MLS Playoffs

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As the two new teams enter MLS for 2011 they get to do an Expansion draft. This is a really screwy phenomenon in the MLS. When a new team enters, all existing teams choose 11 players to protect and the new teams go through 10 rounds of picks taking unprotected players. No team can have more than 2 players drafted and after one player is drafted from their team, they can protect one more. Portland got to choose first and this is how it played out.

1st Round
Portland - Dax McCarty 23 - (FC Dallas - M) - FC Dallas protects Daniel Hernandez
Vancouver - Sanna Nyassi 21 - (Seattle Sounders - M) - Seattle Sounders protect Patrick Ianni

2nd Round
Portland - Eric Brunner 24 - (Columbus Crew - D) - Colombus Crew protects Kevin Burns
Vancouver - Atiba Harris 25 - (FC Dallas - M) - FC Dallas removed from draft

3rd Round
Portland - Adam Moffat 24 - (Columbus Crew - M) - Columbus Crew removed from draft
Vancouver - Nathan Sturgis 23 - (Seattle Sounders - D) - Seattle Sounders removed from draft

4th Round
Portland - Anthony Wallace 21 - (Colorado Rapids - D) - Colorado Rapids protect Wells Thompson
Vancouver - Shea Salinas 24 - (Philadelphia Union - M) - Philadelphia Union protect Chris Seitz

5th Round
Portland - David Horst 25 - (Real Salt Lake - D) - Real Salt Lake protect Collen Warner
Vancouver - Alan Gordon 29 - (Chivas USA - F) - Chivas USA protect Mariano Trujillo

6th Round
Portland - Robbie Findley 25 - (Real Salt Lake - F) - Real Salt Lake Removed from the draft
Vancouver - O'Brian White 24 - (Toronto FC - F) - Toronto FC protect Julian de Guzman

7th Round
Portland - Peter Lowry 25 - (Chicago Fire - M) - Chicago Fire protect Dasan Robinson
Vancouver - Alejandro Moreno 31 - (Philadelphia Union - F) - Philadelphia Union removed from draft

8th Round
Portland - Jonathan Bornstein 26 - (Chivas USA - M) - Chivas USA removed from draft
Vancouver - Joe Cannon 35 - (San Jose Earthquakes - GK) - San Jose Earthquakes protect Tim Ward

9th Round
Portland - Jordan Graye 23 - (DC United - D) - DC United protects Kurt Morsink
Vancouver - Jonathan Leathers 25 - (Sporting Kansas City - D) - Sporting Kansas City protect Eric Kronberg

10 Round
Portland - Arturo Alvarez 25 - (San Jose Earthquakes - M) - San Jose Earthquakes removed from draft
Vancouver - John Thorrington 31 - (Chicago Fire - M) - Draft ends

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The numbers......

Average age: 25
Age range: 21-31

Distribution by position
Forward: 4 (20%)
Midfielder: 9 (45%)
Defender: 6 (30%)
Goal Keeper: 1 (5%)

Immediately following the expansion draft Portland traded their first round draft pick Dax McCarty to DC United for Rodney Wallace. This is a shocking decision for me, McCarty is proven quality. No doubt in my mind Vancouver made the better decisions.

Portland has now announced that they have traded fourth round draft pick Anthony Wallace back to Colorado for an allocation (undisclosed amount) of the Rapids 2011 budget.

Portland trades 10th round pick Arturo Alvarez to Real Salt Lake for the overall 22nd pick in the Superdraft.

Vancouver trades 1st round draft pick Sanna Nyassi to Colorado Rapids in exchange for an open international slot.

Vancouver trades 5th round pick Alan Gordon and 7th round pick Alejandro Moreno to Chivas USA in exchange for allocation (undisclosed amount) of the Chivas 2011 budget and an international slot.

In other new Columbus Crew have let go of F/M Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Schelotto will be returning to Argentina to finish out his career.

Vancouver trades 6th round pick O'Brian White to Seattle Sounders for an allocation (undisclosed amount) of the Sounders 2011 budget.

