The MLS announced Tuesday will be allowed to use cash to acquire players from other clubs for the 2025 season, marking a significant shift from previous rules that restricted transfers to non-cash assets.

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A groundbreaking new rule has been introduced in MLS, a shift that could reshape the league’s competitive dynamics and have a profound impact on teams like Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami. 
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Game-changer for MLS? New groundbreaking transfer rule to have major effects on Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami and other clubs

January 15 – It has taken some time for Major League Soccer (MLS) to catch up with the world game, however, on the back of announcing the league would move to the international calendar in 2026 comes the news that the league will implement new internal cash transfer market for the 2025 season. In the past due to the single entity platform that is MLS, clubs could only move players to another MLS side if they received some form of non-cash asset.…

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There are some fairly big changes coming to Major League Soccer clubs this year. MLS today announced the 2025 transfer window dates, as well as updates to the MLS Roster Rules and Regulations. According to the league, all updates are effective immediately.Highlighting the changes, MLS clubs may now invest an unlimited amount of out-of-pocket funds (cash) to acquire players via trade from within the league. The new initiative creates additional o…

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MLS announces 2025 roster changes to increase roster flexibility

Part of the difficulty of selling Major League Soccer to non-North Americans (and even some North Americans) as a league that’s worth attention is the complicated nature of the MLS transfer system. Until now, MLS teams have only been able to sign players who are contracted elsewhere by trading allocation money, players or other MLS […] The post MLS finally allows clubs to pay transfer fees to sign other teams’ players appeared first on Waking Th…

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MLS finally allows clubs to pay transfer fees to sign other teams' players

By Brian Maurer Last night, GiveMeSport's Tom Bogert reported that MLS will be instituting a new rule where MLS clubs could start making cash transfers on intraleague trades. The rule allows clubs to make two outgoing and incoming cash-based intraleague transfers per year. This opens the door for high-level Designated Players who are unhappy at their current club to be kept in MLS. Before, when a high-value player wanted out of their current MLS…

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MLS announced new rules for how teams trade players within the league, though it doesn't eliminate the expenditures from be accounted for within overall spending limits. The post New rules open doors for cash trades appeared first on Soccer America.

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New rules open doors for cash trades - Soccer America

© J. Alexander DolanTuesday saw Major League Soccer announce updates to its roster rules that will have implications for 2025 and years to come. As GiveMeSport’s Tom Bogert reported on Monday, the Cash for Player Trade mechanism is now live.Clubs can now use an unlimited amount of cash to acquire players from players within Major League Soccer that will not require them to send General Allocation Money or international roster spots. Clubs can ac…

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