23 January 2013

Preseason invitees 2013 - Western Conference

The MLS preseason is inevitably a blur of players coming and going as teams try to fill out their rosters. Here is an attempt to keep track of who's under contract, who's in camp with whom, and which teams are keeping spots open for the summer.

Information is unofficial, acquired to the best of my ability via team and media reports.

Western Conference:

Chivas USA (7-18-9, 9th West) -- 'Chelís' Sánchez Solá Signed: 28 / Open: 2
2013 Newcomers: MF Carlos Alvarez (draft, 1990, UConn), MF Eric Avila (trade, Toronto via Colorado), DF Steve Purdy (1985, Portland), MF Carlos Borja (1988, former Chivas, LA Blues), MF Edgar Mejia (1988, Chivas Guadalajara, Mexico), FW Giovani Casillas (1994, Chivas Guadalajara, Mexico), DF Mario De Luna (1988, Chivas Guadalajara, Mexico), DF Joaquin Velasquez (1975, Puebla 2010, Mexico), DF Walter Vilchez (1982, Sporting Cristal, Peru), MF Josue Soto (1989, Houston / San Antonio Scorpions loan), DF Emilio Orozco (1992, Tigres, Fort Lauderdale Strikers loan), MF Daniel Antunez (1986, Inter Turku), FW Jose Manuel Rivera (1986, Chivas Guadalajara, Mexico), Julio Morales (1993, Chivas Guadalajara)
Draft: Alvarez, DF Jose Diaz (1991, UC Riverside), FW Paul Islas (1991, Fresno Pacific), DF Joe Franco (1990, Cal State Northridge)
Trial: MF Rodrigo Lopez (1987, Orlando City), FW Leopoldo Morales (1990, Fort Lauderdale Strikers)
Rumored via Chivas de Guadalajara: Juan Pablo Ocegueda (1993)
Not with Team: Ante Jazic


Colorado Rapids (11-19-4, 7th West) -- Oscar Pareja Signed: 30 / Open: 0
2013 Newcomers: MF Nathan Sturgis (trade, Houston), FW Atiba Harris (trade, Vancouver), FW Edson Buddle (trade, LA Galaxy), DF Diego Calderon (1986, Liga de Quito, Ecuador), MF Nick LaBrocca (trade, Chivas USA), FW Kevin harbottle (1990, Universidad Catolica, Chile), FW Deshorn Brown (1990, draft, UCF), MF Dillon Powers (1991, draft, Notre Dame), MF Dillon Serna (home-grown, 1994, Akron), FW Charles Eloundou (1994, weighted lottery, Cameroon), DF Kory Kindle (draft, 1991, Cal State Bakersfield), FW Danny Mwanga (trade, 1991, Portland)
Draft: Brown, Powers, Kindle, DF Brenton Griffiths (1991, South Florida), FW Stefano Pinho (1991, Fluminense, Brazil), MF Machael David (1988, UCSB), DF Marcello Castro (1988, Sacred Heart, Brazil)
Trial: GK Clint Irwin (1989, Charlotte Eagles), FW Cesar Romero (1989, Chivas USA), FW Marcos Pirchio (1986, Macara - Ecuador, Argentina), FW Matt Dunn (1994, Beograd), FW David Cortes Armero (1992, Santa Fe, Colombia)
Other:

FC Dallas (9-13-12, 6th West) -- Schellas Hyndman Signed: 26 / Open: 4
2013 Newcomers: DF Kellyn Acosta (home-grown, 1995), MF Peter Luccin (1979, France), DF Stephen Keel (re-entry, New York), GK Raul Fernandez (1985, Nice, Peru), FW Bradlee Baladez (home-grown, 1991, South Carolina), DF London Woodberry (home-grown, 1991, Maryland), DF Walker Zimmerman (1993, draft, Furman), FW Eric Hassli (trade, Toronto, France), FW Kenny Cooper (trade, New York), MF Je-Vaughn Watson (trade, Houston), DF Michel (1981, Brazil)
Draft: Zimmerman, MF Ryan Hollingshead (1991, UCLA), MF Cameron Brown (1989, North Carolina), GK Kyle Zobeck (1990, Valparaiso), MF Cameron Wilder (1991, Kentucky), MF T.J. Nelson (1990, SMU)
Trial: MF Ramon Nunez (1985, Leeds United, Honduras)
Other: DF Ugo Ihemelu - concussion concerns

LA Galaxy (16-12-6, 4th West) -- Bruce Arena Signed: 26 / Open: 4
2013 Newcomers: GK Carlo Cudicini (1973, Tottenham, Italy), DF Oscar Sorto (home-grown, 1994), MF Colin Clark (re-entry, Houston), FW Gyasi Zardes (home-grown, 1991, Cal State Bakersfield), DF Greg Cochrane (draft, 1990, Louisville), FW Chandler Hoffman (trade, 1990, Philadelphia)
Draft: Cochrane, FW Charlie Rugg (1990, Boston College), DF Kofi Opare (1990, Michigan), MF Andy Riemer (1991, Georgetown)
Academy: FW Paul Arriola (1995)
Other: FW Landon Donovan - will join team in late March

