There are 12 different ways for your team to sign a new player, but one of the most frequently used is via trade – below is a list of all trades for the 2020 MLS season.
| Transaction date: 12/2/2019 | |
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| ATL | ATL receive: Brooks Lennon (Defender) |
| RSL | RSL receive: $150,000 in General Allocation Money, $150,000 in Targeted Allocation Money. |
| Transaction date: 12/2/2019 | |
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| NSH | NSH receive: Dominique Badji (Forward) |
| DAL | DAL receive: $150,000 in General Allocation Money, $175,000 in Targeted Allocation Money. FC Dallas will receive an additional $75,000 in General Allocation Money should Badji meet certain performance-based metrics with Nashville SC in the club’s Major League Soccer inaugural season in 2020. |
| Transaction date: 11/26/2019 | |
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| DAL | DAL receive: Rights to Fafa Picault (Midfielder) |
| PHI | PHI receive: $300,000 in 2020 General Allocation Money; $75,000 in 2021 General Allocation Money of Picault meets certain performance incentives. |
| Transaction date: 11/26/2019 | |
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| NSH | NSH receive: No. 2 pick in Stage 1 of 2019 Re-Entry Process (Eric Miller) |
| VAN | VAN receive: Second-round pick in 2022 SuperDraft, No. 25 pick in Stage 1 of 2019 Re-Entry Process |
| Transaction date: 11/26/2019 | |
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| SEA | SEA receive: Rights to Stefan Cleveland (Goalkeeper), Second-round pick in 2020 SuperDraft (No. 35 overall) |
| CHI | CHI receive: First-round pick in 2020 SuperDraft (No. 26 overall) |
| Transaction date: 11/25/2019 | |
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| NE | NE receive: No. 3 pick in 2019 Waiver Draft (Jeff Caldwell) |
| ORL | ORL receive: No. 11 pick in 2019 Waiver Draft, Second-round pick in 2020 SuperDraft |
| Transaction date: 11/20/2019 | |
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| MTL | MTL receive: Romell Quioto (Forward) |
| HOU | HOU receive: Victor Cabrera (Defender), $100,000 in General Allocation Money. Houston will retain a portion of Quioto's sell-on rights in the event he is transferred to a club outside Major League Soccer. |
| Transaction date: 11/20/2019 | |
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| COL | COL receive: Auston Trusty (Defender) |
| PHI | PHI receive: $300,000 in 2021 General Allocation Money, $300,000 in Targeted Allocation Money, international roster spot. The Union will receive an additional $150,000 in General Allocation Money if Trusty meets certain performance metrics. Furthermore, the Union will receive 30% of the transfer fee if Trusty is sold outside of the league on or before Dec. 31, 2021 and 25% on or after Jan. 1, 2022. The percentage would only apply to any amount of total allocation money received over what the Rapids paid the Union for Trusty, not the total transaction fee. |
| Transaction date: 11/20/2019 | |
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| COL | COL receive: Lalas Abubakar (Defender) |
| CLB | CLB receive: $400,000 in General Allocation Money, international roster spot |
| Transaction date: 11/19/2019 | |
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| MIA | MIA receive: No. 3 pick in 2019 SuperDraft |
| CIN | CIN receive: $150,000 in General Allocation Money |
| Transaction date: 11/19/2019 | |
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| CIN | CIN receive: Brandon Vazquez (Forward) |
| NSH | NSH receive: $150,000 in Targeted Allocation Money, additional $50,000 in General Allocation Money based on performance incentives |
| Transaction date: 11/19/2019 | |
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| NSH | NSH receive: Daniel Lovitz (Defender) |
| MTL | MTL receive: $50,000 in Targeted Allocation Money, $50,000 in General Allocation Money, international roster spot |
| Transaction date: 11/19/2019 | |
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| NSH | NSH receive: Adrian Zendejas (Goalkeeper) |
| SKC | SKC receive: $125,000 in Targeted Allocation Money, $50,000 in General Allocation Money, international roster spot |
| Transaction date: 11/19/2019 | |
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| NSH | NSH receive: Joe Willis (Goalkeeper) |
| HOU | HOU receive: Zarek Valentin (Defender) |
| Transaction date: 11/14/2019 | |
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| MIA | MIA receive: Grant Lillard (Defender) |
| CHI | CHI receive: $75,000 in General Allocation Money |
| Transaction date: 11/13/2019 | |
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| HOU | HOU receive: Darwin Quintero (Forward), Third-round pick in 2020 SuperDraft |
| MIN | MIN receive: Marlon Hairston (Midfielder), $150,000 in 2020 General Allocation Money, $150,000 in 2020 Targeted Allocation Money, $150,000 in 2021 General Allocation Money, $150,000 in 2021 Targeted Allocation Money |
| Transaction date: 11/13/2019 | |
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| MIA | MIA receive: Jay Chapman (Midfielder) |
| TOR | TOR receive: $100,000 in General Allocation Money |
| Transaction date: 11/13/2019 | |
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| CLB | CLB receive: Darlington Nagbe (Midfielder) |
| ATL | ATL receive: $700,000 in Targeted Allocation Money, $150,000 in General Allocation Money, international roster spot for the 2020 MLS season, $200,000 in Targeted Allocation Money for the 2021 MLS season. Should Nagbe meet certain performance conditions, Atlanta United would receive additional Allocation Money. |
| Transaction date: 11/12/2019 | |
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| MIA | MIA receive: Homegrown rights to Drake Callender (Goalkeeper) |
| SJ | SJ receive: Second-round pick in 2020 SuperDraft (No. 27 overall). San Jose can receive up to $150,000 in General Allocation Money if Callender meets certain performance-based metrics. |
| Transaction date: 11/12/2019 | |
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| NSH | NSH receive: Dave Romney (Defender) |
| LA | LA receive: $225,000 in General Allocation Money, the Galaxy will receive an additional $50,000 in General Allocation Money if Romney meets certain performance-based metrics. |
| Transaction date: 11/12/2019 | |
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| NSH | NSH receive: Dax McCarty (Midfielder) |
| CHI | CHI receive: $50,000 in General Allocation Money, $50,000 in Targeted Allocation Money, Second-round pick in 2021 SuperDraft |
| Transaction date: 11/11/2019 | |
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| MIA | MIA receive: Rights to Victor Ulloa (Midfielder), No. 1 pick in 2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft (Stage 1) |
| CIN | CIN receive: $50,000 in General Allocation Money, Third-round pick in 2020 SuperDraft, No. 26 pick in 2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft (Stage 1) |
