63,547) or be Homegrown Players earning more via the HG Subsidy. B) Players must be 24 or younger during the League YEAR. As determined by Year of birth, not date (I am not sure what this means exactly, is someone who turns 25 during the season eligible or not?). C) Senior Min Players & GA Players cannot occupy these spots. Rank, Player, Pos, Age,DOB, HT, WT, Nat, Desig(s), Base $$/Guar $$ 25. Berhalter, CM, 19, 5/10/01, 5'9", 155, USA, HG, $???/$???. 26. Open 27. Open 28. Open Cadden was here last year. Doubt it this. Feel free to switch Berhalter & Morris. ----------------------------------------- 4. HomeGrown Reserve Roster (29-30). 2 of 2. A) Must be Homegrown Players. B) Same Budget & Age rules as Reserve Roster 25-28 players. C) HG player salary for Supplemental players is xapped at +$125k above the Reserve or Senior Min salary (dependong on which roster they are on. Rank, Player, Pos, Age,DOB, HT, WT, Nat, Desig(s), Base $$/Guar $$ 29. Keita, D, 20, 4/6/00, 6'2, 180, USA, HG, $90,000/$110,000 30. Morris, M, 18, 11/16/01, 5'10", 158, USA, HG, $???/$???. --------------- 5. Loaned Out A. Can recall at any time if have an empty roster spot. 1. Kempin, GK, 27, 4/8/93, 6'1", 175, USA: $71,664/$71,664 (Supplemental). ----------- 6. Designated Players: 3 of 3 Zardes, Santos, Zelarayan. Zardes & Santos both could be bought down with TAM. --------------------------- 7. International Roster Spots: 7 of 9 (lost one in Nagbe deal, got one in Abubakar deal, got one in Trapp deal). Santos, Diaz, Room, Mokhtar, Cadden, Zelarayan, Wormgoor. Hamilton DOES NOT count as an International. Home Grown International Rule. Etienne is dual US/Haiti. https://www.mlssoccer.com/league/official-rules/mls-roster-rules-and-regulations ------------ 8. Green Card Holders = 7. Mensah, W. Francis, de Lima (Artur), Afful, Sjoberg, Valenzuela, Adi. -------- 9. Homegrown Players = 3. Keita, Morris, Berhalter. ------ Any comments and/or corrections welcome. As always.
This link has Nagbe, not Santos, as the Crew’s 3rd DP. Did the Crew sign him to a larger deal and not announce it or is it maybe in error?
It could be in error, but I'm guessing it's accurate. All it really means is that Nagbe is earning above league max and the Crew isn't buying down his salary using TAM/GAM. Quite a few players on this roster make above league max (Santos, Mensah, Adi, Zardes, Zelerayan, Nagbe, perhaps Mohktar). Zelerayan and Zardes make so much that buying them down might not be possible: due to league rules that govern how you can use TAM/GAM; not having enough GarberBux to even do it; or the fact that it might not make any fiscal sense. Adi, obviously, is an unusual case in that very little of his salary counts against the cap for us this year, even though he's making $2M. But for the rest of the group, well, since it's only a slight exaggeration to say that Bez pretty much wrote the book on MLS roster acquisition rules, I'm guessing the club simply calculated that the most fiscally advantageous thing to do this year was leave Nagbe as that 3rd DP.
Do we re-sign Crognale (or Maloney)? We'll need practice players and we have the space. Or do we look for another defender? Easier to bring in someone who knows the system.
Damn, this club really can go through defenders. Last season was insane, but here we go again, it seems. 4-6 months is, basically, a season ending injury. Vito, we hardly knew ya'. Note the wording of the announcement in March about the loan of Axel Sjoberg to San Antonio FC: My guess is the call has already been made.
Nothing official about that roster. MLS' site is riddled with errors. That is the reason we have this thread. Just go back and look at INT player discussion from last year that they had wrong, all year. Or the YDP/Diaz/Valenzuela one. To wit, that roster that some claim is official still has Sjoberg listed as on loan when we know he isn't. Kempin takes a roster spot but Sjoberg does not, even though both are loaned. And I doubt Hamilton is reserve (though that would help us with roster construction). Having said that, without the salary info for this year, we cannot be certain who got bought down & who didn't. Or even what the salaries are. Until I see that, I am sticking with last year's designations, though fully aware some things could be off. As for Vito, that royally sucks. Got my hopes up when he posted restaurant pics. 4-6 months is likely the season. However, 4 months would be mid-November. This year is crazy & MLS has played later than that before. If he is out for the year, we'd get roster relief. We have 2 INT spots open as is. We are not in dire need of another CB: Mensah, Keita, Williams, Sjoberg. We'll see what happens with his rehab & the schedule.
Interestingly, San Antonio is where Maloney ended up. Both him and Sjoberg played in their first and to date only match. Their match for tonight has been postponed (COVID positive test on the other team).
4-6 months after surgery. https://www.dispatch.com/sports/202...-to-six-months-after-successful-ankle-surgery
I saw he had surgery but I was just looking for the reason of the surgery. The club's press release just generically calls it an "injury".
Based on the description - sliding, foot caught in the grass, rolling ankle - it looks like tendon damage and no break but I'm not a doctor.
Could I just remind everyone that the Crew picked up Sjoberg off of waivers after the Raps cut him? If hes out there getting serious minutes we're in a lot of trouble
I think he can a late sub as a 3rd CB to help protect a lead. Or be fairly effective in the middle of a 352/532 who plays deep and keeps everything in front of him. He was MLS best XI in such a role (Colorado played 4 in the back, IIRC, but very much laid deep & countered).
Oh, no worries. Post away. The only thing I object to is treating it (or anything else on the MLS site) as gospel. Too long a history of errors, and there are errors now. However, I think the roster you posted is at least mostly accurate. And aside from the loanee issues, could be 100% so. We do not know whay Nagbe's salary is. Or Santos'. Or anyone's for this year. I am a tad dubious because there was no hint or report that Nagbe was a DP when we acquired him. Or that Santos wasn't. And Nagbe's salary was significantly below Santos' last year. But I do think Nagbe is worthy of DP status, and we did sign him away from ATL, so anything is possible. One where, upon reflection, I am less confident in where I have the player is Hamilton. Based on last year's salary, he should be a Senior player. But he was also a Canadian HG. Our HGs earn Senior salaries but remain on the Reserve roster. Hamilton does not count as a HG for us, but he does not count as an INT player either. What that means for his contract/roster status, I have no clue. It wouldbe wonderful for us if he was Reserve, as we could use the senior roster spot.
I believe MLS has Berry on Reserve and Tarbell on Supplemental. Which is certainly plausible. Though Tarbell would have to have taken a big haircut this year. We usually get a roster update in March, but I bet Covid has tgrown a wrench into figuring compensation. Which is likely dependent on how many games get played, so we may never know.