[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The New York Red Bulls confirmed the signing of Swedish central defender Markus Holgersson, whohelped Helsingborg become the first Swedish club to win the Allsvenskan, Super Cup and Swedish Cup titles in the same year in 2011. Holgersson, 26, just earned his first international call-up for theSwedish national team. For all the offseason player movement …
CHICAGO FIRE
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Orr Barouch(permanent transfer, Tigres/MEX)
Jay Nolly (Vancouver Whitecaps)
Kheli Dube (New England Revolution)
Rafael Robayo (Millonarios/COL)
Federico Puppo (Danubio/URU)
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Jon Conway (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Alec Dufty (option declined)
Baggio Husidic (Colorado Rapids)
Cristian Nazarit (released)
Gabriel Ferrari (released)
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Arturo Alvarez (Real Salt Lake)
Oswaldo Minda (Dep. Quito/ECU)
Miller Bolanos (LDU Quito/ECU)
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Zarek Valentin (Montreal Impact)
Gerson Mayen (Montreal Impact)
Justin Braun (Montreal Impact)
Paulo Nagamura (Sporting KC)
Andrew Boyens (Los AngelesGalaxy)
Chukwudi Chijindu (option declined)
Simon Elliott (free agent)
Zach Thornton (option declined)
Mariano Trujillo (option declined)
Victor Estupinan (optiondeclined)
Michael Umana (free agent)
Marcos Modiani (free agent)
Sergio Arias (free agent)
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Baggio Husidic (Chicago Fire)
Hunter Freeman (Houston Dynamo)
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Sanna Nyassi (MontrealImpact)
Mike Holody (option declined)
Baggio Husidic (Hammarby/SWE)
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Carlos Mendes (New York Red Bulls)
Matt Lampson (homegrown: Ohio State Univ.)
Milovan Mirosevic (Univ. Catolica/CHL)
Olman Vargas (Herediano/CRC)
Ben Speas (homegrown:Univ. of North Carolina)
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Josh Gardner (Montreal Impact)
Santiago Prim (waived)
Dejan Rusmir (waived)
Andres Mendoza(Atlante/MEX)
Jeff Cunningham (option declined)
Alex Riggs (option declined)
Kevin Burns (option declined)
Ben Sippola (option declined)
Robbie Rogers (LeedsUnited/ENG)
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Robbie Russell (Real Salt Lake)
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Brandon Barklage (option declined)
Marc Burch (Seattle Sounders)
Steve Cronin (option declined)
Devon McTavish (retired)
Joseph Ngwenya (optiondeclined)
Santino Quaranta (retired)
Clyde Simms (New England Revolution)
Jed Zayner (option declined)
Charlies Davies (loan return, Sochaux/FRA)
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Blas Perez (Tigres/MEX)
Hernan Pertuz (Inde. Medellin/COL)
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Edson Edward (waived)
Jeremy Hall (Toronto FC)
Maykel Galindo (option declined)
Maicon Santos (option declined)
Marvin Chavez (San Jose Earthquakes)
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Nathan Sturgis (Toronto FC)
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Francisco Navas Cobos (waived)
Evan Newton (waived)
Hunter Freeman (Colorado Rapids)
Jason Garey (option declined)
Eddie Robinson (retired)
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Jon Conway (ChicagoFire)
Marcelo Sarvas (Alajuelense/CRC)
Jose Villarreal (homegrown: Los Angeles Galaxy acad.)
Nick Noble (Ljungskile/SWE)
Gregg Berhalter (retired)
Donovan Ricketts (Montreal Impact)
Juninho (loan return, Sao Paulo/BRA)
Landon Donovan (on loan,Everton/ENG)
Omar Gonzalez (on loan, Nuremberg/GER)
Jon Conway (retired)
Robbie Keane (on loan, Aston Villa/ENG)
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Nelson Rivas (Inter Milan/ITA)
Evan Bush (Montreal NASL)
Hassoun Camara (Montreal NASL)
Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Montreal NASL)
Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)
Zarek Valentin (Chivas USA)
Justin Mapp (Philadelphia Union)
Bobby Burling (San Jose Earthquakes)
Jeb Brovsky (Vancouver Whitecaps)
CollenWarner (Real Salt Lake)
Josh Gardner (Columbus Crew)
Sanna Nyassi (Colorado Rapids)
Seth Sinovic (Sporting KC)
James Riley (Seattle Sounders)
Tyson Wahl (SeattleSounders)
Gerson Mayen (Chivas USA)
Justin Braun (Chivas USA)
Bryan Arguez (Ft. Lauderdale Strikers)
Davy Arnaud (Sporting KC)
Donovan Ricketts (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Ian Westlake (Montreal NASL)
Miguel Montano (permanent transfer, Seattle Sounders)
Greg Sutton (New York Red Bulls)
Patrice Bernier (Lyngby/DEN)
Felipe Martins (FCLugano/SWI)
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James Riley (Chivas USA)
Seth Sinovic (Sporting KC)
Ryan Pore (option declined)
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
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Danleigh Borman (Toronto FC)
Nate Jaqua (Seattle Sounders)
Clyde Simms (D.C. United)
John Lozano (America de Cali/COL)
Fernando Cardenas (America de Cali/COL)
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Alan Koger (waived)
Otto Loewy (waived)
AndrewSousa (waived)
Ryan Cochrane (option declined)
Kheli Dube (Chicago Fire)
Pat Phelan (option declined)
Franco Coria (loan return, Chacarita Juniors/ARG)
Milton Caraglio(loan return, Rosario Central/ARG)
Moncerf Zerka (waived)
Rajko Lekic (waived)
NEW YORK RED BULLS
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Connor Lade (homegrown: St. John’s Univ.)
