• MLS will eliminate the Allocation Ranking List, used to rank the order in which teams have the first priority to acquire select U.S. internationals and U.S. youth internationals moving to the league or former players returning after joining a non-MLS club for an outgoing transfer fee of $500,000 or more. The process will end with expansion St. Louis City SC having the right of first refusal over one player on the list … The Seattle Sounders reached an agreement with Providence for the health system to become the Sounders’ third jersey sponsor and develop programs together centered upon driving meaningful impact in the area of the mental health and wellness of students … FC Cincinnati made Northwestern freshman keeper Paul Walters its third Homegrown signing of the offseason after midfielders Stiven Jimenez and Malik Pinto.

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