MLS announces list of players eligible for Free Agency, Re-Entry Draft, Waiver Draft

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MLS announced on Friday the lists of players eligible for End-of-Year Waivers, Free Agency, and Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Process. In advance of these three postseason roster mechanisms, the transition from a rolling calendar to a single announcement date adds to the transparency of disclosing the contract status of all option-declined and out-of-contract players following Thursday’s option exercise deadline.


On Monday, Nov. 25 at 12 pm PT, the End-of-Year Waivers process gives the clubs that finished at the bottom of the 2019 standings the first opportunities to select from out-of-contract, typically young players who have not met the minimum number of service years for Free Agency or the Re-Entry Process. Beginning in reverse order, and taking into account postseason performance, FC Cincinnati will select first. The 2019 MLS Cup champions Seattle Sounders will have the 24th pick, and expansion clubs Nashville SC and Inter Miami CF will have the 25th and 26th selections to end each round.


You can read more about the rules here.


End-of-Year Waiver List

Club
Player
<p>Atlanta</p>
<p>Chris Goslin</p>
<p>Atlanta</p>
<p>Jose Hernandez</p>
<p>Atlanta</p>
<p>Kevin Kratz</p>
<p>Atlanta</p>
<p>Patrick Okonkwo</p>
<p>Atlanta</p>
<p>Florentin Pogba</p>
<p>Chicago</p>
<p>Diego Campos</p>
<p>Chicago</p>
<p>Elliot Collier</p>
<p>Chicago</p>
<p>Nicolas Gaitan</p>
<p>Chicago</p>
<p>Aleksandar Katai</p>
<p>Chicago</p>
<p>Cristian Martinez</p>
<p>Chicago</p>
<p>Amando Moreno</p>
<p>Cincinnati</p>
<p>Nazmi Albadawi</p>
<p>Cincinnati</p>
<p>Justin Hoyte</p>
<p>Cincinnati</p>
<p>Forrest Lasso</p>
<p>Cincinnati</p>
<p>Emmanuel Ledesma</p>
<p>Columbus</p>
<p>Ben Lundgaard</p>
<p>Columbus</p>
<p>Edward Opoku</p>
<p>Columbus</p>
<p>Eduardo Sosa</p>
<p>Colorado</p>
<p>Sam Raben</p>
<p>Colorado</p>
<p>Tommy Smith</p>
<p>D.C. United</p>
<p>Antonio Bustamante</p>
<p>D.C. United</p>
<p>Leonardo Jara</p>
<p>D.C. United</p>
<p>Marquinhos Pedroso</p>
<p>FC Dallas</p>
<p>Edwin Gyasi</p>
<p>Houston</p>
<p>Kevin Garcia</p>
<p>LAFC</p>
<p>Lamar Batista</p>
<p>LAFC</p>
<p>Javier Perez</p>
<p>LAFC</p>
<p>Peter-Lee Vassell</p>
<p>LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Favio Alvarez</p>
<p>LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Hugo Arellano</p>
<p>LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Tomas Hilliard-Arce</p>
<p>LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Bradford Jamieson IV</p>
<p>Minnesota</p>
<p>Carter Manley</p>
<p>Minnesota</p>
<p>Wilfried Moimbe-Tahrat</p>
<p>Minnesota</p>
<p>Ally Ng'anzi</p>
<p>Montreal</p>
<p>Jason Beaulieu</p>
<p>Montreal</p>
<p>Omar Browne</p>
<p>Montreal</p>
<p>Daniel Kinumbe</p>
<p>Montreal</p>
<p>Ken Krolicki</p>
<p>Montreal</p>
<p>Thomas Meilleur-Giguere</p>
<p>Montreal</p>
<p>Bacary Sagna</p>
<p>Montreal</p>
<p>Jeisson Vargas</p>
<p>New England</p>
<p>Juan Caicedo</p>
<p>New England</p>
<p>Zachary Herivaux</p>
<p>NYCFC</p>
<p>Daniel Bedoya</p>
<p>NYCFC</p>
<p>Jeff Caldwell</p>
<p>NYCFC</p>
<p>Abdi Mohamed</p>
<p>NYCFC</p>
<p>Ebenezer Ofori</p>
<p>NY Red Bulls</p>
<p>Jean-Christophe Koffi</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Carlos Ascues</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Adam Grinwis</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Cam Lindley</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Greg Ranjitsingh</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Lamine Sane</p>
<p>Philadelphia</p>
<p>Marco Fabian</p>
<p>Philadelphia</p>
<p>Haris Medunjanin</p>
<p>Portland</p>
<p>Claude Dielna</p>
<p>Portland</p>
<p>Modou Jadama</p>
<p>Portland</p>
<p>Foster Langsdorf</p>
<p>Salt Lake</p>
<p>Danilo Acosta</p>
<p>San Jose</p>
<p>Harold Cummings</p>
<p>San Jose</p>
<p>Kevin Partida</p>
<p>Seattle</p>
<p>Alex Roldan</p>
<p>Sporting KC</p>
<p>Nicolas Hasler</p>
<p>Sporting KC</p>
<p>Gedion Zelalem</p>
<p>Toronto FC</p>
<p>Jon Bakero</p>
<p>Toronto FC</p>
<p>Aidan Daniels</p>
<p>Toronto FC</p>
<p>Ryan Telfer</p>
<p>Vancouver</p>
<p>Joaquin Ardaiz</p>
<p>Vancouver</p>
<p>Lass Bangoura</p>
<p>Vancouver</p>
<p>Brendan McDonough</p>
<p>Vancouver</p>
<p>Sean Melvin</p>

