The 2025 MLS season has come and gone for all clubs meaning the roster building for 2026 is underway.San Diego FC, LAFC, and the Vancouver Whitecaps are three of the latest teams to complete their roster moves ahead of the winter offseason schedule. The Philadelphia Union, DC United, FC Cincinnati, and the Columbus Crew have also been among the clubs reorganizing their rosters ahead of 2026.Thomas Muller, Wilfried Zaha, Alex Freeman, and Darren Yapi were among several players to see their options exercised.Hugo Lloris, Christian Benteke, Derrick Jones, and Luca De La Torre are among many players who had their options declined, opening the door for them to potentially seek new opportunities elsewhere. Benteke remains in talks with DC United over a longer stay, as does Lloris, Philadelphia Union midfielder Alejandro Bedoya, and Colorado Rapids forward Oliver Larraz.Several standout stars are set to see their contracts expire including Hassani Dotson, Carlos Coronel, Pedro Gallese, Stefan Frei, and Walker Zimmerman.Many more clubs are expected to announce their roster moves over the next month heading into the new year. Here is where teams stand at the moment, and which teams have reported their roster moves:*This post will be continuously updated as teams make their announcements. Atlanta UnitedOptions Exercised: Matthew Edwards, Jay Fortune, Jayden Hibbert, Will Reilly, Jamal Thiaré, Cayman Togashi.Options Declined: Leo Afonso, Josh Cohen, Brooks Lennon, Ronald Hernández, Nyk Sessock. **The club remains in negotiations with Hernandez.Austin FCOptions Exercised: Stefan Cleveland, Dani Pereira, Riley Thomas.Options Declined: Julio Cascante, Jimmy Farkarlun, and Diego Rubio.**The club signed Ilie Sanchez to a new contract through 2026.Charlotte FCOptions Exercised: Pep Biel, Drake Callender, Djibril Diani, Tyger Smalls, Wilfried Zaha.Options Declined: Jahlane Forbes, Nick Scardina, Bill Tuiloma.Expired Contracts: David Bingham, Eryk Williamson, Brandon Cambridge.Expired Loans: Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, Adilson Malanda.**The club remains in negotiations with Cambridge.Chicago FireOptions Exercised: Jack Elliott, Sam Williams.Options Declined: Tom Barlow, Bryan Dowd.Expired Contracts: Chase Gasper.Expired Loans: Rominigue Kouamé.FC CincinnatiOptions Exercised: Tah Brian Anunga, Teenage Hadebe, Stiven Jimenez, Evan Louro, Kenji Mboma Dem, Matt Miazga.Options Declined: Kei Kamara, Yuya Kubo, Brad Smith, Alvas Powell.Expired Contracts: Chase Gasper.Expired Loans: Dominik Marczuk, Brenner, Lukas Engel, Ayoub Jabbari.**The club is in discussions with Powell, as well as the parent clubs’ of Brenner, Engel, and Jabbari. Colorado RapidsOptions Exercised: Nico Hansen, Jackson Travis, Darren Yapi.Options Declined: Sam Bassett, Michael Edwards, Nate Jones, Andreas Maxsø, Daouda Amadou, Rafael Santos.Expired Contracts: Oliver Larraz, Calvin Harris.**The club is in negotiations with Amadou, Harris, Larraz, and Santos. Columbus CrewOptions Exercised: Ibrahim Aliyu, Steven Moreira, Jacen Russell-Rowe, Cesar Ruvalcaba, Amar Sejdić.Options Declined: Derrick Jones, Lassi Lappalainen.Expired Contracts: Abraham Romero.