&lt;p&gt;Every season &lt;a href=&quot;https://us.bolavip.com/mls-t16956&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MLS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; teams wheel and deal in hopes of getting a squad ready for the playoffs come season's end. Some signings work out, &lt;a href=&quot;https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/the-15-worst-signings-in-mls-history-20201229-0007.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;others not so much&lt;/a&gt;. Nonetheless, team GM&rsquo;s are always looking for that big signing that can take their team to the next level.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;While &lt;strong&gt;David Beckham&lt;/strong&gt; and&lt;strong&gt; Landon Donovan&lt;/strong&gt; come to mind as signings that were huge in leading not only the league, but their teams to greater things, other signings drop under the radar, but are equally as important. Javier Morales to Real Salt Lake comes to mind as a signing that not only elevated RSL, but also began a culture of excellence at the club.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;While we could do a list of 100 signings like this, we have narrowed it down to five key signings of significance. Each player signing will tell a story of just how that signing changed the fortune of the club. While not a ranking, here are &lt;strong&gt;5 &lt;a href=&quot;https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/mls-top-10-most-expensive-incoming-transfers-20210211-0009.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MLS&lt;/a&gt; signings that changed the course of those&amp;nbsp;teams!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;Cuauht&eacute;moc Blanco to Chicago Fire&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cuauht&eacute;moc Blanco&rsquo;&lt;/strong&gt;s arrival to the Chicago Fire at the dawn of the DP era was yet another big-name Mexican signing to MLS. MLS has a history of flop Mexican National team signings and Blanco wanted to change that perception. He did, Blanco was sensational for the Fire. Upon signing he was greeted by 5,000 fans, in 2007 he was a finalist for newcomer and MLS MVP, but only won goal of the year. On the field, Blanco lived up to the hype, 16 goals in 62 games, he was everything Rafa Marquez wasn&rsquo;t, he carried the MLS flag and was proud of it. For the Fire, Blanco was really the last major game changing signing, the team failed to make the playoffs in 8 of the last 10 seasons since Blanco left.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;Nicol&aacute;s Lodeiro to Seattle Sounders&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Some might raise an eyebrow and say &ldquo;really?&rdquo; but hear us out. The Seattle Sounders were already a team on the cusp of achieving an MLS Cup. Since the Sounders entered the league in 2009 the club had won 4 U.S. Open Cups and qualified for the playoffs in every season. Then the Uruguayan midfielder signed with the team in 2016 and slowly began inserting himself in the midfield&amp;nbsp;and becoming a team leader. The end result has been 2 MLS Cups trophies and 4 MLS Cup appearances in 5 years since &lt;strong&gt;Lodeiro&lt;/strong&gt;&rsquo;s arrival.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;Christian G&oacute;mez to D.C. United&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Before the age of the DP, MLS teams looked for free transfers and crossed their fingers, &lt;strong&gt;Christian G&oacute;mez&lt;/strong&gt; was a late season addition that propelled a 2004 D.C United team to the MLS Cup final. G&oacute;mez would lead the team to their fourth MLS Cup and would later be the centerpiece of an era which saw United qualify to the playoffs in each of his four seasons with the club. Gomito became a huge fan favorite and fans were mad when he was traded to make way for Marcelo Gallardo in 2008. When G&oacute;mez left, United began a downward spiral that saw them miss the playoffs four seasons in a row. Despite returning in 2009 for only 1 season, United has since failed to truly field a week in and week out competitive and dominating team.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;Guillermo Barros Schelotto to Columbus Crew&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Late in his career and without a place in the Boca Juniors lineup, &lt;strong&gt;Guillermo Barros Schelotto&lt;/strong&gt; took a chance and signed with the Columbus Crew of MLS. It was a match made in heaven. GBS, as he was later called by fans, found a second home and revitalized his career in MLS. Schelotto won 1 MLS Cup and MLS MVP award during his four years in Ohio. Schelotto&rsquo;s signing began an era in MLS of Argentine imports and a style of play that has involved an Argentine midfielder as the centerpiece in Columbus since.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;Robbie Keane to L.A. Galaxy&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;This one might seem too easy, but it isn&rsquo;t, the David Beckham era in L.A. needed an MLS Cup to truly come full circle. The Galaxy made a signing intended to do just that, they signed Irish striker&lt;strong&gt; Robbie Keane&lt;/strong&gt;. Keane was more than just an ace in the hole, he became a club legend and at points was even more important on the field than the other two big stars in L.A., Beckham and Donovan. Winner of three MLS Cups, and 83 goals, the Galaxy has yet to replace the electric Keane.&lt;/p&gt; 
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5 MLS signings that changed the course of those teams