Jonathan Borrajo (Ham-Kam/NOR)
Markus Holgersson (Helsingborg/SWE)
KennyCooper (Portland Timbers)
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Alex Horwath (waived)
Mychel Jones (waived)
Tyler Lassiter (waived)
Marcos Paullo (waived)
John Rooney (waived)
Teddy Schneider (waived)
Chris Albright (option declined)
Bouna Coundoul (option declined)
Carlos Mendes (ColumbusCrew)
Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact)
PHILADELPHIA UNION
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Nizar Khalfan (VancouverWhitecaps)
Josue Martinez (Saprissa/CRC)
Jimmy McLaughlin (homegrown: Colgate Univ.)
Gabriel Gomez (La Equidad/PAN)
Porfirio Lopez (Dalian Haichang/CHN)
Justin Mapp (Montreal Impact)
Juan Diego Gonzalez (waived)
Thorne Holder (waived)
Chase Harrison (option declined)
StefaniMiglioranzi (option declined)
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Brent Richards (homegrown: Univ. of Washington)
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Kevin Goldthwaite (retired)
Adin Brown (optiondeclined)
Rodrigo Lopez (option declined)
Peter Lowry (option declined)
Spencer Thompson (option declined)
Brian Umony (option declined)
Kenny Cooper (New York RedBulls)
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Collen Warner (Montreal Impact)
Tim Melia (waived)
RobbyRussell (D.C. United)
Jean Alexandre (San Jose Earthquakes)
Arturo Alvarez (Chivas USA)
Blake Wagner (option declined)
Nelson Gonzalez (option declined)
Rauwshan McKenzie(option declined)
Andy Williams (retired)
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Jean Alexandre (Real Salt Lake)
Marvin Chavez (FC Dallas)
Victor Bernardez (Anderlecht/BEL)
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Bobby Burling (Montreal Impact)
Bobby Convey (Sporting KC)
Chris Leitch (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Andre Luiz (option declined)
Jacob Peterson (optiondeclined)
Scott Sealy (option declined)
Andrew Weber (option declined)
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Marc Burch (D.C. United)
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James Riley (Montreal Impact)
Tyson Wahl (Montreal Impact)
Terry Boss (retired)
Taylor Graham (retired)
Nate Jaqua (New England Revolution)
Pat Noonan(Los Angeles Galaxy)
Miguel Montano (Montreal Impact)
Erik Friberg (Malmo/SWE)
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Seth Sinovic (Montreal Impact)
Paulo Nagamura (Chivas USA)
Bobby Convey (San Jose Earthquakes)
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Ryan Smith(Chivas USA)
Seth Sinovic (Montreal Impact)
Scott Lorenz (waived)
Jeferson (waived)
Craig Rocastle (waived)
Milos Stojcev (waived)
Davy Arnaud (Montreal Impact)
Shavar Thomas (option declined)
Omar Bravo (Cruz Azul/MEX)
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Jeremy Hall(D.C. United)
Reggie Lambe (Ipswich Town/ENG)
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Matt Gold (waived)
Demitrius Omphroy (waived)
Kyle Davies (waived)
Leandre Griffit (waived)
Javier Martina (waived)
Eddy Viator (waived)
Gianluca Zavarise (waived)
Danleigh Borman (New England Revolution)
Nathan Sturgis (HoustonDynamo)
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Bryce Alderson (homegrown: Vancouver Whitecaps acad.)
LeeYoung-Pyo (Al-Hilal/RSA)
Lee Nguyen (Becamex Binh Duong/VIE)
Matt Watson (Carolina Railhawks)
Martin Bonjour (Rampa Juniors/URU)
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Jeb Brovsky (Montreal Impact)
Alex Morfaw (waived)
Nizar Khalfan (waived)
Bilal Duckett (waived)
Omar Elmasri (loan return, Tigres/MEX)
Shea Salinas (San JoseEarthquakes)
Greg Janicki (option declined)
Jonathan Leathers (free agent)
Jay Nolly (Chicago Fire)
Peter Vagenas (option declined)