Offseason MLS Player Moves

• by Soccer America , Dec 30, 2008

The Houston Dynamo failed in its bid to sign Mexican Luis Angel Landin (loaned by Morelia to Cruz Azul), leaving Swede Freddie Ljungberg as the one foreign signing of note for the 2009 season. The only Americans who moving overseas are New England's Michael Parkhurst and Toronto FC's Hunter Freeman, who are headed to Scandinavia. For the all MLS player movement ...

Chicago Fire
Out:
Tomasz Frankowski (waived)
Diego Gutierrez (retired)
Andy Herron (waived)
Stephen King (Seattle Sounders FC-expansion draft)

Chivas USA
Out:
Roberto Nurse (Veracruz-Mexico)
Alex Zotinca (waived)
Loan:
Francisco Mendoza (Guadalajara-Mexico)

Columbus Crew
Out:
Kevin Burns (waived)
Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC-expansion draft)
Ryan Junge (waived)
George Josten (waived)
Andrew Peterson (waived)
Ricardo Pierre-Louis (waived)
Brian Plotkin (waived)

Colorado Rapids
Out:
Mike Petke (New York Red Bulls-waiver draft)
Tim Ward (waived)

FC Dallas
Out:
Duilio Davino (contract terminated)
Jeff Rowland (waived)
Bobby Rhine (retired)
Victor Sikora (Perth Glory-Australia)
Spencer Wadsworth (waived)
David Wagenfuhr (retired)

D.C. United
Out:
Jeff Carroll (waived)

Houston Dynamo
In:
Julius James (trade w/Toronto FC)
Out:
Johnny Alcaraz (released)
Dwayne DeRosario (Toronto FC)
Kyle Brown (released)
Tony Caig (released)
Nate Jaqua (Seattle Sounders FC-expansion draft)
Guy Kpene (released)
Corbin Waller (released)

Kansas City Wizards
In:
Adam Cristman (New England Revolution)
Out:
Carlos Marinelli (waived)
Ryan Pore (waived)
Ivan Trujillo (waived)
Tyson Wahl (Seattle Sounders FC-expansion draft)
Kerry Zavagnin (retired)

Los Angeles Galaxy
In:
Jovan Kirovski (San Jose Earthquakes)
Donovan Ricketts (Village United-Jamaica)
Out:
Scott Bolkan (retired)
Jeremy Barlow (waived)
Joe Franchino (waived)
Alvaro Pires (waived)
Greg Vanney (retired)
Peter Vagenas (Seattle Sounders FC-expansion draft)
Loan:
David Beckham (AC Milan-England)

New England Revolution
In:
Michael Videira (Hamilton Academical-Scotland)
Out:
Jose Angulo (waived)
Adam Cristman (Kansas City Wizards)
Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaelland-Denmark)
Khano Smith (Seattle Sounders FC-expansion draft)
Doug Warren (waived)

New York
In:
Mike Petke (Colorado Rapids-waiver draft)
Out:
Gabriel Cichero (waived)
Diego Jimenez (UAG-Mexico, loan ended)
Gordan Kljestan (waived)
Jeff Parke (Seattle Sounders FC-expansion draft)
Sainey Touray (waived)

Real Salt Lake
Out:
Nik Besagno (waived)
Kenny Cutler (waived)
Dustin Kirby (waived)
Nathan Sturgis (Seattle Sounders FC-expansion draft)

San Jose Earthquakes
Out:
Jovan Kirovski (Los Angeles Galaxy)
James Riley (Seattle Sounders FC-expansion draft)

Seattle Sounders FC
In:
Brad Evans (Columbus Crew-expansion draft)
Nate Jaqua (Houston Dynamo-expansion draft)
Kasey Keller (Fulham-England)
Stephen King (Chicago Fire-expansion draft)
Sebastien Le Toux (Seattle Sounders-USL1)
Freddie Ljungberg (West Ham Unite -England)
Sanna Nyassi (Ports Authority FC-Gambia)
Jeff Parke (New York Red Bulls-expansion draft)
James Riley (San Jose Earthquakes-expansion draft)
Jarrod Smith (Toronto TC-expansion draft)
Khano Smith (New England Revolution-expansion draft)
Nathan Sturgis (Real Salt Lake-expansion draft)
Peter Vagenas (Los Angeles Galaxy-expansion draft)
Tyson Wahl (Kansas City Wizards-expansion draft)

Toronto FC
In:
Dwayne DeRosario (Houston Dynamo)
Out:
Hunter Freeman (IK Start-Norway)
Julius James (Houston Dynamo)
Tim Regan (retired)
Carlos Ruiz (waived)
Jarrod Smith (Seattle Sounders-expansion draft)