Major League Soccer has unveiled the lists of players who will be available for the Montreal Impact to select in the upcoming Expansion Draft.
Brian Ching, Freddy Adu, Justin Mapp, and Andy Williams are just some of the players available for selection by Montreal on Wednesday. The Impact will select 10 players from the lists.
Here are the lists for all 18 teams (Montreal can take just one player from any one team, and the Impact reportedly has a deal in place to not take any Portland players):
Chicago Fire
Banner, Michael; Chaves, Diego; Conway, Jon; Cuesta, Yamith; Dufty, Alec; Ferrari, Gabriel; Gargan, Dan; Husidic, Baggio; Kinney, Steven; Mikulic, Josip; Nazarit, Cristian; Paladini, Daniel; Pantazapoulos, Pari; Videira, Mike; Watson-Siriboe, Kwame
Chivas USA
Arias, Sergio; Boyens, Andrew; Chijindu, Chukwudi; Cortez, Chris; Courtois, Laurent; Elliot, Simon; Estupinan, Victor; Gavin, Blair; Jazic, Ante; Junior Lopes, David; Lahoud, Michael; Mayen, Gerson; Mondaini, Marcos; Thornton, Zach; Trujillo, Mariano; Valentin, Zarek
Colorado Rapids
Akpan, Andre; Comminges, Miguel; Folan, Caleb; Joyce, Ian; Kandji, Macoumba; Kimura, Kosuke; Marshall, Tyrone; Nyassi, Sanna; Palguta, Scott; Thompson, Wells; Wallace, Anthony; Ababio, Eddie; Amarikwa, Quincy; Ceus, Steward; Emory, Stephen; Holody, Mike; LaBeaux, Ross
Columbus Crew
Burns, Kevin; Cunningham, Jeff; Ekpo, Emmanuel; Francis, Shaun; Gardner, Josh; Gehrig,Eric; Grossman, Cole; Gruenebaum, Andy; Heinemann, Tommy; Mendoza, Andres; Meram, Justin; O'Rourke, Danny; Owoeri, John; Prim, Santiago; Riggs, Alex; Rusmir, Dejan; Sippola, Ben; Veeder, Corey; Williams, Joshua
FC Dallas
Cruz, Daniel; dos Santos, Maicon; Edward, Edson; Galindo, Maykel; Guarda, Bruno; Hall, Jeremy; Hernandez, Daniel; Lambo, Josh; Seitz, Chris; Stewart, Jack; Villar, Ricardo; Warshaw, Bobby
D.C. United
Barklage, Brandon; Boskovic, Branko; Brettschneider, Blake; Burch, Marc; Cronin, Steve; Da Luz, Austin; King, Stephen; McTavish, Devon; Morsink, Kurt; Ngwenya, Joseph; Quaranta, Santino; Zayner, Jed
Houston Dynamo
Ching, Brian; Costly, Carlo; Cruz, Daniel; Freeman, Hunter; Garey, Jason; Newton, Evan; Robinson, Eddie; Watson, JeVaughn; Weaver, Cam
LA Galaxy
Alvarado, Sean; Barrett, Chad; Birchall, Chris; Cardozo, Paolo; Cristman, Adam; Da Silva, Leonardo; Hejduk, Frankie; Jimenez, Hector; Jordan, Bryan; Keat, Daniel; Lopez, Miguel; McCarty, Dustin; Perk, Brian; Robinson, Dasan; Stephens, Michael; Thomas, Ryan
New England Revolution
Barnes, Darrius; Boggs, Zak; Caraglio, Milton Joel; Cochrane, Ryan; Coria, Franco; Dube, Mkhokheli; Guy, Ryan; Kinne, Ryan; Koger, Alan; Loewy, Otto; Mansally, Abdoulie; Murray, Tim; Phelan, Pat; Schilawski, Zack; Sousa, Andrew
New York Red Bulls
Albright, Chris; Auvray, Stephane; Ballouchy, Mehdi; Coundoul, Bouna; Horwath, Alex; Jones, Mychel; Lassiter, Tyler; Mendes, Carlos; Nielsen, Brian; Paullo, Marcos; Robinson, Carl; Rooney, John; Rost, Frank; Schneider, Teddy; Sutton, Greg
Philadelphia Union
Adu, Freddy; Gonzalez, Juan Diego; Harrison, Chase; Holder, Hasley Thorne; Houapeu, Levi; Langley, Morgan; Mapp, Justin; Miglioranzi, Stefani; Nakazawa, Kyle; Paunovic, Veljko; Richter, Ryan; Tait, Joe
