Here are the lists of players being exposed by all 14 teams in the upcoming MLS Expansion draft for Seattle Sounders FC (these are the players who will be available):
Chivas USA
Chiles, Kraig
Curtin, Jim
Ebert, Eric
Ferreira, Dejair
Flores, Jorge
Hamilton, Anthony
Kennedy, Dan
Mayen, Gerson
Nurse, Roberto
Paladini, Daniel
Parker, Lance
Razov, Ante
Savage, Keith
Suarez, Claudio
Talley, Carey
Thornton, Zach
Vaughn, Lawson
Victorine, Sasha
Wicky, Raphael
Zotinca, Alex
Chicago Fire
Banner, Michael
Brown, C.J.
Carr, Calen
Frankowski, Tomasz
Herron, Andy
Kasiguran, Kai
Kettering, Tyler
King, Stephen
Lowry, Peter
Marmol, Lider
Noble, Nick
Pappa, Marco Pablo
Prideaux, Brandon
Washington, Austin
Woolard, Daniel
Colorado Rapids
Burciaga, Jose
Burpo, Preston
Cooke, Terry
Dalby, Greg
DiRaimondo, John
Erpen, Facundo
Grazier, Brian
Harvey, Jordan
Hughes, Justin
Keel, Stephen
Kimura, Kosuke
McManus, Tom
Petke, Mike
Sarkodie, Kwame
Ward, Tim
Zambrano, Cesar
Columbus Crew
Burns, Kevin
Elenio, Cory
Evans, Brad
Garey, Jason
Gaven, Eddie
Gruenebaum, Andy
Josten, George
Junge, Ryan
Lenhart, Steven
Miglioranzi, Stefani
Moffat, Adam
Noonan, Pat
Nyazamba, Stanley
Oughton, Duncan
Peterson, Andrew
Pierre-Louis, Ricardo
Plotkin, Brian
Schoeni, Kenny
FC Dallas
Burse, Ray
Daniels, Andrew
Davino, Duilio
Dello-Russo, Michael
Pitchkolan, Aaron
Rowland, Jeff
Sikora, Victor
Wadsworth, Spencer
Wagenfuhr, David
Watson, Jamie
Wileman, Chase
D.C. United
Carroll, Jeff
Carroll, Pat
Cordeiro, Ryan
Crayton, Louis
Doe, Francis
Dyachenko, Rod
Gallardo, Marcelo
Kirk, Quavas
Koroma, Ibrahim
Martinez, Gonzalo
Mediate, Domenic
Miller, Ryan
Olsen, Ben
Peralta, Gonzalo
Thompson, Craig
Thorpe, James
Vide, Joseph
Wells, Zach
Zaher, Michael
Houston Dynamo
Alcaraz, Johnny
Ashe, Corey
Barrett, Wade
Brown, Kyle
Caig, Tony
Chabala, Michael
Hatzke, Nick
Hayden, John Michael
Ianni, Patrick
Jaqua, Nate
Mulrooney, Richard
Onstad, Pat
Ustruck, Erik
Waibel, Craig
Waller, Corbin
Wondolowski, Chris
Wondolowski, Stephen
Kansas City Wizards
Hartman, Kevin
Hohlbein, Aaron
Kraus, Michael
Kronberg, Eric
Marquess, Matt
McKenzie, Rauwshan
Morsink, Kurt
Pardo, Boris
Pizarro, Nelson
Pore, Ryan
Thompson, Abe
Trujillo, Ivan
Wahl, Tyson
Watson, Lance
Los Angeles Galaxy
Adzemian, Vardan
Alamo, Charles
Allen, Ely
Barlow, Jeremy
Cronin, Steve
Dominguez, Eduardo
Franchino, Joe
Gavin, Michael
Kirovski, Jovan
Klein, Chris
Munoz, Mike
Randolph, Michael
Saunders, Josh
Tudela, Josh
Vagenas, Peter
Valentin, Julian
Wicks, Josh
New England Revolution
Angulo, Jose
Badilla, Gabriel
Brill, Samuel
Flood, Gary
Germanese, Joe
Knighton, Brad
Manzonelli, Brandon
Matamoros, Mauricio
Phelan, Pat
Smith, Khano
Thompson, Wells
Tierney, Chris
Tyler, Brandon
Warren, Doug
Zapata, Argenis Fernandez
New York Red Bulls
Borman, Danleigh
Echeverry, Oscar
Gilkerson, John
Jimenez, Diego
Kljestan, Gordon
Leitch, Chris
Magee, Mike
Mbuta, Andongcho
Mendes, Carlos
Palacio, Michael
Parke, Jeff
Patterson, Caleb
Pietravallo, Juan
Roth, David
Touray, Sainey
Wolyniec, John
Real Salt Lake
Besagno, Nik
Cutler, Kenny
Deuchar, Kenneth
Horst, David
Joy, Ian
Kirby, Dustin
Kovalenko, Dema
Mathis, Clint
Nunez, Tino
Reiman, Kevin
Reynish, Kyle
Sturgis, Nathan
Tennelle, Brennan
Williams, Andy
San Jose Earthquakes
Arce, Miguel
Ayres, Jay Michael
Cunliffe, John
Denton, Eric
Ghebru, Michael
Glinton, Gavin
Grabavoy, Ned
Gray, Kelly
Gustavson, Michael
Hatzke, Matt
O'Brien, Ronnie
Riley, James
Roberts, Jamil
Smarte, Adam
Somma, Davide
Toronto FC
Attakora-Gyan, Nana
Elkinson, Kilian
Freeman, Hunter
Gala, Gabe
Gaudet, Derek
Melo, Joey
Ricketts, Rohan
Rosenlund, Tyler
Ruiz, Carlos
Smith, Jarrod
Smith, Johann
Sutton, Greg
Velez, Marco
What do you think of the lists? What are the biggest surprises? Who do yo see Seattle taking with its 10 picks? Share your thoughts below.
