MLS International Roster Slots

MLS International Roster Slots are an important piece of roster composition in Major League Soccer. MLS employs a variety of mechanisms to promote parity and domestic player development which include player entry drafts, expansion drafts, allocation drafts, weighted lotteries, and a limit on the number of international roster slots available for each club. The limit on the number of international roster slots makes each slot a valuable commodity for clubs to utilize through player signings or trades with other clubs.

The MLS roster rules for 2014 stated:

For the 2014 MLS season, the compliance date for international roster slots was March 1, 2014.

Source:[1]

Current international roster slots by team

Last updated March 21, 2015.

Players with a * were not identified as international players on the list of players for the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft released by the league on December 8, 2014. Confirmation of green card status is needed for these players.[2]

Team Total slots Open slots Players using international slots
Chicago Fire 8 2 Accam, Adaílton, Cociș, Igboananike, Jones,
Colorado Rapids 8 5 Brown, Eloundou, Sánchez, Torres
Columbus Crew SC 8 3 Francis, Higuaín*, Pogatetz, Saeid, Steindórsson
D.C. United 3-4 2 Halsti, Aguilar
FC Dallas 8 2 Castillo, Díaz, Michel, Pérez*, Texeira, Watson*
Houston Dynamo 7-9 (-1)-1 Barnes*, García*, Garrido, Inkoom, Johnson*, López, Taylor*, Torres
Los Angeles Galaxy 7 0 Ishizaki, Juninho*, Keane*, Leonardo, Mendiola*, Penedo, Sarvas*
Montreal Impact 10-11 0-1 Camara, Donadel, Król, López, Martins, Piatti, Reo-Coker, Romero, GonzálezL
New England Revolution 8 6 Gonçalves, Kobayashi; BengtsonL
New York City FC 9 5 Villa, LampardL, Nemec, Poku,
New York Red Bulls 7-9 (-6)-(-4) Armando, Bover, Eckersley, Luyindula*, Miller*, Obekop, Felipe, Perrinelle, Zubar, Sam, Rchards, Stolz, Abang, Wright-Phillips
Orlando City SC 9 0 Cerén, Kaká, Molino, Ramos, Ribeiro, Róchez, Higuita, Rivas, St Ledger
Philadelphia Union 8 -1 Blake, Brown, Fabinho, Fernandes*, Hernández, Maidana, M'Bolhi, Nogueira, Valdés
Portland Timbers 8 -4 Adi, Asprilla, Fernández, Jeanderson, Kah, Kwarasey, Paparatto, Powell*, Ridgewell, Tshuma, Urruti, Valeri*
Real Salt Lake 6-7 1-2 Fernández*, García*, Jaime, Plata, Salcedo
San Jose Earthquakes 8 -2 Barrera, Bernárdez*, Cato*, Djaló, Francis, Görlitz, Pérez García, Pierazzi, Pintos, Stewart
Seattle Sounders FC 8 1 Correa, Fisher, Lowe, Martins, Mears, Pappa, Pineda
Sporting Kansas City 8 3 Anor, Marín, Medranda, Németh, Mustivar
Toronto FC 8 2 Caldwell, Giovinco, GilbertoL , Jackson, Moore, Perquis, Cheyrou
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 11 0 Earnshaw, Flores, Laba, Mezquida, Morales, Ousted, Rivero, Rodríguez, Sampson, Techera, Waston

+ For chart purposes, U.S.-born players with Canadian clubs are not considered foreign-born.
Key

Active international roster slot trades

Trade date Slot acquired by For use through Acquired from Slot acquired in exchange for
June 29, 2005 Colorado Rapids Permanent Real Salt Lake For Adolfo Gregorio[3]
November 24, 2010 Vancouver Whitecaps FC December 31, 2031 Colorado Rapids For Sanna Nyassi[4][5]
December 10, 2013 Montreal Impact December 31, 2015 D.C. United For Davy Arnaud[6]
December 3, 2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC December 31, 2016 Colorado Rapids For Atiba Harris[7]
December 8, 2014 Houston Dynamo December 31, 2016 Orlando City SC With allocation money for Tally Hall[8]
December 8, 2014 Orlando City SC December 31, 2016 D.C. United For allocation money[9]
December 8, 2014 New York City FC December 31, 2016 D.C. United For allocation money[10]
January 14, 2015 Orlando City SC December 31, 2015 D.C. United For Jairo Arrieta[11]
January 15, 2015 Colorado Rapids Unknown Los Angeles Galaxy With Marcelo Sarvas and the #18 allocation ranking for allocation money and the #3 allocation ranking[12]
January 27, 2015 Montreal Impact December 31, 2015 New York Red Bulls With Ambroise Oyongo, Eric Alexander, allocation money and the #14 allocation ranking for Felipe and the #1 allocation ranking[13]
April 3, 2015 Vancouver Whitecaps FC December 31, 2016 New England Revolution For allocation money[14]