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://us.bolavip.com/america-t29&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Club Am&eacute;rica&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;is one of the most important and popular teams in &lt;a href=&quot;https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/mexico-national-football-team-schedule-in-2020-20200930-0015.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mexico&lt;/a&gt;, and also has the economic power to sign both national and &lt;a href=&quot;https://us.bolavip.com/soccer/Mexican-Players-That-Won-in-Europes-Top-Leagues-jm22-20200327-0001.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;international&lt;/a&gt; players. &lt;strong&gt;However, there were cases in which the club had to accept a no as an answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;We decided to make a list with some of the players who chose to continue their careers in other clubs before joining the Mexican side in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://us.bolavip.com/liga-mx-t57&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Liga MX&lt;/a&gt;, whether for personal or financial issues. &lt;strong&gt;You will find many world stars on this list.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;These players are from different parts of the world. Without going any further, here are &lt;strong&gt;15 players who rejected Club Am&eacute;rica.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;15. Luis Romo&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;This is one of the most recent cases. After playing a couple of season for &lt;strong&gt;Quer&eacute;taro&lt;/strong&gt;, Romo was in Am&eacute;rica&rsquo;s plans as a new signing for 2020.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Manager Miguel Herrera even told the press that the club tried to make a deal to get the Gallos Blancos' player.&lt;/strong&gt; However, &lt;strong&gt;the defenseman accepted an offer from Cruz Azul&lt;/strong&gt;, where he quickly became a valuable member for the team.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;14. Pablo Mouche&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;He had had a very good 2011/2012 season playing for &lt;a href=&quot;https://us.bolavip.com/boca-t16&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Boca Juniors&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in Argentina, showing all his skills and his ability to score goals.&lt;strong&gt; Ricardo Pel&aacute;ez, the Mexican side&rsquo;s sporting director by the time, and Miguel Herrera travelled to Argentina to see him play.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Not everything finished as Am&eacute;rica wanted. &lt;strong&gt;The club officials never reached a deal and Mouche, sick of waiting, decided to sign for Kayserispor of Turkey.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;13. Iv&aacute;n Marcone&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Am&eacute;rica&rsquo;s manager Miguel Herrera &lt;/strong&gt;needed a defensive midfielder to replace &lt;strong&gt;Guido Rodr&iacute;guez&lt;/strong&gt;, who had been transferred to &lt;strong&gt;Real Betis of Spain&lt;/strong&gt;. The name of Marcone crossed his mind, as the Argentine had played in the &lt;strong&gt;Liga MX&lt;/strong&gt; a few years ago.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;However, negotiations between the clubs were not easy&lt;strong&gt;. Boca did not want to sell the former Cruz Azul midfielder did not want to return to Mexico.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;12. Jackson Mart&iacute;nez&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;In 2009, &lt;strong&gt;Jaguares&lt;/strong&gt; tried to sign the Colombian forward, who had had had an outstanding season with &lt;strong&gt;Independiente Medell&iacute;n of Colombia&lt;/strong&gt;. Am&eacute;rica was one of many other teams that wanted Mart&iacute;nez for their squads.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Finally, &lt;strong&gt;the player moved to Mexico, but chose Chiapas over the &ldquo;&Aacute;guilas&rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;. Mart&iacute;nez continued with his good performances in the Liga MX and, a few years later, he was transferred to&lt;strong&gt; Porto of Portugal&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;11. Guillermo Barros Schelotto&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Los Angeles Galaxy &lt;/strong&gt;manager was close to sign for Am&eacute;rica during his career as a soccer player. The Mexican side and&lt;strong&gt; Boca Juniors &lt;/strong&gt;had reached a deal for the former winger&rsquo;s transfer, but was &lt;strong&gt;Barros Schelotto who decided to stay in Argentina to fight for a place in the first team.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;After finishing his contract with Boca in 2007, he moved to the &lt;strong&gt;MLS&lt;/strong&gt;, where he signed for &lt;strong&gt;Columbus Crew&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;10. Avil&eacute;s Hurtado&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;The Colombian forward was in Am&eacute;rica&rsquo;s plans more than once. During the transfer window before the &lt;strong&gt;2017 Apertura Tournament&lt;/strong&gt;, the &ldquo;&Aacute;guilas&rdquo; showed interest in him again. He was playing for&lt;strong&gt; Xolos of Tijuana &lt;/strong&gt;by the time.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Negotiations did not finish as expected and Hurtado accepted an offer from Monterrey&lt;/strong&gt;. In the first season with his new club, the forward was one of the tournament&rsquo;s top scorers with &lt;strong&gt;Mauro Boselli&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;9. Lucas Pratto&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Am&eacute;rica was one of the team that tried to sign Pratto before he joined&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://us.bolavip.com/river-plate-t17375&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;River Plate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;of Argentina&lt;/strong&gt;. In 2018, while he was still playing for &lt;strong&gt;Sao Paulo of Brazil&lt;/strong&gt;, the team from Coapa wanted Pratto to be the new man in attack for the&lt;strong&gt; Clausura Tournament&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However, the forward rejected an attractive offer from Am&eacute;rica and dismissed the chance to play in the Liga MX.&lt;/strong&gt; He finally signed for River, where he had the chance to play and stay close to his daughter.