Transfers
| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to | Mode of Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2008 | Sébastien Le Toux | Seattle Sounders | Seattle Sounders FC | Free |
| August 14, 2008 | Kasey Keller | Unattached | Seattle Sounders FC | Free |
| September 5, 2008 | Sanna Nyassi | Unattached | Seattle Sounders FC | Free |
| October 24, 2008 | David Beckham | Los Angeles Galaxy | Milan | Loan |
| October 24, 2008 | Freddie Ljungberg | Unattached | Seattle Sounders FC | Free |
| November 14, 2008 | Fred | D.C. United | Wellington Phoenix | Loan |
| November 19, 2008 | Hunter Freeman | Toronto FC | Start | Free |
| November 20, 2008 | Landon Donovan | Los Angeles Galaxy | Bayern Munich | Loan |
| November 22, 2008 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | Chicago Fire | Santos Laguna | Loan |
| November 24, 2008 | Adam Cristman | New England Revolution | Kansas City Wizards | Trade |
| November 24, 2008 | Jovan Kirovski | San Jose Earthquakes | Los Angeles Galaxy | Trade |
| November 24, 2008 | Jámison Olave | Deportivo Cali | Real Salt Lake | Undisclosed |
| November 26, 2008 | Mike Petke | Unattached | New York Red Bulls | Free |
| November 28, 2008 | Brad Evans | Columbus Crew | Seattle Sounders FC | Expansion Draft |
| November 28, 2008 | Nate Jaqua | Houston Dynamo | Seattle Sounders FC | Expansion Draft |
| November 28, 2008 | Stephen King | Chicago Fire | Seattle Sounders FC | Expansion Draft |
| November 28, 2008 | Jeff Parke | New York Red Bulls | Seattle Sounders FC | Expansion Draft |
| November 28, 2008 | James Riley | San Jose Earthquakes | Seattle Sounders FC | Expansion Draft |
| November 28, 2008 | Jarrod Smith | Toronto FC | Seattle Sounders FC | Expansion Draft |
| November 28, 2008 | Khano Smith | New England Revolution | Seattle Sounders FC | Expansion Draft |
| November 28, 2008 | Nathan Sturgis | Real Salt Lake | Seattle Sounders FC | Expansion Draft |
| November 28, 2008 | Peter Vagenas | Los Angeles Galaxy | Seattle Sounders FC | Expansion Draft |
| November 28, 2008 | Tyson Wahl | Kansas City Wizards | Seattle Sounders FC | Expansion Draft |
| December 8, 2008 | Michael Parkhurst | New England Revolution | Nordsjælland | Free |
| December 12, 2008 | Dwayne De Rosario | Houston Dynamo | Toronto FC | Trade |
| December 12, 2008 | Julius James | Toronto FC | Houston Dynamo | Trade |
| December 23, 2008 | Tomasz Frankowski | Chicago Fire | Jagiellonia Białystok | Free |
| December 23, 2008 | Donovan Ricketts | Village United | Los Angeles Galaxy | Undisclosed |
| December 28, 2008 | Michael Videira | Unattached | New England Revolution | Free |
| January 6, 2009 | Duilio Davino | FC Dallas | Puebla | Free |
| January 6, 2009 | Chris Eylander | Unattached | Seattle Sounders FC | Free |
| January 7, 2009 | Leonard Griffin | Portland Timbers | Los Angeles Galaxy | Undisclosed |
| January 9, 2009 | Stefani Miglioranzi | Columbus Crew | Los Angeles Galaxy | Trade |
| January 13, 2009 | Ty Harden | Los Angeles Galaxy | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| January 13, 2009 | Macoumba Kandji | Atlanta Silverbacks | New York Red Bulls | Undisclosed |
| January 13, 2009 | Roberto Nurse | Chivas USA | Veracruz | Free |
| January 13, 2009 | Dominic Oduro | FC Dallas | New York Red Bulls | Trade |
