GOAL rounds up all of the completed MLS transfers this season so far
The new season for Major League Soccer is yet to begin, but transfer activity is underway.
With major superstars at the twilight of their career moving to MLS for one last dance or youngsters making a name for themselves in the league, transfers get everyone talking.
Teams battle for their prized possessions in a bid to make their side stronger on paper ahead of a typically chaotic season ahead.
GOAL rounds up all of the completed MLS transfers this season so far.
ArchivoInter Miami transfersNew signings January window
Player
Nationality
Previous club
Fee
Leandro Gonzalez PirezArgentina/PortugalRiver PlateEnd of loanLeonardo CampanaEcuadorWolvesUndisclosedJosef MartinezVenezuelaAtlanta UnitedFreeFranco NegriArgentinaGodoy CruzFreeNicolas StefanelliArgentinaAIK€750KSergil KryvstovUkraineShakhtar DonetskFreeRodolfo Pizzaro Mexico MonterreyEnd of loanJake LaCavaUSASt. Louis City€142KCole JensenUSAXavier UniversityDraftDepartures January window
Player
Nationality
New club
Fee
Damion LoweJamaicaPhiladelphia €206,000Emerson RodriguezColombiaSantos LagunaLoanGonzalo HiguainArgentinaRetired-Blaise MatuidiFranceRetired-George AcostaUSA/ColombiaFree agent-Brek SheaUSA/NorwayFree agent -Alejandro PozueloSpainFree agent -Joevin JonesTrinidad and Tobago Free agent -Indiana VassilevUSA/BulgariaAston VillaEnd of loanKieran GibbsEnglandNAReleasedAdvertisementGetty ImagesOrlando City SC transfersNew signings January window
Player
Nationality
Previous club
Fee
Rafael SantosBrazilCruzeiroUndisclosedMartín Ojeda ArgentinaGodoy Cruz€5mDagur Dan ThorhallssonIcelandBreidablikFreeLuca PetrassoCanadaToronto FCTrade (€400K)Felipe MartinsBrazilAustin FCFreeShakur MohammedGhanaDuke Blue DevilsDraftRamiro EnriqueArgentinaBanfield€1.84mLuis GrassowGermanyUK WildcatsDraftDuncan McGuireUSALane UnitedDraftAbdi SalimUSASyracuse UniversityDraftJack LynnUSASan Antonio FCEnd of loanWilfredo RiveraPuerto RicoIndy ElevenEnd of loanDepartures January window
Player
Nationality
New club
Fee
Jake MulraneyIrelandSt. Patrick AthleticUndisclosedRuan BrazilDC UnitedTrade (free)Alexander AlvaradoEcuadorLDU QuitoUndisclosedJoao MoutinhoPortugalSpeziaFreeAndres PereaUSAPhiladelphia Union€713KBenji MichelUSAAroucaFreeJunior UrsoBrazilCoritiba FCFreeNicholas GioacchiniUSASt. Louis CityExpansion DraftTesho AkindeleCanadaNARetiredLuis Grassow GermanyNARetiredAlexandre PatoBrazilFree AgentEnd of contractJoey DeZartJamaicaFree AgentEnd of contractGettyNew York City FC transfersNew signings January window
Player
Nationality
Previous club
Fee
Mitja Ilenič SloveniaDomzale€1mJustin HaakUSAHartfordEnd of loan
Matt Freese
USA
Philadelphia Union
$350k
Tony AlfaroMexicoDC UnitedFreeMalcolm JohnstonCanadaMarylandDraftBraian CufreArgentinaMallorcaLoanGabriel SegalUSAFC Koln IIFree (Waivers)James SandsUSARangersEnd of loanSantiago RodriguezUruguayMvd City TorqueUndisclosedRichard LedezmaUSA/MexicoPSV EindhovenLoanDepartures January window
Player
Nationality
New club
Fee
Alexander Callens
Peru
Girona
Free
Vuk LatinovichUSAFCI LevadiaLoan
Sean Johnson
USA
Toronto FC
Free
Gedion Zelalem
USA
Den Bosch
Free
Maxi Moralez
Argentina
Racing
Trade (free)
Nicolas Acevedo
Uruguay
Bahia
Loan
Heber
Brazil
Seattle Sounders
Trade (€375K)
Anton Tinnerholm
Sweden
Malmo FF
Free
Santiago Rodriguez
Uruguay
Montevideo City Torque
End of loan
Chris Gloster
USA
Free agent
End of contract
GettyPhiladelphia Union transfersNew signings January window
Player
Nationality
Previous club
Fee
Damion LoweJamaicaInter Miami€206KJoaquin TorresArgentinaMontreal€406KAndres PereaUSAOrlando City€713KBen Martino USAVirginia TechFreeHolden TrentUSAHigh PointDraftDepartures January window
Player
Nationality
New club
Fee
Cole TurnerUSALoudoun UnitedFree
Matt Freese
USA
New York City FC
$350k
Paxten AaronsonUSAEintracht Frankfurt€4mCory BurkeJamaicaNew York Red BullsFreeBen MartinoUSANashville€47KAbasa AremeyawGhanaNANA