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;8. Mauro Boselli&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Boselli is considered one of the best foreign strikers to have played in the&lt;strong&gt; Liga MX&lt;/strong&gt; in recent years. &lt;strong&gt;He helped Le&oacute;n to win two domestic league titles and he finished as the tournament&rsquo;s top scorer three times.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Am&eacute;rica wanted him on its squad practically after his first season in Mexico, but &lt;strong&gt;the Argentine striker had no intention of leaving the club&lt;/strong&gt;. Today, Boselli plays for&lt;strong&gt; Corinthians of Brazil.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;7. Juan Rom&aacute;n Riquelme&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;After his outstanding performances in&lt;strong&gt; Boca Juniors&lt;/strong&gt;, Riquelme was transferred to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://us.bolavip.com/barcelona-t11&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Barcelona&lt;/a&gt; of Spain&lt;/strong&gt;, but with&lt;strong&gt; Louis van Gaal &lt;/strong&gt;as manager, the playmaker did not have many minutes on the pitch.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Looking for new challenges,&lt;strong&gt; Riquelme&rsquo;s agent started to offer the player to different clubs, including Am&eacute;rica&lt;/strong&gt;. However, the negotiations were not easy and &lt;strong&gt;the midfielder finally accepted an offer from Villarreal&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. &Aacute;lex Aguinaga&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;The former Ecuadorian player was a&lt;strong&gt; Necaxa&lt;/strong&gt; icon and one of the best players in the &lt;strong&gt;Liga MX &lt;/strong&gt;during his stint in Mexico. But not many people remember how close he was&amp;nbsp;to sign for Am&eacute;rica. &lt;strong&gt;In fact, he even was pleased with the conditions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Years later, &lt;strong&gt;Aguinaga revealed that Ernesto Zedillo, Mexico&rsquo;s president by the time, asked him to stay at Nexaca&lt;/strong&gt;. The player rejected Am&eacute;rica&rsquo;s offer and continued in the team where later he would win three league titles.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;5. Jos&eacute; Saturnino Cardozo&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;A legend for &lt;strong&gt;Toluca&lt;/strong&gt;! The Paraguayan still has many scoring records in the&lt;strong&gt; Mexican league&lt;/strong&gt;, although it's been 15 years ago since his retirement. After a few seasons with the &ldquo;Diablos Rojos&rdquo;, Am&eacute;rica tried to convince him to join the team.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cardozo rejected the offer and decided to stay at his beloved club, where he made history&lt;/strong&gt;. It was not until his last years as a professional player that he left Toluca.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;4. Landon Donovan&lt;/h2&gt; 
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    Donovan won may titles playing for Los Angeles Galaxy. 
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&lt;p&gt;Which team would not like to have a player like&lt;strong&gt; Landon Donovan &lt;/strong&gt;in its squad? Am&eacute;rica showed interest in one of the best players in United States&rsquo; history, in what could have been one of the most surprising signings in Mexican soccer.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;However,&lt;strong&gt; Donovan rejected Am&eacute;rica's offer to have a second opportunity in the English Premier League with Everton, in 2012&lt;/strong&gt;. Six years later, he arrived at Mexico to join &lt;strong&gt;Le&oacute;n&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;3. Diego Forl&aacute;n&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;The former Uruguayan international was tempted by many clubs to join their squads while he was playing for &lt;strong&gt;Inter of Porto Alegre&lt;/strong&gt;. Am&eacute;rica was among those teams and even&lt;strong&gt; the player admitted publicly that both Am&eacute;rica and Cruz Azul talked to him about a possible transfer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But Forl&aacute;n did not want to play in the Liga MX, saying that he would prefer to join the MLS instead. &lt;/strong&gt;Negotiations did not start as planned and he decided to move to &lt;strong&gt;China&lt;/strong&gt;, where he signed for the &lt;strong&gt;Cerezo Osaka in 2014&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;2. Kak&aacute;&lt;/h2&gt; 
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    Kak&aacute; chose Orlando City FC of the MLS. 
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&lt;p&gt;The Brazilian superstar was close to join the list of world-class players who have competed in the &lt;strong&gt;Liga MX&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;His contract with AC Milan ended in 2014 and he instantly received offers from Am&eacute;rica and Monterrey. But Kak&aacute; made it clear that he wanted to play in the MLS.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;His wish came true as he signed for the&lt;strong&gt; Orlando City FC&lt;/strong&gt;. He was loaned to his beloved &lt;strong&gt;Sao Paulo&lt;/strong&gt; to play one more season in Brazil and then, in 2015, he competed in the MLS.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;1. Rom&aacute;rio&lt;/h2&gt; 
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    Rom&aacute;rio rejected offers from Am&eacute;rica twice. 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Am&eacute;rica tried to sign Rom&aacute;rio in two opportunities&lt;/strong&gt;, but in none of them could reach an agreement. The first time was in 1999, when the forward was playing for &lt;strong&gt;Flamengo of Brazil&lt;/strong&gt;. At that time, &lt;strong&gt;he rejected a millionaire contract from the Mexican team.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Two years later, the &ldquo;&Aacute;guilas&rdquo; attacked again. Although the offer was never revealed, &lt;strong&gt;Rom&aacute;rio decided to stay at Vasco da Gama to show his commitment to his club and teammates.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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