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2017 MLS Expansion Draft
The 2017 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Los Angeles FC held on December 12, 2017. Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on December 10, 2017. Format The rules for the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer. * Existing teams are allowed to protect 11 players from their Senior, Supplemental and Reserve Roster. Generation Adidas players and Homegrown Players on supplemental rosters are automatically protected and exempt from the expansion draft. Though players who graduated from the Generation Adidas program to the senior roster at the end of the 2017 season are not exempt. * Only one player may be claimed from each club’s non-protected roster, that team is then eliminated from the expansion draft and not allowed to lose any further players. * The expansion draft will last 5 rounds totaling 5 players to be drafted. Expansion Draft Picks Affected Post-Draft Trades * Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles FC
Los Angeles Football Club, commonly referred to as LAFC, is an American professional Association football team based in Los Angeles. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The club was established on October 30, 2014, and began play during the 2018 season as an expansion team. The club plays their home matches at Banc of California Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium located in Exposition Park. The managing owners of the club are Brandon Beck, Larry Berg, and Bennett Rosenthal. Los Angeles FC also has a variety of other part-owners, such as Will Ferrell. The club's inaugural head coach was Bob Bradley, who served from 2017 to 2021. During their second season in 2019, Los Angeles FC won the Supporters' Shield with club captain Carlos Vela earning the MVP Award. In 2020, Los Angeles FC were the runners-up in the CONCACAF Champions League. The club won their first MLS Cup in 2022, which completed a league double w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Ciman
Laurent Franco Ciman (born 5 August 1985) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He currently serves as an assistant coach for CF Montréal in Major League Soccer. Club career Charleroi Ciman began his career in the youth system of Charleroi and made his first team debut in 2004. His play with Charleroi attracted the interest of the top Belgian clubs. Club Brugge Ciman was transferred from Charleroi to Club Brugge in June 2008 and signed a three-year contract for the Belgian team, he was loaned to Kortrijk for the 2009–10 season. Standard Liège On 16 June 2010, he joined Standard Liège on a four-year contract. Upon joining Standard, Ciman established him as a starter and helped the club capture the 2010–11 Belgian Cup. He made 194 appearances for the club, scoring eight goals, before leaving the club in the winter of 2015. Montreal Impact Ciman signed a three-year deal with Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact on 22 January 2015. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bloom
Mark Bloom (born November 25, 1987) is a retired American soccer player. Bloom played as a defender. Career Youth and amateur Born in Marietta, Georgia, Bloom played college soccer at Berry College, where he was a second-team All-Southern States Athletic Conference selection as a junior in 2008, and was his team's MVP in his senior year in 2009. During his time with Berry he helped the school to a 48-26-5 record, two conference titles, and scored 13 goals. During his college years Bloom also played in the USL Premier Development League both in the Atlanta Silverbacks U23's and the Southern California Seahorses. Professional Bloom signed his first professional contract in 2010 when he was signed by AC St. Louis of the USSF Division 2 Professional League. He made his professional debut on April 10, 2010, in St. Louis's first ever game, against Carolina RailHawks Bloom joined Charlotte Eagles of the USL Pro league for the 2011 season. In 2013, Bloom joined the Atlanta Silverbac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Goslin
Christopher Khaleel Goslin (born May 12, 2000) is an American soccer player. Early life Goslin was born in Kingston, Jamaica before moving to Locust Grove, Georgia, in the United States when he was four years old. Professional career On October 6, 2016, Goslin signed with Major League Soccer side Atlanta United FC as a Home Grown Player. He signed on a short-term loan deal with United Soccer League side Charleston Battery in May 2017. He made his league debut for Charleston on May 28, 2017, in a 2–1 away loss to New York Red Bulls II. Goslin was subbed off in the 80th minute, being replaced by Ataullah Guerra. He made his main squad debut on June 6, 2018, being subbed on for Ezequiel Barco in the 85th minute in Atlanta United's U.S. Open Cup match against Charleston Battery. After two years of being without a club, Goslin signed with Slovak Super Liga side FK Senica FK Senica () is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Senica. The club was founded in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Carmona
Carlos Emilio Carmona Tello (; born 21 February 1987) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Carmona started his career as a centre midfielder in Coquimbo Unido. Two years later he moved to O'Higgins. On 1 June 2008, Carmona was bought by Serie A side Reggina. He made his debut abroad on 14 September, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Torino. Carmona appeared in 32 matches during the campaign, which ended in relegation. In the 2010 summer Carmona moved to Atalanta, also relegated to Serie B. He had 32 appearances as ''La Dea'' returned to the top level. Carmona signed with Major League Soccer side Atlanta United on 6 February 2017. On 7 March 2017 he made his debut, receiving a red card in the 88th minute in a 1–2 loss to the New York Red Bulls. On 7 May 2017 he scored his first goal for the team in the 39th minute in a 1–3 loss to New York City FC. In January 2018, Carmona was transferred to C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamil Asad
