Revs enter MLS offseason with 21 returning players under contract for 2025
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution announced the club’s year-end roster decisions following the conclusion of the 2024 Major League Soccer season. The Revolution exercised the one-year contract options on two and re-signed three players to new MLS contracts. With 16 players already under contract for 2025, the Revolution enter the MLS offseason calendar with 21 players on the club’s MLS roster.
This afternoon, Monday, November 25 at 1:00 p.m. ET, New England Revolution Sporting Director Curt Onalfo will be available to media in a press conference at the Revolution Training Center to discuss the club’s year-end roster decisions. Please click here to RSVP.
The Revolution exercised the one-year contract options on midfielder Emmanuel Boateng and defender Brandon Bye for the 2025 season. The club reached a new contract agreement with Earl Edwards Jr. for the 2025 MLS season, with a one-year option for 2026. The Revolution also re-signed defender Will Sands to a new two-year contract through the 2026 MLS season, with a one-year option for 2027.
In addition, the club announced Monday that defender Andrew Farrell is returning on a one-year contract in a professional development role that will see the club’s all-time service leader play his record 13th season for the club, while also working as an assistant coach with the Revolution Academy.
The 16 returning players who already have guaranteed MLS contracts for 2025 are midfielder Esmir Bajraktarević, midfielder Noel Buck (currently on loan), forward Tomás Chancalay (Designated Player), forward Malcolm Fry, midfielder Carles Gil (Designated Player), midfielder Ian Harkes, goalkeeper Aljaž Ivačič, midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye, forward Luca Langoni (U22), defender Peyton Miller, midfielder Jack Panayotou (currently on loan), midfielder Matt Polster, defender Dave Romney, defender Santiago Suarez, forward Giacomo Vrioni (Designated Player), and midfielder Alhassan Yusuf.
New England declined the contract options for the following players: defender Xavier Arreaga, forward Joshua Bolma, forward Dylan Borrero, midfielder Nacho Gil, midfielder Tommy McNamara, and defender Jonathan Mensah.
Five players are out of contract with New England at the end of 2024: defender Nick Lima, defender Tim Parker, forward Damian Rivera, defender Ryan Spaulding, and forward Bobby Wood.
Finally, one member of the first team coaching staff departed the Revolution following the 2024 season. Assistant Coach Clint Peay’s tenure with the club concludes after five seasons in New England, including four years as head coach of Revolution II from 2020-23.
TRANSACTIONS:
- New England signed defender Will Sands to a two-year contract through the 2026 MLS season with a one-year option for 2027.
- The Revolution signed goalkeeper Earl Edwards Jr. to a one-year contract through the 2025 MLS season with a one-year option for 2026.
- The Revolution exercised the contract options on midfielder Emmanuel Boateng and defender Brandon Bye.