Uncertain status: international roster slot trades

Trade date Slot acquired by For use through Acquired from Slot acquired in exchange for
March 17, 2009 New York Red Bulls Unknown Houston Dynamo For allocation money[15]
January 14, 2005 New York Red Bulls Unknown Houston Dynamo1 With allocation money for Ricardo Clark[16]
January 16, 2014 Montreal Impact Unknown D.C. United For a second-round 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick[17]
November 24, 2004 Chivas USA Permanent Real Salt Lake For Jeff Stewart;[18] MLS has not stated what became of this slot following the contraction of Chivas USA after the 2014 season
1 Franchise was based in San Jose at the time of the trade.

Expired international roster slot trades

Trade date Slot acquired by Reverted back on Acquired from Slot acquired in exchange For
January 21, 2014 Vancouver Whitecaps FC January 1, 2015 Columbus Crew For a third-round 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick[19]
January 21, 2014 Colorado Rapids January 1, 2015 Houston Dynamo For a 2014 season loan of Tony Cascio[20]
March 5, 2014 Vancouver Whitecaps FC January 1, 2015 Chicago Fire For Matt Watson[21]
August 12, 2014 New York Red Bulls January 1, 2015 New England Revolution With Saër Sène for Andre Akpan and allocation money[22]
January 16, 2014 FC Dallas January 1, 2015 Montreal Impact With the #10 selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money for the #5 selection in the 2014 SuperDraft[23]
January 20, 2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC January 1, 2015 Colorado Rapids With a 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 pick for allocation money[24]
January 27, 2013 Montreal Impact January 1, 2015 Seattle Sounders FC For Lamar Neagle[25]
June 17, 2013 Colorado Rapids January 1, 2015 Los Angeles Galaxy With a second-round 2014 MLS SuperDraft pick for Pablo Mastroeni and the MLS rights to Baggio Husidić[26]
July 1, 2013 Toronto FC January 1, 2015 Chivas USA With a first-round 2015 MLS SuperDraft pick and the #16 position in the MLS Allocation Order in exchange for the #1 position in the MLS Allocation Order.[27]
July 13, 2012 Montreal Impact January 1, 2015 Colorado Rapids For Tyson Wahl[28]
September 9, 2013 Portland Timbers January 1, 2014 Toronto FC With Maximiliano Urruti for Bright Dike, a first-round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, and allocation money[29]
June 14, 2013 FC Dallas January 1, 2014 Columbus Crew For a fourth-round 2014 MLS Supplemental Draft pick[30]
December 12, 2012 Chivas USA January 1, 2014 Portland Timbers With the #3 position in the MLS Allocation Order in exchange for the #2 position in the MLS Allocation Order.[31]
December 14, 2012 Chivas USA January 1, 2014 Los Angeles Galaxy With a first-round 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft pick and the #19 position in Stage Two of the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft in exchange for the #2 position in Stage Two of the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft.[32]
January 4, 2013 New York Red Bulls January 1, 2014 Chicago Fire For Joel Lindpere[33]
January 16, 2013 Colorado Rapids January 1, 2014 Chicago Fire With a first-round 2013 MLS SuperDraft pick and allocation money for Jeff Larentowicz and a second-round 2013 MLS SuperDraft pick[34]
July 14, 2008 Toronto FC January 1, 2014 San Jose Earthquakes With allocation money for Darren Huckerby[35]
February 6, 2012 Portland Timbers January 1, 2014 D.C. United For allocation money[36]
July 20, 2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC January 1, 2014 Toronto FC With a 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 pick for Eric Hassli[37]
April 20, 2012 Montreal Impact January 1, 2014 Portland Timbers For Mike Fucito[38]
July 6, 2012 Montreal Impact January 1, 2014 Chivas USA For Bobby Burling[39]
