Tracking all of the USL League One pre-season transactions and confirmed returnees and departures ahead of the 2025 season. We update this page as transactions are announced. All transactions are confirmed by an official team announcement or a player/agent public statement.
After initial roster decisions are released by the 2024 teams, all players not confirmed to be returning are assumed to be free agents.
If you want me to update your status, or see a status that is incorrect, email me at leagueoneupdater@gmail.com or find me on X, Instagram or BlueSky and send a DM! List is current as of:
January 17, 2025
2025 Clubs
AV Alta | Charlotte Independence | Chattanooga Red Wolves | Forward Madison | Greenville Triumph | FC Naples | One Knoxville | Portland Hearts of Pine | Richmond Kickers | South Georgia Tormenta | Spokane Velocity | Texoma FC | Union Omaha | Westchester SC
Departing Clubs
Central Valley Fuego | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | Lexington SC
AV Alta
Coach : Brian KleibanNote: AV Alta FC joins USL League One as an expansion side.
Inbound
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Ashkanov Apollon LB Signed Central Valley Fuego Carlos Avilez GK Signed Central Valley Fuego Alexis Cerritos MF Signed Lexington SC Miguel Ibarra MF Signed Charlotte Independence Elijah Martin LB Signed El Paso Locomotive Luca Mastrantonio CB Signed Union Omaha Kaloyan Pehlivanov CB Signed Hebar Pazardzhik Jimmie Villalobos MF Signed Forward Madison
Charlotte Independence
Coach : Mike Jeffries
Inbound and Returnees
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Clay Dimick RB Re-signed Rayan Djedje MF Re-signed Matt Levy GK Optioned
Departures/Unknown
Player Pos. Transaction New Club Denzel Akyeampong DF Free Agent Luis Álvarez MF Free Agent Jack Ammann GK Free Agent Ryan Behrmann DF Free Agent Kharlton Belmar FW Retired Ivan Bonus MF Academy Omar Ciss MF Free Agent Dustin Correa FW Free Agent Real Estelí FC Shalom Dutey DF Free Agent Nathan Gray MF Free Agent Miguel Ibarra MF Free Agent AV Alta FC Joel Johnson DF Free Agent Tresor Mbuyu FW Free Agent Bachir Ndiaye MF Free Agent Fabrice Ngah LB Free Agent Clay Obara MF Free Agent Gabriel Obertan MF Free Agent Juan Carlos Obregón FW Free Agent Austin Pack GK Free Agent South Georgia Tormenta Nelson Pierre FW Loan Expired Philadelphia Union Noah Pilato MF Free Agent Hugh Roberts CB Free Agent Isaac Scheer MF Academy Anton Sorenson LB Free Agent Nick Spielman CB Free Agent Ethan Yates DF Academy Otavio Zerbini CB Academy
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC
Coach : Scott MacKenzie
Inbound/Returnees
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club
Departures/Unknown
Player Pos. Transaction New Club TJ Bush GK Free Agent Charles Carriglitto GK Academy Lucas Coutinho MF Free Agent Stefan Cvetanovic FW Free Agent Gustavo Fernandes RB Free Agent Jonathan Filipe MF Free Agent Leo Folla CB Free Agent Omar Gomez MF Free Agent Owen Green RB Free Agent Fernando Guerrero MF Academy Leopoldo Hernández MF Free Agent Omar Hernández MF Free Agent Pedro Hernández MF Free Agent Ricardo Jerez GK Free Agent Toby Jnohope CB Free Agent Michael Knapp MF Free Agent Stefan Lukic MF Free Agent FC Tulsa Mayele Malango FW Free Agent Monterey Bay FC Chevone Marsh FW Free Agent Greenville Triumph Ropapa Mensah FW Free Agent Greenville Triumph Gharret Morris MF Academy Blake Oberholzer MF Academy Yahir Paez MF Free Agent Richard Rentería CB Free Agent Jamil Roberts LB Free Agent Ricky Ruiz FW Transfer El Paso Locomotive Tim Trilk GK Free Agent Ualefi MF Free Agent Declan Watters CB Free Agent