| January 13, 2009 | Dave van den Bergh | New York Red Bulls | FC Dallas | Trade |
| January 15, 2009 | Ante Jazić | Los Angeles Galaxy | Chivas USA | Trade |
| January 15, 2009 | Dema Kovalenko | Real Salt Lake | Los Angeles Galaxy | Trade |
| January 15, 2009 | Mike Magee | New York Red Bulls | Los Angeles Galaxy | Trade |
| January 15, 2009 | Matt Pickens | Chicago Fire | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| January 15, 2009 | Steve Purdy | 1860 Munich | FC Dallas | Undisclosed |
| January 16, 2009 | Francisco Mendoza | Chivas USA | Guadalajara | Free |
| January 19, 2009 | Kenny Deuchar | Real Salt Lake | Hamilton Academical | Free |
| January 20, 2009 | Francisco Lima | San Jose Earthquakes | Taranto Sport | Free |
| January 21, 2009 | Fabián Espíndola | Real Salt Lake | Deportivo Anzoátegui | Free |
| January 21, 2009 | Taylor Graham | Unattached | Seattle Sounders FC | Free |
| January 22, 2009 | Gonzalo Peralta | D.C. United | Unión Santa Fe | Loan |
| January 23, 2009 | Tally Hall | Esbjerg | Houston Dynamo | Free |
| January 23, 2009 | Fredy Montero | Deportivo Cali | Seattle Sounders FC | Loan |
| January 26, 2009 | Patrick Ianni | Houston Dynamo | Seattle Sounders FC | Trade |
| January 27, 2009 | Osvaldo Alonso | Charleston Battery | Seattle Sounders FC | Undisclosed |
| January 27, 2009 | Daniel Torres | Bryne | FC Dallas | Undisclosed |
| January 30, 2009 | Marcelo Gallardo | D.C. United | River Plate | Free |
| January 31, 2009 | Felix Garcia | Laredo Heat | Houston Dynamo | Undisclosed |
| January 31, 2009 | Carlos Ruiz | Toronto FC | Olimpia Asunción | Free |
| February 2, 2009 | Scott Sealy | San Jose Earthquakes | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Free |
| February 3, 2009 | Todd Dunivant | Toronto FC | Los Angeles Galaxy | Trade |
| February 5, 2009 | Cam Weaver | Haugesund | San Jose Earthquakes | Undisclosed |
| February 9, 2009 | Pablo Campos | GAIS | San Jose Earthquakes | Undisclosed |
| February 9, 2009 | Christian Gómez | Colorado Rapids | D.C. United | Trade |
| February 9, 2009 | Mike Graczyk | Colorado Rapids | D.C. United | Trade |
| February 9, 2009 | Iván Guerrero | D.C. United | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| February 9, 2009 | Pablo Vitti | Independiente | Toronto FC | Loan |
| February 10, 2009 | Bobby Convey | Unattached | San Jose Earthquakes | Free |
| February 10, 2009 | Tyrone Marshall | Toronto FC | Seattle Sounders FC | Trade |
| February 10, 2009 | Daniel Paladini | Chivas USA | Carolina RailHawks | Free |
| February 11, 2009 | Santiago Hirsig | San Lorenzo | Kansas City Wizards | Undisclosed |
| February 11, 2009 | Andrew Weber | Unattached | San Jose Earthquakes | Free |
| February 12, 2009 | Khano Smith | Seattle Sounders FC | New York Red Bulls | Trade |
| February 18, 2009 | Jhon Kennedy Hurtado | Deportivo Cali | Seattle Sounders FC | Undisclosed |
| February 24, 2009 | David Ferreira | Atlético Paranaense | FC Dallas | Loan |
| February 24, 2009 | Ange N'Silu | Le Mont | D.C. United | Undisclosed |
| February 24, 2009 | Adrian Serioux | FC Dallas | Toronto FC | Trade |
| February 27, 2009 | Dejan Jakovic | Red Star Belgrade | D.C. United | Undisclosed |
