Players who join Major League Soccer through a club’s youth academy for at least one year, and have met the necessary training and retention requirements, can sign a professional contact as a Homegrown Player. This mechanism allows the team to retain its player without subjecting him to the MLS SuperDraft.
There is no limit to the number of Homegrown Players a club can sign each year. Players signed as Homegrowns are not counted against the team’s salary budget, but those who occupy a spot on a club’s Senior Roster (spots 1-20) do count against the club’s salary budget.
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2018 MLS Roster Rules & Regulations: Homegrown Players
Homegrown Players as of June 2018
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Real Salt Lake
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FC Dallas
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New York Red Bulls
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Seattle Sounders FC
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San Jose Earthquakes
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Toronto FC
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LA Galaxy
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New England Revolution
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LA Galaxy
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Real Salt Lake
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Montreal Impact
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Montreal Impact
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Atlanta United
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Los Angeles Football Club
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Seattle Sounders FC
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Sporting Kansas City
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loaned to Club Atletico Zacatepec)
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Seattle Sounders FC
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New England Revolution
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Colorado Rapids
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FC Dallas
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FC Dallas
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Atlanta United
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Toronto FC
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Montreal Impact
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Chicago Fire
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Columbus Crew SC
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Toronto FC
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC
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New York Red Bulls
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Toronto FC
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Houston Dynamo
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Toronto FC
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D.C. United
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Chicago Fire
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New York Red Bulls
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New England Revolution
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Portland Timbers
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FC Dallas
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Philadelphia Union
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Colorado Rapids
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Toronto FC
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San Jose Earthquakes
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FC Dallas
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Atlanta United
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Toronto FC
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D.C. United
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Minnesota United FC
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New England Revolution
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Real Salt Lake
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Real Salt Lake
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New York City FC
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Montreal Impact
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LA Galaxy
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Philadelphia Union
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Columbus Crew SC
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Seattle Sounders FC (loaned to Los Angeles Football Club)
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Atlanta United
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Sporting Kansas City
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New York Red Bulls
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Portland Timbers
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LA Galaxy
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Real Salt Lake
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Sporting Kansas City
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Chicago Fire
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San Jose Earthquakes
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Orlando City SC
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Sporting Kansas City
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New York Red Bulls
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San Jose Earthquakes
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Minnesota United FC
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Colorado Rapids
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Philadelphia Union
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Montreal Impact
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC
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Chicago Fire
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New York Red Bulls
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Toronto FC
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Seattle Sounders FC
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New York Red Bulls
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Philadelphia Union
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC
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Atlanta United
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Montreal Impact
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Colorado Rapids
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New York Red Bulls
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FC Dallas
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Philadelphia Union
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FC Dallas
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New York Red Bulls
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FC Dallas
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FC Dallas
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D.C. United
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Houston Dynamo
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Sporting Kansas City
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New York City FC
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New York City FC
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Colorado Rapids
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FC Dallas
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Shipp, Harry ^#
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Seattle Sounders FC
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Toronto FC
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Orlando City SC
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC
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San Jose Earthquakes
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Columbus Crew SC
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Philadelphia Union
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FC Dallas
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Orlando City SC
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Colorado Rapids
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Portland Timbers
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Seattle Sounders FC
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Sporting Kansas City
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* Signed after MLS Roster Compliance (March 1, 2018)
^ Senior Roster player (spots 1-20; count against club’s 2018 Salary Budget of $4,035,000)
# Were Homegrowns developed by another club, then signed/traded to another team
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