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Galaxy grabs Angel in busy MLS Re-Entry Draft

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If you thought Wednesday's MLS Re-Entry Draft would be boring, you thought wrong.

MLS teams were extremely busy in the second phase of the MLS Re-Entry Draft, with eight players being taken. Juan Pablo Angel was the biggest name among the selections, being taken by Bruce Arena and the Los Angeles Galaxy. Arena was New York's head coach when Angel first signed with the Red Bulls.

The Galaxy moved up in the Re-Entry Draft order by trading with the Houston Dynamo to move up to the fifth pick. When Philadelphia passed on taking Angel, it cleared the way for Arena to take the forward he helped bring to MLS from England.

D.C. United made Josh Wolff the first player taken in the Re-Entry Draft and has reportedly already signed Wolff to a new contract.

Here are Wednesday's Re-Entry Draft Picks:

2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft (Part Two)

D.C. United- Josh Wolff

Chivas USA- Jimmy Conrad

New England Revolution- Ryan Cochrane

Los Angeles Galaxy- Juan Pablo Angel

Chicago Fire- Cory Gibbs

Sporting KC- Frankie Hejduk

Seattle Sounders- Chris Seitz

Columbus Crew- Jeff Cunningham

Los Angeles Galaxy- Luke Sassano

Colorado Rapids- Tyrone Marshall

New England Revolution- Fred

Teams must negotiate new contracts with the players chosen in Wednesday's Re-Entry Draft, meaning they don't become a part of their teams until a new deal is reached. D.C. United has reportedly already come to terms with Wolff.

What do you think of these selections?

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  1. Juan Pablo was a professional and gentleman in all public venues in his time with the RedBulls – when he first came, he scored some true WORLD CLASS goals that run of the mill players just don’t make. You could tell his back impacted his play as his stay in NY continued, and by the end it was difficult to watch his attempts. NYRB will miss him, but sports are, and always have been, about youth and strength – onto 2011!

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  2. What happened to Dario Delgado, Michael Umaña, Ante Jazic? Yamith Cuesta? They could of picked up a much better CB in the draft, they do have what the 4th pick? I doubt Vancouver, Portland and DC all pick up CBs in the draft?

    I guess they have 5 good solid defenders now?
    Not sure why they have so many FWs?
    Braun & Bowen would my starters, they also have Gordon, Moreno, Chijindu and Padilla?
    That’s basically 4 guys who well should at least battle for starting jobs plus Giancarlo Maldonado? They need a creative mid and a consistent midfield who gels with the defense

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  3. What are you smoking? Look at what happened in the playoffs vs RSL last year when Warzicka decided to not play him, look how much he was missed in CCL games away, if they had GBS they don’t lose in Mexico and Toronto might be in the quarters Cruz Azul out!

    I guess he didn’t play in the entire 2008 season and in the MLS Cup and the playoffs?

    You must be on crack. Jeremy I’m not even going to acknowledge you saying GBS only has talent in Diving, but you must be the kind who think Bob Bradley and his son deserve to be there with no questioning, as far as Michael I’m talking about the fact he NEVER misses a MINUTE even when he wasn’t playing at his club for discipline issues, can’t believe some of you come up with this stuff

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  4. by who? who is on the radar?

    I am not the kind of person who thinks the Union needs much, but they do need shoring up in the back. However, the only notable signing thus far has been a 36-year old columbian who will no doubt be useful to Knighten’s development but is “are in the twilight years of their career”

    DeMerit and Heydude are passed up. So, who is jumping outta your cake?

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  5. I think this actually confirms the opposite. Think about it: here we had a list of 30-odd players, most of whom are in the twilight years of their career and expensive — all of whose current clubs declined their contract options for one reason or another (except Fred, who was out of contract, and probably won’t be playing in MLS next year). All things considered, and no offense to JPA or GBS, but this is just not a list of future MLS stars, and the Union front office decided that this was not the best use of their cash. Since the end of the season, they’ve now lost Salinas, Moreno, Seitz and Fred. Rest assured, these players will be replaced. But there’s a whole world of soccer talent out there — not just these 32 guys.

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  6. Trade Announced: Galaxy have acquired allocation money from Chivas USA in exchange for forward Tristan Bowen. Bowen, 19, became the club’s first-ever player to graduate from the LA Galaxy Youth Academy to the first team when he signed a professional contract on November 12, 2008. 🙁

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  7. True. But I disagree about Juan Pablo. I think he will take something less. Or perhaps the team can pay him more but buy down his salary cap hit using allocation funds.

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