| February 27, 2009 | Gregory Richardson | Toronto FC | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| March 2, 2009 | Steve Cronin | Los Angeles Galaxy | Portland Timbers | Free |
| March 2, 2009 | Chris Leitch | New York Red Bulls | San Jose Earthquakes | Trade |
| March 3, 2009 | Emmanuel Gómez | Samger | Toronto FC | Free |
| March 3, 2009 | Ned Grabavoy | Unattached | Real Salt Lake | Free |
| March 3, 2009 | Amadou Sanyang | Real de Banjul | Toronto FC | Free |
| March 10, 2009 | Albert Celades | Real Zaragoza | New York Red Bulls | Free |
| March 10, 2009 | Josh Wicks | Los Angeles Galaxy | D.C. United | Trade |
| March 11, 2009 | Scott Palguta | Rochester Rhinos | Colorado Rapids | Undisclosed |
| March 12, 2009 | Eduardo Lillingston | Tecos UAG | Chivas USA | Undisclosed |
| March 12, 2009 | Josh Saunders | Miami FC | Los Angeles Galaxy | Undisclosed |
| March 16, 2009 | Roger Levesque | Unattached | Seattle Sounders FC | Free |
| March 16, 2009 | Zach Scott | Unattached | Seattle Sounders FC | Free |
| March 17, 2009 | Mike Zaher | D.C. United | San Jose Earthquakes | Trade |
| March 18, 2009 | Eric Brunner | New York Red Bulls | Columbus Crew | Trade |
| March 18, 2009 | Tim Ward | Unattached | Chicago Fire | Free |
| March 19, 2009 | Simon Elliott | Unattached | San Jose Earthquakes | Free |
| March 19, 2009 | Carlos Johnson | Bryne | New York Red Bulls | Free |
| March 19, 2009 | Tony Sanneh | Unattached | Los Angeles Galaxy | Free |
| March 19, 2009 | Mariano Trujillo | Atlante | Chivas USA | Undisclosed |
| March 20, 2009 | Brandon McDonald | Unattached | San Jose Earthquakes | Free |
| March 21, 2009 | Álvaro Sánchez | San Carlos | FC Dallas | Loan |
| March 24, 2009 | Kevin Forrest | Unattached | Seattle Sounders FC | Free |
| March 25, 2009 | Mike Graczyk | D.C. United | San Jose Earthquakes | Trade |
| March 26, 2009 | Stephane Assengue | Daga Young Stars | New England Revolution | Free |
| March 27, 2009 | John DiRaimondo | Unattached | D.C. United | Free |
| March 27, 2009 | Bojan Stepanović | Srem | Chivas USA | Free |
| March 31, 2009 | Emmanuel Osei | Liberty Professionals | New England Revolution | Free |
| March 31, 2009 | Jeff Parke | Seattle Sounders FC | Vancouver Whitecaps | Free |
| April 3, 2009 | Gregg Berhalter | 1860 Munich | Los Angeles Galaxy | Free |
| April 6, 2009 | Ade Akinbiyi | Burnley | Houston Dynamo | Free |
| April 14, 2009 | André Hainault | Baník Most | Houston Dynamo | Undisclosed |
| April 15, 2009 | Fabián Espíndola | Deportivo Anzoátegui | Real Salt Lake | Undisclosed |
| April 17, 2009 | Julien Baudet | Crewe Alexandra | Colorado Rapids | Free |
| April 17, 2009 | Kyle Davies | Southampton | Real Salt Lake | Free |
| April 17, 2009 | Alfredo Pacheco | FAS | New York Red Bulls | Loan ($30k) |
| April 23, 2009 | Avery John | New England Revolution | D.C. United | Trade |
| April 28, 2009 | Kyle Davies | Real Salt Lake | FC Dallas | Trade |
| April 28, 2009 | Aaron Pitchkolan | FC Dallas | San Jose Earthquakes | Trade |
| May 6, 2009 | Nico Colaluca | Colorado Rapids | New England Revolution | Trade |
| May 6, 2009 | Rob Valentino | New England Revolution | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| May 18, 2009 | Cornell Glen | San Juan Jabloteh | San Jose Earthquakes | Undisclosed |
| May 27, 2009 | Dominic Oduro | New York Red Bulls | Houston Dynamo | Trade |
