Philadelphia Union exercise options on eight players, decline two and extend contract offers to four

Joe Bendik, Cory Burke, Warren Creavalle, Anthony Fontana, Olivier Mbaizo, Mark McKenzie, Michee Ngalina and Matt Real are all under contract for 2020, the Philadelphia Union announced on Wednesday.

The eight players had options for 2020 that the club decided to exercise. Options for Marco Fabián, Fabinho and RJ Allen were both declined.

The team also announced on Tuesday that offers have been extended to Ilsinho, Aurelien Collin, Fafa Picault and Jamiro Monteiro.

The team is not seeking a new contract with Haris Medunjanin.

This leaves 20 players on the roster who are under contract for 2020. Seven of those players occupied international roster spots last season, but Jack Elliott and Cory Burke, assuming his visa issues are resolved, may have green cards by the start of the season.

Brenden Aaronson
Alejandro Bedoya
Joe Bendik
Andre Blake
Cory Burke*
Warren Creavalle
Jack de Vries
Jack Elliott*
Anthony Fontana
Matt Freese
Raymon Gaddis
Olivier Mbaizo*
Mark McKenzie
Michee Ngalina*
Kacper Przybylko*
Matt Real
Sergio Santos*
Cole Turner
Kai Wagner*
Andrew Wooten
* Occupied an international roster spot last season

Matthew Ralph

Matthew Ralph is the managing editor of Philadelphia Soccer Now. He's covered soccer at all levels for a decade in the Philadelphia region and has also written for TheCup.us, NPSL, PrepSoccer and other publications. He lives with his wife and two young children in Broomall, Pa., but grew up in South Jersey and is originally from Kansas.

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