Here's a look at MLS rosters with less than a week before the start of the regular season.
Atlanta United
2019 Roster (30 players) Goalkeepers (3): Brad Guzan, Alec Kann,
Brendan Moore (Rochdale/ENG).
Defenders (10):
Mikey Ambrose, George Bello, Franco Escobar, Jon Gallagher, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Jose Hernandez, Michael Parkhurst,
Florentin Pogba (Genclerbirligi/TUR), Miles Robinson,
Brek Shea
(Vancouver).
Midfielders (10): Ezequiel Barco, Andrew Carleton, Chris Goslin, Julian Gressel, Kevin Kratz, Jeff Larentowicz,
Gonzalo “Pity” Martinez (River Plate/ARG),
Darlington Nagbe,
Dion Pereira (Watford/ENG), Eric Remedi.
Forwards (7): Lagos Kunga, Josef Martinez, Patrick Okonkwo, Brandon Vazquez, Tito Villalba, Gordon Wild, Romario
Williams.
Chicago 2019 Roster (25 players):
Goalkeepers (3): Stefan Cleveland,
David Ousted (D.C. United), Richard Sanchez.
Defender (6): Jorge Corrales, Raheem Edwards, Johan Kappelhof, Grant Lillard,
Marcelo
(Sporting/POR),
*Andre Reynolds II (academy).
Midfielders (12): Mo Adams, Brandt Bronico, Diego Campos,
Przemyslaw Frankowski (Jagiellonia Bialystok/POL),
*Jeremiah
Gutjahr (Indiana Univ.), Nicolas Hasler, Aleksandar Katai, Dax McCarty,
Cristian Martinez (Columbus),
Amando Moreno (NY Red Bulls II), Djordje Mihailovic, Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Forwards (4): Elliot Collier,
Fabian Herbers (Philadelphia), Nemanja Nikolic,
CJ Sapong (Philadelphia).
*2019 Homegrown signing.
FC Cincinnati 2019 Roster (29 players): Goalkeepers (3): Jimmy Hague (Michigan
State Univ.), Spencer Richey (Vancouver),
Przemyslaw Tyton (Dep. Coruna/ESP).
Defender (9): Mathieu Deplagne (Troyes/FRA),
Greg Garza (Atlanta United),
Nick
Hagglund (Toronto FC), Justin Hoyte, Forrest Lasso,
Hassan Ndam (NY Red Bulls),
Alvas Powell (Portland), Blake Smith,
Kendall Waston (Vancouver)
Midfielders (14):
Fatai Alashe, Nazmi Albadawi,
Eric Alexander (Houston),
Frankie Amaya (UCLA),
Leonardo Bertone (Young Boys/SUI), Corben Bone,
Allan Cruz (Herediano/CRC),
Rashawn
Dally (Quinnipiac Univ.),
Roland Lamah (FC Dallas), Emmanuel Ledesma,
Kekuta Manneh (St. Gallen/SUI), Jimmy McLaughlin,
Caleb Stanko (Freiburg/GER),
Victor Ulloa (FC
Dallas).
Forwards (3): Fanendo Adi,
Darren Mattocks (D.C. United), Emery Welshman.
Colorado 2019 Roster (25 players): Goalkeepers (3): Tim Howard,
Clint Irwin (Toronto FC),
Andre Rawls (NYCFC).
Defenders (7): Kortne Ford,
Keegan Rosenberry (Philadelphia), Axel Sjoberg, Tommy Smith, Sam Vines, Danny Wilson, Deklan Wynne.
Midfielders (9): Kellyn Acosta, Cole Bassett,
Nana Boateng, Johan Blomberg,
Benny Feilhaber (LAFC),
Nicolas Mezquida (Vancouver), Sam Nicholson, Jack Price, Dillon Serna.
Forwards (6): Shkelzen Gashi, *
Matt
Hundley (UCLA), Niki Jackson,
Kei Kamara (Vancouver via FC Cincinnati),
Diego Rubio (Sporting KC),
Andre Shinyashiki (Univ. of Denver).
*2019 Homegrown signing.
Columbus 2019 Roster (29 players): Goalkeepers (4): Joe
Bendik (Orlando City), Jon Kempin, Ben Lundgaard, Zack Steffen.
Defenders (11): Lalas Abubakar, Harrison Afful, Alex Crognale,
Waylon Francis (Seattle), Hector Jimenez,
*Aboubacar Keita (Univ. of Virginia), Connor Maloney, Jonathan Mensah, Gaston Sauro, Milton Valenzuela, Josh Williams.