**The club is in negotiations with Evan Bush and Rudy Camacho.FC DallasOptions Exercised: Sebastien Ibeagha, Anderson Julio, Nolan Norris.Options Declined: Herbert Endeley, Sebastian Lletget, Pedrinho, Diego Pepi, Tomas Pondeca, Carl Sainté, Anthony Ramirez, Tarik Scott, Alejandro Urzua.Expired Contracts: Jacob Jackson.DC UnitedOptions Exercised: Conner Antley, Caden Clark, Jackson Hopkins, Hosei Kijima, Gabriel Pirani, Garrison Tubbs.Options Declined: Christian Benteke, Kristian Fletcher, Derek Dodson, Randall Leal, Rida Zouhir.Expired Contracts: Luis Barraza, Lukas MacNaughton. **The club is in negotiations with Benteke and Kristian Fletcher.Houston DynamoOptions Exercised: Artur, Griffin Dorsey, Blake Gillingham, Nelson Quiñónes, Brooklyn Raines.Options Declined: Stephen Annor, Obafemi Awodesu, Ethan Bartlow, Erik Dueñas, Michael Halliday, Sebastian Kowalczyk, Damion Lowe, Sergio Santos, Daniel Steres, Júnior Urso.Expired Contracts: Franco Escobar, Gabe Segal, Andrew Tarbell.**The club is in talks with Pablo Ortiz and Amine Bassi over future stays.LAFCOptions Exercised: Adrian Wibowo, Kenny Nielsen, Nkosi Tafari, Thomas Hasal.Options Declined: Alexandru Bǎluțǎ, Jailson, Ryan Raposo, Adam Saldaña, David Ochoa.Expired Contracts: Hugo Lloris. Expired Loans: Frankie Amaya, Odin Thiago Holm, Andrew Moran, Mathieu Choiniere. **The club remains in discussions with Lloris, Raposo, Amaya, Choiniere, and Moran.LA GalaxyOptions Exercised: John Nelson, Mauricio Cuevas, Tucker Lepley, Isaiah Parente, Gino Vivi. Extended Contracts: Christian Ramirez, Brady Scott.Options Declined: Miguel Berry, Eriq Zavaleta, Diego Fagúndez.**The club is talks with Botafogo over a longer stay for Matheus Nascimento. The club is also in talks with Fagundez over a 2026 contract.Minnesota UnitedOptions Exercised: Alec Smir, Wessel Speel, Morris Duggan, Devin Padelford, D.J. Taylor.Options Declined: Kipp Keller, Robin Lod, Samuel Shashoua, Loïc Mesanvi. Expired Contracts: Dayne St. Clair, Hassani Dotson.**The club remains in negotiations with St. Clair, Lod, and Mesanvi.CF MontrealOptions Exercised: Brandan Craig, Luca Petrasso, Matty Longstaff.Options Declined: Fernando Álvarez, Bryce Duke, Giacomo Vrioni.Terminated Contracts: Tom Pearce.Nashville SCOptions Exercised: Dan Lovitz, Alex Muyl, Woobens Pacius, Xavier Valdez.Options Declined: Bryan Acosta, Gastón Brugman, Maximus Ekk, Julian Gaines, Wyatt Meyer, Tate Schmitt, Joe Willis.Terminated Contracts: Teal Bunbury, Walker Zimmerman.New England RevolutionOptions Exercised: Keegan Hughes.Options Declined: Wyatt Omsberg.Expired Contracts: Brandon Bye.Expired Loans: Ignatius Ganago. **The club remains in negotiations with Bye.New York Red BullsOptions Exercised: Peter Stroud, Sean Nealis.Options Declined: Kyle Duncan, Curtis Ofori.Expired Contracts: Carlos Coronel.Orlando CityOptions Exercised: Iván Angulo, Eduard Atuesta, Alex Freeman, Joran Gerbet, Martín Ojeda, Tyrese Spicer, Yutaro Tsukada.Options Declined: Favian Loyola, Carlos Mercado, Shak Mohammed.Expiring Contracts: César Araújo, Wilder Cartagena, Pedro Gallese.**The club is in negotiations with Robin Jansson and Kyle Smith.Philadelphia UnionOptions Exercised: Tai Baribo, Nathan Harriel.Options Declined: Chris Donovan, Isaiah LeFlore, Nicholas Pariano, Oliver Semmle.Expired Contracts: Alejandro Bedoya, Ben Bender, George Marks, Mikael Uhre.