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Sporting KC’s Contract Situations at the End of the 2022 Season

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Skip to main contentFiled under:Who is signed and for how long as the team heads into the offseason?With the 2022 Major League Soccer regular season having come to an end on Sunday, 14 of the league’s 28 teams turn their attention to 2023 while the remaining 14 battle for the MLS Cup.Unfortunately, Sporting Kansas City find themselves on the outside looking in. They aren’t alone as they are joined by 2022 CONCACAF Champion League winners the Seattle Sounders, the 2021 MLS Cup winning New England Revolution, the 2021 MLS Cup runners up Portland Timbers, by far the league’s most expensive roster in Toronto FC and the inventors of soccer, Atlanta United. Interesting company.While not much has changed since the last time we looked at the roster, it seems like a good bench post to mark the end of the season before a potential furry of offseason moves and rumors commence. There is only one change since we last updated this list in August. Daniel Salloi signed a new contract through the end of the 2026 season and he’ll avoid free agency.RelatedThe following players are out of contract following the season. That means they either will be eligible for free agency or required to go through one of the many MLS roster allocation processes, like the Re-Entry Draft. Free agency is looser in 2023 with players now needing to be only 24-years-old and have five years of MLS service, versus 28/8 before.One other note on players out of contract is they can sign contracts in other leagues as of right now. They just have to be six-months away from being out of contract and we’ve long past that point.Expiring Deals: Tim Melia, Roger Espinoza, Andreu Fontas, Felipe HernandezThese players are not as free as the above players as they have team-held contract options for at least the 2023 season. What that means is the team can choose to decline their option(s) at any point and then they would disperse to one of the aforementioned allocation options (or go abroad). Typically these announcements come quickly after the season, but it appears teams have until November 14th this year.TL;DR — These are deals the team can get out of if they wish to move on.2023 Option Only: Graham Zusi, Cam Duke, Khiry Shelton, Kendall McIntosh, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin2023 &amp; 2024 Option: Kaveh Rad, Kortne FordThat leaves 11 players that can be easily moved on from at any moment. The Blue Testament will break this down further tomorrow in terms of money and roster designations (DPs, internationals, U-22, etc.).Until then, here are all 27 players on the roster as of today, including their ages based on a published date of October 11th.PlayerPositionStatusJoinedAgeExpirationOptionsPlayerPositionStatusJoinedAgeExpirationOptionsGraham ZusiRB-1/15/20093620222023Tim MeliaGK-12/23/2014362022NoneRoger EspinozaMID-1/6/2015352022NoneDaniel SalloiLWHG1/13/2016262026NoneJohnny RussellRWDP1/31/20183220232024Andreu FontasCBINT8/8/2018322022NoneCameron DukeMIDHG7/18/20192120222023Felipe HernandezMIDHG8/30/2019242022NoneKhiry SheltonFWD-12/9/20192920222023Alan PulidoCFDP12/10/2019312023NoneOzzie CisnerosMIDHG1/20/20201820242025Gadi KindaMIDINT-DP1/23/2020282023NoneJohn PulskampGKHG2/24/20202120252026Kendall McIntoshGK-12/12/20202820222023Remi WalterMID-12/22/20202720232024Nicolas Isimat-MirinCBINT2/3/20213020222023Kaveh RadCBHG4/5/20212120222023, 2024Kayden PierreRBHG5/4/20211920242025Jake DavisMIDHG8/19/20212020232024Ben SweatLB-12/20/20213120232024Uri RosellMID-12/21/213020232024Kortne FordCB-1/14/222620222023, 2024Logan NdembeLBINT-U221/14/222220242025Robert VoloderCBINT-U221/19/222120242025Marinos TzionisFWDINT-U221/24/222120242025William AgadaCFINT6/23/222320232024, 2025Erik ThommyMIDINT6/23/222820242025*Gadi Kinda probably isn’t a DP anymore going into next season, but we’ll wait for something more official and he is as of today.

Skip to main contentFiled under:Who is signed and for how long as the team heads into the offseason?With the 2022 Major League Soccer regular season having come to an end on Sunday, 14 of the league’s 28 teams turn their attention to 2023 while the remaining 14 battle for the MLS Cup.Unfortunately, Sporting Kansas City find themselves on the outside looking in. They aren’t alone as they are joined by 2022 CONCACAF Champion League winners the Seattle Sounders, the 2021 MLS Cup winning New England Revolution, the 2021 MLS Cup runners up Portland Timbers, by far the league’s most expensive...

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