DC United officially announces Troy Lesesne as their manager, as reported about a week ago.
CF Montreal announced Frenchman Laurent Courtois as their new manager, replacing Hernán Losada. Courtois managed Columbus Crew 2 for the last two years, where he won MLS Next Pro in 2022 and reached the championship game in 2023. He isn't exactly a "Wilfried Nancy discipline" because he was at Columbus before Nancy arrived, but it is highly amusing that Montreal hired one of Wilfried Nancy's underlings after chasing him out of town following the 2022 season, seemingly because Joey Saputo is really annoying.
Anyway, as a player, Courtois spent a lot of time in Ligue 2, some time in Ligue 1, and had an unsuccessful stint with West Ham United. Toward the end of his career, he entered the MLS ecosystem as a Chivas USA player and eventually as an LA Galaxy player, ending his career as a player-coach for the Galaxy reserves. It's interesting how the late 00s / early 10s Chivas USA squads have turned out to be manager factories. The 2008 team had four future MLS coaches on it (Jim Curtin, Paulo Nagamura, Raphael Wicky, and Jesse Marsch) plus some guys who are reserve team coaches or assistant coaches in MLS organizations (Zach Thornton, Ante Razov, Shavar Thomas). They also had Atiba Harris, who is now the president of the St. Kitts & Nevis FA, who made it to the Gold Cup for the first time in 2023.
Austin FC signed 23 year old Brazilian left back Guilherme Biro. This guy was a regular for Mirassol in Brazil's Série B last year, and prior to that was with Coritiba as they yo-yoed between the top two divisions. You just never know with these types of signings.
Inter Miami signed Julian Gressel. They already have DeAndre Yedlin at right back, but they need a ton of depth with their schedule. MLS, Leagues Cup, Champions Cup, US Open Cup, etc, so there will be plenty of minutes. Gressel is a talented crosser who is an offense-first RB or RWB. He's a bit slow and isn't great defensively. This Miami team is going to be good and they're going to be fun — not just because of Messi, but because they're going to win a lot of games 4-3.
Atlanta United signed soon-to-be-37-year-old Dax McCarty, who was out of contract with Nashville. He still has value as a veteran backup.
St. Louis signed 22 year old Danish left back Nikolas Dyhr from Midtjylland. He wasn't starting in Denmark, which does not bode especially well.
LA Galaxy signed 30 year old Japanese right back Miki Yamane from Kawasaki Frontale. He's been a regular starter in the J.League for many years and also has 16 caps for Japan and a bunch of AFC Champions League experience.
A few academy signings:
Colorado signed goalkeeper Adam Beaudry '06. Inter Miami signed center back Tyler Hall '06. Both were on the most recent US U17 squad at the World Cup.
CF Montreal announced Frenchman Laurent Courtois as their new manager, replacing Hernán Losada. Courtois managed Columbus Crew 2 for the last two years, where he won MLS Next Pro in 2022 and reached the championship game in 2023. He isn't exactly a "Wilfried Nancy discipline" because he was at Columbus before Nancy arrived, but it is highly amusing that Montreal hired one of Wilfried Nancy's underlings after chasing him out of town following the 2022 season, seemingly because Joey Saputo is really annoying.
Anyway, as a player, Courtois spent a lot of time in Ligue 2, some time in Ligue 1, and had an unsuccessful stint with West Ham United. Toward the end of his career, he entered the MLS ecosystem as a Chivas USA player and eventually as an LA Galaxy player, ending his career as a player-coach for the Galaxy reserves. It's interesting how the late 00s / early 10s Chivas USA squads have turned out to be manager factories. The 2008 team had four future MLS coaches on it (Jim Curtin, Paulo Nagamura, Raphael Wicky, and Jesse Marsch) plus some guys who are reserve team coaches or assistant coaches in MLS organizations (Zach Thornton, Ante Razov, Shavar Thomas). They also had Atiba Harris, who is now the president of the St. Kitts & Nevis FA, who made it to the Gold Cup for the first time in 2023.
Austin FC signed 23 year old Brazilian left back Guilherme Biro. This guy was a regular for Mirassol in Brazil's Série B last year, and prior to that was with Coritiba as they yo-yoed between the top two divisions. You just never know with these types of signings.
Inter Miami signed Julian Gressel. They already have DeAndre Yedlin at right back, but they need a ton of depth with their schedule. MLS, Leagues Cup, Champions Cup, US Open Cup, etc, so there will be plenty of minutes. Gressel is a talented crosser who is an offense-first RB or RWB. He's a bit slow and isn't great defensively. This Miami team is going to be good and they're going to be fun — not just because of Messi, but because they're going to win a lot of games 4-3.
Atlanta United signed soon-to-be-37-year-old Dax McCarty, who was out of contract with Nashville. He still has value as a veteran backup.
St. Louis signed 22 year old Danish left back Nikolas Dyhr from Midtjylland. He wasn't starting in Denmark, which does not bode especially well.
LA Galaxy signed 30 year old Japanese right back Miki Yamane from Kawasaki Frontale. He's been a regular starter in the J.League for many years and also has 16 caps for Japan and a bunch of AFC Champions League experience.
A few academy signings:
Colorado signed goalkeeper Adam Beaudry '06. Inter Miami signed center back Tyler Hall '06. Both were on the most recent US U17 squad at the World Cup.