Midfielders (11): Luis Argudo, Artur,
Robinho Barbosa
(Ceara/BRA), Ricardo Clark, Niko Hansen, Federico Higuain, Justin Meram, Edward Opoku, Pedro Santos, Eduardo Sosa, Wil Trapp.
Forwards (3): Patrick Mullins,
JJ Williams (Univ. of
Kentucky), Gyasi Zardes.
*2019 Homegrown signing.
FC Dallas
2019
Roster (29 players): Goalkeepers (3): Jesse Gonzalez, Jimmy Maurer, Kyle Zobeck.
Defenders (9): Bressan (Gremio/BRA), Reggie Cannon, Matt Hedges, Moises
Hernandez, Ryan Hollingshead,
Callum Montgomery (Univ. of Charlotte),
John Nelson (Univ. of North Carolina), Marquinhos Pedroso, Bryan Reynolds, Reto Ziegler.
Midfielders (10):
Bryan Acosta (Tenerife/ESP), Pablo Aranguiz, Michael Barrios,
*Edwin Cerrillo (academy), Carlos Gruezo, Jacori Hayes, Santiago Mosquera, Paxton Pomykal, Thomas Roberts, Brandon Servania.
Forwards (6): Francis Atuahene, Dominique Badji, Cristian Colman, Jesus Ferreira,
Zdenek Ondrasek (Wisla Krakow/POL), Ema Twumasi.
*2019 Homegrown signing.
D.C. United 2019 Roster (23 players): Goalkeepers (3): Earl Edwards
Jr. (Orlando City), Bill Hamid,
Chris Seitz (Houston).
Defenders (9): Steven Birnbaum, Frederic Brillant, Oniel Fisher,
Leonardo Jara (Boca Juniors/ARG, on loan), Joseph
Mora, Chris Odoi-Atsem,
*Donovan Pines (Univ. of Maryland), Jalen Robinson,
Akeem Ward (Creighton Univ.)
Midfielders (10): Luciano Acosta, Paul Arriola,
*Antonio
Bustamante (William & Mary College), Russell Canouse, Chris Durkin,
Chris McCann (Atlanta United), Junior Moreno,
Lucas Rodriguez (Estudiantes/ARG), Ulises Segura, Zoltan
Stieber.
Forward (1): Wayne Rooney.
*2019 Homegrown signing.
Houston 2019 Roster (26 players): Goalkeepers (3): Tyler Deric, Michael Nelson, Joe Willis.
Defenders (10): DaMarcus Beasley, A.J.
DeLaGarza,
Chris Duvall (Montreal),
Maynor Figueroa (FC Dallas), Alejandro Fuenmayor, Kevin Garcia,
Sam Junqua (Univ. of California), Adam Lundkvist, *
Erik McCue (academy),
Aljaz Struna (Palermo/ITA).
Midfielders (9): Eric Bird, Juan David Cabezas, Darwin Ceren, Boniek Garcia,
Marlon Hairston (Colorado), Tomas Martinez,
Tommy McNamara
(NYCFC), Memo Rodriguez,
Matias Vera (San Lorenzo/ARG).
Forwards (4): Alberth Elis, Mauro Manotas, Ronaldo Pena, Romell Quioto.
*2019 Homegrown signing.
LAFC 2019 Roster (25 players): Goalkeeper (3): Phillip Ejimadu
(Nacional Atletico Clube/BRA), Tyler Miller,
Pablo Sisniega (Real Sociedad/ESP).
Defenders (9): Lamar Batista (Portland Timbers 2), Steven Beitashour, Tristan Blackmon,
Mohamed El-Munir (Orlando City), Jordan Harvey,
Dejan Jakovic,
Eddie Segura (Atletico Huila/COL, on loan), Danilo Silva, Walker Zimmerman.
Midfielders (5): Eduard
Atuesta, Andre Horta, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Lee Nguyen, Josh Perez.
Forwards (8): Latif Blessing, Shaft Brewer, Jr., Adama Diomande,
Adrien Perez (Ontario Fury), Christian Ramirez,
Diego Rossi, Carlos Vela,
Rodolfo Zelaya (Alianza/SAL).
LA Galaxy 2019 Roster (24 players): Goalkeepers (3): David Bingham,
Matt Lampson (Minnesota United), Justin Vom Steeg.
Defenders (7): Hugo
Arellano, Rolf Feltscher, Tomas Hilliard-Arce,
Diego Polenta (Nacional/URU), Dave Romney, Jorgen Skjelvik, Daniel Steres.
