Former Sounders FC forward Chad Barrett will play with the San Jose Earthquakes next season after signing a new deal with the club on Monday.
Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Barrett, 30, is an 11-year MLS veteran who scored 12 goals and added one assist in 44 regular-season appearances over the past two years in Seattle. He also appeared in three postseason games for the Sounders while with the club.
Barrett scored five game-winning goals during his time in Seattle, perhaps most notably a 91st-minute winner against the New York Red Bulls at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on May 31, and a 94th-minute goal in the teams’ season opener against Sporting Kansas City on May 8, 2014, Barrett’s first game with the Sounders.
“I’m very happy to be continuing my career with San Jose,” Barrett said in a statement. “I’m excited to join Dominic Kinnear and John Doyle and the great group of guys they have over there and am looking forward to helping the team any way I can.”
The Sounders opted not to pick up the option on Barrett’s contract earlier this month, and he subsequently joined the first class of free agents in MLS history. Barrett has scored 56 goals and added 30 assists over his MLS career, spent with the Chicago Fire, Toronto FC, LA Galaxy, New England Revolution and Seattle.
