v. Player Transfers/Releases:
Any eligible individual is free to sign with any Club during the off-season, subject only to meeting a given Club’s registration deadlines/eligibility requirements. Once a Player has signed the MLS NEXT Waiver and registered with a specific Club, the Player will need to follow the formal transfer process in order to participate with another Club during the same MLS NEXT Season.
A Player who wishes to transfer to a new Club during the Season is required to obtain a release from his/her/their original Club in writing before transferring or communicating with another club. Transfers must be sent to PDev, which shall review and have the authority to approve or deny a transfer of a Player in its sole and absolute discretion.
Prior to approval by MLS NEXT of a transfer request, Players may not train or otherwise participate with a Club with which they are not officially registered. If a Player trains with another Club prior to receiving a release, the Player may not be permitted to transfer to that Club. Transfer of a Player from one Club to another shall be treated like any other additions to the Club.
Any transfer Player will not be allowed to compete in all head-to-head MLS NEXT Regular Season Fixtures and MLS NEXT Games between his/her/their former and new Club, regardless of being released by his/her/their previous Club (this does not apply to preseason or the MLS NEXT Post- Season), unless his/her/their former Club allows such Player to do so by writing to PDev. If there are no head-to-head Fixtures that remain in the current season, the Player will be eligible to participate, pending service of any other suspensions.