Midfielders (10): Romain Alessandrini,
Uriel
Antuna (Man. City/ENG, on loan), Emmanuel Boateng, Servando Carrasco, Jonathan dos Santos,
Juninho (Tijuana/MEX), Perry Kitchen, Sebastian Lletget, Joao Pedro, Chris Pontius.
Forwards (4): Efrain Alvarez, Giovani dos Santos, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ola Kamara.
Minnesota United
2019 Roster (23 players):
Goalkeeper (3): Vito Mannone (Reading/ENG, on loan), Bobby Shuttleworth,
Dayne St. Clair (Univ.
of Maryland).
Defenders (8): Michael Boxall, Francisco Calvo, Brent Kallman, Carter Manley,
Romain Metanire (Reims/FRA), Eric Miller, Wyatt Omsberg,
Ike Opara (Sporting
KC).
Midfielders (8): Osvaldo Alonso (Seattle), Ethan Finlay,
Jan Gregus (FC Copenhagen/DEN), Miguel Ibarra, Romario Ibarra, Collin Martin, Kevin Molino, Rasmus Schuller.
Forwards (4): Abu Danladi, Darwin Quintero, Mason Toye, Angelo Rodriguez.
Montreal 2019 Roster (23 players):
Goalkeepers (3): Evan Bush, Clement Diop, James Pantemis.
Defenders (8): Zachary Brault-Guillard
(Lyon/FRA, on loan), Victor Cabrera, Rudy Camacho, Zakaria Diallo, *
Daniel Kinumbe (academy), Daniel Lovitz, Jukka Raitala, Bacary Sagna.
Midfielders (8): Michael Azira,
*
Clement Bayiha (academy), Mathieu Choiniere, Ken Krolicki, Ignacio Piatti, Samuel Piette, Shamit Shome, Saphir Taider.
Forwards (4): Anthony Jackson-Hamel,
Harry
Novillo (Johor Darul Ta'zim/MAS),
Orji Okwonkwo (Bologna/ITA, on loan),
Maxi Urruti (FC Dallas).
*2019 Homegrown signing.
New England 2019 Roster (25 players): Goalkeepers (3): Cody Cropper, Brad Knighton,
Matt Turner.
Defenders (7): Jalil Anibaba, Brandon Bye,
Edgar Castillo (Colorado), Antonio Delamea, Andrew Farrell, Michael Mancienne, Gabriel Somi.
Midfielders (9):
Isaac Angking,
Tajon Buchanan (Syracuse Univ.), Luis Caicedo, Scott Caldwell, Diego Fagundez, *
Nicolas Firmino (academy),
Carles Gil (Dep. Coruna/ESP), Zachary Herivaux, Wilfried
Zahibo.
Forwards (6): Juan Agudelo, Teal Bunbury,
Juan Fernando Caicedo (Inde. Medellin/COL, on loan), Cristian Penilla,
*Justin Rennicks (Univ. of Indiana), Brian
Wright.
*2019 Homegrown signing.
NYCFC 2019 Roster (25
players): Goalkeeper (4): Luis Barraza (Marquette Univ.), Jeff Caldwell, Sean Johnson, Brad Stuver.
Defender (7): Alex Callens, Maxime Chanot, Sebastien Ibeagha,
Ronald Matarrita, Joe Scally, Ben Sweat, Anton Tinnerholm.
Midfielders (10): Daniel Bedoya,
*Justin Haak (academy), Jesus Medina, Maxi Moralez, Ebenezer Ofori (VfB
Stuttgart/GER),
Keaton Parks (Benfica/POR, on loan), Alex Ring,
Tony Rocha (Orlando City), James Sands,
Juan Pablo Torres (Lokeren/BEL).
Forwards (4): Valentin
Castellanos, Jonathan Lewis,
Alexandru Mitrita (Universitatea Craiova/ROM), Ismael Tajouri-Shradi.
*2019 Homegrown signing.
NY Red Bulls
2019 Roster (28 players): Goalkeepers (3): Evan Louro, Ryan Meara, Luis
Robles.
Defenders (8): Kyle Duncan, Connor Lade, Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Michael Amir Murillo,
Sean Nealis (Hofstra Univ.), Tim Parker,
Amro Tarek (Orlando City).