Portland Timbers
Alexander, Eric; Braun, Freddie; Brown, Adin; Chabala, Michael; Dike, Bright; Gleeson, Jake; Goldthwaite, Kevin; Johnson, Eddie William; Lopez, Rodrigo; Lowry, Peter; Marcelin, James; Pore, Ryan; Purdy, Steve; Taylor, Chris; Thompson, Spencer; Umony, Brian; Zizzo, Sal
Real Salt Lake
Agorsor, Chris; Alexandre, Jean; Alvarez, Arturo; Alvarez, Yordany; Araujo, Paulo Jr.; Arnoux, Cody; Gonzalez, Nelson; Grabavoy, Ned; McKenzie, Rauwshan; Melia, Timothy; Reynish, Kyle; Russell, Robbie; Wagner, Blake; Warner, Collen; Williams, Andy
San Jose Earthquakes
Ampaipitakwong, Anthony; Attakora-Gyan, Nana; Burling, Bobby; Convey, Bobby; Corrales, Ramiro; Gjertsen, Joseph; Griffin, Maxwell; Leitch, Chris; Luzunaris, Matt; McLoughlin, Ellis; Peterson, Jacob; Ring, Brad; Sealy, Scott; Ward, Tim; Weber, Andrew
Seattle Sounders FC
Boss, Terry; Carrasco, Servando; Estrada, David; Ford, Josh; Fucito, Michael; Gonzalez, Leonardo; Graham, Taylor; Ianni, Patrick; Jaqua, Nate; Levesque, Roger; Meredith, Bryan; Montano, Miguel; Noonan, Pat; Riley, James; Sanyang, Amadou; Scott, Zacharias; Seamon, Michael; Wahl, Tyson; White, O'Brian
Sporting Kansas City
Aiyegbusi, Olukorede; Bravo, Omar; Cyrus, Daneil; Diop, Ibrahim; Goncalves, Jeferson; Harrington, Michael; Kronberg, Eric; Lorenz, Scott; Olum, Lawrence; Peterson, Joseph; Rocastle, Craig; Saad, Soony; Sassano, Luke; Sinovic, Seth; Stojcev, Milos; Thomas, Shavar; Warzycha, Konrad
Toronto FC
Borman, Danleigh; Bouchiba, Elbekay; Cann, Adrian; Davies, Kyle; de Guzman, Julian; Gold, Matt; Griffit, Leandre; Marosevic, Peri; Martina, Javier; Omphroy, Demitrius; Soolsma, Nick; Sturgis, Nathan; Viator, Eddy; Williams, Dicoy; Yourasskowsky, Mikael; Z
avarise, Gianluca
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Boxall, Michael; Brovsky, Jeb; Cannon, Joe; Duckett, Bilal; Janicki, Greg; Jarju, Mustapha; Leathers, Jonathan; Morfaw, Alexandre; Nolly, Jay; Thorrington, John; Vagenas, Pete
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What do you think of these lists? Which inclusions do you consider the most surprising?
Share your thoughts below.
Bigger mistake is putting Michael Stephens there. I like Cardozo too but he is not ready to be a starter but can contribute 45 mins.
But again, Smith is an international, Kimura, due to his green card, isn’t. 3 of Comminges, Earls, Folan, Nane, and Smith had to be protected as international players.
Koz being unprotected over Mullan and Pickens is the question you should be asking, as well as Earls over Comminges. not Koz over Smith or Nyassi over Nane. two different categories.
Hopefully the Galaxy printed Adam Cristman’s name in 48 point font and all the rest in 6 point.
Oops — agree with BC about the non-logic of the team’s approach, I should say. Not agree _with_ it.
But I have to agree with the non-logic of the team’s approach. They also left Kimura unprotected, but protected Smith and his just recently torn ACL, for example. Need to think a bit more in terms of what Montreal may be thinking.