Forward Madison
Coach: Matt Glaeser
Inbound and Returnees
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Nazeem Bartman FW Optioned Devin Boyce MF Re-signed Michael Chilaka CB Optioned Jake Crull CB Re-signed Jackson Dietrich MF Signed Northern Colorado Hailstorm Juan Galindrez FW Optioned Chris Garcia FW Signed El Paso/Austin FC II Derek Gebhard FW Optioned Garrett McLaughlin FW Mutli-year (2025) Timmy Mehl CB Re-signed Aiden Mesias MF Re-signed John Murphy, Jr. MF Optioned Mitch Osmond CB Optioned Bernd Schipmann GK Re-signed Ferrety Sousa LB Optioned
Departures/Unknown
Player Pos. Transaction New Club Christian Chaney FW Free Agent Mauro Cichero FW Retired Agustín Dávila FW Free Agent Cherif Dieye MF Free Agent Jake Fuderer DF Free Agent Stephen Payne RB Free Agent Westchester SC Wolfgang Prentice MF Loan Expired Oakland Roots Martin Sanchez GK Free Agent Jimmie Villalobos MF Loan Expired AV Alta FC
Greenville Triumph
Coach : Rick Wright (November 21, 2023)
Inbound and Returnees
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Ivan Agyaakwah DF Signed Furman University Carlos Anguiano MF Optioned Zane Bubb CB Signed Tampa Bay Rowdies Leo Castro FW Signed (2025) Pascal Corvino MF Optioned Brandon Fricke CB Re-signed Michael Gonzalez FW Signed Monterey Bay Chappa Herrera MF Re-signed Evan Lee CB Signed (2025) Chevone Marsh FW Signed Chattanooga Red Wolves Ropapa Mensah FW Signed Chattanooga Red Wolves Tyler Polak LB Re-signed Gunther Rankenburg GK Re-signed Rodrigo Robles FW Optioned Griffin Tomas LB Signed Hartford Athletic Sebastián Velásquez MF Signed (2025) Ben Zakowski FW Optioned
Departures/Unknown
Player Pos. Transaction New Club Hayden Anderson DF Free Agent Hassan Gabo CB Free Agent Christian Garner GK Free Agent Anthony Grudko MF Academy Oliver Hald RB Free Agent Lyam MacKinnon FW Free Agent Caleb Porcoro GK Academy Zion Scarlett FW Free Agent Carolina Core Nate Shultz RB Retired Jamie Smith CB Free Agent Fredrico Stachuk FW Loan Expired Daniel Wu CB Free Agent
FC Naples
Coach : Matt PolandNote: FC Naples joins USL League One as an expansion side.
Inbound
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Ian Cerro MF Signed Georgia Lions Lalo Delgado GK Signed Northern Colorado Hailstorm Jake Dengler CB Signed Tormenta FC Brecc Evans CB Signed Northern Colorado Hailstorm Ian Garrett LB Signed SalPa Max Glasser LB Signed Monterey Bay Tony Halterman GK Signed Chicago House AC Chris Heckenberg MF Signed Central Valley Fuego Kevin O’Connor LB Signed Cork City Jayden Onen MF Signed Lexington SC Joel Serrano GK Signed Academia Quintana Marc Torellas MF Signed Loyola University
One Knoxville SC
Coach : Ian Fuller
Inbound and Returnees
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Giovanni Calixtro FW Optioned Dani Fernandez CB Re-signed Johan Garibay GK Re-signed Sivert Haugli MF Re-signed Callum Johnson MF Re-signed Angelo Kelly MF Re-signed Sean Lewis GK Re-signed Stuart Ritchie LB Optioned Jordan Skelton CB Re-signed Kempes Tekiela FW Optioned James Thomas RB Re-signed Stavros Zarokostas FW Optioned
Departures/Unknown
Player Pos. Transaction New Club Kingsford Adjei MF Free Agent Rich Ballard FW Free Agent DJ Benton RB Free Agent Rodolfo Castro FW Free Agent Jalen Crisler CB Free Agent Charlie Machell MF Loan Al Qabila Innocent Nshuti FW Free Agent FK Sabail Sean O’Hearn CB Retired Frank Ross MF Free Agent Leo Santos MF Academy Yesin van der Pluijm MF Free Agent Katwijk
Portland Hearts of Pine
Coach : Bobby MurphyNote: Portland joins USL League One as an expansion side.