Midfielders (14): Vincent Bezecourt, Cristian Casseres, Sean Davis,
Marcus Epps (Philadelphia), Derrick Etienne,
*Omir Fernandez (Wake Forest Univ.), Andreas Ivan, Kaku,
*
Jean-Christophe Koffi (Univ, of Virginia), Ben Mines, Alex Muyl, Danny Royer, Marc Rzatkowski, Florian Valot.
Forwards (3): Mathias Jorgensen (OB/DEN), Brian White, Bradley
Wright-Phillips.
*2019 Homegrown signing.
Orlando City 2019 Roster
(27 players): Goalkeepers (4): Adam Grinwis,
Greg Ranjitsingh (Louisville City),
Brian Rowe (Vancouver), Mason Stajduhar.
Defenders (8): Danilo
Acosta (Real Salt Lake, on loan), Carlos Ascues,
Alex De John (Dalkurd/SWE),
Joao Moutinho (LAFC), Shane O'Neill,
Ruan (Ponte Preta/BRA), Lamine Sane,
Kyle Smith
(Louisville City).
Midfielders (10): Josue Colman, Pierre Da Silva, Cristian Higuita, Will Johnson, Sacha Kljestan, Cam Lindley,
Sebas Mendez (Independiente del Valle/ECU),
Nani (Sporting/POR), Dillon Powers, Uri Rosell.
Forwards (5): Tesho Akindele (FC Dallas), Dom Dwyer, *
Benji Michel (Univ. of Portland), Chris Mueller.
Santiago
Patino (FIU).
*2019 Homegrown signing.
Philadelphia 2019
Roster (25 players): Goalkeepers (3): Andre Blake,
Carlos Miguel Coronel (Red Bull Salzburg/AUT),
*Matt Freese (Harvard Univ.).
Defenders (9):
Aurelien Collin (NY Red Bulls), Jack Elliott, Fabinho, Raymon Gaddis, Olivier Mbaizo, Mark McKenzie, Matt Real, Auston Trusty,
Kai Wagner (Wuerzburger Kickers/GER).
Midfielders
(9): *
Brenden Aaronson (academy), Alejandro Bedoya, Warren Creavalle,
Marco Fabian (Ein. Frankfurt/GER), Ilsinho, Anthony Fontana, Derrick Jones, Haris Medunjanin, Fafa Picault.
Forwards (4): David Accam, Cory Burke, Kacper Przybylko,
Sergio Santos (Audax Italiano/CHI).
*2019 Homegrown signing.
Portland 2019 Roster (28 players):
Goalkeepers (4): Jeff Attinella, Steve Clark,
Aljaz Ivacic
(Olimpija Ljubljana/SVN), Kendall McIntosh.
Defenders (9): Julio Cascante,
Claude Dielna (New England), Marco Farfan, Modou Jadama, Larrys Mabiala,
Jorge Moreira (River
Plate/ARG, on loan), Bill Tuiloma, Zarek Valentin, Jorge Villafaña.
Midfielders (12): Dairon Asprilla, Sebastian Blanco, Diego Chara, Tomas Conechny (San Lorenzo/ARG on loan),
Andres Flores, David Guzman,
Marvin Loria (Timbers 2), Cristhian Paredes (Club America/MEX on loan), Andy Polo, Diego Valeri, Eryk Williamson,
Renzo Zambrano (Timbers 2).
Forwards (3): Jeremy Ebobisse, Foster Langsdorf, Lucas Melano.
Real Salt Lake 2019 Roster (29 players):
Goalkeepers (4): Alex Horwath, *
David Ochoa (academy), Andrew Putna, Nick Rimando.
Defenders (10): Tony
Beltran, Nick Besler, Justen Glad, Adam Henley, Aaron Herrera, *
Erik Holt (UCLA), Brooks Lennon, Nedum Onuoha, Marcelo Silva,
Donny Toia (Orlando City).
Midfielders
(11): Jordan Allen, *
Luis Arriaga (academy), Kyle Beckerman, Damir Kreilach,
Everton Luiz (SPAL/Italy, on loan), Luke Mulholland, Joao Plata, Pablo Ruiz, Albert Rusnak,
Sebastian Saucedo, Jefferson Savarino.
Forwards (4): Corey Baird,
Sam Johnson (Valerenga/NOR),
*Tate Schmitt (Univ. of Louisville), *
Julian Vazquez (academy).
*2019 Homegrown signing.
