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Updated Offseason Player Movement

Drew Epperley — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:25:05 +0000

Things are moving a little slow today. I spent some of the morning squaring away things for this year as far as getting a media credential here in Dallas goes, but I also have some work elsewhere as far as those things go.

I thought I would add some things to the offseason player movement page and make it a formal post like I do here and there.

I’ve added all the unsigned draft picks, that was the main change I made to this verison of the board. Some moves out there that are being reported are here and some are not. I still like to get official word from the clubs before I put the players as outgoing or incoming.

As always if you see something wrong or out of place just let me know and I will get it fixed as soon as possible.

Chicago Fire
Incoming:
Baggio Husidic (SuperDraft)

Outgoing:
Tomasz Frankowski (waived)
Diego Gutierrez (retired)
Andy Herron (waived)
Stephen King (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Lider Marmol (contract not picked up)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Jokull Elisabetarson
Richard Jata
David Sias

Additional Items:
Allocation $ (from COL in M. Pickens trade)

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Chivas USA
Incoming:
Ante Jazic (trade with LA)
Michael Lahoud (SuperDraft)

Outgoing:
Alex Zotinca (waived)
Roberto Nurse (Veracruz – Mexico)
Francisco Mendoza (Guadalajara – Mexico)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Kyle Christensen
Jamie Franks
Michael Lahoud

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Columbus Crew
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Kevin Burns (waived)
Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Ryan Junge (waived)
George Josten (waived)
Andrew Peterson (waived)
Ricardo Pierre-Louis (waived)
Brian Plotkin (waived)
Ezra Henderson (retirement)
Stefani Miglioranz (trade with LA)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Chris Clements
Paul Gerstenberger
Alex Grendi

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Colorado Rapids
Incoming:
Ty Harden (trade w/LA for his MLS rights)
Matt Pickens (trade w/CHI for his MLS rights)

Outgoing:
Mike Petke (Waiver Draft)
Tim Ward (waived)
Bouna Coundoul (released)
Jose Burciaga Jr (out of contract)
Facundo Erpen (option declined)
Tom McManus (option declined)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe
Steward Ceus
Michael Holody
Henry Kalungi
Ross Schunk
Jordan Seabrook

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FC Dallas
Incoming:
Dave van den Burgh (trade w/ New York)
Steve Purdy (signing from 1860 Munich – Germany)
Peri Marosevic (SuperDraft)
Danny Torres (signing from Bryne FK – Norway)
Sean Bucknor (undrafted free agent)

Outgoing:
Jeff Rowland (waived)
Bobby Rhine (retired)
Spencer Wadsworth (waived)
Dulio Davino (mutually parted ways)
David Wagenfuhr (retired)
Dominic Oduro (trade w/ New York)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
George John
Brian Shriver
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DC United
Incoming:
Chris Pontius (SuperDraft)
Rodney Wallace (SuperDraft)
Andrew Jacobson (via signing from FC Lorient – France)
Roger (signed)

Outgoing:
Jeff Carroll (waived)
Gonzalo Peralta (not re-signed, returned to Union de Santa Fe)
Ryan Cordeiro (contract not renewed)
Quavas Kirk (contract not renewed)
Ibrahim Koroma (loan expired)
Craig Thompson (contract not renewed)
Marcello Gallardo (released from contract)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Lyle Adams
Brandon Barklage
Milos Kocic

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Houston Dynamo
Incoming:
Julius James (via trade – Toronto FC)
Daniel Cruz (SuperDraft)
Felix Garcia (via signing from Laredo Heat – PDL)
Tally Hall (via signing from Esbjerg fB – Denmark)

Outgoing:
Nate Jaqua (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Tony Caig (waived)
Kyle Brown (waived)
Dwayne De Rosario (via trade – Toronto FC)
Patrick Ianni (via trade – Seattle Sounders)

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Kansas City Wizards
Incoming:
Adam Cristman (trade w/NE)
Matt Besler (SuperDraft)

Outgoing:
Carlos Marinelli (waived)
Ryan Pore (waived)
Ivan Trujillo (waived)
Tyson Wahl (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Kerry Zavagnin (retired)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Doug DeMartin
Neal Kitson
Akeem Priestley
Graham Zusi

