SI/YI Lists

Updated to reflect changes in the past month. Click here for my explanation of MLS international player rules. All teams as a basic rule have 4 SI slots and 3 YI slots. See the above link for why some teams have more, and my best guess as to the exact number certain teams have. It's not easy to find that stuff out, as well as the status of certain players. (players listed with green cards below may be citizens as well/instead, but the main point is that they count as Americans for the roster) EDITED 9/15: The trade deadline is over, so these should be set in stone for the rest of the season. Movsisyan goes from KC to RSL, and a YI slot is traded in the process through 2009. RSL may or may not have one YI slot open still. The answer may be no, but I'm unaware of where it's gone then. NE also signed another Gambian YI. EDITED 9/24: Movsisyan will no longer count as a YI. RSL apparently only now has 2 YI slots in total, including the one they just traded for, and I'm at a loss to describe where the other one went. EDITED 9/28: I've confirmed that the RSL Jeff Stewart trade that I've previously mentioned was for the a permanent YI slot. So Chivas should have that one, and 4 in total. CHICAGO SI: Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Wilman Conde, Gonzalo Segares, Paulo Wanchope YI: Bruno Menezes, Osei Telesford Green Card: Ivan Guerrero Changes: Thiago waived to make room for Conde, who played for Osorio in Colombia. Willian Oliveira was waived opening up a YI slot. Open Slots: 1 YI CHIVAS USA SI: Claudio Suarez, Shavar Thomas YI: John Cunliffe, Laurent Merlin, Francisco Mendoza, Paulo Nagamura Green Card: Maykel Galindo, Ramon Nunez, Alex Zotinca Changes: N/A. Open Slots: 2 SI COLORADO SI: Terry Cooke, Omar Cummings, Nicolas Hernandez, Daniel Osorno YI: Mehdi Ballouchy, Facundo Erpen, Kosuke Kimura Green Card: Jose Cancela, Bouna Coundoul Changes: N/A Open Slots: N/A COLUMBUS SI: Marcos Gonzalez, Andy Herron, Guillermo Barros Schelotto YI: Ben Hunter, Andrei Pacheco, Ricardo Virtuoso Green Card: Ezra Hendrickson, Kei Kamara, Stefani Miglioranzi, Alejandro Moreno, Duncan Oughton Changes: Signed Pacheco, who is a Trinidad international. Details on the deal here. Open Slots: 1 SI DALLAS SI: Denilson, Pablo Richetti, Carlos Ruiz, Adrian Serioux (Marcelo Saragosa) YI: Dominic Oduro, Ricardinho, Juan Toja (Roberto Mina) Green Card: Sandi Gbandi, Shaka Hislop, Dario Sala Changes: DP and World Cup winner Denilson signed. FCD is taking advantage of the rule allowing teams to replace players who are out for the year, which is why Mina and Saragosa are still officially on the roster. Open Slots: N/A DC UNITED SI: Luciano Emilio, Fred, Christian Gomez YI: Guy-Roland Kpene Green Card: Nicholas Addlery, Stephen deRoux, Rod Dyachenko, Jerson Moneiro, Jaime Moreno Changes: N/A Open Slots: 1 SI, 2 YI HOUSTON SI: Paul Dalglish, Dwayne De Rosario YI: Mpho Moloi Green Card: Joseph Ngwenya, Pat Onstad Changes: N/A Open Slots: 2 SI, 2 YI KANSAS CITY SI: Carlos Marinelli, Scott Sealy YI: Eloy Colombano Green Card: N/A Changes: Argentine Colombano was signed. Put your hands up for Eloy! Open Slots: 2 SI, 1 YI LOS ANGELES SI: David Beckham, Ante Jazic, Carlos Pavon, Abel Xavier YI: Kevin Harmse Green Card: Gavin Glinton Changes: N/A Open Slots: 2 YI NEW ENGLAND SI: Brian Byrne YI: Abdoullie Mansally, Sainey Nyassi Green Card: Andy Dorman, Avery John, Shalrie Joseph, Willie Sims (?), Khano Smith Changes: Arsene Oka released, Gambian youth international Nyassi signed. Open Slots: 3 SI, 1 YI NEW YORK SI: Juan Pablo Angel, Markus Schopp, Ronald Waterreus YI: Francis Doe, Elie Ikangu, Dane Richards Green Card: Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Dave van den Bergh Changes: Signed the Liberian Doe. Open Slots: 1 SI REAL SALT LAKE SI: Fabian Epindola, Jean-Martial Kipre, Matias Mantilla, Javier Morales YI: Atiba Harris Green Card: Andy Williams Changes: Signed trio of Argentines. Kipre is apparently counted as an SI despite being eligible to be a YI. Movsisyan will no longer count as a YI due to being granted "asylum status" here in the USA. Open Slots: 1 YI TORONTO SI: Jeff Cunningham, Danny Dichio, Todd Dunivant, Tyrone Marshall, Ronnie O'Brien, Carl Robinson, Collin Samuel YI: Andrew Boyens, Maurice Edu, Marvell Wynne Green Card: Tyrone Marshall, Ronnie O'Brien (these two hold AMERICAN green cards) Changes: Andy Welsh released. TFC should be able to sign additional SIs in the same way Dallas signed Denilson, if they choose to. That's because Cunningham and O'Brien are out for the year. Open Slots: 3 YI