probably nobody cares but Gs fans, but Graham Jones in the LA Times today i think said that Vagenas, Suarez and Victorine were out of contract for next year with Vegenas possibly opting for Greece next year as he has a Greek passport. hakko
What we have so far CHI not sure, will ask Wilt no source CLB not sure no source DC Petke, Nelsen, Stewart Goff by email MET Vaca, Ziade http://www.northjersey.com/page.php...lRUV5eTY2MDc4ODcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2 big option on Taylor https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139564&page=3&pp=15&highlight=fabian+taylor is the Gilberto loan renewed? NE Pierce, Baker (set to return to Ireland), Dorman (developmental), Howey, others? no source COL Spencer (retiring), Beckerman http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~94~2504999,00.html DAL Kreis, others? no source KC Meola, Zavagnin, and ? no source yet LA Suarez, Vagenas, Victorine http://www.latimes.com/sports/socce...2190468.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-soccer is Saragosa back on loan again? SJ Donovan (loan expired), Corrales, De Rosario, Waibel http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/11/10/SPG1L9OK7D13.DTL http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/10086817.htm will look around more on the team forums, thanks to all those that have helped so far
had a year left, now 4! re-signed yesterday. if you can find me a source on Kreis, it'd really help the list. thanks.
I think Jose Cancela's contract ended this season. I either heard it here or while I was watching a Revs playoff game. Also, (even though I bet evry1 already knows this, but since I didn't see it in the post on the 2nd page listing evry1 mentioned that's out of contract) Andreas Herzog and Hong-Myung Bo are retiring from the LA Galaxy. I think I also heard that Oscar Parejia is retiring, but I could be wrong.
Oscar doesn't want to retire but may only be offered a tiny role and pay in Dallas. I look for Dallas to try and work a trade for Cancela to be their #10, could see a Jolley/ Cancela deal which would help both clubs.
updated I'd do better if I could get the "search" function here to work. 3 players were mysteriously off the DraftTracker on MLSNET (Preki, Dipsy Selolwane, and Dante Washington). several discoveries likely were technically on loan with an option to by (Herron, maybe Peguero, etc). That's not much different from the non-guaranteed contracts most MLS players unless the option is very expensive (Saragosa, maybe Gilberto Flores, Fabian Taylor), Feel free to contribute such info. Many players have team options - Cancela, Guevera, etc. I'm more focused on who can go to Europe or play elsewhere if they don't want to return.
quick update: Dallas - O'Brien extended though still under contract. Can't find anyone but Kreis that was probably not under contract. Checked 3rddegree's page which has good info for most of the palyers. Not sure if Pareja is under contract? Columbus and Dallas are the lists without a printed source or statement from management.
He's talked about going to Eruope. I think that I read that he's in the process of getting an Italian passport.
http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20041116&content_id=19224&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp Says that Nick Garcia, Diego Gutierrez, Kerry Zavagnin, Tony Meola, and Jose Burciagra, Jr. are out of contract. I read here on BS that Gutierrez was re-signed and that Meola was going to be traded to the MetroStars. Also I read here on BS that Garcia was on loan to Norway's Brenn and would stay if the coach liked him. Reading the discussion in that thread, it was highly likely that he'd be playing in Norway next season, a link to Brenn's web site was also posted were I saw his name, but the rest was in Norweigan.
thanks so that agrees with my list from a few posts above but clarifies that Gutierrez would have been out-of-contract if not re-signed I think Garcia is on trial with the Norweigen club, not on loan (can practice but not officially play) but that's just what I read and how it typically works (given the transfer windows). I should have a translation of that article in a day or two.
Translation: The American defender, Nick Garcia, is expected to arrive in Bergen on Saturday. He will be training with Brann for about a week. Garcia is playing for Kansas City Wizards, who recently lost the American Championship to D.C. United. Garcia is a "texaner" (from Texas?) and is 25 years old. In 2003 he became the youngest player who achieved 100 matches in the American pro league, and at the same time the 100th player to achieve this. Garcia has a long row of age"limited" national matches and has played 6 A-national teams for USA, last time in january against Denmark.
bump, we're getting corrections that don't notice we have sourced documentation of players like Burciaga, Garcia as out-of-contract
A couple of comments for the Crew: David Testo isn't out of contract but his loan expired so the Crew will either have to buy his contract, send him back to Richmond, or strike a new deal. Greg Andrulis is out of contract too. The Crew don't exactly have a front office nowdays but he is expected to return as coach but it probably won't be announced til near the end of the year. Our GM and President positions are vacant as well but interim GM Mark McCullers will be kept on permanently. Clark Hunt is sort of acting as team president but I doubt we get someone who lives in Columbus.
This doesn't mean anything, but I found it interesting that most of the Italians I talk to can identify one (1) American soccer player: Tony Meola.
The Crew slipped out the news on Thanksgiving day that Andrulis and McCullers had been offered contracts for next year. No announcement from the team, no comment from ownership, just tacked in the tidbits section at the end of an article on reserve sides. Typical Crew. Apologies for quoting myself, feel free to award pomposity points. The article mentioned that the reserve sides would only play in June, July, and August and would include NCAA players whose eligibility wouldn't be affected.
sounds like the Revs declined options (or will) on both Baker and Howey as both were given permission to return home and look for work http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=129110
Cancela - you know that almost every player in the league is under a league option, so he really doesn't qualify for this list. He can't leave on his own accord.
True, but rumors are out there that coaching isn't too happy with him. The foreign players options are the only ones I'm going to list. When he was protected in the expansion draft, that's a sign he'll probably be back.