Major League Soccer Releases 2014-15 Offseason Calendar

Oct 30, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Peter Guber (left), Henry Nguyen, and Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber at a press conference announcing the new Los Angeles Football Club at Siren Studios. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

The 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs may be in full swing, but Major League Soccer released the 2014-15 offseason calendar on Wednesday, confirming the dates of several important events in the run-up to the kickoff of the league’s 20th season in March 2015.

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This calendar includes the dates of the MLS Expansion, Waiver and Re-entry drafts, as well as the MLS Combine and SuperDraft. The MLS Caribbean Combine, which debuted in 2014, will again take place in the lead-up to the SuperDraft.

As with previous offseasons which featured an Expansion Draft, this winter will feature a Half-day Trade Window on Dec. 8, shortly before 2015 newcomers New York City FC and Orlando City make their selections on Dec. 10. Take a look.

2014-15 MLS Offseason Calendar

TBD – MLS Dispersal Draft for Chivas USA

December 7, 2014 – MLS Cup Final

December 8, 2014 – Half-day Trade Window: Open 9 am ET – 1 pm ET. Teams may trade during that window or may re-sign their own players. Blackout period starts at 1 pm ET, runs through the MLS Expansion Draft.

December 10, 2014 – MLS Expansion Draft

December 10, 2014 – Trade Window opens at the end of Expansion Draft; closes on December 11, 2014, at 5 pm ET

December 10, 2014 – MLS Waiver Draft

December 12, 2014 – MLS Re-entry Draft, Phase One

December 12, 2014 – Trade Window opens at the end of Re-entry Draft Phase One; closes on December 17, 2014, at 11 am ET

December 18, 2014 – MLS Re-entry Draft, Phase Two

December 18, 2014 – Trade Window opens at the end of Re-entry Draft Phase Two

January 2-5, 2015 – MLS Caribbean Combine

January 9-13, 2015 – MLS Combine

January 15, 2015 – MLS SuperDraft

In other league news, Jermaine Jones of the New England Revolution was fined an undisclosed by the Disciplinary Committee for simulation. Other actions by the DisCo are shown below.

2014 MLS DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE DECISIONS

Nov. 5 (Playoffs): Jermaine Jones fined for simulation

Oct. 31 (Playoffs): Díaz suspended, FC Dallas warned for mass confrontation

Week 32: Garrido, De Rosario, Igor Juliao fined, suspended

Week 31: Peguy Luyindula fined, suspended

Week 29: Carlos Alvarez suspended, Igor Juliao, Jeff Cassar fined

Week 28: Bakary Soumare suspended  |  Incident involving Jackson, Nigel Reo-Coker

Week 27: Nick LaBrocca suspended  |  Michael Bradley fined

Week 26: D.C. United’s Ben Olsen, Davy Arnaud and Sean Franklin fined along with New York Red Bulls’ Roy Miller

Week 25: Montreal Impact’s Hassoun Camara, Chivas USA’s Erick Torres suspended, Seattle’s Pineda and D.C.’s Silva fined

Week 24: MLS Disciplinary Committee fines, suspends Portland Timbers’ Norberto Paparatto for serious foul play

Week 23: FC Dallas midfielder Andrés Escobar fined for embellishment

Week 22: Eddie Johnson suspended two games, Calum Mallace one for separate incidents

Week 21: Jamison Olave suspended two games, both Morales and Cahill fined

Week 19: Vancouver Whitecaps, Real Salt Lake charged with mass confrontation

Week 17: New York defender Armando, Colorado forward Sánchez suspended two games each

Week 17: Revs midfielder Lee Nguyen suspended for stomp on RSL’s John Stertzer

Week 16: FC Dallas winger Fabian Castillo suspended four matches

Week 15: D.C. United’s Fabian Espindola suspended, FC Dallas’ Josema Bazan suspended, Portland Timbers’ Maximiliano Urruti fined

Week 14: Colorado Rapids’ Dillon Serna suspended, fines handed out to Chicago Fire, Seattle Sounders

Week 13: Fines issued to Montreal Impact’s Hassoun Camara for simulation, Sporting KC’s Igor Julião for hands to the face and Vancouver’s Sebastian Fernandez for embellishment

Week 12: Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders warned for violating mass confrontation policy, Vancouver Whitecaps’ Pedro Morales and Seattle Sounders’ Chad Barrett fined

Week 11: D.C. United’s Eddie Johnson, Portland Timbers’ Alvas Powell suspended

Week 10: San Jose’s Víctor Bernárdez suspended

Week 9: LA Galaxy’s Rob Friend fined for embellishment

Week 8: D.C.’s Eddie Johnson fined for hands to the face; Vancouver’s Paolo Tornaghi suspended for entering field

Week 7: Crew’s Bernardo Añor fined for mass confrontation, Chivas USA’s Wilmer Cabrera fined

Week 6: Crew’s Giancarlo Gonzalez fined for embellishment

Week 5: D.C.’s Lewis Neal suspended, Revolution’s Jay Heaps is fined

Week 4: Toronto’s Steven Caldwell suspended; Colorado’s Drew Moor fined

Week 3: Toronto’s Jackson and Portland’s Donovan Ricketts are suspended

Week 2: Seattle’s Clint Dempsey, two other players suspended

Week 1: D.C.’s Luis Silva fined for simulation