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Los Angeles Galaxy
Incoming:
Jovan Kirovski (trade with San Jose)
Donovan Ricketts (via transfer from Village United – Jamaica)
Leonard Griffin (via signing from Portland Timbers – USL1)
Stefani Miglioranz (trade with Columbus)
Dema Kovalenko (trade with RSL)
Mike Magee (trade with Colorado)
Omar Gonzalez (SuperDraft)
Todd Dunivant (trade with Toronto)

Outgoing:
Scott Bolkan (retired)
Jeremy Barlow (waived)
Joe Franchino (waived)
Alvaro Pires (waived)
Greg Vanney (retired)
Peter Vagenas (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Eduardo Dominguez (waived)
Ante Jazic (trade with Chivas)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Josh Boateng
A.J. DeLaGarza
Kyle Patterson

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New England Revolution
Incoming:
Michael Videira (2008 draft pick, played in Scotland instead of MLS)
Kevin Alston (SuperDraft)
Zach Simmons (undrafted free agent)

Outgoing:
Jose Angulo (waived)
Adam Cristman (trade w/KC)
Khano Smith (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Doug Warren (waived)
Michael Parkhurst (via free transfer to FC Nordsjaelland – Denmark)
Joe Germanese (contract not renewed)
Gary Flood (contract not renewed)
Brandon Manzonelli (contract not renewed)
Brandon Tyler (contract not renewed)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Darrius Barnes
Andrei Gotsmanov
Denaldin Hamzagic
Tyrel Lacey
Ryan Maxwell
Chris Salvaggione

Additional Items
2009 SuperDraft 3rd round pick(from KC in A. Cristman trade)
Allocation $ (from KC in A. Cristman trade)

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New York Red Bulls
Incoming:
Mike Petke (Waiver Draft)
Dominic Oduro (trade w/ Dallas)
Jeremy Hall (SuperDraft)

Outgoing:
Gabriel Cichero (waived)
Gordan Kljestan (waived)
Jeff Parke (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Sainey Touray (waived)
Diego Jiminez (loan expired)
Dave van den Burgh (trade w/ Dallas)
Mike Magee (trade with LA)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Jeremy Hall
Babajide Ogunbiyi
Jack Traynor
Nick Zimmerman

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Real Salt Lake
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Nik Besagno (waived)
Kenny Cutler (waived)
Dustin Kirby (waived)
Nathan Sturgis (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Dema Kovalenko (trade with LA)
Kenny Deuchar (Hamilton Academical – Scotland)
Fabian Espindola (unknown club in Venezuela)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Jean Alexandre
Futhi Bhembe
Raphael Cox

Additional Items:
Allocation $ (from LA in D. Kovalenko trade)
Conditional SuperDraft pick in 2011 (from LA in D. Kovalenko trade)

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San Jose Earthquakes
Incoming:
Peter Byers (Montreal Impact – USL1)
Cam Weaver (via transfer from FK Haugesund – Norway)

Outgoing:
Jovan Kirovski (trade w/LA)
James Riley (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Francisco Lima (Taranto – Italy)
Ronnie O�Brien (out of contract)
Scott Sealy (signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv – Israel)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Quincy Amarikwa
Brad Ring

Additional Items
Conditional 2010 SuperDraft pick (from LA in J. Kirovski trade)

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Seattle Sounders FC
Incoming:
Sebastien Le Toux (via signing from Seattle – USL1)
Freddie Ljungberg (via signing from West Ham United – England)
Sanna Nyassi (via signing from Ports Authority FC – Gambia)
Kasey Keller (via signing from Fulham – England)
Brad Evans (Expansion Draft)
Nate Jaqua (Expansion Draft)
Stephen King (Expansion Draft)
Jeff Parke (Expansion Draft)
James Riley (Expansion Draft)
Jarrod Smith (Expansion Draft)
Khano Smith (Expansion Draft)
Nathan Sturgis (Expansion Draft)
Peter Vagenas (Expansion Draft)
Tyson Wahl (Expansion Draft)
Chris Eylander (via signing from Seattle – USL1)
Steve Zakuani (SuperDraft)
Patrick Ianni (via trade – Houston Dynamo)
Osvaldo Alonso (via signing from Charleston Battery – USL1)
Fredy Montero (via transfer from Deportivo Cali – Columbia)

Outgoing:

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Evan Brown
Michael Fucito
Jared Karkas