| June 9, 2009 | Nick Garcia | San Jose Earthquakes | Toronto FC | Trade |
| June 9, 2009 | Cam Weaver | San Jose Earthquakes | Houston Dynamo | Trade |
| June 9, 2009 | Chris Wondolowski | Houston Dynamo | San Jose Earthquakes | Trade |
| June 12, 2009 | António Ribeiro | Unattached | San Jose Earthquakes | Free |
| June 15, 2009 | Pat Noonan | Columbus Crew | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| June 23, 2009 | Ali Gerba | Milton Keynes Dons | Toronto FC | Free |
| June 24, 2009 | Kevin Harmse | Toronto FC | Chivas USA | Trade |
| June 26, 2009 | Terry Boss | Unattached | Seattle Sounders FC | Free |
| June 29, 2009 | Bouna Coundoul | Unattached | New York Red Bulls | Free |
| July 1, 2009 | Alecko Eskandarian | Chivas USA | Los Angeles Galaxy | Trade |
| July 1, 2009 | Edgaras Jankauskas | REO LT Vilnius | New England Revolution | Free |
| July 2, 2009 | Leonardo González | Municipal Liberia | Seattle Sounders FC | Undisclosed |
| July 8, 2009 | Chris Birchall | Brighton & Hove Albion | Los Angeles Galaxy | Free |
| July 13, 2009 | Leonard Krupnik | Maccabi Haifa | New York Red Bulls | Undisclosed |
| July 15, 2009 | Pablo Campos | San Jose Earthquakes | Real Salt Lake | Trade |
| July 16, 2009 | Ernst Öbster | Red Bull Salzburg | New York Red Bulls | Undisclosed |
| July 16, 2009 | Danny Szetela | Racing Santander | D.C. United | Free |
| July 17, 2009 | Atiba Harris | Chivas USA | FC Dallas | Trade |
| July 17, 2009 | Marcelo Saragosa | FC Dallas | Chivas USA | Trade |
| July 24, 2009 | Ely Allen | Seattle Wolves | D.C. United | Free |
| July 24, 2009 | Facundo Diz | Platense | Colorado Rapids | Free |
| July 24, 2009 | Ramón Sánchez | Alianza | San Jose Earthquakes | Undisclosed |
| July 28, 2009 | Zoltán Hercegfalvi | Budapest Honvéd | Kansas City Wizards | Free |
| July 29, 2009 | Rachid El Khalifi | SC Cambuur | Real Salt Lake | Free |
| July 29, 2009 | Jamie Smith | Aberdeen | Colorado Rapids | Free |
| July 31, 2009 | Kenny Cooper | FC Dallas | 1860 Munich | Undisclosed |
| July 31, 2009 | André Luiz | Jaguares | San Jose Earthquakes | Free |
| August 12, 2009 | Lesly Fellinga | SC Heerenveen | Toronto FC | Undisclosed |
| August 13, 2009 | Nelson González | Quilmes | Real Salt Lake | Loan |
| August 14, 2009 | Ryan Cochrane | San Jose Earthquakes | Houston Dynamo | Trade |
| August 14, 2009 | David Habarugira | Anderlecht | D.C. United | Undisclosed |
| August 14, 2009 | Julius James | Houston Dynamo | D.C. United | Trade |
| August 14, 2009 | Yamith Cuesta | Expreso Rojo | Chivas USA | Loan |
| August 17, 2009 | Walter García | Unattached | New York Red Bulls | Free |
| August 18, 2009 | Marvin Chávez | Marathón | FC Dallas | Loan |
| August 18, 2009 | Jesús Padilla | Guadalajara | Chivas USA | Loan |
| August 19, 2009 | Emilio Rentería | Caracas | Columbus Crew | Free |
| August 20, 2009 | Luis Ángel Landín | Morelia | Houston Dynamo | Loan |
| August 21, 2009 | Maicon Santos | Bonsucesso | Chivas USA | Loan |
| August 28, 2009 | Bakary Soumare | Chicago Fire | Boulogne | $2.14m |
| August 31, 2009 | Ugo Ihemelu | Colorado Rapids | FC Dallas | Trade |
| August 31, 2009 | Drew Moor | FC Dallas | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
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