Photo courtesy Philadelphia Union Communications
We provide the latest and closest-to-official rendering of the Philadelphia Union’s roster to help you understand the upcoming end-of-season Roster Decisions that must be submitted to the league office on Wednesday, November 27. However, we do not know exactly when the information will be made available to the general public on the club’s website, the league’s, or via its official social media.
Here are two different URLs to the original document that we have reproduced. https://x.com/JTansey90/status/1836422687289147682/photo/1 and https://mlssoccer.app.box.com/s/sle48mupro7cb4o82oowgoke0jb8rpca. The second should link to the Spanish language version.
Writer’s note: The following document’s text is quoted verbatim from the original source. The layout is also reproduced with equal textual accuracy, but with column widths narrowed to fit publication layout requirements. As a result, each player’s entry is on two or three lines instead of one, except for Alejandro Bedoya’s, which spans more lines. The number in the far-left column indicates the top left corner of the rank of invisible cells containing each column’s information.
The original document does not list Jack McGlynn as a homegrown player. We have included that information but believe the original to be in error on this point, which we indicate with our two items in brackets.
September 17, 2024, is immediately after the roster freeze date for the 2024 season. The information below is what expansion club San Diego has been studying all fall.
We quote:
PHILADELPHIA UNION / ROSTER PROFILE (as of September 17, 2024)
Roster Construction Model: U22 Initiative Player Model
SENIOR ROSTER | |||||
Name | Roster Designation | Current Status | Contract Thru | Option Years | |
1 | Markus Anderson |
|
2026 | 2027, 2028 | |
2 | Tai Baribo | TAM Player
|
2025 | 2026 | |
3 | Alejandro Bedoya | Player Professional Development Role
|
2024 | ||
4 | Jamir Berdecio |
|
Loan Player | 2024 | PT: 2027, 2028 |
5 | Andre Blake | TAM Player
|
2026 | 2027 | |
6 | Jesus Bueno |
|
2026 | 2027 | |
7 | Chris Donovan |
|
2025 | 2026, 2027 | |
8 | Jack Elliott | TAM Player
|
2024 | 2025 | |
9 | Leon Flach |
|
2024 | ||
10 | Daniel Gazdag | Designated Player | 2025 | 2026 | |
11 | Jakob Glesnes | TAM Player
|
2025 | 2026 | |
12 | Nathan Harriel | Homegrown Player | 2025 | 2026, 2027 | |
13 | Danley Jean Jacques | TAM Player
|
2026 | 2027, 2028 | |
14 | Olwethu Makhanya | U22 Initiative Player | 2025 | 2026, 2027 | |
15 | Olivier Mbaizo
|
2024 | 2025 | ||
16 | Jack McGlynn | [blank] [sic]
|
2025 | 2026, 2027 | |
— | Matt Real | Homegrown Player | Unavailable – On loan | 2024 | 2025 |
17 | Oliver Semmle |
|
2025 | 2026 | |
18 | Quinn Sullivan | Homegrown Player | 2024 | 2025 | |
— | Joaquin Torres | Unavailable – On loan | 2024 | 2025 | |
19 | Mikael Uhre | Designated Player | 2024 | 2025 | |
20 | Kai Wagner | TAM Player
|
2026 | 2027 | |
SUPPLEMENTAL ROSTER | |||||
21 | Sam Adeniran |
|
2024 | ||
— | Brandan Craig | Homegrown Player | Unavailable – On loan | 2024 | 2025 |
22 | Isaiah LeFlore
|
2024 | 2025, 2026, 2027 | ||
23 | CJ Olney | Homegrown Player | 2028 | 2029 | |
— | Nelson Pierre | Homegrown Player | Unavailable – On loan | 2026 | 2027 |
24 | Jeremy Rafanello | Homegrown Player | 2024 | 2025 | |
25 | Andrew Rick | Homegrown Player | 2028 | 2029 | |
26 | Cavan Sullivan | Homegrown Player | 2028 | ||
27 | Holden Trent
|
2024 | 2025, 2026 | ||
28 | David Vazquez | Homegrown Player | 2027 | 2028 | |
SUPPLEMENTAL SLOT 31 | |||||
29 | Nicholas Pariano | Homegrown Player | Unavailable – On loan | 2025 | 2026, 2027 |
OFF ROSTER (UNAVAILABLE) | |||||
— | Nelson Pierre | Homegrown Player | Unavailable – On loan | 2026 | 2027 |
INTERNATIONAL SLOTS (6) | |
NO | NAME |
1 | Tai Baribo |
2 | Jesus Bueno |
3 | Danley Jean Jacques |
4 | Olwethu Makhanya |
5 | Oliver Semmle |
6 | Joaquin Torres* |
DESIGNATED PLAYERS | |
NO | NAME |
1 | Daniel Gazdag |
2 | Mikael Uhre^ |
U22 INITIATIVE PLAYERS | |
NO | NAME |
1 | Olwethu Makhanya |
2 | |
3 | |
4 | |
UNAVAILABLE PLAYERS | |
NO | NAME |
1 | Brandan Craig |
2 | Nicholas Pariano |
3 | Nelson Pierre |
4 | Matt Real |
5 | Joaquin Torres |
Thanks Tim!
On the U-22 initiative player list, I thought Quinn Sullivan was just extended and slotted into that list per team announcement in October? For Makhanya, is that official or just a placeholder for now?
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There is some real flexibility to this roster if Uhre is sold (possibly Gaz too?) + the added U-22 slot + Bedoya in the new player/coach slot.
Tanner’s last presser seems to confirm that Quinn Sullivan will be a U22 player when his new contract kicks in.