New England Revolution
Chancalay’s departure opens up a Designated Participant spot on New England’s roster heading into the 2026 season.
The Revolution introduced a commerce on Friday that may assist to reshape the group’s roster underneath new head coach Marko Mitrović.
New England traded ahead Tomás Chancalay to Minnesota United FC in change for $100,000 in a cash-for-player deal. The Revolution, per the club’s announcement, additionally “retains a proportion of future switch charges obtained.”
“On behalf of the Revolution, I’d prefer to thank Tomás for his contributions throughout his time with our membership,” Sporting Director Curt Onalfo mentioned within the membership’s announcement. “We want him and his household all the very best as he begins this subsequent chapter with Minnesota.”
After becoming a member of New England in the summertime of 2023, he scored 12 targets and added three assists in 49 MLS appearances. He suffered a torn ACL in June 2024, however returned in April 2025, ending the 12 months with 4 targets and two assists in 26 appearances.
Chancalay, 26, was a “Designated Player” on the Revolution’s roster, that means that his departure creates a attainable emptiness for a higher-salaried participant. On the finish of the disappointing 2025 season wherein New England completed eleventh within the Japanese Convention and missed the playoffs for the second season in a row, the Revolution had reached the MLS-allowed cap for Designated Gamers with three.
However with Chancalay’s exit and the likelihood that the membership may convert Matt Turner’s contract from a DP deal to a TAM contract (“Focused Allocation Cash”), that would depart membership captain Carles Gil because the group’s solely remaining Designated Participant.
Even when Turner — who rejoined New England on mortgage from French membership Olympique Lyonnais in August 2025 on a one-year deal — stays a Designated Participant, the result’s that Onalfo has extra flexibility to reshape the roster underneath Mitrović.
New England begins preseason on Jan. 13 and opens the 2026 MLS season on Feb. 21 on the highway towards Nashville SC.
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