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Toronto FC
Incoming:
Dwayne De Rosario (via trade – Houston Dynamo)
Sam Cronin (SuperDraft)
Stefan Frei (SuperDraft)

Outgoing:
Hunter Freeman (IK Start – Norway)
Tim Regan (Retired)
Julius James (trade with Houston Dynamo)
Jarrod Smith (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Carlos Ruiz (waived)
Joey Melo (waived)
Todd Dunivant (trade with LA Galaxy)

Unsigned Draft Picks:
Kyle Hall
O�Brian White

Updated: MLS Player Movement

Drew Epperley — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:55:08 +0000

Its been a few weeks since I have done a weekend post about this (though it has been updated regularly up top since it’s last blog post). Only a few moves to really highlight (they are in bold). More moves on the way with this coming week’s SuperDraft.

As always if anything is out of place or incorrect, please comment below and it will get fixed.

Chicago Fire
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Tomasz Frankowski (waived)
Diego Gutierrez (retired)
Andy Herron (waived)
Stephen King (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)

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Chivas USA
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Alex Zotinca (waived)
Roberto Nurse (Veracruz – Mexico)

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Columbus Crew
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Kevin Burns (waived)
Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Ryan Junge (waived)
George Josten (waived)
Andrew Peterson (waived)
Ricardo Pierre-Louis (waived)
Brian Plotkin (waived)
Ezra Henderson (retirement)
Stefani Miglioranz (trade with LA)

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Colorado Rapids
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Mike Petke (Waiver Draft)
Tim Ward (waived)

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FC Dallas
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Jeff Rowland (waived)
Bobby Rhine (retired)
Spencer Wadsworth (waived)
Dulio Davino (mutually parted ways)
David Wagenfuhr (retired)

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DC United
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Jeff Carroll (waived)

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Houston Dynamo
Incoming:
Julius James (via trade – Toronto FC)

Outgoing:
Nate Jaqua (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Tony Caig (waived)
Kyle Brown (waived)
Dwayne De Rosario (via trade – Toronto FC)

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Kansas City Wizards
Incoming:
Adam Cristman (trade w/NE)

Outgoing:
Carlos Marinelli (waived)
Ryan Pore (waived)
Ivan Trujillo (waived)
Tyson Wahl (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Kerry Zavagnin (retired)

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Los Angeles Galaxy
Incoming:
Jovan Kirovski (trade w/SJ)
Donovan Ricketts (via transfer from Village United – Jamaica)
Leonard Griffin (via signing from Portland Timbers – USL1)
Stefani Miglioranz (trade with Columbus)

Outgoing:
Scott Bolkan (retired)
Jeremy Barlow (waived)
Joe Franchino (waived)
Alvaro Pires (waived)
Greg Vanney (retired)
Peter Vagenas (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Eduardo Dominguez (waived)

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New England Revolution
Incoming:
Michael Videira (2008 draft pick, played in Scotland instead of MLS)

Outgoing:
Jose Angulo (waived)
Adam Cristman (trade w/KC)
Khano Smith (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Doug Warren (waived)
Michael Parkhurst (via free transfer to FC Nordsjaelland – Denmark)
Joe Germanese (contract not renewed)
Gary Flood (contract not renewed)
Brandon Manzonelli (contract not renewed)
Brandon Tyler (contract not renewed)

Additional Items
2009 SuperDraft 3rd round pick(from KC in A. Cristman trade)
Allocation $ (from KC in A. Cristman trade)

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New York Red Bulls
Incoming:
Mike Petke (Waiver Draft)

Outgoing:
Gabriel Cichero (waived)
Gordan Kljestan (waived)
Jeff Parke (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Sainey Touray (waived)
Diego Jiminez (loan expired)

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Real Salt Lake
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Nik Besagno (waived)
Kenny Cutler (waived)
Dustin Kirby (waived)
Nathan Sturgis (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)

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San Jose Earthquakes
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Jovan Kirovski (trade w/LA)
James Riley (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)

Additional Items
Conditional 2010 SuperDraft pick (from LA in J. Kirovski trade)