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To further add to the confusion the MLS will now stage a "re-entry" draft for the first time. This is a draft to bring players that have expired contracts or declined options by their current teams into other teams. The re-entry draft happens in 2 stages

Stage 1. 12/8/10 2 pm EDT

Stage 2. 12/15/10 2pm EDT

Draft order

1 . DC United
2 . Chivas USA
3 . Philadelphia Union
4 . New England Revolution
5 . Houston Dynamo
6 . Toronto FC
7 . Chicago Fire
8 . Sporting Kansas City
9 . Seattle Sounders
10 . Columbus Crew
11 . New York Red Bulls
12 . Real Salt Lake
13 . San Jose Earthquakes
14 . LA Galaxy
15 . FC Dallas
16 . Colorado Rapids
17 . Vancouver Whitecaps FC
18 . Portland Timbers

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Re-Entry eligible players

Chivas USA: Marcelo Saragosa (28, D, option declined), Alex Zotinca (33, D, option declined)

Colorado Rapids: Claudio Lopez (36, F, option declined), Ciarin O'Brien (23, M, option declined), Peter Vagenas (32, M, option declined)

Columbus Crew: Frankie Hejduk (36, D, option declined), Duncan Oughton (33, M, option declined), Gino Padula (34, D, option declined), Guillermo Barros Schelotto (37, F/M, option declined)

FC Dallas: Jeff Cunningham (34, F, option declined), Dario Sala (36, GK, option declined)

DC United: Jaime Moreno (36, F, option declined)

Houston Dynamo: Ryan Cochrane (27, D, option declined), Richard Mulrooney (34, D, option declined), Joseph Ngwenya (29, F, option declined), Pat Onstad (42, GK, option declined), Adrian Serioux (31, D, option declined)

LA Galaxy: Jovan Kirovski (34, M, option declined), Dema Kovalenko (33, M, option declined)

New England Revolution: Preston Burpo (38, GK, option declined), Nico Colaluca (24, M, option declined), Cory Gibbs (30, D, option declined), Khano Smith (28, M, option declined)

NY Red Bulls: Juan Pablo Angel (35, F, option declined), Luke Sassano (25, M, option declined), Carey Talley (34, D, option declined)

Philadelphia Union: Fred Carreiro (31, M, out of contract), Chris Seitz (23, GK, option declined)

San Jose Earthquakes: Khari Stephenson (29, M, option declined)

Seattle Sounders: Tyrone Marshall (36, D, option declined)

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Conrad (33, D, out of contract), Aaron Hohlbein (25, D, out of contract), Josh Wolff (33, F, option declined)

Toronto FC: Nick Garcia (31, D, option declined)

Not Club affiliated: Chris Sharpe (GK, option declined)

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Stage 1. of the re-entry draft is underway now.

1 . DC United - Take Joseph Ngwenya (29, F, Houston Dynamo salary $72,000)
2 . Chivas USA - Pass
3 . Philadelphia Union - Pass
4 . New England Revolution - Pass
5 . Houston Dynamo - Pass
6 . Toronto FC - Pass
7 . Chicago Fire - Pass
8 . Sporting Kansas City - Pass
9 . Seattle Sounders - Pass
10 . Columbus Crew - Take Aaron Hohlbein (25, D, Sporting Kansas City salary $40,000)
11 . New York Red Bulls - Pass
12 . Real Salt Lake - Pass
13 . San Jose Earthquakes - Pass
14 . LA Galaxy - Pass
15 . FC Dallas - Pass
16 . Colorado Rapids - Pass
17 . Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Pass
18 . Portland Timbers - Pass

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Next Wednesday @ 2pm EDT, there should be a lot more activity as The second stage clubs can negotiate salaries with their candidate players.

Re-Entry eligible players

Chivas USA: Marcelo Saragosa (28, D, option declined, $130,000/$134,284.71), Alex Zotinca (33, D, option declined, $60,000/$60,000)

Colorado Rapids: Claudio Lopez (36, F, option declined $120,000/$120,000), Ciarin O'Brien (23, M, option declined $75,000/$108,750), Peter Vagenas (32, M, option declined $117,000/$117,000)

Columbus Crew: Frankie Hejduk (36, D, option declined $120,000/$127,500), Duncan Oughton (33, M, option declined $40,000/$40,000), Gino Padula (34, D, option declined $165,000/$190,000), Guillermo Barros Schelotto (37, F/M, option declined $140,000/$241,250)

FC Dallas: Jeff Cunningham (34, F, option declined $220,000/$230,125), Dario Sala (36, GK, option declined $160,000/$178,125)

DC United: Jaime Moreno (36, F, option declined $160,000/$185,000)