Ching was not protected because he is old, injury prone and expensive. He will retire next offseason.
Cruz was left unprotected because he graduated from GA and now costs $130kyr. He likely doesn’t get picked but if he does we can likely find a similar player for half the money.
It doesn’t matter what order the players are picked since only 1 team is picking!
agreed. i think they will take adu because of the name and not the performance. There is no better way to start an expansion team then getting the big name to market around. i believe he would have to be in the 10 selected.
D Zarek Valentin
D Seth Sinovic
D Bobby Burling
D Darrius Barnes
D Kosuke Kimura
M Austin da Luz
M Paolo Cardozo
M Mike Fucito
F Paulo Arujo Jr.
F Diego Chaves
Average age: 24.
Or M Sanna Nyassi for Kimura, D Yamith Cuesta for Chaves
Philly is gorgeous. You both must be mad.
Have you watched Da Luz? If they’re inclined to take someone from DC, it won’t be da Luz…unless they haven’t seen him play.
Khan,
I am convinced by that comment, that you didn’t watch a single soccer match this year and just assume that guys that have been capped are good.
I award you zero points, and may God have mercy on a soul.
Can’t pick both Mapp and Adu. Teams can only lose 1 guy.
How can Sounder’s fans really think the club is commited to improving when they are continuously leaving unprotected their most exciting playmakers year after year and replacing them with the likes of Ochoa, OBW, Friberg, Brad Evans….they have no creative attacking players other than sparks from Montero and Rosales..and yet they let Montano go for naught b/c Sigi doesn’t like his childish youthful brashness as a player.
I am wondering if Seattle doesn’t perhaps have a deal in place with Montreal and surprised more of you haven’t followed the Impact this past season – Montano has played for them very well when given minutes – there is no way they don’t select him from the Sounders list – which of course makes it three bone headed years in a row that Seattle loses another piece of their attack and then go into the season and playoffs struggling to score goals. (LeToux, Nyassi, Montano) all gone for nothing and b/c they are not Sigi guys ala Petey V.
imagine being able to move from philadelphia to say, anywhere else in the US or Canada. a dream come true
Yup those are some pretty awful picks all right.
If no one from the Rapids or SKC is picked I’ll eat my hat.
Valentin is a right back I think. Quaranta is a midfielder. Also, you can only pick one player per team.
I think we are all going too far to one side or the other. He’s not necessarily first pick, but he’s certainly worthy of being picked for the Impact, no matter if it’s 1st or 10th. He played relatively well this season, but was hampered by nagging injuries. I think he would be a good addition to the Impact. A great building block, but not the piece to build everything around.
Adu
Mapp
Convey
Perk
Stephens
Ching
Ballouchy
Valentin
Quaranta
Francis
Something like this I think. There are cases for Kandji, Weaver, Jaqua, etc. I figure you get a feisty and experienced striker in Ching, and then using Quaranta as either a striking partner or playmaker behind Ching (like Dempsey for the US). More playmakers on the wings in Mapp and Adu, while having a stout middle with Stephens and Ballouchy. Convey is the leader of the defense, playing in the spot that’s hardest to find a decent player, LB. Valentin is young but going to be a solid CB. Francis is another pretty good defender to partner Valentin. The RB can be found in the draft, and then have Perk as the young but very talented goalkeeper. Just my thoughts, but as I said, there are certain players you can switch with. Maybe get younger up front and more experienced in goal or whatever, just thought these 10 would be a pretty solid pick up from the get go.
——Ching——-Quaranta——
Mapp—Stephens—Ballouchy—Adu
Convey—Valentin–Francis——?
————–Perk—————
This is the only time when NY’s lack of depth is actually an asset… I don’t see any of our players getting taken. Maybe Mendes, but I don’t think there’s any chance anyone else gets taken.
Actually, Ballouchy does not travel with the Red Bulls to games in Canada or anywhere else out of the country. If he leaves the US, he cannot re-enter.
Not if you want to trade one of them…why give something away when you can sell it
Valentin
Cuesta
Nyassi
Santos
Freeman
Barnes
Grabavoy
Wahl
Ekpo
Sinovic
Might as well pick up solid stout defensive minded players since there are no reasonably paid effective players going forward.
