TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Signing
Minnesota United FC have signed free-agent defender Oniel Fisher through the 2022 MLS season with an option for 2023, it was announced Wednesday.
The 30-year-old Jamaican international spent the 2021 campaign with the LA Galaxy following three seasons with D.C. United. Fisher also spent three years with Seattle Sounders FC, giving him 78 MLS regular-season appearances (49 starts) with one goal and two assists.
āWeāre pleased to bring [Oniel] Fisher into the fold,ā head coach Adrian Heath said in a statement. āHeās got plenty of MLS experience and the fact that he can play both left back and right back will be huge for us during the year, especially on the left side where weāre missing some depth.
"If we want to be successful and have the season we want, weāre going to need all of our players and I think heās a good pick up for us. Heās athletic, a good guy. As an MLS veteran, he knows whatās coming, knows the competition of the league, the travel and how hot itās going to be in Houston in the middle of May. Weāre pleased weāve got him and we think heās going to contribute.ā
Fisher has been capped 25 times by Jamaica and is part of their quest for a Qatar 2022 World Cup berth. He originally entered MLS via the 2015 SuperDraft as a second-round pick (40th overall) by Seattle after time at the University of New Mexico.
Minnesota have made three straight Audi MLS Cup Playoffs and return right back Romain MĆ©tanire and left back Chase Gasper as wide leaders of their defense.