Immediately following the End-of Year-Waivers process, Free Agency opens on Monday, Nov. 25 for players – who are at least age 28 with at least eight MLS service years and either option-declined or out-of-contract. Free Agents can negotiate a new contract with any MLS club, including their previous team, subject to certain restrictions. During a given year, clubs may acquire a maximum of two out-of-contract players via Free Agency. Free Agents may also participate in the Re-Entry Process.


You can read more about the rules here.


Free Agency List

Club
Player
<p>Atlanta</p>
<p>Jeff Larentowicz</p>
<p>Atlanta</p>
<p>Justin Meram</p>
<p>Atlanta</p>
<p>Michael Parkhurst</p>
<p>Atlanta</p>
<p>Brek Shea</p>
<p>Colorado</p>
<p>Tim Howard</p>
<p>Columbus</p>
<p>Ricardo Clark</p>
<p>Columbus</p>
<p>Federico Higuain</p>
<p>D.C. United</p>
<p>Quincy Amarikwa</p>
<p>D.C. United</p>
<p>Bill Hamid</p>
<p>FC Dallas</p>
<p>Eric Alexander</p>
<p>Houston</p>
<p>DaMarcus Beasley</p>
<p>Houston</p>
<p>A.J. DeLaGarza</p>
<p>Houston</p>
<p>Tyler Deric</p>
<p>LAFC</p>
<p>Steven Beitashour</p>
<p>LAFC</p>
<p>Jordan Harvey</p>
<p>LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Servando Carrasco</p>
<p>LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Matt Lampson</p>
<p>LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Juninho</p>
<p>LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Chris Pontius</p>
<p>Minnesota</p>
<p>Sam Cronin</p>
<p>Minnesota</p>
<p>Lawrence Olum</p>
<p>Minnesota</p>
<p>Bobby Shuttleworth</p>
<p>NashvilleSC</p>
<p>Jalil Anibaba</p>
<p>NY Red Bulls</p>
<p>Connor Lade</p>
<p>NY Red Bulls</p>
<p>Luis Robles</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Will Johnson</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Sacha Kljestan</p>
<p>Philadelphia</p>
<p>Aurelien Collin</p>
<p>Salt Lake</p>
<p>Kyle Beckerman</p>
<p>Salt Lake</p>
<p>Tony Beltran</p>
<p>Salt Lake</p>
<p>Nick Rimando</p>
<p>Salt Lake</p>
<p>Kelyn Rowe</p>
<p>Seattle</p>
<p>Chad Marshall</p>
<p>Sporting KC</p>
<p>Benny Feilhaber</p>
<p>Sporting KC</p>
<p>Seth Sinovic</p>
<p>Sporting KC</p>
<p>Rodney Wallace</p>
<p>Toronto FC</p>
<p>Michael Bradley</p>
<p>Toronto FC</p>
<p>Drew Moor</p>
<p>Toronto FC</p>
<p>Ashtone Morgan</p>

Re-Entry List

The Re-Entry Process, Stage 1 begins on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 12 pm PT. Similar to the End-of-Year Waivers process, the Re-Entry process is conducted in the same reverse order of the 2019 season finish, keeping in mind postseason performance.


