Across State Lines: Options Picked Up and Declined

It’s the time of year where MLS teams that have been eliminated from the MLS Cup playoffs make their announcements for what players’ options were picked up and what players’ options were declined heading into the offseason. A couple of KC natives, Nick Besler and Jon Kempin all had their options picked up by their club. Meanwhile Servando Carrasco, Kevin Ellis, Yura Movsisyan, and Tony Rocha all had their options declined. Three other players, Andrew Dykstra, Benny Feilhaber, and Kei Kamara all are out of contract. All three are eligible for free agency in MLS, having eight years of experience in the league and being over 28 years old.

Here’s this week’s full update.

Key

SKC - former Sporting KC players

ACA - former Sporting KC academy players

KC - Kansas City area players

Note: Players under contract to Sporting Kansas City at this time are not included on this list.

MLS

Saad Abdul-Salaam (SKC)- NYCFC - Offseason.

Jalil Anibaba (SKC) - New England - Offseason.

Nick Besler (KC) - Salt Lake - Offseason.

Latif Blessing (SKC) - LAFC - Offseason.

Teal Bunbury (SKC) - New England - Offseason.

Aurelien Collin (SKC) - New York - Did not dress in New York’s 3-0 loss to Atlanta.

Marcel de Jong (SKC) - Vancouver - Offseason.

Dom Dwyer (SKC) - Orlando - Offseason.

Kortne Ford (KC) - Colorado - Offseason.

Luis Gil (SKC) - Houston (loan) - Offseason.

Alec Kann (SKC) - Atlanta - Dressed but did not play in Atlanta’s 3-0 win over New York.

Jon Kempin (SKC) - Columbus - Offseason.

Chris Konopka (SKC) - Pool GK - Offseason.

Lawrence Olum (SKC) - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland’s 0-0 draw with KC.

Oriol Rosell (SKC) - Orlando - Offseason.

CJ Sapong (SKC) - Philadelphia - Offseason.

Sal Zizzo (SKC) - Atlanta - Did not dress in Atlanta’s 3-0 win over New York.

International

Korede Aiyegbusi (SKC) - Amical Saint-Prex - Switzerland - No game until March.

Ever Alvarado (SKC) - Olimpia - Honduras - Started and played 90 minutes in Olimpia’s 2-2 draw with Real Espana.

Emiliano Amor (SKC) - Aldosivi - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes in Aldosivi’s 1-0 win over Newell’s Old Boys.

Scott Angevine (SKC) - MP - Finland - Offseason.

Bernardo Anor (SKC) - Caracas - Venezuela - Offseason.

Stefan Antonijevic (SKC) - Lillestrom - Norway - Did not dress in Lillestrom’s 2-0 win over Kristiansund.

Ezra Armstrong (ACA) - Turkspor Augsburg - Germany - Offseason.

Claudio Bieler (SKC) - San Martin Tucuman - Argentina - Started and played 90 minutes in San Martin’s 0-0 draw with Colon.

Sunil Chhetri (SKC) - Bengaluru - India - Started and played 89 minutes, scoring a goal in Bengaluru’s 2-1 win over Goa. Started and played 90 minutes in Bengaluru’s 1-0 win over Delhi Dynamos.

Jorge Claros (SKC) - Real Espana - Honduras - Dressed but did not play in Real’s 2-2 draw with Olimpia.

Nuno Coelho (SKC) - GD Chaves - Portugal - Did not dress in Chaves’ 2-1 win over Santa Clara.

Daneil Cyrus (SKC) - Al Orubah - Saudi Arabia - Lost 2-0 to Al Mojzel.

Toni Dovale (SKC) - Nea Salamina - Cyprus - Dressed but did not play in Nea Salamina’s 4-1 win over AEL.

Pablo Escobar (SKC) - Deportes Quindio - Colombia - Offseason.

Brandon Fricke (ACA) - Nybro IF - Sweden - Season over.

Elvir Ibisevic (ACA) - NK Celje - Slovenia - Did not dress in Celje’s 2-0 win over Rudar.

Will John (SKC) - Lokomotivi Tbilisi - Georgia - Came off the bench and played 20 minutes in Lokomotivi’s 2-1 win over Sioni.

Peterson Joseph (SKC) - Hang Yuen - Taiwan - Offseason.

Benji Joya (SKC) - Irapuato - Mexico - Defeated Toluca Premier 1-0.

Igor Juliao (SKC) - Fluminense - Brazil - Came off the bench and played 9 minutes in Fluminense’s 2-0 loss to Bahia. Dressed but did not play in Fluminense’s 2-0 loss to Internacional.

Michael Kafari (SKC) - Motala AIF FK - Sweden - Offseason.

Seo-In Kim (ACA) - Qormi FC - Malta - Came off the bench and played 30 minutes in Qormi’s 2-1 loss to Hibernians.