I haven’t heard enough of twelllman to know but I’ve heard more than enough of harkes to know I physically can’t hear more of his useless uninsightful drivel. Twellman has to be an upgrade. Right?
Adu has to be the top pick?? Not at all. If he’s picked at all, it will be in the 8-10 range.
I’m assuming Montreal drafts based on performance and ability, not name recognition.
Valentin, Kimura, Barnes, Harrington
Convey, Cardozo, Mapp
Fucito, Alexandre, Meram
Best news of the day – No more John Harkes!
Worst news of the day – Twellman?! Really?!
Please NBC, learn from the mistakes of others.
No matter what, Montreal should come away pretty happy from this list Obviously Marsh is the type of guy who has done his homework, and will probably spend thrifty, but just for fun…
1 Sanna Nyassi – great value, is speed really this undervalued in MLS?
2 Paulo Jr. – although we didn’t hear much from him after CCL
3 Soony Saad – He’s good right?
4 Justin Meram/Justin Mapp – Michigan duo or wily veteran
5 Paolo Cardozo – quality young attacker
6 Bobby Convey – not many MLS players have his upside with the right fire inside
7 James Riley – King of the Expansion Draft
8 Zarek Valentin – someone should get fired for him not being protected
9 Best DM available??
10 Best CB available??
I’m guessing you’re a Montreal fan? No way Adu is worth Ricketts.
If Smith actually plays than this is a good bit of business from Chivas.
And his foot skills are amazing! Vastly underrated. He’s a tall guy who can play in the hole!
Meredith will be above Boss by next year.
I’ll argue for Freddy. That would be a GREAT pick for Montreal. He’s a classic expansion pick. If he was a guarantee, he would have been protected.
Adu is a project. A guy with a massive upside, but a good chance of completely imploding. If the only thing you have to risk to get him is an expansion pick, then take it.
Kandji and Nyassi have green cards and don;t count as internationals.
(Which you would know if you had read the articles the “dim bulbs” at the Rapids made available to the fans the last couple of days.)
Good picks, but you’ve got to imagine that Jesse Marsch will pick up a Chivas player. Valentin? I’d also think that he’d have to consider Gavin if Valentin’s paycheck gets in the way (don’t know exactly what he’s making)
Montreals team could be quite good…not deep but good from the start.
He just made some comments in an interview the other day. He alluded to the fact… didn’t outright say it. He basically wants to play a season in the new stadium.
I surprised about Cruz as well, but no one’s gonna take Ching. He’s too expensive and he’s only got another year left in him…2 max.
How the hell is Valentin not protected???
I had no clue he planned to retire at the end of next season, it makes sense why he is unprotected now.
True, but theyd be nuts not to take valentin. Who would you pick?
The Impact will select 10 players from the lists.
If I’m Montreal I’m taking:
1 Freddy Adu – M/F – Philadelphia
2 Chad Barrett – F – LA
3 Servando Carrasco – M – Seattle
4 Paulo Jr. – M – RSL
5 Sanna Nyassi – M – Colorado
6 Anthony Ampaipitakwong – M – San Jose
7 Michael Harrington – D – SKC
8 Austin Da Luz – M – DC
9 Emmanuel Ekpo – M – Columbus
10 Nana Attakora – D – SJ
San Jose is just praying for the Impact to pick Convey.
Rather see him go than Gargan.
Adu gets pickes by Montreal, but then gets traded to LA, who will have DP spot free after Beckham leaves. LA could put together a nice combo of players/picks for Montreal to build around, with Donovan Ricketts as the heart of the deal. His leadership and quality would be huge for an expansion side (if he stays healthy)
At first glance of the Houston list I thought it was the protected list, suprised Ching is not protected considering he is the face of the club and I though Kinnear might protect Cruz as well. A bit suprising.
Carlos mendes
Ching is pricey and he plans to retire after the 2012 season.
Montreal isn’t going to waste a selection on someone who will only play one more year. That’s why I don’t understand DCU protecting Wolff. NOr are they likely to pick someone who is a couple of years away from contributing, like Saad. On that list, I’d say they might pick Stephens, possibly Valentin, and if they went crazy, Nyassi.
Interesting idea.