Rumor: 2025-26 MLS Offseason Roster Moves, Signings, Speculation, & Rumors

He could turn out to be an older version of Ricky Puig, hopefully without the long- term injury.

 

The main thing that makes Puig great in MLS is that he gives a f********. I’d be happy to be proved wrong, but this deal doesn’t seem like James has much of an incentive to care about the team and MN at all.

 

Now there are reports that James' contract will be through December.

Potentially that would be a game changer as far as I'm concerned.

(I say potentially, since he may not have the same motivation post-World Cup as he does before it.)

The back half of Minnesota's schedule has road games with Orlando, Atlanta, and Seattle if anyone is looking for the potential of very large crowds.

 

Tom Bogert on X: " Sources: Toronto FC is finalizing a deal to sign Colombian youth int'l Emilio Aristizábal from Atletico Nacional. @CLMerlo 1st reported. Deal is a loan with option to buy. Aristizábal, 20, already has 12 first team goals. Featured for Colombia at U-20 World Cup. https://t.co/qBUO9X9Ghq" / X


Sources: Toronto FC is finalizing a deal to sign Colombian youth int'l Emilio Aristizábal from Atletico Nacional.
@CLMerlo
1st reported. Deal is a loan with option to buy. Aristizábal, 20, already has 12 first team goals. Featured for Colombia at U-20 World Cup.

 

I honestly don't think he would move the needle at all in Seattle.

 

To see James Rodriguez? If he wins the Ballon D'Or maybe.

 

Is this a player rumor? Just asking for someone who the mods always yell at for talking about things that have nothing to do with the thread title.

 

It guarantees that if he stinks, they aren't stuck with him. It also gives them another window to sign a player.

 

According to Fuad Alakbarov , #OrlandoCity have signed 21 year old Azerbaijan striker/winger Nariman Akhundzada from Qarabağ in Premyer Liqa. We know the club needed help at the striker position but this looks like a much different profile. This current season he’s played 26… https://t.co/Qbym431oaj

— David (@Fladoodler18) February 7, 2026

According to Fuad Alakbarov , #OrlandoCity have signed 21 year old Azerbaijan striker/winger Nariman Akhundzada from Qarabağ in Premyer Liqa. We know the club needed help at the striker position but this looks like a much different profile. This current season he’s played 26 games, 1,445 minutes, with 7 goals and 3 assists. Looks like Duncan could have competition at striker. Shout out to @mikeaspillane who caught it first! #VamosOrlando #OCSC

 

And we were thinking that CHIVAS USA disappeared, but they are moving it to Mexico little by little, this will be their 6th USA player.

 

I can confirm from sources that the news that connect Nariman Akhundzade to #OrlandoCity are completely false. Orlando City has never heard of this player. Orlando is trying to sign an attacker DP, preferably a young striker with potential (not necessarily a 9), and a RB. #MLS pic.twitter.com/AtBjHpKF92

— Luis Carlos Pineda (@pineda_orl) February 8, 2026

can confirm from sources that the news that connect Nariman Akhundzade to #OrlandoCity are completely false. Orlando City has never heard of this player. Orlando is trying to sign an attacker DP, preferably a young striker with potential (not necessarily a 9), and a RB. #MLS

 

They figured out that buying Mexican-American players are cheaper in MLS than buying Mexicans in Liga MX. Everyone in Liga MX knows the policy of Chivas so they rack up the price on them.

Plus some of these MLS players going to Chivas aren't doing so bad even if in MLS they went unnoticed like Efrain Alvarez and Daniel Aguirre. Wouldn't doubt if we see Diego Luna soon there.

 

Chivas is owned by Omnilife, a Herbalife clone.

Every American they sign has to sign up two more Americans.

 

Gracias por todo Jona 💚

The Portland Timbers have waived forward Jonathan Rodríguez and exercised a buyout of his contract pic.twitter.com/JEwxBl2IE9

— Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) February 10, 2026

Was this expected?

 

Seems they had the league right, just not the team:

🟡 Sources: The Columbus Crew are finalizing a deal to sign Azerbaijan int’l attacker Nariman Akhundzada from Qarabag.

Akhundzada, 21, joins via U-22 initiative.

He has 13 caps for his country. 24g/10a already in his career in league play. pic.twitter.com/R2K08DvcEo

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) February 9, 2026

 

I don't think these have been posted yet. Here are the 2026 MLS Roster Rules and Regulations.

 

Per Expressen (Swedish report), Degerfors’ 20 y/o LB Philippe Ndinga is close to being sold to Philadelphia Union and will soon move to USA. Several sources state that the transfer could be up to 20 million Swedish kronor ($2.2M USD), including bonuses.