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Seattle Sounders FC
Incoming:
Sebastien Le Toux (via signing from Seattle – USL1)
Freddie Ljungberg (via signing from West Ham United – England)
Sanna Nyassi (via signing from Ports Authority FC – Gambia)
Kasey Keller (via signing from Fulham – England)
Brad Evans (Expansion Draft)
Nate Jaqua (Expansion Draft)
Stephen King (Expansion Draft)
Jeff Parke (Expansion Draft)
James Riley (Expansion Draft)
Jarrod Smith (Expansion Draft)
Khano Smith (Expansion Draft)
Nathan Sturgis (Expansion Draft)
Peter Vagenas (Expansion Draft)
Tyson Wahl (Expansion Draft)
Chris Eylander (via signing from Seattle – USL1)

Outgoing:

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Toronto FC
Incoming:
Dwayne De Rosario (via trade – Houston Dynamo)

Outgoing:
Hunter Freeman (IK Start – Norway)
Tim Regan (Retired)
Julius James (via trade – Houston Dynamo)
Jarrod Smith (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Carlos Ruiz (waived)
Joey Melo (waived)

Update: Offseason Player Movement

Drew Epperley — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:47:20 +0000

A few moves to discuss on the offseason player movement tracker. Of course the big one is the Dwayne De Rosario trade to Toronto for Julius James. A few other moves are in there as well like Michael Parkhurst leaving for Denmark.

The newer ones are in bold.

As always, if any moves are incorrect just let me know and I will get this updated as soon as possible.

Chicago Fire
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Tomasz Frankowski (waived)
Diego Gutierrez (retired)
Andy Herron (waived)
Stephen King (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)

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Chivas USA
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Alex Zotinca (waived)

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Columbus Crew
Incoming:

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Colorado Rapids
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Mike Petke (Waiver Draft)
Tim Ward (waived)

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FC Dallas
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Jeff Rowland (waived)
Bobby Rhine (retired)
Spencer Wadsworth (waived)
Dulio Davino (mutually parted ways)
David Wagenfuhr (retired)

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DC United
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Jeff Carroll (waived)

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Houston Dynamo
Incoming:
Julius James (via trade – Toronto FC)

Outgoing:
Nate Jaqua (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Tony Caig (waived)
Kyle Brown (waived)
Dwayne De Rosario (via trade – Toronto FC)

Other items:
Allocation $ (De Rosario trade with Toronto)

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Kansas City Wizards
Incoming:
Adam Cristman (trade w/NE)

Outgoing:
Carlos Marinelli (waived)
Ryan Pore (waived)
Ivan Trujillo (waived)
Tyson Wahl (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Kerry Zavagnin (retired)

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Los Angeles Galaxy
Incoming:
Jovan Kirovski (trade w/SJ)

Outgoing:
Scott Bolkan (retired)
Jeremy Barlow (waived)
Joe Franchino (waived)
Alvaro Pires (waived)
Greg Vanney (retired)
Peter Vagenas (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)

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New England Revolution
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Jose Angulo (waived)
Adam Cristman (trade w/KC)
Khano Smith (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Doug Warren (waived)
Michael Parkhurst (via free transfer to FC Nordsjaelland – Denmark)

Additional Items
2009 SuperDraft 3rd round pick(from KC in A. Cristman trade)
Allocation $ (from KC in A. Cristman trade)

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New York Red Bulls
Incoming:
Mike Petke (Waiver Draft)

Outgoing:
Gabriel Cichero (waived)
Gordan Kljestan (waived)
Jeff Parke (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)
Sainey Touray (waived)

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Real Salt Lake
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Nik Besagno (waived)
Kenny Cutler (waived)
Dustin Kirby (waived)
Nathan Sturgis (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)

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San Jose Earthquakes
Incoming:

Outgoing:
Jovan Kirovski (trade w/LA)
James Riley (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)

Additional Items
Conditional 2010 SuperDraft pick (from LA in J. Kirovski trade)

Outgoing:

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Toronto FC
Incoming:
Dwayne De Rosario (via trade – Houston Dynamo)

Outgoing:
Hunter Freeman (IK Start – Norway)
Tim Regan (Retired)
Julius James (via trade – Houston Dynamo)
Jarrod Smith (Seattle Sounders FC – Expansion Draft)

Marinelli Experiment Over In KC

Drew Epperley — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:50:49 +0000

The Carlos Marinelli experiment is finally over in KC. (Getty Images)

I think most of us saw this coming, even those that weren’t close to Kansas City and the Wizards. But it appears the midfielder Carlos Marinelli has set sail to leave MLS and play for Colombian side Club Deportivo Los Millonarios. He will start practicing with the team December 15th.