**The club is in negotiations with Bedoya, Bender, Marks, and Uhre. Real Salt LakeOptions Exercised: Jesus Barea, Noel Caliskan, Alex Katranis, Braian Ojeda, Philip Quinton, Mason Stajduhar, Brayan Vera, Marcos Zambrano.Options Declined: Forster Ajago, Matthew Bell, Kevon Lambert, Johnny Russell, Tommy Silva, Jude Wellings.Expired Contracts: William Agada, Zack Farnsworth, Zac MacMath.*The club is in ongoing discussions with Javain Brown, Kobi Henry, and Sam Junqua.San Diego FCOptions Exercised: Pablo Sisniega, Ian Pilcher, Aníbal Godoy.Transfer Option Exercised: Onni Valakari.Trade Option Exercised: David Vazquez.Options Declined: Luca De La Torre, Franco Negri.Expired Contracts: Emmanuel Boateng, Corey Baird. Expired Loans: Aiden Harangi.**The Club remains in talks to retain Harangi as well as re-sign Boateng and Baird.San Jose EarthquakesOptions Exercised: Earl Edwards Jr., Francesco Montali, Vítor Costa, Max Floriani, Benji Kikanović, Jamar Ricketts, Reid Roberts, Noel Buck, Nick Fernandez, Beau Leroux, Niko Tsakiris, Jack Skahan. Options Declined: Wilson Eisner, Rodrigues, Bruno Wilson, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Josef Martínez.Expired Contracts: Cristian Espinoza. Seattle SoundersOptions Exercised: Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Osaze De Rosario, Kim Kee-hee, Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, Danny Musovski, Nouhou, Obed Vargas. Options Declined: Leo Burney, Jacob Castro, Ryan Kent, Travian Sousa.Expired Contracts: Jonathan Bell, Stefan Frei, João Paulo, Paul Rothrock. Sporting KCOptions Exercised: Stephen Afrifa, Zorhan Bassong, Jansen Miller, John PulskampOptions Declined: Tim Leibold, Nemanja Radoja, Ryan Schewe, Khiry Shelton, Mason Toye.Expired Contracts: Andrew Brody, Joaquin Fernandez, Logan Ndenbe, Memo Rodriguez, Erik Thommy, Robert Voloder.Expired Loans: Alan Montes, Santi Munoz** The club is in negotiation with Schewe and Munoz St. Louis CITY SCOptions Exercised: Chris Durkin, Sangbin Jeong, João Klauss, Brendan McSorley, Christian Olivares, Jaziel Orozco, Miguel Perez.Options Declined: Henry Kessler, Michael Wentzel, Josh Yaro, Rasmus Alm, Alfredo Morales, Akil Watts.Expired Contracts: Ben Lundt, Selmir Pidro.Expired Loans: Conrad Wallem, Devin Padelford. *The club is in talks with Kessler, Lundt, and Yaro over potential new deals. The club is in talks with Wallem and Padelford’s parent clubs over potential moves. The club is also in talks with Joey Zalinsky, Jayden Reid, and Seth Antwi over their futures. Toronto FCOptions Exercised: Kobe Franklin, Nicksoen Gomis, Malik Henry, Kosi Thompson, Deandre Kerr.Options Declined: Sean Johnson, Kevin Long, Raoul Petretta, Sigurd Rosted, Nathaniel Edwards, Derrick Etienne Jr., Hugo Mbongue, Charlie Sharp.Expired Loans: Maxime Dominguez.Exercised Purchase Option: Theo Corbeanu.**The club remains in contact with multiple players over a potential return for 2026.Vancouver WhitecapsOptions Exercised: Thomas Muller, Ali Ahmed, Sebastian Berhalter, Mathías Laborda, J.C. Ngando, Ralph Priso, Adrian Zendejas.Options Declined: Max Anchor, Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau, Mark O’Neill, Belal Halbouni. Expired Loans: Daniel Rios.Exercised Contract: Yohei Takaoka.**The club remains in talks with Takaoka and Halbouni over a potential return.