Info for HL & others who follow MLS

[USAF]

So far for the MLS Winter transfer window: 59 MLS foreign signings this Winter, only nine of those players are age 30 or older.

12 ownership groups submit MLS expansion applications, for the next 4 spots:
http://www.mlssoccer.com/topic/expan...on-cities-bids

[HL]

Was talking about the expansion with someone I sat next to last night in Chattanooga. He said Nashville was primed to receive one of those spots.

Does not matter to me we got our team...an for that I am very happy.

I am sure you clearly remember how this league started. (Bush league some referred it). Look at it now. It is going to rival it's European counterparts.

[USAF]

I keep looking at the AUFC squad, and they are definitely one of the teams I want to see play. I think they're going to be an exciting & attacking team - Miguel Almirón, Yamil Asad, Hector Villalba, Josef Martinez, etc., with Gerardo Martino coaching. Plus they have a lot of young players.

The league has gotten waaaaaaay better and continuing to improve, with teams investing more in their academies, and coaches getting better training.......Heard some news about my hometown team, DC United, and it seems they're finally ready to open the wallet - along with the new stadium (LONG OVERDUE), they plan to launch their own USL team & build a state-of-the-art training facility. I guess Thohir is spending some of that money he made from the Inter Milan deal.......Heard LAFC has serious plans to acquire Mexican duo Chicharito Hernández & Héctor Herrera, plus 2 more HIGH PROFILE players, and former Mexico head coach Miguel Herrera (now coaches Club Tijuana). I guess they're planning to take away some of LA Galaxy's fans.......Heard that New York Red Bulls received a nice offer for their franchise & stadium, from a group headed by a TOP European team. I wonder if it's PSG, because they wanted to partner with Beckham in Miami, but they couldn't come to an agreement.

The next 5 to 10 years in MLS should be exciting & interesting.

[USAF]

This is a list of the, now 60, Winter foreign acquisitions

MLS Winter foreign acquisitions, thus far:

Atlanta
Alexandros Tabakis – 24-year-old Greek goalkeeper
Jeffrey Otoo – 19-year-old Ghanaian forward/winger
Hector Villalba – 22-year-old Argentine winger
Kenwyne Jones – 32-year-old Trinidadian striker
Chris McCann – 29-year-old Irish d-mid
Miguel Almiron – 22-year-old Paraguayan international midfielder, had transfer interest from Arsenal
Kevin Kratz – 30-year-old German midfielder and "ex-Union player"
Yamil Asad – 22-year-old Argentine winger
Anton Walkes – 19-year-old English midfielder
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez – 24-year-old Argentine center back
Josef Martinez – 23-year-old Venezuelan striker
Carlos Carmona – 29-year-old Chilean defensive midfielder

Chicago
Nemanja Nikolic – 29-year-old Hungarian striker who had interest from England
Jorge Rodrigo Bava – 35-year-old Uruguayan goalkeeper
Juninho – 28-year-old Brazilian d-mid (2nd MLS stint)

Colorado
Bismark Adjei-Boateng – 22-year-old Ghanaian midfielder

Columbus
Jukka Raitala – 28-year-old Finnish left back
Jonathan Mensah – 26-year-old Ghanaian international center back
Mohammed Abu – 25-year-old Ghanaian midfielder

D.C. United
Jose Guillermo Ortiz – 24-year-old Costa Rican forward

FC Dallas
Anibal Chalá – 20-year-old defender, Ecuadorian youth international
Jose Salvatierra – 27-year-old Costa Rican right back
Roland Lamah – 29-year-old Ivorian/Belgian winger
Cristian Colman – 22-year-old Paraguayan forward and youth international

Houston Dynamo
Alberth Elis – 20-year-old Honduran winger
Adolfo Machado – 31-year-old Panamanian center back
Romell Quioto – 25-year-old Honduran forward/winger
Vicente Sanchez – 37-year-old Uruguayan winger (2nd MLS stint/mentorship role)
Juan David Cabezas – 25-year-old Colombian midfielder

LA Galaxy
Romain Alessandrini – 27-year-old French winger
Joao Pedro – 23-year-old Portuguese d-mid

Minnesota United
Francisco Calvo – 24-year-old Costa Rican center back
Vadim Demidov – 30-year-old Latvian center back
Rasmus Schuller – 25-year-old Finnish midfielder
John Alvbage – 34-year-old Swedish goalkeeper
(I didn't count the Minnesota players who were on the NASL squad or joined the team via intra-league trades)

Montreal
Blerim Dzemaili – 30-year-old Swiss midfielder who will join in the summer

New England
Benjamin Angoua – 30-year-old Ivorian center back
Antonio Delamea Mlinar – 25-year-old Slovenian center back

NYC FC
Miguel Camargo – 23-year-old Panamanian midfielder
Alexander Callens – 24-year-old Peruvian center back
Alexander Ring – 25-year-old Finnish midfielder

New York Red Bulls
Hassan Ndam – 18-year-old Cameroonian center back

Orlando City
(None yet. I didn't count Victor "PC" Giro – 22-year-old Brazilian left back since he was signed from the NASL)

Philadelphia
Giliano Wijnaldum – 24-year-old Dutch left back
Jay Simpson – 28-year-old English striker
Haris Medunjanin – 31-year-old Bosnian midfielder

Portland
David Guzman – 26-year-old Costa Rican d-mid
Roy Miller – 32-year-old Costa Rican left back (2nd MLS stint)
Sebastian Blanco – 28-year-old Argentine midfielder

Real Salt Lake
Albert Rusnak – 22-year-old Slovakian attacking mid

San Jose
Harold Cummings – 25-year-old Panamanian defender
Marco Urena – 26-year-old Costa Rican forward
Florian Jungwirth – 28-year-old German d-mid
Danny Hoesen – 26 year-old Dutch forward

Seattle
Gustav Svensson – 29-year-old Swedish d-mid

Sporting KC
Igor Juliao – 22-year-old Brazilian fullback (had a loan spell with KC in 2014)
Gerso Fernandes – 25-year-old Bissau-Guinean winger
Latif Blessing – 20-year-old Ghanaian forward/winger
Ilie Sanchez – 26-year-old Spanish d-mid

Toronto
Chris Mavinga – 25-year-old French left back

Vancouver
Yordy Reyna – 23-year-old Peruvian forward

[HL]

What? No Jamaicans?

Maybe I should take a 3rd scan.

[Rockman]

For HL.
No mexicans, and that is more striking,but as usual yuh ongly have eyes fi my yute dem.

[USAF]

No NEW Jamaican players entered MLS this season.......MLS teams seem to be more focused on players from South & Central (Costa Rica, Panama & Honduras) America, and West Africa. Also signing quite a few young Europeans.

AUFC has a Jamaican. Last December they acquired Romario Williams, from Montreal Impact, for a 2018 MLS 3rd Round Draft Pick.

[USAF]

You think AUFC is still interested in signing Andrés Guardado???.......With teams signing all these Designated Players, I think the league will soon increase the number of DPs to 4 per team.