Portland Timbers (8-16-10, 8th West) -- Caleb Porter Signed: 29 / Open: 1
2013 Newcomers: DF Michael Harrington (trade, Kansas City), MF Will Johnson (trade, Real Salt Lake), FW Ryan Johnson (trade, Toronto), GK Milos Kocic (trade, Toronto), DF Mobi Fehr (1994, weighted lottery), MF Steven Evans (home-grown, 1991, University of Portland), MF Diego Valeri (1986, Lanus, Argentina), DF Ryan Miller (1984, Halmstads), MF Ben Zemanski (trade, Chivas USA), DF Mikael Silvestre (1977, France), MF Michael Nanchoff (rights traded, Vancouver), FW Frederic Piquionne (1978, West Ham, France)
Draft: DF Dylan Tucker-Gangnes (1990, University of Washington), GK David Meves (1990, Akron), FW Chris Hegngi (1991, Ohio State, D.C. United Academy)
Trial: FW Deon McCaulay (1987, Belize)
Other:

Real Salt Lake (17-11-6, 2nd West) -- Jason Kreis Signed: 30 / Open: 0
2013 Newcomers: MF Cole Grossman (trade, Columbus), MF Aaron Maund (trade, Toronto), MF Lovel Palmer (trade, Portland), GK Jeff Attinella (1988, Tampa Bay Rowdies), FW Robbie Findley (rights traded, free transfer Nottingham Forest), MF John Stertzer (1990, draft, Maryland), DF Carlos Salcedo (1993, discovery signing, Mexico), FW Joao Plata (1992, Toronto FC, Ecuador), FW Olmes Garcia (1992, Dep. Quindio, Colombia), FW Devon Sandoval (draft, 1991, New Mexico), MF Khari Stephenson (free agent, Jamaica), GK Josh Saunders (1981, LA Galaxy), DF Rich Balchan (free agent, 1989, Columbus)
Draft: Stertzer, Sandoval, DF Brock Granger (1991, Louisville), DF Max Wasserman (1989, UConn)
Trial: FW Benji Lopez (1995, RSL-Arizona), DF Nickardo Blake (1989, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Jamaica), FW Brandon Allen (1995, RSL-Arizona)

San Jose Earthquakes (19-6-9, 1st West) -- Frank Yallop Signed: 27 / Open: 3
2013 Newcomers: DF Dan Gargan (re-entry, Chicago), FW Mike Fucito (trade, Portland), DF Ty Harden (re-entry, Toronto), DF Nana Attakora (1989), DF Peter McGlynn (draft, 1989, UCSB, Ireland), DF Tommy Muller (draft, 1991, Georgetown), FW Adam Jahn (draft, 1991, Stanford), MF Cordell Cato (trade, 1992, Seattle, Trinidad & Tobago)
Draft: McGlynn, Muller, Jahn, MF Dan Delgado (1991, San Diego), MF Colin Mitchell (1990, Oregon State)
Trial: DF Josh Suggs (1989, unsigned San Jose), Abu Tommy (1989, Sheriff Tiraspol, Sierra Leone), FW Alexandre Emerson (1992, Necaxa), FW Matt Fondy (1989, LA Blues), DF Hunter Gorskie (1991, Stanford), MF Cordell Cato (1992, under contract with Seattle, Trinidad & Tobago)
Other: DF Bryan Jordan (LA) selected in re-entry draft but has not been signed

Seattle Sounders (15-8-11, 3rd West) -- Sigi Schmid Signed: 29 / Open: 1
2013 Newcomers: DF DeAndre Yedlin (home-grown, 1993, Akron), F/D Eriq Zavaleta (1992, draft, Indiana), MF Lamar Neagle (trade, Montreal), MF/DF Shalrie Joseph (trade, Chivas USA), DF Dylan Remick (draft, 1991, Brown), DF Djimi Traore (1980, France)
Draft: Zavaleta, Remick, FW Will Bates (1991, Virginia), MF Kevin Durr (1991, Air Force), MF Kevin Olali (1990, South Florida), MF Lebogang Moloto (1992, Lindsey Wilson), FW Jennings Rex (1991, Charlotte)
Trial: GK Doug Herrick (1989, Sounders PDL), MF Philip Lund (1989, Fyn, Denmark), FW Travis Bowen (Ventura County - PDL), DF Ashani Fairclough (1989, South Florida, Jamaica), MF Stephen Okai (1989, Mobile - NAIA, Ghana)
Other: MF Christian Tiffert - under contract but not training with team

Vancouver Whitecaps (11-13-10, 5th West) -- Martin Rennie Signed: 29 / Open: 1
2013 Newcomers: DF Brad Rusin (1986, Koge), FW Kekuta Manneh (1994, draft, Austin Aztex - PDL), FW Erik Hurtado (1990, draft, Santa Clara), FW Corey Hertzog (New York), FW Tommy Heinemann (Columbus), FW Paulo Junior (re-entry, Real Salt Lake), MF Daigo Kobayashi (1983, Japan international), DF Johnny Leveron (1990, Honduras), MF Nigel Reo-Coker (1985, England), GK Simon Thomas (1990, Huddersfield Town)
Draft: Manneh, Hurtado, MF Adam Mena (1989, Notre Dame), MF Michael Rose (1990, Notre Dame), FW Brian Rogers (1990, Harvard), DF Adam Clement (1990, Duquesne), FW Joshua Patterson (1991, Duquesne), FW Alejandro Sucre (1990, Amherst, Venezuela)
Trial: MF Crispin Olando (1988, Kenya), FW Dever Orgill (1990, St. George's, Jamaica), MF Jacob Lensky (1988, trained with Vancouver), DF Andres Fresenga (1992, Racing de Montevideo), MF Evan James (1990, Montreal), DF Ethen Sampson (South Africa), FW Joseph Lapira (1986, Ireland international)
Academy: GK Sean Melvin (1994), FW Ben Fisk (1993)
Other

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