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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.

 

Comments

  1. montreal is lucky there are some good names there…based on a quick glance id say, Montano, Barnes, Valentin, Stephans, Chaves, Ching, Adu, Saad, Ekpo and Nyassi would give montreal a good start….but ching would be a steal

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  2. The dim bulbs in Colorado left Sanna Nyassi & Macoumba Kandji unprotected, while protecting two mediocre internationals that would have gone unselected (Danny Earls, Joseph Nane).

    Sheesh. Montreal’s gonna take one of these two guys–low salaries, young, impact players. This is a huge gift.

    Thanks, idiots in the Rapids’ FO, Bravo & Plush!

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  3. To keep his rights. He’s still worth at least a 2nd or 1st rounder to the right team. If they didn’t protect him, then they wouldn’t be able to get anything for him at all if he were selected.

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  4. Yes Swoopy, you’re onto something. He now comes at 1/2 the salary he did pre-2011 season. He also didn’t play much, so he’ll be nice and fresh. How could they pass him up?

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  5. Adu is too damn expensive for anybody to take or trade for. His full salary next year is goiing to be DP-esque, and his production doesn’t match his pay.

    If I were DC, I’d be on the phone trying to arrange a deal to get Montreal to pick and trade either Valentin, Russell, or Freeman. Any one of those three would be an instant starting RB, and I can’t imagine Montreal would be asking for the moon.

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  6. Yes, Adu and Roger Torres are similar, except Adu can go more than 2 minutes without trying some highly improbable shot from 30+ yards. Torres, not so much.

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  7. I think players that came through the clubs academy are automatically protected in some way. The MLS made the change to encourage player development.

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  8. What spell has Freddy cast on you folks?

    He was an off-the-bench player for the Union.

    No coach on three continents has felt it was good for job security to start Adu.

    Freddy has some lovely ball control, but that is not enough in the modern game.

    At what point does this become painfully obvious?

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  9. Pretty sure Ballouchy can leave the country as he does so regularly to play MLS games in Canada. If he can’t live in Canada, he’ll just have to commute from upstate New York. It’s only 45 min away.

    I’m kind of kidding. But really…

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  10. Imagine if you were presented with the possibility to move from Philadelphia to Montreal with your job like Adu. That’s some good fortune.

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  11. Wow Chivas has Ryan Smith (from Kansas) on their protected list, then I google him and Chivas just traded him for a pair of supplemental draft picks to KC….Brilliant move by Robin Fraser

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  12. There is a connection between Jesse Marsch and Justin Mapp going back to Chicago. There was probably an agreement that Philly can leave Mapp unprotected for Montreal and they in turn won’t grab Adu. But who the hell knows.

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  13. Making the playoffs as a second year franchise now equals failing, ok.

    And I like Mapp as a player but he may not have even been the last one off the list. Adu off the list is a little more surprising but I understand the argument. Can’t be upset with either omission if Daniel and Torres are back for the U in 2012. If they are wasted slots, then I’ll be upset.

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  14. If I were Jesse Marsch I would go for the “best” available player regardless of position. A really good player picked, even if you have several at the same position, can be traded for the spots you need to fill later.

    The other consideration, is getting more than a few Canadians, and especially French Canadians on the team.

    I expect Marsch and crew to pick on these criteria:

    1. Best available player
    2.Best known player (probably someone from Chivas USA)
    3. Best Canadian Player
    4. Best French Canadian Player

    What you don’t want or need, are “projects” or younger players who will need pro experience. For the first year at least, if you want to win more than 5-7 games, you will need productive veterans..

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  15. The Impact should take Nate Jaqua. He is the best, and every team wants (dare I say needs?) to build around a tall striker with amazing skills in the air.

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  16. No way they take Boss with all of the other options Seattle has available … Heck, if they ask nicely, they can have Boss for free … Who am I kidding, they don’t have to ask, please just have him.

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  17. I can tell you don’t really know what you are talking about. Have you seen Justin Mapp play recently? Please, please, please, Montreal, take him off our hands. That would be an early Xmas gift to us!

    As for Freddy Adu, he comes with a very high price tag and wasn’t quite the influential presence the Union were hoping for. Losing him wouldn’t be the end of the world especially with Roger Torres, who is a similar player, showing he deserves to be starting. I’d like him to be with the “U” next season, but, he is replaceable and wouldn’t mind his money and DP spot used to bring in a strike partner for Mwanga.

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  18. I dont think they would pick up any of those guys, although they look like good prospects, ahead of Barrett, Birchall, or Stephens who have consistently shown what they can do. This is a new team coming to the MLS they need players with experience in the league.

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  19. Okay…11 players (I have no idea who Montreal has already signed, so this is a shot in the dark)…and keeping salary cap in mind….

    GK: Boss

    D: Valentin, Burling, Watson-Sirobe, Harrington

    MF: Thorrington, Pore, Warner, Stephens

    F: Adu, Ching

    Not a bad squad…I’m sure there’s plenty of other combinations

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  20. I’m just glad to see that RSL protected everyone that I hoped they would. Would also love to see them swing a deal with Montreal for some defensive depth, especially at the fullback spots. Valentin and Harrington, in particular, look good.

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  21. Wow.

    Anyway you look at it, there’s a killer team in there somewhere. Starter quality at every position, just a matter of salaries and personalities.

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