MLS Announces Players Eligible for Free Agency and 2015 Re-Entry Draft
Published on December 7, 2015 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
NEW YORK - Major League Soccer today announced the players eligible for Free Agency and the 2015 Re-Entry Draft.
A total of 26 MLS players are eligible for Free Agency. Starting at 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 8, Free Agents may engage in negotiations with MLS clubs outside of their previous club.
Players 28 years of age and older with eight years of MLS service who are out of contract, or have not had their option exercised, are eligible for Free Agency in 2015, allowing them the freedom to negotiate a new contract with any MLS club, including their previous club, subject to certain restrictions. A player has fulfilled a year of service if they were on a club's roster prior to August 15 or played in at least one regular season or postseason game in the relevant year.
Players Eligible for Free Agency (alphabetical by club):
2015 CLUB PLAYER 2016 STATUS
Chicago Fire Jon Busch Option
Chicago Fire Ty Harden Out of Contract
Chicago Fire Jeff Larentowicz Option
Chicago Fire Mike Magee Out of Contract
Colorado Rapids Bobby Burling Out of Contract
Colorado Rapids Michael Harrington Out of Contract
Colorado Rapids Nick LaBrocca Option
Colorado Rapids Drew Moor Option
Colorado Rapids James Riley Option
FC Dallas Stephen Keel Out of Contract
Houston Dynamo Ricardo Clark Out of Contract
Houston Dynamo Nathan Sturgis Option
LA Galaxy Edson Buddle Option
LA Galaxy Alan Gordon Option
Montreal Impact Kenny Cooper Option
Montreal Impact Justin Mapp Out of Contract
New York City FC Ned Grabavoy Option
New York Red Bulls Kyle Reynish Option
Orlando City SC Corey Ashe Option
Orlando City SC Eric Avila Option
Philadelphia Union Brian Carroll Option
Philadelphia Union Conor Casey Option
Portland Timbers Andrew Weber Option
Seattle Sounders FC Chad Barrett Option
Seattle Sounders FC Troy Perkins Option
Sporting Kansas City Paulo Nagamura Out of Contract
A total of 60 players are eligible to participate in the 2015 Re-Entry Draft with Stage One to be conducted on Friday, Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. ET. Clubs have up until 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 10 to re-sign or trade their own Re-Entry Draft eligible players. Stage Two will be held on Thursday, Dec. 17 at 3 p.m. ET. MLS will release the results following each of the calls. The Re-Entry Draft Order is determined by the reverse order of the final standings in the MLS season, taking into account postseason performance.
A player may choose to opt out of the Re-Entry Process prior to Stage One and/or Stage Two of the Re-Entry Draft. In such instances, the right of first refusal for the p layer will remain with his previous club.
For more information on the 2015 Re-Entry Process, including eligibility requirements and the draft order, click here,
Players Eligible for Participation in the Re-Entry Draft (alphabetical by club):
2015 CLUB PLAYER 2016 STATUS
Chicago Fire Greg Cochrane Option
Chicago Fire Jason Johnson Option
Chicago Fire Alec Kann Option
Chicago Fire Lovel Palmer Option
Chicago Fire Matt Watson Out of Contract
Colorado Rapids Carlos Alvarez Option
Colorado Rapids Vicente Sanchez Option
Colorado Rapids Gabriel Torres Option
Columbus Crew SC Matt Lampson Out of Contract
D.C. United Jairo Arrieta Option
D.C. United Michael Farfan Option
FC Dallas Michel Option
FC Dallas Bakary Soumare Option
Houston Dynamo Oscar Boniek Garcia Option
Houston Dynamo Chandler Hoffman Option
Houston Dynamo Alex Lopez Option
Houston Dynamo Jermaine Taylor Option
LA Galaxy Tommy Meyer Out of Contract
LA Galaxy Brian Perk Option
LA Galaxy Donovan Ricketts Out of Contract
LA Galaxy Charlie Rugg Option
Montreal Impact Hassoun Camara Option
New England Revolution Kevin Alston Option
New England Revolution Andy Dorman Out of Contract
New England Revolution Jeremy Hall Option
New York City FC Jeb Brovsky Option
New York City FC Kwame Watson-Siriboe Option
New York Red Bulls Roy Miller Option
New York Red Bulls Dane Richards Option
New York Red Bulls Anthony Wallace Option
Orlando City SC Tony Cascio Out of Contract
Orlando City SC Josh Ford Option
Orlando City SC Tally Hall Option
Orlando City SC Danny Mwanga Option
Orlando City SC Lewis Neal Option
Philadelphia Union Fred Carreiro Option
Philadelphia Union Warren Creavalle Option
Philadelphia Union Danny Cruz Option
Philadelphia Union Antoine Hoppenot Out of Contract
Philadelphia Union Zac MacMath Option
Portland Timbers Michael Nanchoff Option
Portland Timbers Maximiliano Urruti Option
Real Salt Lake Chris Schuler Out of Contract
San Jose Earthquakes Mike Fucito Out of Contract
San Jose Earthquakes Jordan Stewart Option
Seattle Sounders FC Leo Gonzalez Option
Seattle Sounders FC Marco Pappa Option
Seattle Sounders FC Zach Scott Option
Sporting Kansas City Jalil Anibaba Option
Sporting Kansas City Seth Sinovic Out of Contract
Toronto FC Joe Bendik Option
Toronto FC Robbie Findley Out of Contract
Toronto FC Jackson Goncalves Option
Toronto FC Chris Konopka Option
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Steven Beitashour Option
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Pa Modou Kah Option
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Mauro Rosales Out of Contract
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Paolo Tornaghi Option
N/A Bright Dike Option
N/A Tony Lochhead Option
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