The following is a list of transfers for the 2009 Major League Soccer season. Seattle Sounders FC, a new expansion team, signed four players during the 2008 season, however their transfers are listed on this page for clarity. David Beckham's loan to Milan was also made during the 2008 season. The rest of the transfers were made during the 2008–09 offseason all the way through to the MLS transfer deadline on August 31, 2009.
Transfers Date Name Moving from Moving to Mode of Transfer May 8, 2008 Sébastien Le Toux Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders FC Free August 14, 2008 Kasey Keller Unattached Seattle Sounders FC Free September 5, 2008 Sanna Nyassi Unattached Seattle Sounders FC Free October 24, 2008 David Beckham Los Angeles Galaxy Milan Loan October 24, 2008 Freddie Ljungberg Unattached Seattle Sounders FC Free November 14, 2008 Fred D.C. United Wellington Phoenix Loan November 19, 2008 Hunter Freeman Toronto FC Start Free November 20, 2008 Landon Donovan Los Angeles Galaxy Bayern Munich Loan November 22, 2008 Cuauhtémoc Blanco Chicago Fire Santos Laguna Loan November 24, 2008 Adam Cristman New England Revolution Kansas City Wizards Trade November 24, 2008 Jovan Kirovski San Jose Earthquakes Los Angeles Galaxy Trade November 24, 2008 Jámison Olave Deportivo Cali Real Salt Lake Undisclosed November 26, 2008 Mike Petke Unattached New York Red Bulls Free November 28, 2008 Brad Evans Columbus Crew Seattle Sounders FC Expansion Draft November 28, 2008 Nate Jaqua Houston Dynamo Seattle Sounders FC Expansion Draft November 28, 2008 Stephen King Chicago Fire Seattle Sounders FC Expansion Draft November 28, 2008 Jeff Parke New York Red Bulls Seattle Sounders FC Expansion Draft November 28, 2008 James Riley San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Expansion Draft November 28, 2008 Jarrod Smith Toronto FC Seattle Sounders FC Expansion Draft November 28, 2008 Khano Smith New England Revolution Seattle Sounders FC Expansion Draft November 28, 2008 Nathan Sturgis Real Salt Lake Seattle Sounders FC Expansion Draft November 28, 2008 Peter Vagenas Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle Sounders FC Expansion Draft November 28, 2008 Tyson Wahl Kansas City Wizards Seattle Sounders FC Expansion Draft December 8, 2008 Michael Parkhurst New England Revolution Nordsjælland Free December 12, 2008 Dwayne De Rosario Houston Dynamo Toronto FC Trade December 12, 2008 Julius James Toronto FC Houston Dynamo Trade December 23, 2008 Tomasz Frankowski Chicago Fire Jagiellonia Białystok Free December 23, 2008 Donovan Ricketts Village United Los Angeles Galaxy Undisclosed December 28, 2008 Michael Videira Unattached New England Revolution Free January 6, 2009 Duilio Davino FC Dallas Puebla Free January 6, 2009 Chris Eylander Unattached Seattle Sounders FC Free January 7, 2009 Leonard Griffin Portland Timbers Los Angeles Galaxy Undisclosed January 9, 2009 Stefani Miglioranzi Columbus Crew Los Angeles Galaxy Trade January 13, 2009 Ty Harden Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Rapids Trade January 13, 2009 Macoumba Kandji Atlanta Silverbacks New York Red Bulls Undisclosed January 13, 2009 Roberto Nurse Chivas USA Veracruz Free January 13, 2009 Dominic Oduro FC Dallas New York Red Bulls Trade January 13, 2009 Dave van den Bergh New York Red Bulls FC Dallas Trade January 15, 2009 Ante Jazić Los Angeles Galaxy Chivas USA Trade January 15, 2009 Dema Kovalenko Real Salt Lake Los Angeles Galaxy Trade January 15, 2009 Mike Magee New York Red Bulls Los Angeles Galaxy Trade January 15, 2009 Matt Pickens Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids Trade January 15, 2009 Steve Purdy 1860 Munich FC Dallas Undisclosed January 16, 2009 Francisco Mendoza Chivas USA Guadalajara Free January 19, 2009 Kenny Deuchar Real Salt Lake Hamilton Academical Free January 20, 2009 Francisco