hopefully they dont take him and take Stephen King. He is a good player and only makes 12K a year. This situation reminds me alot of Ivan Guerrero last year with Osorio not liking him so he left him unprotected and hes gone. I cant believe he is unprotected.
Interesting that KC is protecting Kevin Souter
Posted by: Graham | November 24, 2008 at 06:28 PM
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Not really.
1. The Wizards have to protect 3 of their 4 internationals and Souter is more valuable than Trujillo or Marinelli.
2. Souter started the last 6 games, including playoffs, and had 1 goal. He was definitely worth protecting as an international.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_MLS_Expansion_Draft
I have been updating that page with the list of protected players as well as the unprotected.
The lists here (which were sent out by MLS) seem to have a couple errors. Boss and Cichero were obviously not protected, but are missing. So that likely means one of Kandji or Rojas was their last man protected, and one of them isn’t.
Angula and Matamoros for NE aren’t even on their roster as far as I know.
So MLS needs to check their lists a bit better.
Diego is retiring so why would you protect him and not Pappa? Doesn’t make sense.
Posted by: Darkman
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Fire didn’t protect Diego. I have him listed as the #13 guy just because he was not exposed. He is indeed retiring. Fire protected 11, plus Nyarko was automatically protected as a GA player.
Wow, JoSmith, Ricketts, Sutton (whos not going anywhere), Rosenlund, Gala and Attakora. Some good picks there…
undrafted, Ronnie O’Brien hates field turf. Was one of the reasons he was injury prone in Toronto and one of the reasons he was left unexposed during SJ’s expansion draft.
Diego is retiring so why would you protect him and not Pappa? Doesn’t make sense.
What are the rules on multiple players from one team? Because there are 4 good picks from Columbus – Evans ($33k), Moffat ($18k), Gaven ($167), and Noonan ($175k). And I still think Jason Garey is going to score goals in the league.
Is Pappa really available? Fire fans are going to go nuts. I’d take him in a heartbeat at $35k.
Evans, Ashe, and Pappa would be an awesome trio for $100k!
In general, there seem to be many more quality MF’s than defenders, so I bet a lot of guys are going to be drafted to be dealt later. I guess you’d have to call Ian Joy or Wade Barrett the best defensive help, but there are a lot of young cheap midfielders I’d snatch first.
Prideaux and Jaqua pretty much stated their desire to play for Seattle before the season began. I think they are the most safe bets to make.
I’m disappointed to see Pappa available. I would have left Mapp unprotected instead.
i’m really mad that Parke wasn’t protected!
There is at least 1 DP unprotected: Gallardo.
Keep in mind, folks, that they have to protect 3 SI players, which is why some of the DP’s are being protected.
names I didn’t notice right away – Noonan, Flores, Parke (& the whole Red Bull list). We know salaries for most of these guys, but not contract length.
I think teams should be forced to protect their DP.
The NY list is impossible, because it means 14 protected players.
Seattle should pick up Pat Onstad from houston. That would be funny. Unless he is retiring. They could pick up some good trades from him. I bet houston would give up either DeRo or Ching back for Pat.
I’ve seen different lists… For example on New York:
Cichero AND
Rojas are both unprotected.
But not on your list, Ives?
Are there people missing/left out?
how does it work with players that are on loan to us (I.E Marco Pappa on the Fire?). Can Seattle take him?
Posted by: Joe
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Yes. I say yes because DC was told they had to protect their players that were on loan from the USL, otherwise they’d be fair game to be picked. Obviously that ruling would have to apply to Pappa too.
Why do these teams protect their designated player? Seattle isn’t likely to trade for a designated player when they already have Keller and Ljungberg on their salary cap. So if you make the DP available, you can keep one other player that you like…right?
Posted by: Ethan
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If you expose your DP then you create a situation where Seattle takes that player on behalf of another team that they arrange a trade with.
Interesting that KC is protecting Kevin Souter
based on the lists above, I’m going out on a limb here and predicting that Seattle will not be a good side next year.
Can’t believe TFC left Rohan Ricketts unprotected, he was in my opinion our most consistent midfielder and is a fan favorite. I would be pissed if we lost him.
