... give you all a little something to think about today while you are at work, or on your way to Chicago, the MLS Expansion Draft (2009 version). One benefit ... draft, this year Philly will pick off a RSL player to start building there team and while last year RSL ... Hurtado and Fredy Montero on loan deals before the draft all before they had signed a coach. Here is the list of players that they selected ...

Tomorrow MLS will hold the 2009 Expansion Draft so the new Philadelphia Union can select their team for next season. ... Expansion Draft – Protected players: Nana Attakora Chad Barrett Jim Brennan Sam Cronin ... man team protected here, so only 1 goalkeeper. Some of the players available for the draft are not bad, but I guess you can’t protect them all. They appear to have kept a decent ...

... way he played this past season. I wouldn’t have wanted him either. My overall impressions of the draft a couple days later are probably a little better than the day of it. I do think Philadelphia will struggle unless they get ... more on the ladder right now. Seattle had so many impact players signed even before the expansion draft which helped out in a big way. Philly didn’t do that and ...

... Philadelphia Union as they get to select their first players in today’s MLS Expansion Draft. Each MLS team was able to protect 11 players ... Team’s non-protected roster, that team is eliminated from the expansion draft and may not lose any further players. MLS Cup Final ... players left off lists who will be available for the Union to select in Wednesday’s draft. COMPLETE LIST OF PLAYERS ...

... team. This week the Union will sign their first players through the MLS Expansion draft. By 2 pm CT today, all ... of the 11 players they are protecting. There will be 10 rounds of the draft while the Union may only select one player from each team which means ... . The window will close today at noon ET, and will open again after the Expansion Draft, which is set for the afternoon of Wed., Nov. 25. A ...

... has the rundown of protected players in the upcoming expansion draft. Some of the names are surprising. Expansion team Philadelphia Union can choose 10 of the unprotected players, but only one player from each team. ... to see Eddie Lewis remain with the team. Perhaps he isn’t as appealing a draft choice because of his age? And the sentimental favorite, Chris Klein, may fall ...

... of my favorite players left off this list of players protected for the expansion draft. Alonso, Osvaldo Evans, Brad Gonzalez, Leo Hurtado, Jhon Kennedy Ianni, Patrick Jaqua, ... Le Toux and Levesque were not unexpected. Riley was, at least to me. It would SUCK to have him claimed in the expansion draft. Again. (This makes me wonder if Adrian and Sigi have their eye on a ...

After correctly predicting a measly two of 10 in last year’s Expansion Draft Preview, we’re back again and hoping to improve on our record. ... place of #1 Matt Pickens. Seattle did not select a goalkeeper in last year’s Expansion Draft, but I expect that to change with Philadelphia (unless they somehow manage to woo Brad Friedel or Marcus Hahnemann back to the United States). FC ...

Union excited about MLS Expansion Draft selections Choosing the first 10 players for an expansion club in Major League Soccer is clearly a gargantuan task. Just ask Philadelphia Union team manager Peter Nowak.Choosing the first 10 players for an expansion club in Major League Soccer is clearly a gargantuan task. Just ask Philadelphia Union team manager Peter Nowak. (more…)

... will begin to take shape November 25 when the league holds a 10-round Expansion Draft via conference call. The league announced MLS franchises will be able to trade players through noon Eastern time November 23, then must ... be able to claim more than one player from any MLS franchise. For the complete breakdown of all the conditions of the draft, visit www.mlsnet.com.

... played affects GA status and graduation. I'll also be updating the Wikipedia article on the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft. What normally happens is, MLS only releases the lists of exposed players. So you have to do a little work to figure out who actually was protected, including figuring out GA statuses. So next week I'll be ...

Next week, all the MLS teams will have to release the list of players who will be available for the Philadelphia Union to select in the expansion draft. The rules are that each team can protect up to 11 players and a few players types, like Generation Addidas players are generally exempt. The final protected list is due next ...

They have just released the official expansion draft list: Protected: Baudet, Julien Casey, Conor Clark, Colin Cummings, Omar Gibbs, Cory Kimura, Kosuke LaBrocca, Nick Mastroeni, Pablo Moor, Drew Pickens, Matt Smith, Jamie GA Protected: O'Brien, Ciaran Valentino, Rob Available: Ballouchy, Mehdi Burpo, Preston Ceus, Steward Dalby, Greg Diz, ...

Alejandro Moreno, Shavar Thomas highlight list of selections for Philadelphia Union NEW YORK (Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009) – Major League Soccer held its 2009 Expansion Draft today for the League’s 16th team, Philadelphia Union, with the team selecting 10 players from among nearly 200 left ... StephenHeisler@aol.com posted 35 ...

The constantly forward-moving MLS keeps its engine revving in high gear in preparations for the 2010 season and expansion to 16 teams.  Less than a week removed from the 2009 MLS Cup Final victory for Real Salt Lake, the champions were wondering just which piece of the championship puzzle might be lost, as the Philadelphia