Lima San Jose Earthquakes Taranto Sport Free January 21, 2009 Fabián Espíndola Real Salt Lake Deportivo Anzoátegui Free January 21, 2009 Taylor Graham Unattached Seattle Sounders FC Free January 22, 2009 Gonzalo Peralta D.C. United Unión Santa Fe Loan January 23, 2009 Tally Hall Esbjerg Houston Dynamo Free January 23, 2009 Fredy Montero Deportivo Cali Seattle Sounders FC Loan January 26, 2009 Patrick Ianni Houston Dynamo Seattle Sounders FC Trade January 27, 2009 Osvaldo Alonso Charleston Battery Seattle Sounders FC Undisclosed January 27, 2009 Daniel Torres Bryne FC Dallas Undisclosed January 30, 2009 Marcelo Gallardo D.C. United River Plate Free January 31, 2009 Felix Garcia Laredo Heat Houston Dynamo Undisclosed January 31, 2009 Carlos Ruiz Toronto FC Olimpia Asunción Free February 2, 2009 Scott Sealy San Jose Earthquakes Maccabi Tel Aviv Free February 3, 2009 Todd Dunivant Toronto FC Los Angeles Galaxy Trade February 5, 2009 Cam Weaver Haugesund San Jose Earthquakes Undisclosed February 9, 2009 Pablo Campos GAIS San Jose Earthquakes Undisclosed February 9, 2009 Christian Gómez Colorado Rapids D.C. United Trade February 9, 2009 Mike Graczyk Colorado Rapids D.C. United Trade February 9, 2009 Iván Guerrero D.C. United Colorado Rapids Trade February 9, 2009 Pablo Vitti Independiente Toronto FC Loan February 10, 2009 Bobby Convey Unattached San Jose Earthquakes Free February 10, 2009 Tyrone Marshall Toronto FC Seattle Sounders FC Trade February 10, 2009 Daniel Paladini Chivas USA Carolina RailHawks Free February 11, 2009 Santiago Hirsig San Lorenzo Kansas City Wizards Undisclosed February 11, 2009 Andrew Weber Unattached San Jose Earthquakes Free February 12, 2009 Khano Smith Seattle Sounders FC New York Red Bulls Trade February 18, 2009 Jhon Kennedy Hurtado Deportivo Cali Seattle Sounders FC Undisclosed February 24, 2009 David Ferreira Atlético Paranaense FC Dallas Loan February 24, 2009 Ange N'Silu Le Mont D.C. United Undisclosed February 24, 2009 Adrian Serioux FC Dallas Toronto FC Trade February 27, 2009 Dejan Jakovic Red Star Belgrade D.C. United Undisclosed February 27, 2009 Gregory Richardson Toronto FC Colorado Rapids Trade March 2, 2009 Steve Cronin Los Angeles Galaxy Portland Timbers Free March 2, 2009 Chris Leitch New York Red Bulls San Jose Earthquakes Trade March 3, 2009 Emmanuel Gómez Samger FC Toronto FC Free March 3, 2009 Ned Grabavoy Unattached Real Salt Lake Free March 3, 2009 Amadou Sanyang Real de Banjul Toronto FC Free March 10, 2009 Albert Celades Real Zaragoza New York Red Bulls Free March 10, 2009 Josh Wicks Los Angeles Galaxy D.C. United Trade March 11, 2009 Scott Palguta Rochester Rhinos Colorado Rapids Undisclosed March 12, 2009 Eduardo Lillingston Tecos UAG Chivas USA Undisclosed March 12, 2009 Josh Saunders Miami FC Los Angeles Galaxy Undisclosed March 16, 2009 Roger Levesque Unattached Seattle Sounders FC Free March 16, 2009 Zach Scott Unattached Seattle Sounders FC Free March 17, 2009 Mike Zaher D.C. United San Jose Earthquakes Trade March 18, 2009 Eric Brunner New York Red Bulls Columbus Crew Trade March 18, 2009 Tim Ward Unattached Chicago Fire Free March 19, 2009 Simon Elliott Unattached San Jose Earthquakes Free March 19, 2009 Carlos Johnson Bryne New York Red Bulls Free March 19, 2009 Tony Sanneh Unattached Los Angeles Galaxy Free March 19, 2009 Mariano Trujillo Atlante Chivas USA Undisclosed March 20, 2009 Brandon McDonald Unattached San Jose Earthquakes Free March 21, 2009 Álvaro Sánchez San Carlos FC Dallas Loan March 24, 2009 Kevin Forrest Unattached Seattle Sounders FC Free March 25, 2009 Mike Graczyk D.C. United San Jose Earthquakes Trade March 26, 2009 Stephane Assengue Daga Young Stars New England Revolution Free March 27, 2009 John DiRaimondo Unattached D.C. United Free March 27, 2009 Bojan Stepanović Srem Chivas USA Free March 31, 2009 Emmanuel Osei Liberty