Igor Kostrov (SKC) - Slavia-Mozyr - Belarus - Season over.

Kyle McLagan (KC) - FC Roskilde - Denmark - Came off the bench and played 15 minutes in Roskilde’s 4-0 loss to Lyngby BK.

Michal Mravec (SKC) - FK Trinec - Czech Republic - No game until 3/1.

Soni Mustivar (SKC) - Neftchi Baku - Azerbaijan - Started and played 90 minutes in Neftchi’s 2-0 win over Sebail.

Erik Palmer-Brown (SKC) - NAC Breda (Manchester City) - Started and played 90 minutes in NAC’s 3-0 loss to Ajax.

Pablo Punyed (SKC) - KR - Iceland - Offseason.

Jordi Quintilla (SKC) - FC St. Gallen - Switzerland - Started and played 90 minutes in St. Gallen’s 2-1 loss to Grasshopper.

Max Rugova (ACA) - FC Nurnberg U19s - Germany - Did not play in Nurnberg’s 2-0 loss to VfB Stuttgart.

Peter Schmetz (SKC) - Wuppertaler SV - Germany - No game this week.

Yann Songo’o (SKC) - Plymouth Argyle - England - Started and played 90 minutes in Plymouth’s 2-1 win over Fleetwood Town. Started and played 90 minutes in Plymouth’s 2-0 loss to Shrewsbury Town.

Martin Steuble (SKC) - Ceres-La Salle - Philippines - Offseason.

Milos Stojcev (SKC) - Tuzla City - Bosnia - Started and played 90 minutes in Tuzla’s 2-1 loss to Zrinjski.

Ualefi (SKC) - Barretos - Brazil - Offseason.

USL

Joe Amico (ACA) - Orange County - Offseason.

Emmanuel Appiah (SKC) - LA - Offseason.

Camilo Benitez (ACA) - Swope Park - Offseason.

Amadou Dia (SKC) - Phoenix - Offseason.

Christian Duke (SKC) - Orange County - Offseason.

Kyle Greig (KC) - Saint Louis - Offseason.

Michael Harrington (SKC) - North Carolina - Offseason.

Wilson Harris (ACA) - Swope Park - Offseason.

Felipe Hernandez (SKC) - Swope Park - Offseason.

Cyprian Hedrick (SKC) - San Antonio - Offseason.

Cameron Iwasa (SKC) - Sacramento - Offseason.

Matt Lewis (SKC) - Swope Park - Offseason.

Will Little (ACA) - Swope Park - Offseason.

Mikey Lopez (SKC) - Birmingham - Offseason.

Parker Maher (SKC) - Swope Park - Offseason.

Alex Martinez (SKC) - Charlotte - Offseason.

James Musa (SKC) - Phoenix - Offseason.

Kevin Oliveira (SKC) - Ottawa - Offseason.

Tyler Pasher (SKC) - Indy - Offseason.

Soony Saad (SKC) - Indy - Offseason.

Alex Tambakis (SKC) - North Carolina - Offseason.

Kris Tyrpak (SKC) - Austin - Offseason.

Christian Volesky (SKC) - Oklahoma City - Offseason.

Yomby William (SKC) - Richmond - Offseason.

NWSL

Shea Groom (KC) - Sky Blue - Offseason.

Haley Hanson (KC) - Houston - Offseason.

Mandy Laddish (KC) - Utah - Offseason.

Sydney Miramontez (KC) - Utah - Offseason.

NPSL

Tomas Granitto (SKC) - Miami United - Offseason.

Mechack Jerome (SKC) - Jacksonville - Offseason.

James Marcelin (SKC) - Miami United - Offseason.

PDL

Wilfred Williams (SKC) - Des Moines - Offseason.

Indoor

Jose Burciaga (SKC) - Dallas - Offseason.

Adam James (KC) - Kansas City - Offseason.

Patrick Kelly (KC) - Kansas City - Offseason.

Boris Pardo (SKC) - San Diego - Offseason.

Mark Saxby (KC) - Kansas City - Offseason.

Active without a club or unknown

Servando Carrasco (SKC)

Andrew Dykstra (SKC)

Kevin Ellis (SKC)

Benny Feilhaber (SKC)

David Greczek (SKC)

Cody Hoffman (KC)

Tanner Hunjak (KC)

Ryan James (SKC)

Kei Kamara (SKC)

Maegan Kelly (KC)

Ray Lee (ACA)

Blake Levine (ACA)

Luis Marin (SKC)

Alex Molano (SKC)

Yura Movsisyan (SKC)

Chance Myers (SKC)

Amobi Okugo (SKC)

Jacob Peterson (SKC)

Tony Rocha (SKC)

Ray Saari (KC)

Alberto Sanchez (ACA)

Nansel Selbol (SKC)

Zach Wright (SKC)