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?
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You have that backwards. Chivas traded FOR Smith, giving KC those picks, THen, they protected him.
Everybody who doesn’t play Freddy Adu is wrong, cause Freddy has played a couple of good games, in the last 5 years.
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
Please take Ballouchy!!!!!!!
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!
Hamid is a home-grown player, and home-grown players are automatically protected per the expansion draft rules.
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.
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?
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.
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.
I think players that came through the clubs academy are automatically protected in some way. The MLS made the change to encourage player development.
Why did DC United protect Charlie Davies after planting him on the bench the last month of the season?
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?
Adu will get traded after getting picked in my opinion. some team looking for a creative force will have an interest.
Bill Hamid is not on both lists; is this guy staying in England?
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…
Imagine if you were presented with the possibility to move from Philadelphia to Montreal with your job like Adu. That’s some good fortune.
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
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.
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.
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hope all of the Union fans that bought Adu jerseys kept their receipts.
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
wow, def some surprises out there, i’d be feeling pretty good if i was an impact fan right bout now.
Galaxy made solid decisions. Can’t see anyone I would trade on the protected list for Cardozo or Keat.
the logical selection would be Sutton since he is on loan there already assuming he practiced well for the coaches.
And that is why Philadelphia failed miserably.
Mapp and Adu left unprotected? Bahahaha.
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.
Red Bulls are clearly hoping to get rid of a keeper (they didn’t protect a single one).
Tough call for LA. A lot of good players and they want to keep both Saunders and Ricketts. That really complicates things.
Yes … take one of those Sounders please …
FC Dallas has some good prospects that could be lost. So do RSL.
Michael Stephens seems like a logical grab.
And I wonder why Mehdi Ballouchy is unprotected (heh heh)
nazarit left exposed.
KC leaves Omar Bravo available. Michael Harrington, Soony Saad, and Sinovic would also be good pickups for Montreal.
If a player has a no-trade clause, they have to be protected.
Mistake by LA by putting Cardozo and Keat on this list
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.
Ballouchy has visa issues and cannot leave the US. No way Montreal can take him.
I thought guys on GA contracts were automatically protected?
Intriguing names:
Husidic
Anthony Wallace
Ekpo
Seitz
Cronin
Ballouchy
Adu
Ianni
James Riley
O’brien White
Marosevic
Thorrington.
Leader, ball-winner, work-horse…good skill and great pace.
Easy pick for me (if he stays healthy).
Any chance they would grab Adu as a playmaker to build around or does he cost too much?
Um, does Freddy have a no-trade clause in his contract — or is he really being left up for grabs?
Adu has to be the top pick here and the guy they build around. wonder how he feels about all this?
Freddy Adu, free of charge!