Professionals New England Revolution Free March 31, 2009 Jeff Parke Seattle Sounders FC Vancouver Whitecaps Free April 3, 2009 Gregg Berhalter 1860 Munich Los Angeles Galaxy Free April 6, 2009 Ade Akinbiyi Burnley Houston Dynamo Free April 14, 2009 André Hainault Baník Most Houston Dynamo Undisclosed April 15, 2009 Fabián Espíndola Deportivo Anzoátegui Real Salt Lake Undisclosed April 17, 2009 Julien Baudet Crewe Alexandra Colorado Rapids Free April 17, 2009 Kyle Davies Southampton Real Salt Lake Free April 17, 2009 Alfredo Pacheco FAS New York Red Bulls Loan ($30k) April 23, 2009 Avery John New England Revolution D.C. United Trade April 28, 2009 Kyle Davies Real Salt Lake FC Dallas Trade April 28, 2009 Aaron Pitchkolan FC Dallas San Jose Earthquakes Trade May 6, 2009 Nico Colaluca Colorado Rapids New England Revolution Trade May 6, 2009 Rob Valentino New England Revolution Colorado Rapids Trade May 18, 2009 Cornell Glen San Juan Jabloteh San Jose Earthquakes Undisclosed May 27, 2009 Dominic Oduro New York Red Bulls Houston Dynamo Trade June 9, 2009 Nick Garcia San Jose Earthquakes Toronto FC Trade June 9, 2009 Cam Weaver San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo Trade June 9, 2009 Chris Wondolowski Houston Dynamo San Jose Earthquakes Trade June 12, 2009 António Ribeiro Unattached San Jose Earthquakes Free June 15, 2009 Pat Noonan Columbus Crew Colorado Rapids Trade June 23, 2009 Ali Gerba Milton Keynes Dons Toronto FC Free June 24, 2009 Kevin Harmse Toronto FC Chivas USA Trade June 26, 2009 Terry Boss Unattached Seattle Sounders FC Free June 29, 2009 Bouna Coundoul Unattached New York Red Bulls Free July 1, 2009 Alecko Eskandarian Chivas USA Los Angeles Galaxy Trade July 1, 2009 Edgaras Jankauskas REO LT Vilnius New England Revolution Free July 2, 2009 Leonardo González Municipal Liberia Seattle Sounders FC Undisclosed July 8, 2009 Chris Birchall Brighton & Hove Albion Los Angeles Galaxy Free July 13, 2009 Leonard Krupnik Maccabi Haifa New York Red Bulls Undisclosed July 15, 2009 Pablo Campos San Jose Earthquakes Real Salt Lake Trade July 16, 2009 Ernst Öbster Red Bull Salzburg New York Red Bulls Undisclosed July 16, 2009 Danny Szetela Racing Santander D.C. United Free July 17, 2009 Atiba Harris Chivas USA FC Dallas Trade July 17, 2009 Marcelo Saragosa FC Dallas Chivas USA Trade July 24, 2009 Ely Allen Seattle Wolves D.C. United Free July 24, 2009 Facundo Diz Platense Colorado Rapids Free July 24, 2009 Ramón Sánchez Alianza San Jose Earthquakes Undisclosed July 28, 2009 Zoltán Hercegfalvi Budapest Honvéd Kansas City Wizards Free July 29, 2009 Rachid El Khalifi SC Cambuur Real Salt Lake Free July 29, 2009 Jamie Smith Aberdeen Colorado Rapids Free July 31, 2009 Kenny Cooper FC Dallas 1860 Munich Undisclosed July 31, 2009 André Luiz Jaguares San Jose Earthquakes Free August 12, 2009 Lesly Fellinga SC Heerenveen Toronto FC Undisclosed August 13, 2009 Nelson González Quilmes Real Salt Lake Loan August 14, 2009 Ryan Cochrane San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo Trade August 14, 2009 David Habarugira Anderlecht D.C. United Undisclosed August 14, 2009 Julius James Houston Dynamo D.C. United Trade August 14, 2009 Yamith Cuesta Expreso Rojo Chivas USA Loan August 17, 2009 Walter García Unattached New York Red Bulls Free August 18, 2009 Marvin Chávez Marathón FC Dallas Loan August 18, 2009 Jesús Padilla Guadalajara Chivas USA Loan August 19, 2009 Emilio Rentería Caracas Columbus Crew Free August 20, 2009 Luis Ángel Landín Morelia Houston Dynamo Loan August 21, 2009 Maicon Santos Bonsucesso Chivas USA Loan August 28, 2009 Bakary Soumare Chicago Fire Boulogne $2.14m August 31, 2009 Ugo Ihemelu Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Trade August 31, 2009 Drew Moor FC Dallas Colorado Rapids Trade
Notes and references
External links Official Site of Major League Soccer