Zotinca, Pappa (or King or Woolard?), DiRaimondo, Evans (or Lenhart), Pitchkolan, Pat Carroll (or Martinez), Ashe, Wahl, Klein, Badilla, Sturgis (or Kovalenko), O’Brien?, Johann Smith
my quick picks from each team. I have a hunch Chicago has a hidden gem or two from their reserve squad. I didn’t initially see Pappa listed. Colorado has some decent defenders (Keel, Harvey). Funny how KC starts Wahl over Hohlbein then leaves them both unprotected. Chicago protects Robinson over Prideaux. Colorado protects Peterson over Cooke. I feel vindicated on those 2. Pitchkolan is the no-brainer of the expansion draft. I’d focus on getting guys with trade value or guys that can be cut in preseason. Houston and RSL have some nice players available.
I know Seattle can’t take someone from EVERY team. Chivas, DC, and LA might be teams to pass over. San Jose has some unknowns that require scouting. Is O’Brien willing to move yet again? Play on turf? I’d ask first before he retired on me.
Why do these teams protect their designated player? Seattle isn’t likely to trade for a designated player when they already have Keller and Ljungberg on their salary cap. So if you make the DP available, you can keep one other player that you like…right?
Seattle is going to burn someone with at least one high price pick.
Knowing nothing about the contracts of the following players, I think these would be the guys I would take who can either make the squad or be used as trade bait depending on who else Seattle has in the pipeline. Typically my idea is to take young guys who have shown flashes of potential, or back ups who could be serviceable squad players and some leadership
Flores, Jorge
Pappa, Marco Pablo
Joy, Ian
Thompson, Wells
Thompson, Abe
Barrett, Wade
Cooke, Terry
Evans, Brad
Pitchkolan, Aaron
Randolph, Michael
LA Galaxy Protected List
David Beckham – Midfielder (International Player)
Edson Buddle – Forward
Landon Donovan – Forward
Sean Franklin – Defender
Alan Gordon – Forward
Ante Jazic – Defender
Bryan Jordan – Forward
Eddie Lewis – Midfielder
Brandon McDonald – Midfielder
Alvaro Pires – Midfielder (International Player)
Troy Roberts – Defender
Additionally, forwards Israel Sesay and the newly-signed Tristan Bowen were automatically protected as members of the Generation adidas program.
HOW CAN THE FIRE JUST HAND AWAY PAPPA!!! stupid!
In most of the expansion drafts, the cheap good players are pure gold. Even though Gaven is available from the Crew, Seatle may be more interested in Evans or Moffat who make peanuts.
Razov, Ante
Brown, C.J. or Pappa, Marco Pablo
Noonan, Pat
Vide, Joseph
Ashe, Corey
Wahl, Tyson
Smith, Khano
Parke, Jeff
Joy, Ian
Ricketts, Rohan
KC’s list of protected players.
M Davy Arnaud
F Adam Cristman
D Jimmy Conrad
M Herculez Gomez
D Michael Harrington
M Jack Jewsbury
D Jonathan Leathers
F Claudio Lopez (I)
M Carlos Marinelli (I)
M Kevin Souter (I)
F Josh Wolff
D Chance Myers (GA)
M Roger Espinoza (GA)
M Kerry Zavagnin (retired)
The New England guy in Mauricio Castro.
Chicago’s list of protected players (automatically or by choice) is thus:
1. Blanco
2. McBride
3. Rolfe
4. Pause
5. Conde
6. Soumare (GA)
7. Segares
8. Dasan Robinson (wow)
9. Busch
10. Mapp
11. Thorrington
12. Nyarko (GA)
13. Diego G (retired)
eddie gaven unprotected? that would be one of the best pickups.
Why is Osorio protecting Conway,Boss,Boyens and Cichero? and not protecting Jeff Parke and Jimenez??
NE: Mauricio Matamoros = Mauricio Castro
These lists are the unprotected players which is why Rogers is not listed. Gaven is a surprise on the Crew list.
ManicMessiah & Cam: This is the unprotected list. Everyone that can be drafted is here. So Stammler and Robbie Rodgers are protected.
Who is “Mauricio Matamoros” for the Revolution?
Thats a list of guys available in the draft not who is protected….so Stammler & Rogers are protected.
Can’t believe Osorio left Parke unprotected instead of Boyens or Goldthwaite. Wow.
Gaven though. hes gone
Ok, Thanks Nic.
Note: this is the list of the players left unprotected. Of course Robbie Rogers isn’t going to be allowed to be picked. Stammler too.
I expect the Red Bulls to lose Parke but they may lose Magee, Jimenez or Mbuta.
Nik Basango anyone?
Too bad Steve Shak isn’t on the list…
NO ROBBIE ROGERS ON COLUMBUS!? he must be going to europe then
Stammler left unprotected?
how does it work with players that are on loan to us (I.E Marco Pappa on the Fire?). Can Seattle take him?
The interesting part of the lists is who isn’t on the list. If you get a chance please post.