Every year the list gets larger. Free agency wasn’t a thing in Major League Soccer until 2015, when the league reformed its regulations and allowed players who are at least 28 years old and have at least eight years of MLS service to decide their futures once they are out of contract.
Columbus Crew SC used the mechanism to sign midfielder Ricardo Clark before the start of the 2018 season and with the 2019 class released by the league on Monday, here a few options the Black & Gold could explore when free agency officially starts, after Tuesday’s Expansion Draft.