Sporting Kansas City's offseason roster shuffle has yielded six new additions to the club's roster: defenders Botond Barath, Abdul Rwatubyaye and Rodney Wallace, midfielder Kelyn Rowe and forwards Tyler Freeman and Erik Hurtado.
It was only on Wednesday, however, that Major League Soccer’s primary transfer window officially began. The early-season window will remain open until closing on Tuesday, May 7.
- 2019 MLS Primary Transfer Window: Feb. 13 – May 7
- 2019 MLS Secondary Transfer Window: July 9 – Aug. 9
During the primary transfer window, MLS clubs can request International Transfer Certificates (ITCs) from players' former clubs to complete signings, loans and transfer deals.
While deals can otherwise be completed outside the transfer windows, receipt of a player's ITC is required in order to add players to official rosters and for those players to be eligible to play in competitive matches. Such is the case for Barath and Rwatubyaye, two of Sporting KC’s recent international imports.
The transfer window also permits trades between MLS clubs for players. In accordance with the primary transfer window, the trade period for MLS players is open until May 7, and will open again for the secondary transfer window in the summer. The secondary transfer window for the 2019 MLS season will run from July 9 to Aug. 9.
It’s important to note that MLS trades for non-player assets, including international roster slots, allocation money, allocations order slots and MLS SuperDraft picks, can take place at any time, even outside the transfer window periods.
For a full list of Sporting KC’s offseason roster moves, visit SportingKC.com/tracker.
Tickets to Sporting’s first home match of 2019—a highly anticipated showdown with Mexican side Deportivo Toluca FC in the first leg of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Round of 16 on Feb. 21 at Children’s Mercy Park—are now on sale at SeatGeek.com.
Supporters can also buy single-game tickets to the club’s first eight MLS home matches, beginning with Fan Appreciation Day against the Philadelphia Union on March 10 and ending with a marquee matchup versus Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the LA Galaxy on May 29.