Houston Dynamo: Ryan Cochrane (27, D, option declined $100,000/$100,000), Richard Mulrooney (34, D, option declined $120,000/$125,000), Pat Onstad (42, GK, option declined $164,000/$172,333.33), Adrian Serioux (31, D, option declined $96,000/$96,000)

LA Galaxy: Dema Kovalenko (33, M, option declined $136,500/$144,118.25)

New England Revolution: Preston Burpo (38, GK, option declined $70,000/$70,000), Nico Colaluca (24, M, option declined $100,000/$133,000), Cory Gibbs (30, D, option declined $121,000/$128,142.86), Khano Smith (28, M, option declined $50,004/$50,004)

NY Red Bulls: Juan Pablo Angel (35, F, option declined $1,620,000/$1,918,000), Luke Sassano (25, M, option declined $40,000/$40,000), Carey Talley (34, D, option declined $99,960/$99,960)

Philadelphia Union: Fred Carreiro (31, M, out of contract $250,000/$282,000), Chris Seitz (23, GK, option declined $100,000/$135,500)

San Jose Earthquakes: Khari Stephenson (29, M, option declined $151,500/$167,333.33)

Seattle Sounders: Tyrone Marshall (36, D, option declined $167,375/$169,125)

Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Conrad (33, D, out of contract $232,750/$244,000), Josh Wolff (33, F, option declined $220,004/$220,004)

Toronto FC: Nick Garcia (31, D, option declined $190,000/$198,750)

Not Club affiliated: Chris Sharpe (GK, option declined $40,000/$40,000)

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Still eligible players

Chivas USA: Marcelo Saragosa (28, D, option declined, $130,000/$134,284.71), Alex Zotinca (33, D, option declined, $60,000/$60,000)

Colorado Rapids: Claudio Lopez (36, F, option declined $120,000/$120,000), Ciarin O'Brien (23, M, option declined $75,000/$108,750), Peter Vagenas (32, M, option declined $117,000/$117,000)

Columbus Crew: Duncan Oughton (33, M, option declined $40,000/$40,000), Gino Padula (34, D, option declined $165,000/$190,000), Guillermo Barros Schelotto (37, F/M, option declined $140,000/$241,250)

FC Dallas: Dario Sala (36, GK, option declined $160,000/$178,125)

DC United: Jaime Moreno (36, F, option declined $160,000/$185,000)

Houston Dynamo: Richard Mulrooney (34, D, option declined $120,000/$125,000), Pat Onstad (42, GK, option declined $164,000/$172,333.33), Adrian Serioux (31, D, option declined $96,000/$96,000)

LA Galaxy: Dema Kovalenko (33, M, option declined $136,500/$144,118.25)

New England Revolution: Preston Burpo (38, GK, option declined $70,000/$70,000), Nico Colaluca (24, M, option declined $100,000/$133,000), Khano Smith (28, M, option declined $50,004/$50,004)

NY Red Bulls: Carey Talley (34, D, option declined $99,960/$99,960)

Philadelphia Union: Fred Carreiro (31, M, out of contract $250,000/$282,000)

San Jose Earthquakes: Khari Stephenson (29, M, option declined $151,500/$167,333.33)

Toronto FC: Nick Garcia (31, D, option declined $190,000/$198,750)

Not Club affiliated: Chris Sharpe (GK, option declined $40,000/$40,000)[/QUOTE]

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Stage 2. of the re-entry draft Starts 12:00 MDT.

1 . DC United - Josh Wolff
2 . Chivas USA - Jimmy Conrad
3 . Philadelphia Union - PASS
4 . New England Revolution - Ryan Cochrane, Fred
5 . Houston Dynamo - PASS
6 . Toronto FC - PASS
7 . Chicago Fire - Cory Gibbs
8 . Sporting Kansas City - Frankie Hejduk
9 . Seattle Sounders - Chris Seitz
10 . Columbus Crew - Jeff Cunningham
11 . New York Red Bulls - PASS
12 . Real Salt Lake - PASS
13 . San Jose Earthquakes - PASS
14 . LA Galaxy - Juan Pablo Angel, Luke Sassano
15 . FC Dallas - PASS
16 . Colorado Rapids - Tyrone Marshall
17 . Vancouver Whitecaps FC - PASS
18 . Portland Timbers - PASS