The MLS transfer window opened Saturday. Let the (salary capped) silliness begin! In our second weekly Rest of the Story, we look at MLS in-migration from Jan 10 to Jan 16.
This week’s moves:
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The most notable signing of the week was likely former PSG, Newcastle, Espanyol, Olympiacos and Leeds defender Didier Domi joining New England. He’s just 32, so you would hope for the Revs sake that he has a few miles left.
Loan agreements with South America continue to be all the rage in MLS (partly because a player’s contract situation in South America can be complicated and a loan agreement is easier than just buying the player outright). DC United brought in Uruguay’s Rodrigo Brasesco. The defender played 79 games for Racing Club de Montevideo since 2008.
Chicago made a couple of moves. They went domestic in midfielder Daniel Paladini, who played D2 last year for Carolina. He was a D2 all-star and Carolina’s MVP in 2009. They also grabbed Croatian Josip Mikulić on a free. The centreback most recently played for NK Zagreb
It has yet to be made official, but it appears that young keeper Sergio Arias will be sent from Chivas Mexico to Chivas USA in one of those quasi farm team moves that are hard to define.
The Red Bulls brought in a 20-year old Brazilian. Midfielder Marcos Paullo played youth football at Atletico Paranaense and had been on trial with the club for a long stretch last year. He played for the Red Bulls in a friendly against Manchester City last July.
There was also another home-grown signing last week. Jonathan Top joins Dallas.