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MLS announces list of unprotected players for expansion draft


Last Update: 11/24/2008 6:55 pm
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With the 2008 Major League Soccer Expansion Draft to help stock the Seattle Sounders FC's roster slated for Wednesday, MLS released the list of players left unprotected, who are available for the 2009 expansion team to select in the 10-round draft.

The other 14 MLS teams had to submit a list of 11 players to protect, with every other player on their roster available for selection by the Sounders. Teams did not have to protect Generation adidas players or designated players unless the player has a no-trade clause. Also, teams were restricted in the number of international players that they had to make available.

Seattle may not claim more than one player from any given team, and four teams will not have a player taken in the expansion draft. After the expansion draft, Seattle will also have priority over players who played professionally in the United Soccer Leagues.

Below is a complete team-by-team list of available players for Wednesday's draft:

CHIVAS USA - Kraig Chiles, Jim Curtin, Eric Ebert, Dejair Ferreira, Jorge Flores, Anthony Hamilton, Dan Kennedy, Gerson Mayen, Roberto Nurse, Daniel Paladini, Lance Parker, Ante Razov, Keith Savage, Claudio Suarez, Carey Talley, Zach Thornton, Lawson Vaughn, Sasha Victorine, Raphael Wicky, Alex Zotinca.

CHICAGO FIRE - Michael Banner, C.J. Brown, Calen Carr, Tomasz Frankowski, Andy Herron, Kai Kasiguran, Tyler Kettering, Stephen King, Peter Lowry, Lider Marmol, Nick Noble, Marco Pablo Pappa, Brandon Prideaux, Austin Washington, Daniel Woolard.

COLORADO RAPIDS - Jose Burciaga, Preston Burpo, Terry Cooke, Greg Dalby, John DiRaimondo, Facundo Erpen, Brian Grazier, Jordan Harvey, Justin Hughes, Stephen Keel, Kosuke Kimura, Tom McManus, Mike Petke, Kwame Sarkodie, Tim Ward, Cesar Zambrano.

COLUMBUS CREW - Kevin Burns, Cory Elenio, Brad Evans, Jason Garey, Eddie Gaven, Andy Gruenebaum, George Josten, Ryan Junge, Steven Lenhart, Stefani Miglioranzi, Adam Moffat, Pat Noonan, Stanley Nyazamba, Duncan Oughton, Andrew Peterson, Ricardo Pierre-Louis, Brian Plotkin, Kenny Schoeni.

FC DALLAS - Ray Burse, Andrew Daniels, Duilio Davino, Michael Dello-Russo, Aaron Pitchkolan, Jeff Rowland, Victor Sikora, Spencer Wadsworth, David Wagenfuhr, Jamie Watson, Chase Wileman.

D.C. UNITED - Jeff Carroll, Pat Carroll, Ryan Cordeiro, Louis Crayton, Francis Doe, Rod Dyachenko, Marcelo Gallardo, Quavas Kirk, Ibrahim Koroma, Gonzalo Martinez, Domenic Mediate, Ryan Miller, Ben Olsen, Gonzalo Peralta, Craig Thompson, James Thorpe, Joseph Vide, Zach Wells, Michael Zaher.

HOUSTON DYNAMO - Johnny Alcaraz, Corey Ashe, Wade Barrett, Kyle Brown, Tony Caig, Michael Chabala, Nick Hatzke, John Michael Hayden, Patrick Ianni, Nate Jaqua, Richard Mulrooney, Pat Onstad, Erik Ustruck, Craig Waibel, Corbin Waller, Chris Wondolowski, Stephen Wondolowski.

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS - Kevin Hartman, Aaron Hohlbein, Michael Kraus, Eric Kronberg, Matt Marquess, Rauwshan McKenzie, Kurt Morsink, Boris Pardo, Nelson Pizarro, Ryan Pore, Abe Thompson, Ivan Trujillo, Tyson Wahl, Lance Watson.

LOS ANGELES GALAXY - Vardan Adzemian, Charles Alamo, Ely Allen, Jeremy Barlow, Steve Cronin, Eduardo Dominguez, Joe Franchino, Michael Gavin, Jovan Kirovski, Chris Klein, Mike Munoz, Michael Randolph, Josh Saunders, Josh Tudela, Peter Vagenas, Julian Valentin, Josh Wicks.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION - Jose Angulo, Gabriel Badilla, Samuel Brill, Gary Flood, Joe Germanese, Brad Knighton, Brandon Manzonelli, Maurcio Matamoros, Pat Phelan, Khano Smith, Wells Thompson, Chris Tierney, Brandon Tyler, Doug Warren, Argenis Fernandez Zapata.

NEW YOR RED BULLS - Danleigh Borman, Oscar Echeverry, John Gilkerson, Diego Jimenez, Gordan Kljestan, Chris Leitch, Mike Magee, Andongcho Mbuta, Carlos Mendes, Michael Palacio, Jeff Parke, Caleb Patterson, Juan Pietravallo, David Roth, Sainey Touray, John Wolyniec.

REAL SALT LAKE - Nik Besagno, Kenny Cutler, Kenneth Deuchar, David Horst, Ian Joy, Dustin Kirby, Dema Kovalenko, Clint Mathis, Tino Nunez, Kevin Reiman, Kyle Reynish, Nathan Sturgis, Brennan Tennelle, Andy Williams.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES - Miguel Arce, Jay Michael Ayres, John Cunliffe, Eric Denton, Michael Ghebru, Gavin Glinton, Ned Grabavoy, Kelly Gray, Michael Gustavson, Matt Hatzke, Ronnie O'Brien, James Riley, Jamil Roberts, Adam Smarte, Davide Somma.

TORONTO FC - Nana Attakora-Gyan, Kilian Elkinson, Hunter Freeman, Gabe Gala, Derek Gaudet, Joey Melo, Rohan Ricketts, Tyler Rosenlund, Carlos Ruiz, Jarrod Smith, Johann Smith, Greg Sutton, Marco Velez.

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