During the Re-Entry process, MLS clubs can select from three types of eligible players:


  1. Option-declined players who are at least 23 years old with a minimum of three service years
  2. Out-of-contract players who are at least 25 years old with a minimum of four service years and whose clubs did not wish to re-sign at their previous salary
  3. Free Agents that chose to participate


The final postseason roster mechanism will be Stage 2 of the Re-Entry Process, which will be conducted on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The list of players eligible for Re-Entry, Stage 2 will be announced on Dec. 3 at 8 am PT.


You can read more about the rules here.

Club
Player
<p>Atlanta</p>
<p>Mikey Ambrose</p>
<p>Chicago</p>
<p>Stefan Cleveland</p>
<p>Chicago</p>
<p>David Ousted</p>
<p>Chicago</p>
<p>Richard Sanchez</p>
<p>Colorado</p>
<p>Kofi Opare</p>
<p>Colorado</p>
<p>Dillon Serna</p>
<p>Columbus</p>
<p>Alex Crognale</p>
<p>Columbus</p>
<p>David Guzman</p>
<p>Columbus</p>
<p>Jordan Hamilton</p>
<p>Columbus</p>
<p>Connor Maloney</p>
<p>Columbus</p>
<p>Romario Williams</p>
<p>D.C. United</p>
<p>Earl Edwards Jr.</p>
<p>D.C. United</p>
<p>Jalen Robinson</p>
<p>Cincinnati</p>
<p>Corben Bone</p>
<p>Cincinnati</p>
<p>Roland Lamah</p>
<p>Cincinnati</p>
<p>Jimmy McLaughlin</p>
<p>Cincinnati</p>
<p>Blake Smith</p>
<p>FC Dallas</p>
<p>Cristian Colman</p>
<p>FC Dallas</p>
<p>Moises Hernandez</p>
<p>Houston</p>
<p>Eric Bird</p>
<p>Houston</p>
<p>Juan David Cabezas</p>
<p>Houston</p>
<p>Darwin Ceren</p>
<p>LAFC</p>
<p>Dejan Jakovic</p>
<p>LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Joao Pedro</p>
<p>Minnesota</p>
<p>Miguel Ibarra</p>
<p>Minnesota</p>
<p>Collin Martin</p>
<p>Minnesota</p>
<p>Rasmus Schuller</p>
<p>Montreal</p>
<p>Anthony Jackson-Hamel</p>
<p>n/a</p>
<p>Charlie Lyon</p>
<p>n/a</p>
<p>Yura Movsisyan</p>
<p>New England</p>
<p>Juan Agudelo</p>
<p>New England</p>
<p>Cody Cropper</p>
<p>New England</p>
<p>Brian Wright</p>
<p>NY Red Bulls</p>
<p>Vincent Bezecourt</p>
<p>NY Red Bulls</p>
<p>Marcus Epps</p>
<p>NY Red Bulls</p>
<p>Derrick Etienne</p>
<p>NY Red Bulls</p>
<p>Evan Louro</p>
<p>NY Red Bulls</p>
<p>Bradley Wright-Phillips</p>
<p>NYCFC</p>
<p>Eric Miller</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Cristian Higuita</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Shane O'Neill</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Dillon Powers</p>
<p>Orlando</p>
<p>Oriol Rosell</p>
<p>Philadelphia</p>
<p>R.J. Allen</p>
<p>Philadelphia</p>
<p>Fabinho</p>
<p>Portland</p>
<p>Kendall McIntosh</p>
<p>Portland</p>
<p>Diego Valeri</p>
<p>Salt Lake</p>
<p>Jordan Allen</p>
<p>Salt Lake</p>
<p>Alex Horwath</p>
<p>Salt Lake</p>
<p>Luke Mulholland</p>
<p>Salt Lake</p>
<p>Joao Plata</p>
<p>Salt Lake</p>
<p>Marcelo Silva</p>
<p>San Jose</p>
<p>Francois Affolter</p>
<p>San Jose</p>
<p>Jimmy Ockford</p>
<p>Seattle</p>
<p>Saad Abdul-Salaam</p>
<p>Seattle</p>
<p>Jonathan Campbell</p>
<p>Seattle</p>
<p>Victor Rodriguez</p>
<p>Seattle</p>
<p>Luis Silva</p>
<p>Seattle</p>
<p>Roman Torres</p>
<p>Sporting KC</p>
<p>Krisztian Nemeth</p>
<p>Toronto FC</p>
<p>Caleb Patterson-Sewell</p>
<p>Vancouver</p>
<p>Victor Giro</p>
<p>Vancouver</p>
<p>Brett Levis</p>
<p>Vancouver</p>
<p>Scott Sutter</p>