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By DAN KARELL
Veteran goalkeeper Jon Busch, Designated Player Mauro Rosales, and former U.S. Men’s National Team forward Robbie Findley are just a few of the 62 players made available for the MLS Re-Entry Draft.
MLS released the list of players available for the MLS Re-Entry draft, which begins with the first stage on Friday at 3 p.m.. If a player is selected in the first stage, the club that selects them must exercise the player’s contract option or make them a “bona-fide” contract offer, offering them the same salary terms they were making last season.
Due to some high-salaries in contracts, most players go unselected in the first stage and move to the second stage on Dec. 18. The second stage allows selecting teams to change the terms of the player’s previous deal and negotiate with the player a new salary figure.
The Re-Entry Draft will have the same order as the MLS Waiver Draft, with the Montreal Impact having the first pick and New York City FC and Orlando City FC rounding out the final two spots in the list of 20 teams.
Here’s a look at all the players currently available for the MLS Re-Entry Draft:
MLS RE-ENTRY DRAFT AVAILABLE PLAYER LIST
Patrick Ianni (Chicago Fire)
Hunter Jumper (Chicago Fire)
Steven Kinney (Chicago Fire)
Sanna Nyassi (Chicago Fire)
Gonzalo Segares (Chicago Fire)
Bakary Soumare (Chicago Fire)
Carlos Borja (Chivas USA)
Marvin Chavez (Chivas USA)***
Oswaldo Minda (Chivas USA)
Martin Rivero (Chivas USA)
Nathan Sturgis (Chivas USA)
Daniel Paladini (Columbus Crew SC)
David Armstrong (Colorado Rapids)
Edson Buddle (Colorado Rapids)
Kamani Hill (Colorado Rapids)
Dimitry Imbongo (Colorado Rapids)
Brian Mullan (Colorado Rapids)
Marvell Wynne (Colorado Rapids)
Jair Benitez (FC Dallas)
Adam Moffat (FC Dallas)
Hendry Thomas (FC Dallas)
Nana Attakora (DC United)
Alex Caskey (DC United)
Jeff Parke (DC United)
Conor Shanosky (DC United)
Omar Cummings (Houston Dynamo)
Brian Ownby (Houston Dynamo)
Rafael Garcia (LA Galaxy)
Chandler Hoffman (LA Galaxy)
Brian Perk (LA Galaxy)
James Riley (LA Galaxy)
Mamadou “Futty” Danso (Montreal Impact) ***
Matteo Ferrari (Montreal Impact)
Troy Perkins (Montreal Impact) ***
Andre Akpan (New England Revolution)
Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution)
Stephen McCarthy (New England Revolution) ***
Bobby Convey (New York Red Bulls)
Kosuke Kimura (New York Red Bulls)
Corben Bone (Philadelphia Union)
Fred (Philadelphia Union) ***
Brian Carroll (Philadelphia Union) ***
Kalif Alhassan (Portland Timbers)
Rauwshan McKenzie (Portland Timbers) ***
Danny O’Rourke (Portland Timbers) ***
Rich Balchan (Real Salt Lake)
Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake)
Aaron Maund (Real Salt Lake)
Tristan Bowen (Seattle Sounders)
Josh Ford (Seattle Sounders)
Marcus Hahnemann (Seattle Sounders)
Jon Busch (San Jose Earthquakes) ***
Atiba Harris (San Jose Earthquakes) ***
Josh Gardner (Sporting Kansas City)
Andy Gruenebaum (Sporting Kansas City)
Eric Kronberg (Sporting Kansas City)
Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC)
Jeremy Hall (Toronto FC)
Ryan Richter (Toronto FC)
Andrew Wiedeman (Toronto FC)
Carlyle Mitchell (Vancouver Whitecaps) ***
Mauro Rosales (Vancouver Whitecaps)
NOTE: *** = out of contract
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What do you think of this list? Which players do you see being chosen?
Share your thoughts below.
If he has anything left in his legs, Sounders should pick up Riley. Decent price for a HUGE fan favorite. Great backup to Evans at RB. SEATTLE LOVES YOU JAMES!!!
We’ll pass on everybody else.
I read he announced his retirement. Could be wrong, though.
a lot of older players, hopefully we don’t see any Hartman/Quaranta style forced retirements.
Mauro Rosales would be a great replacement for Henry as a play maker but I don’t think NYRB would pay for him.
Lots of goalkeepers for the Union to pick.
Jon Busch, upon hearing that he’s drafted by the Montreal Impact: http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4474119/jon-busch-stunned-3_medium.gif
Awesome! 🙂
P.S. Not to be confused with: http://i.imgur.com/q5QIcf9.jpg
So, if a player is not selected by a club do we have another Kevin Hartman situation?