It's a question that is asked increasingly more often as a soccer player ages. I assume some embrace the transition while others dread it. Many of our former MLS greats have gone on to have successful careers in soccer administration, coaching, media, and other career fields ever further from the soccer... field.
There are players on this recent 2015 FC Dallas roster that the fans adore, but it becomes difficult to justify keeping everyone just because you "like him" as the roster philosophy evolves over time. I want to focus on three of those players. Now mind you, not one of these players has mentioned retiring.