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Erik Sorga Of that group, eleven are under contract for 2021. Odoi-Atsem, who established himself as first-choice at right back over the final third of the season, has been given a bona fide offer by United, which makes this choice to protect him a strong indicator that he will eventually sign a new deal. Importantly, United does not have to protect any Homegrown players who retain their Generation Adidas status. While this rubric was used years ago to declare that Bill Hamid had “graduated” out of the GA program (which in turn means they have to choose to protect him), it also means that...

Getty Images Austin FC’s Expansion Draft is this evening, and for D.C. United, it’s a straightforward event: losing a player is bad, not losing one is good. Fortunately, the odds are in the Black-and-Red’s favor, as Austin can only take five players from a group of 16 teams, but it’s nonetheless a possibility that United ends up losing a player and getting just $50,000 in General Allocation money (far less than their market value) in return. We talked about the protected list yesterday, and you can see the full draft rules here, but this piece is going to focus on the likelihood of Un...

Toronto FC leaves Piatti, Morrow exposed for the upcoming MLS Expansion Draft Share this story Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images TORONTO, Canada—Major League Soccer (MLS) unveiled Monday afternoon the full list of players eligible for selection in the upcoming 2020 MLS Expansion Draft, set to take place Tuesday at 6 p.m. EST. The 27th club to join the league, Austin FC, will be able to select up to five players from the list of eligible names to add to its roster ahead of the Texas-based club’s inaugural 2021 campaign. Teams who are not exempt from the expansion draft had the abili...

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images Another trade has been confirmed by the Portland Timbers. The club will send defender Marco Farfan to LAFC in exchange for $300,000 in General Allocation Money. The move was reported earlier this month by ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle. At 18 years old, Farfan was the youngest player signing in team history. He was also the first product of the Timbers academy to sign a homegrown contract back in 2016. Now 22, Farfan has made 37 appearances (24 starts) during his time with the club. In 2020 he made 14 appearances with nine starts during the regular season. He also sco...