Inbound
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Kemali Green DF Signed Temple University Khalid Hersi MF Signed University of Southern Maine Jaden Jones-Riley RB Signed Timbers 2 Patrick Langlois MF Signed Northern Colorado Hailstorm Mikey Lopez MF Signed Birmingham Legion Michel Poon-Angeron MF Signed AC Port of Spain Colby Quiñones RB Signed NE Revs II Mickey Reilly MF Signed Carthage College Evan Southern FW Signed James Madison University Ollie Wright FW Signed Huntsville City
Richmond Kickers
Coach : Darren Sawatzky
Inbound and Returnees
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Dakota Barnathan CB Multi-year Adrian Billhardt MF Optioned Klaidi Cela CB Multi-year Simon Fitch RB Re-signed Gui Franca CB Optioned Griffin Garnett CB Multi-year Beckett Howell CB Multi-year Pablo Jara GK Multi-year Landon Johnson FW Multi-year Josh Kirkland FW Multi-year Chandler O’Dwyer MF Multi-year Melvin Pierre-Louis FW Signed FC Motown Emiliano Terzaghi FW Multi-year James Vaughan MF Optioned
Departures/Unknown
Player Pos. Transaction New Club Nathan Aune CB Free Agent Arthur Bosua FW Retired Chris Cole LB Free Agent Gabe Cox MF Academy Furman University João Gomiero MF Free Agent Noah Hiort-Wright LB Academy Zaca Moran MF Free Agent Toni Pineda FW Free Agent Maxi Schenfeld LB Free Agent Ryan Shellow GK Retired Ryan Sierakowski FW Retired Nicholas Simmonds FW Academy University of Virginia James Sneddon GK Academy Justin Sukow MF Free Agent Nil Vinyals MF Free Agent
South Georgia Tormenta FC
Coach : Ian Cameron (September 16, 2020)
Inbound and Returnees
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Gabriel Alves LB Signed Rhode Island FC Conor Doyle MF Multi-year (2025) Taylor Gray FW Signed Chattanooga FC Sam Jones GK Optioned Jackson Kasanzu CB Signed San Diego Loyal Thabo Nare CB Signed LAFC 2 Austin Pack GK Signed Charlotte Independence Anatolie Prepelita CB Signed Chattanooga FC Niall Reid-Stephen FW Signed Florida Gulf Coast University Callum Stretch MF Optioned Mason Tunbridge MF Multi-year (2025) Sebastian Vivas FW Optioned
Departures/Unknown
Player Pos. Transaction New Club Isaac Bittner GK Academy Dodge Brooks MF Free Agent Pedro Campos FW Free Agent Tavio D’Almeida MF Free Agent Jake Dengler CB Free Agent FC Naples Pedro Fonseca FW Free Agent Shafer Gottlieb FW Academy Liam Healy DF Free Agent Alsadiq Hasan LB Free Agent Jackson Khoury MF Transfer Tacoma Defiance Preston Kilwien CB Free Agent Aaron Lombardi LB Free Agent Michael Mejia GK Free Agent Collin Mocyunas RB Free Agent Ford Parker GK Retired Joshua Ramos DF Free Agent Gabriel Rodriguez FW Free Agent Drew Romig GK Free Agent Ajmeer Spengler MF Free Agent Daniel Steedman MF Free Agent Curtis Thorn RB Retired Aaron Walker MF Free Agent Niall Watson FW Free Agent Austin Wehner FW Free Agent
Spokane Velocity
Coach : Leigh Veidman
Inbound Transactions
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Masango Akale FW Multi-year (2025) Jack Denton MF Optioned Collin Fernandez MF Multi-year (2025) Luis Gil MF Multi-year (2025) Javier Martín Gil RB Optioned Ismaila Jome LB Multi-year (2025) Marcelo Lage CB Optioned Andre Lewis MF Multi-year (2025) Carlos Merciano GK Multi-year (2025) Camron Miller CB Optioned Anuar Peláez FW Multi-year (2025) Pierre Reedy MF Optioned Derek Waldeck LB Multi-year (2025)
Departures/Unknown
Player Pos. Transaction New Club Elijah Amadin LB Free Agent Josh Dolling FW Free Agent Grayson Dupont MF Free Agent Azriel Gonzalez FW Free Agent Morgan Hackworth MF Retired Ahmed Longmire CB Free Agent Ariel Mbumba LB Free Agent Luke Merrill RB Free Agent Romain Métanire RB Free Agent Michael Rojas MF Free Agent Joe Schmidt MF Retired Kimarni Smith FW Free Agent Peter Swinkels GK Retired Brooks Thompson GK Loan Expired Hartford Athletic
Texoma FC
Coach : Adrian ForbesNote: Texoma FC joins USL League One as an expansion side.
Inbound
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club
Union Omaha
Coach : Dominic Casciato
Inbound and Returnees
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Dion Acoff MF Optioned Kemy Amiche MF Signed US Thionville Mark Bronik FW Signed Union Omaha Academy Joe Gallardo MF Re-signed Aarón Gómez FW Re-signed Anderson Holt CB Multi-year (2025) Ryen Jiba LB Optioned Brandon Knapp MF Optioned Blake Malone CB Optioned Marco Milanese CB Re-signed Rashid Nuhu GK Multi-year (2025) Charlie Ostrem LB Multi-year (2025) Max Schneider MF Signed Indy Eleven
Departures/Unknown
Player Pos. Transaction New Club Adam Aoumaich FW Free Agent Isaac Bawa RB Free Agent Pedro Dolabella MF Free Agent Steevan Dos Santos FW Retired Victor Giro (PC) MF Retired Lagos Kunga FW Free Agent Wallis Lapsley GK Free Agent Zeiko Lewis FW Free Agent Luca Mastrantonio CB Free Agent AV Alta FC Nortei Nortey MF Free Agent Will Perkins CB Free Agent Missael Rodríguez FW Loan Expired Free Agent
Westchester SC
Coach : Dave CartonNote: Westchester SC joins USL League One as an expansion side.
