Major League Soccer has a set of emergency goalkeepers who are signed to a contract with the league and are loaned to teams during emergencies in which they are missing a goalkeeper due to injuries or suspensions.[1] The pool goalkeeper trains with an MLS club or an affiliated team when not assigned to a team; some pool goalkeepers, including Tim Melia, have gone on to be signed to permanent contract with their assigned teams.[2]
When originally created, the league had several goalkeepers on their pool roster as roster sizes were small (around 20 players), with teams commonly only having two goalkeepers signed to the roster. However, MLS rosters have since increased to include up to 30 players and teams are required to carry three goalkeepers. In addition, the league's "extreme hardship" roster rules allow teams to bring up a goalkeeper from its MLS Next Pro side or another affiliate on a short-term basis, which has resulted in the need for a pool goalkeeper lessening. Whereas prior years saw three to four pool goalkeepers signed, now there is usually only one or two keepers on the pool roster.[3]
List
Season | Goalkeepers | References |
---|---|---|
1996 | ||
1997 | ||
1998 | ||
1999 | ||
2000 | ||
2001 | ||
2002 | ||
2003 | Clint Baumstark | [4] |
2004 | Clint Baumstark, Andrew Terris | [5] |
2005 | Clint Baumstark | |
2006 | Sam Reynolds | |
2007 | David Monsalve, Boris Pardo, Sam Reynolds, Kenny Schoeni | [6] |
2008 | Mike Graczyk, Andrew Kartunen, David Monsalve, Bryant Rueckner, Chris Sharpe | [7] |
2009 | Miguel Benitez, Ben Dragavon, Kevin Guppy, Bryant Rueckner, Chris Sharpe | [8] |
2010 | Kevin Guppy, Alex Horwath, Chris Sharpe | [9] |
2011 | Kevin Guppy, Chris Konopka, Chris Sharpe | [10] |
2012 | Scott Angevine, Brian Rowe, Chris Sharpe, Steve Spangler | [11] |
2013 | Doug Herrick, Brad Stuver | [12] |
2014 | Tim Melia, Daniel Withrow | [13] |
2015 | Trey Mitchell | [14] |
2016 | Trey Mitchell | [15] |
2017 | Billy Heavner | [16] |
2018 | Billy Heavner | [3] |
2019 | Charlie Lyon | [17] |
2020 | Charlie Lyon, Caleb Patterson-Sewell | [18] |
2021 | Greg Ranjitsingh | [19] |
2022 | Cody Cropper | |
2023 | Kenneth Vermeer | [20] |
- Lists prior to 2007 are incomplete
References
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.