FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM just announce the departure of six players

Julian Carranza transfer to Feyenoord finalized
Posted by The Philly Soccer Page on June 30, 2024 at 2:40 pm
Photo: Marjorie Elzey

This post has been updated after publication.

Philadelphia Union announced the transfer of striker Julian Carranza to Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie on Sunday.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Jonathan Tannenwald of the Inquirer reported that the Union would receive a “small transfer fee” and “a piece of a future transfer fee.” Carranza’s former clubs — Inter Miami and Club Atletico Banfield — are also entitled to sell-on clauses.

“Julian has accomplished a great amount in his time with the Union,” Union sporting director Ernst Tanner said in a press release. “We initially brought him in after seeing his potential to fit our aggressive style of play and were pleased at how quickly he developed and adapted. He has been an integral part of our success, and we are grateful for all he has contributed both on and off the field, but this is the right move for the player as he continues his development and the best move for the club as we look to make adjustments heading towards the summer transfer window.”

Carranza, whose MLS contract was set to expire at the end of the year, departs after making 74 appearances (67 starts) for the Union across two and a half seasons in MLS competition. He notched 14 goals and nine assists in his debut campaign, including two hat tricks. He added another 14 goals and six assists in 2023, becoming the second player in club history to score double-digit goals in back-to-back seasons. Carranza added six goals this season, leaving the club as the Union’s third all-time goal scorer in all competitions, behind only Daniel Gazdag and Sebastien Le Toux. Carranza and Gazdag hold the MLS record for most games in which the same pair of teammates scored a goal (16).

Carranza also scored a key goal in the 2022 Eastern Conference Final, a 65th minute equalizer that sparked the Union to an eventual 3-1 win and the club’s first-ever appearance in MLS Cup.

Carranza also added six goals in the Concacaf Champions League / Cup, including a tie-winning brace against Atlas in 2023 and a key hat trick against Saprissa in 2024.