MLS primary transfer window closes

The MLS primary transfer window closed this week with a couple notable transactions materializing at the eleventh hour. After holding out earlier this year for a trade, midfielder Lee Nguyen was traded to LAFC for $700,000 in allocation money.

MNUFC also finalized a deal late, trading winger Sam Nicholson to Colorado for defender and Woodbury native Eric Miller. Miller posted on Twitter about how happy he is to play for his hometown club.

Can’t wait to come home and get to work! @MNUFC pic.twitter.com/gAB63VETh8

— Eric Miller (@emillller) May 3, 2018

News bits

• Midfielder Ibson and goaltender Bobby Shuttleworth were both named to MLS Team of the Week for Week 9.
• The Athletic’s Jeff Rueter sat down with Ibson to talk about his long career, including playing in Minnesota, and what the future holds.
• Topdrawersoccer.com’s Travis Clark writes about Mason Toye and his notable contributions to this past weekend’s home victory over Houston Dynamo.
• The newly formed Canadian Premier League, set to start play in 2019, is rumored to announce its first eight teams in the near future.
• After being named to Calgary Foothills FC men’s team, female goaltender Stephanie Labbé has been barred from play by the Premier Development League (PDL).
• Seattle Sounders club president Gareth Lagerwey speaks about how the club’s spending habits have changed in the modern day MLS.

 

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