FRISCO - Major League Soccer has announced the class of players eligible for free agency teams begin building their 2018 rosters.
The 40 players below are either out-of-contract or had their contract option declined and are eligible by meeting the two requirements by MLS rules - at least 28 years old of age and having at least eight years of MLS service. All other players will go through the Waiver Draft or Re-Entry Draft process.
FC Dallas' Atiba Harris, Javier Morales and Chris Seitz are all eligible to sign with any team in the league. MLS Free Agency opens on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 2PM CT.
Player |
Previous
Club |
Status |
|---|---|---|
Alexander, Eric |
HOU |
Out of Contract |
Alston, Kevin |
ORL |
Out of Contract |
Barrett, Chad |
RSL |
Option Decline |
Beasley, DaMarcus |
HOU |
Out of Contract |
Beitashour, Steven |
TOR |
Out of Contract |
Boswell, Bobby |
ATL |
Out of Contract |
Burling, Robert |
COL |
Out of Contract |
Carroll, Brian |
PHI |
<a href="https://www.philadelphiaunion.com/post/b/2017/10/19/philadelphia-union-midfielder-brian-carroll-announces-retirement" target="_blank"><font color="#333333">Retired</font></a> |
Clark, Ricardo |
HOU |
Option Decline |
DeLaGarza, AJ |
HOU |
Option Decline |
Deric, Tyler |
HOU |
Option Decline |
Duka, Dilly |
NY |
Option Decline |
Evans, Brad |
SEA |
Out of Contract |
Francis, Shaun |
MTL |
Option Decline |
Franklin, Sean |
DC |
Option Decline |
Gordon, Alan |
COL |
Option Decline |
Harrington, Michael |
CHI |
Option Decline |
Harris, Atiba |
DAL |
Option Decline |
Harvey, Jordan |
VAN |
Out of Contract |
Hernandez, Jason |
TOR |
Out of Contract |
Jacobson, Andrew |
VAN |
Out of Contract |
Knighton, Brad |
NE |
Out of Contract |
Kronberg, Eric |
MTL |
Out of Contract |
Larentowicz, Jeffrey |
ATL |
Option Decline |
Loyd, Zachary |
ATL |
Option Decline |
Moor, Andrew |
TOR |
Out of Contract |
Morales, Javier |
DAL |
Out of Contract |
Neagle, Lamar |
SEA |
Out of Contract |
Nyarko, Patrick |
DC |
Out of Contract |
Pontius, Chris |
PHI |
Out of Contract |
Reynish, Kyle |
ATL |
Out of Contract |
Rimando, Nick |
RSL |
Out of Contract |
Rogers, Robbie |
LA |
<a href="https://www.lagalaxy.com/post/2017/11/07/la-galaxy-defender-robbie-rogers-announces-retirement-professional-soccer" target="_blank"><font color="#333333">Retired</font></a> |
Rolfe, Chris |
DC |
<a href="https://www.dcunited.com/post/2017/11/09/chris-rolfe-announces-retirement" target="_blank"><font color="#333333">Retired</font></a> |
Saunders, Joshua |
ORL |
Option Decline |
Schuler, Chris |
RSL |
Option Decline |
Seitz, Christopher |
DAL |
Out of Contract |
Wingert, Chris |
RSL |
Out of Contract |
Zemanski, Ben |
POR |
Out of Contract |
Zizzo, Sal |
NY |
Option Decline |