Bakary Soumare

HOW ACQUIRED: Traded to FC Dallas from Montreal Impact on July 16, 2015 in exchange for midfielder Kyle Bekker

Soumare, 29, was selected by the Montreal Impact with the first overall pick in the second stage of the 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft, on Dec. 18, 2014. The University of Virginia product has made nine starts for Montreal this season, bringing his MLS total to 115 in his seven-year career. Born in Mali, Soumare was drafted by the Chicago Fire, second overall in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.

At the international level, Soumare has been capped 13 times by Mali since 2008, playing World Cup qualifying matches as well as matches in the Africa Cup of Nations.

He kicked off his professional career with the Chicago Fire in 2007, after being drafted as the second overall pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.

In 2008, in his second season in MLS, he was nominated for the MLS Defender of the Year and was named to the MLS Best XI. The following year, he was also selected to the MLS All-Star team.

In August 2009, he transferred to French club US Boulogne, where he played more than 70 championship and France Cup games in three seasons in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.

He came back to MLS in 2012 and saw limited playing time with Philadelphia. Following a trade in May 2013, Soumare returned to Chicago. He played 48 games, 47 as starter, and more than 4,000 minutes in his last two seasons with the Fire.