Inbound
Player Pos. Transaction Previous Club Koen Blommestijn FW Signed FC Volendam Daniel Bouman MF Signed Marconi Stallions FC Dean Diego Guezen MF Signed Zagłębie Sosnowiec Kemar Lawrence LB Signed UTA Arad Conor McGlynn MF Signed Rhode Island FC Stephen Payne RB Signed Forward Madison Samory Powder FW Signed University of Portland
Departing Clubs
Central Valley Fuego FC
Note : club inactive in 2025. All players became free agents at end of season.
Player Pos. Transaction New Club Ashkanov Apollon LB Free Agent AV Alta FC Carlos Avilez GK Free Agent AV Alta FC Dembor Benson FW Free Agent Shavon John-Brown FW Free Agent Brian Bustamante DF Free Agent José Carrera-García MF Free Agent Tag Chalmers MF Academy Robert Coronado MF Transfer El Paso Locomotive Razak Cromwell LB Free Agent Mouhamed Dabo MF Free Agent Moe Espinoza MF Free Agent Josh Fawole FW Free Agent Kevin Garcia MF Academy Emmanuel Gomez LB Free Agent Chris Heckenberg MF Free Agent FC Naples David Kabamba DF Academy Qudus Lawal FW Free Agent Omar Lemus RB Free Agent Gaël Mabiala RB Free Agent Javier Mariona FW Academy Raul Mendiola MF Free Agent Alfredo Midence FW Free Agent Lexington SC Leon Morimoto LB Free Agent Deshawon Nembhard LB Free Agent Tirimisiyu Mubarak Opeyemi MF Free Agent Jason Ramos CB Free Agent Angel Ruelas FW Free Agent Zachary Smuck FW Academy Clayton Torr CB Free Agent Zahir Vasquez FW Free Agent Sean Vinberg CB Free Agent Taran Williams MF Free Agent Atcha Issa Yaya MF Free Agent Andre Zuluaga GK Free Agent
Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC
Note : club inactive in 2025. All players became free agents at end of season.
Player Pos. Transaction New Club McCain Clarke MF Free Agent Jackson Dietrich MF Free Agent Forward Madison Lalo Delgado GK Free Agent FC Naples Brecc Evans CB Free Agent FC Naples Johnny Fenwick CB Free Agent David Garcia CB Free Agent Real Gill FW Free Agent Huntsville City Chace Gozdieski MF Academy Ethan Hoard FW Free Agent Jake Keegan FW Free Agent Billy King FW Free Agent Enock Kwakwa MF Free Agent Marky Hernandez MF Free Agent Gabriel Jurado FW Academy Patrick Langlois MF Free Agent Isidro Martinez MF Free Agent Destan Norman FW Free Agent Lucky Opara RB Free Agent James Parks DF Academy Irvin Parra FW Free Agent Evan Perez FW Academy Noah Powder MF Free Agent Bruno Rendón CB Free Agent Indy Eleven Daniel Robles MF Free Agent Russell Shealy GK Free Agent Haruki Yamazaki MF Free Agent
Lexington SC
Note : Lexington SC is moving to the USL Championship in 2025. This tracks the off-season status of the 2024 USL1 squad only.
Player Pos. Transaction 2025 Club Ebenezer Ackon CB Free Agent Michael Agboola CB Free Agent Khalid Balogun FW Free Agent Nico Brown FW Re-signed Lexington SC Nico Campuzano GK Free Agent Marcel Canadi MF Free Agent Issac Cano FW Loan Expired Louisville City Abel Caputo MF Free Agent Austin Causey GK Free Agent Erick Ceja Gonzalez CB Free Agent Alexis Cerritos FW Free Agent AV Alta FC Daniel Chica DF Free Agent Carolina Core Jorge Corrales LB Free Agent Ates Diouf FW Re-signed Lexington SC Kaelon Fox CB Free Agent Kimball Jackson DF Re-Signed Lexington SC Amal Knight GK Free Agent Kameron Lacey MF Loan Expired San Antonio FC Cameron Lancaster FW Re-signed Lexington SC Azaad Liadi FW Re-Signed Lexington SC David Loera MF Free Agent Christian Lue Young RB Free Agent Pierre Mané MF Free Agent Modesto Méndez CB Free Agent Jayden Onen MF Free Agent FC Naples Anthony Patti CB Free Agent Tate Robertson RB Free Agent Chattanooga FC CC Uche CB Free Agent Yannick Yankam MF Re-signed Lexington SC
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