MLS Preseason: 2019 updated rosters
- by Soccer America , Feb 27, 2019
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, 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 (26 players):
Goalkeepers (3): Tim Howard, Clint Irwin (Toronto FC), Andre Rawls (NYCFC).
Defenders (8): Kortne Ford, Kofi Opare (D.C. United), 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 (30 players):
Goalkeepers (3): Jesse Gonzalez, Jimmy Maurer, Kyle Zobeck.
Defenders (10): 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 (7): Francis Atuahene, Dominique Badji, Cristian Colman, Jesus Ferreira, Zdenek Ondrasek (Wisla Krakow/POL), *Dante Sealy (academy), 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 (26 players):
Goalkeeper (3): Phillip Ejimadu (Nacional Atletico Clube/BRA), Tyler Miller, Pablo Sisniega (Real Sociedad/ESP).
Defenders (10): Lamar Batista (Timbers 2), Steven Beitashour, Tristan Blackmon, Mohamed El-Munir (Orlando City), Niko Hamalainen (Queens Park Rangers, on loan), 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 (26 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 (10): Isaac Angking, Tajon Buchanan (Syracuse Univ.), Luis Caicedo, Scott Caldwell, Diego Fagundez, *Nicolas Firmino (academy), Carles Gil (Dep. Coruna/ESP), Zachary Herivaux, DeJuan Jones (Michigan State Univ.), 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 (30 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 (12): Jordan Allen, *Luis Arriaga (academy), Kyle Beckerman, Damir Kreilach, Everton Luiz (SPAL/Italy, on loan), Luke Mulholland, Joao Plata, Justin Portillo (Real Monarchs), 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): Saad Abdul-Salaam (NYCFC), Jonathan Campbell (Chicago), Kim Kee-hee, Kelvin Leerdam, Chad Marshall, 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 (28 players):
Goalkeepers (3): Alex Bono, Caleb Patterson-Sewell, Quentin Westberg (Auxerre/FRA).
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), Griffin Dorsey (Indiana Univ.), Tsubasa Endoh (Toronto FC II), 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.
