Just a friendly update on the league's allocation order now that the Sammy Ochoa deal is
finalized.
Chivas USA still remains the top club while Seattle moves to the bottom.
Below is the current MLS Allocation Order.
- Chivas USA
- Houston Dynamo
- Toronto FC
- Sporting Kansas City
- Chicago Fire
- Columbus Crew
- New York Red Bulls
- Real Salt Lake
- San Jose Earthquakes
- LA Galaxy
- FC Dallas
- Colorado Rapids
- Vancouver Whitecaps (Jay DeMerit)
- Portland Timbers (Kenny Cooper)
- D.
The Seattle Sounders FC have landed a new striker to help out with their big schedule. The club
has signed striker Sammy Ochoa via the allocation system today.
Ochoa was recently with Tecos in Mexico and signed with the league earlier this week. The former
U-20 national team member played under Sigi Schmid and was even with the club during the summer
training.
I heard a peep about this yesterday but never got around to it. It turns out former U-20
national team forward Sammy Ochoa has signed a deal with Major League Soccer. He's fate will be up
to the MLS Allocation order.
The 24-year old recently played with Estudiantes Tecos in Mexico is currently out of
contract.
I heard a peep about this yesterday but never got around to it. It turns out former U-20
national team forward Sammy Ochoa has signed a deal with Major League Soccer. He's fate will be up
to the MLS Allocation order.
The 24-year old recently played with Estudiantes Tecos in Mexico is currently out of
contract.
Eddie Johnson is back in MLS! (Getty Images)
There isn't a whole lot to report here yet. Eddie Johnson is back in Major League Soccer, the
league announced the signing today during a press conference to talk about the new amendment to the
Designated Player rule.
Johnson will be allocated to a team on Thursday.
With the news that Freddy Adu has signed with Major League Soccer as a non-DP, it means the club
snagged him via the allocation system. You know what that means, time for an update to the
order.
Chivas USA still remains the top club while Philadelphia moves to the bottom.
Below is the current MLS Allocation Order.
I made a list a while back of players I thought best fit the mold of coming back to play in
Major League Soccer either this year or even in the next. One of those players was veteran keeper
Marcus Hahnemann, who was let go by Wolverhampton today after two years with the club.
The 38-year old is with the US National Team right now getting ready for the Gold Cup.
I'm trying to stay on top of things as I've already gotten a couple emails about this. Now that
D.C. United have used their allocation order spot on Charlie Davies, we now have a new leader in
the clubhouse.
Dallas did not receive the top spot in their trade with Chivas USA yesterday, when they sent
Heath Pearce over for allocation money.
I've been meaning to update this list for a couple weeks now that Portland has signed Kenny
Cooper. The league actually beat me on the update even though a few folks have asked me on Twitter
and through email about this. With Charlie Davies in D.C. United camp at the moment they have first
crack at him via the allocation system.
With all the talk of Kenny Cooper coming back to MLS to play for Portland, a couple readers
asked if I would post the current allocation order. Now some folks will wonder why Portland can get
Cooper if he does return, its simple, FC Dallas made an offer before he left for Germany a couple
years ago so they no longer hold his player rights here in MLS.