July 30, 2012 New York Red Bulls January 1, 2014 San Jose Earthquakes With a 2013 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick for Mehdi Ballouchy[40]
August 16, 2012 D.C. United January 1, 2013 Philadelphia Union With Lionard Pajoy for Danny Cruz; slot reversion date unreported but confirmed[41]
July 5, 2012 Colorado Rapids January 1, 2013 Portland Timbers With allocation money for Kosuke Kimura[42]
February 1, 2012 Philadelphia Union January 1, 2013 Los Angeles Galaxy For Kyle Nakazawa and a 2013 MLS SuperDraft pick[43]
July 14, 2011 Toronto FC January 1, 2013 San Jose Earthquakes With allocation money and Ryan Johnson for Alan Gordon, Nana Attakora and Jacob Peterson[44]
February 17, 2011 Los Angeles Galaxy January 1, 2013 D.C. United For allocation money[45]
December 2, 2011 San Jose Earthquakes January 1, 2013 Sporting Kansas City For Bobby Convey[46]
November 22, 2010 Portland Timbers January 1, 2013 Los Angeles Galaxy For allocation money[47]
February 6, 2012 Montreal Impact January 1, 2013 Portland Timbers For a 2015 Supplemental Draft pick[48]
September 14, 2010 New York Red Bulls January 1, 2013 Colorado Rapids With Mehdi Ballouchy for Macoumba Kandji[49][50]
August 2, 2011 FC Dallas January 1, 2012 Toronto FC With Maicon Santos for Eric Avila[51]
July 21, 2011 Portland Timbers January 1, 2012 Houston Dynamo With Lovel Palmer and Mike Chabala for Adam Moffat and allocation money[52]
July 16, 2011 New York Red Bulls January 1, 2012 D.C. United For Austin da Luz[53]
January 13, 2011 Portland Timbers January 1, 2012 Seattle Sounders FC With a first-round 2011 MLS SuperDraft pick for allocation money and a second-round 2011 MLS SuperDraft pick[54]
November 24, 2010 Vancouver Whitecaps FC January 1, 2012 Chivas USA With allocation money for Alan Gordon and Alejandro Moreno[55]
February 3, 2010 Kansas City Wizards January 1, 2012 D.C. United For Adam Cristman[56]
February 23, 2010 Kansas City Wizards January 1, 2011 Real Salt Lake With a second-round 2011 MLS SuperDraft pick and possible financial considerations for Luis Gil[57]
August 14, 2009 San Jose Earthquakes January 1, 2011 Houston Dynamo For Ryan Cochrane[58]
June 30, 2009 New England Revolution January 1, 2011 Kansas City Wizards For a third-round 2010 MLS SuperDraft pick[59]
January 29, 2009 Toronto FC January 1, 2011 Houston Dynamo With the #10 allocation pick for the #3 allocation pick; Houston used the #3 pick to select Felix Garcia[60]
February 9, 2009 D.C. United January 1, 2011 Colorado Rapids With Christian Gómez, Mike Graczyk, and salary cap considerations for Iván Guerrero, a second-round 2010 MLS SuperDraft pick, and a Designated Player slot[61]
July 18, 2008 FC Dallas January 1, 2009 Kansas City Wizards For a fourth-round 2009 MLS SuperDraft pick[62]
July 18, 2008 FC Dallas January 1, 2009 Columbus Crew For a first-round 2009 MLS Supplemental Draft pick[63]
June 4, 2008 Toronto FC January 1, 2011 New England Revolution For Pat Phelan[64]
September 14, 2007 Real Salt Lake January 1, 2010 Kansas City Wizards With Yura Movsisyan for a third-round 2009 MLS SuperDraft pick, a first-round 2009 MLS Supplemental Draft pick, and allocation money[65]
February 14, 2006 FC Dallas January 1, 2007 Colorado Rapids For a third-round 2007 MLS SuperDraft pick and a third-round 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft pick[66]
January 23, 2006 Real Salt Lake January 1, 2007 Kansas City Wizards With Chris Klein for allocation money[67]
April 26, 2005 FC Dallas January 1, 2006 Columbus Crew With a second-round 2006 MLS SuperDraft pick for Cornell Glen[68]
January 14, 2005 New York Red Bulls January 1, 2007 Real Salt Lake For a second-round 2006 MLS SuperDraft pick[69]
September 12, 2008 D.C. United January 1, 2010 Colorado Rapids For a fourth-round 2009 MLS SuperDraft pick[70]
March 2, 2009 New York Red Bulls January 1, 2010 San Jose Earthquakes With allocation money for Chris Leitch[71]

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