Usually I hold off on these kinds of rumors but since it is already official according to the club’s website I figured it was worth bringing up. (Thanks to Joe for the email about this matter too)

Here is my (very rough) translation of the release put out on Millonarios’ website:

Carlos Marinelli, 26,…with a resume that includes having integrated major international teams, is further strengthening of Millonarios. Marinelli, from Kansas City in the MLS, he signed for one year with an option to purchase.

Most of the article talked about Marinelli’s history with Boca to Middlesborough and a brief mention of Kansas City.

It’s not a total shocker to see Marinelli leave KC. His two years with the club wasn’t exactly worth talking about as he was too hot and cold for my liking as a player. I never really felt like he adapted to MLS like some players do and to his own club in KC. Maybe that was a bit because he was in Curt Onalfo’s dog-house a few times during his stay in KC.

Losing him will free up a little space for the Wizards. I highly doubt they will bring in anyone to replace him in the middle of the park through a transfer this winter though. Their last couple transfers haven’t really worked out with the exception of maybe Claudio Lopez for the final month of the regular season this past year. Still some free space in the cap is always good, especially with the way they seem to like to wheel and deal for strikers these days.

Christian Gomez Debate Part 2

Drew Epperley — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:24:03 +0000

Christian Gomez is on the trading block yet again. (Getty Images)

Let the debate resume for another offseason. We talked about it last year as DC United was trying to figure out what to do with former MVP Christian Gomez. Now it appears that the Colorado Rapids will be doing the same this offseason.

Steve Goff is reporting the same hunch that most of us have had over the last couple months today that the Rapids will be looking to dump Gomez’s high contract this winter.

No surprise: Colorado is trying to move Christian Gomez and dump his 2009 guaranteed contract of around $400,000. Gomez barely played the final few months of the season under then-interim coach Gary Smith, who clearly doesn’t think much of the 2006 MVP. My hunch is that, if they find a suitor, the Rapids will have to continue paying a portion of his salary next year. Colorado already re-signed Pablo Mastroeni to a new deal that approaches designated player range.

Last year Gomez was rumored to be traded to this club and that club but somehow ended up in Colorado. But who would want a guy like Gomez at this point? Obviously someone who is shopping for a deal and a playmaker.

Gomez will end up in a situation that will be far better than what it was in Colorado in 2008. Let’s remember that he had a lame-duck coach in Fernando Clavijo and a club that wasn’t really built around his talents. No one stepped out as a top scorer until late in the year when he was riding the pine under Gary Smith. The Rapids could still use him but we all know that won’t be the case unless he takes a serious pay cut.

Few clubs out there would even be able to trade for a guy like Gomez. Like Goff said he figures Colorado will pick up some of his salary next year just to get rid of him. I think there are a few clubs that need a playmaker and that would probably even be willing to take on some or most of Gomez’s high contract, some would be able to make the trade interesting enough with draft picks and money.

Chivas USA – They will more than likely lose their best playmaker in Sasha Kljestan this winter. They will have some cash left over from that possible transfer and the Brad Guzan one to sign a couple good players on offense. They could even go for his whole contract which would be a win-win for Colorado.
Toronto FC – I kind of joke on this one as they already have a couple headaches in Amado Guevara and Carlos Ruiz. But it wouldn’t be a stretch for them to go for Gomez if they fail to sign the types of players that they want this winter.
San Jose Earthquakes – We know they need offense and we know they could come up with the money to do this kind of a move. They do still need help in their striker department but a true playmaker like Gomez would certainly help things out with some of the young guns that they do have.
FC Dallas – I would love to see this happen from a Dallas fan standpoint. They certainly need a guy in the middle to make things happen but would they be willing to spend the money on a guy like Gomez? The need kind of fits if you think about it.
Kansas City Wizards – The Wizards do have the cash and enough draft picks to make things interesting. They did have Claudio Lopez making plays earlier in the year but I’d rather see someone set him up and Gomez could very well be that guy.

If I had to make a bet right now about who I think would trade for Gomez, I think Chivas is that team. But don’t sleep on a Dallas or KC to look at this deal too. Both have the picks and money to make it happen and make it work out to their advantage.

Where do you think Gomez will end up in 2009? Let’s hear it.