Yamil Rodrigo Asad (born 27 July 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Universidad Católica. Club career Vélez Sarsfield Asad played youth football and debuted professionally with Vélez Sarsfield under Ricardo Gareca's coaching, entering the field in a 1–2 defeat to Colón in the 2013 Final. Asad was part of the squad that won the 2013 Supercopa Argentina, although he did not play the game. After Héctor Canteros' departure from the club and Jorge Correa's injury, Asad started playing more regularly for the first team under José Oscar Flores' coaching in the 2014 Argentine Primera División, totaling 14 games (5 as a starter). Under Miguel Ángel Russo's coaching, Asad scored his first professional goal, in a 2–1 victory over Crucero del Norte. Atlanta United On 11 January 2017, Asad was loaned to Major League Soccer's Atlanta United FC. He scored the first goal in the team's MLS history, against New York Red Bull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Carleton
Andrew James Carleton (born June 22, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Las Vegas Lights in the USL Championship. Carleton has featured on several United States youth national teams. Early life Carleton was born in Powder Springs, Georgia and at the youth level played for Georgia United. Personal life Carleton has two brothers named Alan and Johnny and two sisters named Erin and Erica. Alan plays for Atlanta United's youth team, Erin plays for Concorde Fire FC, and Johnny and Erica play for Southern Soccer Association. Professional career On June 9, 2016, Carleton signed with Major League Soccer side Atlanta United FC as a Homegrown Player. He spent the 2016 season on loan with United Soccer League side Charleston Battery. He made his first appearance on September 7, 2016, against FC Montreal. On September 10, 2016, Carleton became the youngest American professional player in history to start a USL match. On September 17, 2016, Carleton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Almirón
Miguel Ángel Almirón Rejala (born 10 February 1994) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Paraguay national team. Almirón began his career at Cerro Porteño and transferred to Lanús in 2015. After winning the 2016 Argentine Primera División, he signed for Atlanta United for $8 million. He was named in the MLS Best XI for both of his seasons in Major League Soccer, as well as MLS Newcomer of the Year for 2017. After helping Atlanta to the MLS Cup 2018 he signed for Newcastle for £21 million, a club record and the highest fee for an MLS player. Almirón made his international debut for Paraguay in 2015, and represented the country at the Copa América in 2016, 2019 and 2021. Early life Almirón grew up in an impoverished family in the San Pablo neighborhood of Asunción, where his father Ruben worked 18-hour shifts as a security guard and his mother Sonia worked in a sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikey Ambrose
Michael Ambrose (born October 5, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender. Career Youth, college and amateur Ambrose spent four seasons with the FC Dallas Development Academy before signing a letter of intent to play college soccer at the University of Maryland. He made a total of 71 appearances for the Terrapins and tallied one goal and 15 assists. Ambrose also played for the Austin Aztex while they were playing in the Premier Development League. Professional On January 14, 2015, Ambrose left college early to sign a professional contract with the Austin Aztex who moved up to the USL. He made his professional debut on March 28 in a 2–0 victory over the Colorado Springs Switchbacks. In August 2016, Ambrose was traded by Dallas to Orlando City SC in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. In December 2016, Ambrose was selected by expansion side Atlanta United FC in the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft. In November 2019, Ambrose was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta United FC
Atlanta United FC, commonly known as Atlanta United, is an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. Founded in 2014, Atlanta United began play as an MLS expansion team in 2017, as the twenty-second team in the league. It is the first MLS franchise to be based in Atlanta, and the club plays home games at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which they share with the city's National Football League (NFL) franchise, the Atlanta Falcons. Both are owned by Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot. The club also owns Atlanta United 2, a reserve team that competes in the USL Championship (USLC). Gerardo Martino was appointed as the club's first head coach and guided Atlanta to their first playoff appearance in the team's debut season, before securing the team's first trophy in just their second season by winning MLS Cup 2018. Atlanta has set several league records for highest single-match a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)
The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer would have to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft. MLS roster rules allow a team to sign players to contracts similar to Generation adidas contracts, which do not count against the MLS salary budget and may earn a much higher salary than the league minimum. MLS has since removed this wording from the roster rules. That means homegrown players will not count against the salary budget only if they are registered using supplemental roster slots, but will still count against the salary budget if they are registered using senior roster slots. There is, however, supplementary salary budget made by MLS only for homegrown players that are registered using senior roster sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is allowed to solicit offers from other teams. In some circumstances, the free agent's options are limited by league rules. Types Terms Unrestricted free agent Unrestricted free agents are players without a team. They have either been released from their club, had the term of their contract expire without a renewal, or were not chosen in a league's draft of amateur players. These people, generally speaking, are free to entertain offers from all other teams in the player's most recent league and elsewhere and to decide with whom to sign a contract. Players who have been bought out of league standard contracts may have restrictions within that league, such as not being able to sign with the buy-out club for a period of time in the NHL, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