San Jose 2019 Roster (30
players):
Goalkeepers (4): Matt Bersano, JT Marcinkowski, Andrew Tarbell,
Daniel Vega (Tampa Bay Rowdies)
Defenders (11): Francois Affolter, Jacob
Akanyirige, Harold Cummings, Guram Kashia, Nick Lima,
Marcos Lopez (Sporting Cristal/PER), Paul Marie, Jimmy Ockford, Kevin Partida, Joel Qwiberg, Shea Salinas.
Midfielders (11):
Eric Calvillo, Magnus Eriksson, Luis Felipe, Gilbert Fuentes, Anibal Godoy,
Siad Haji (VCU),
Judson (Tombense/BRA on loan), Florian Jungwirth, Tommy Thompson, Valeri “Vako”
Qazaishvili, Jackson Yueill.
Forwards (4): Cade Cowell (academy),
Cristian Espinoza (Villarreal/ESP, on loan), Danny Hoesen, Chris Wondolowski.
*2019 Homegrown
signing.
Seattle 2019 Roster (23 players):
Goalkeepers (3): Stefan Frei, Bryan Meredith,
*Trey Muse (Indiana Univ.).
Defenders (8): Jonathan Campbell (Chicago), Kim Kee-hee, Kelvin Leerdam, Chad
Marshall, Jordan McCrary, Nouhou, Brad Smith (on loan from Bournemouth/ENG), Roman Torres.
Midfielders (9): Handwalla Bwana, Jordy Delem, Nicolas Lodeiro, Victor Rodriguez, Alex
Roldan, Cristian Roldan, Harry Shipp, Gustav Svensson, Henry Wingo.
Forwards (3): Will Bruin, Jordan Morris, Raul Ruidiaz.
*2019 Homegrown signing.
Sporting KC
2019 Roster (26 players) Goalkeepers (3): Eric
Dick, Tim Melia, Adrian Zendejas.
Defenders (10): Botond Barath (Honved/HUN), Matt Besler, Andreu Fontas, Jaylin Lindsey, Jimmy Medranda,
Abdul Rwatubyaye (Rayon Sports/RWA), Seth Sinovic, Graham Smith,
Rodney Wallace (NYCFC), Graham
Zusi.
Midfielders (7): Gianluca Busio, Yohan Croizet, Roger Espinoza, Felipe Gutierrez, Ilie, Wan Kuzain,
Kelyn Rowe (New England).
Forwards (6): Gerso Fernandes,
*
Tyler Freeman (academy),
Erik Hurtado (Vancouver), Krisztian Nemeth, Johnny Russell, Daniel Salloi.
*2019 Homegrown signing.
Toronto FC 2019 Roster (27 players):
Goalkeepers (2): Alex Bono, Caleb Patterson-Sewell.
Defenders (9): Auro,
Laurent Ciman (Dijon/FRA),
Julian Dunn, Chris Mavinga, Drew Moor, Ashtone Morgan, Justin Morrow, Gregory van der Wiel, Eriq Zavaleta.
Midfielders (12): Jon Bakero, Michael Bradley, Jay Chapman, Aidan Daniels, Marky Delgado,
Nick DeLeon (D.C. United),
Tsubasa Endoh (Toronto FC II),
Griffin Dorsey
(Indiana Univ.), Liam Fraser,
*Noble Okello (Toronto FC II), Jonathan Osorio, Ryan Telfer.
Forwards (4): Ayo Akinola, Jozy Altidore,
Terrence Boyd (Darmstadt/GER), Jordan
Hamilton.
*2019 Homegrown signing.
Vancouver 2019 Roster (24
players):
Goalkeeper (3): Maxime Crepeau (Montreal),
Zac MacMath (Colorado), Sean Melvin.
Defenders (7): Derek Cornelius (Javor
Ivanjica/SRB),
Victor “PC” Giro (Orlando City),
Erik Godoy (Colon/ARG, on loan), Doneil Henry,
Jasser Khmiri (Stade Tunisien/TUN), Brett Levis, Jake Nerwinski,
Scott Sutter (Orlando City).
Midfielders (11): Michael Baldisimo,
Lass Bangoura (Rayo Vallecano/ESP), Simon Colyn,
Jon Erice (Albacete/ESP), Felipe,
Hwang
In-beom (Daejon Citizen/KOR), David Norman Jr., Yordy Reyna,
Andy Rose (Motherwell/SCO), Russell Teibert,
Lucas Venuto (Austria Wien/AUT).
Strikers (3): Joaquin Ardaiz
(Chiasso/SUI, on loan),
*
Theo Bair (academy),
Fredy Montero (Sporting/POR).
*2019 Homegrown signing.