Protected lists are in …

Written by revseye on November 23, 2009 – 7:52 pm -

Major League Soccer has released the list of protected players for Wednesday’s Expansion Draft. The Philadelphia Union will select 10 players from the available players left unprotected by the 15 current MLS clubs. (Full draft rules are available here.)

In addition to the 11 players each club protected, non-graduated Generation adidas players are also automatically protected. League-wide, there is currently some confusion on which GAs were graduated and which weren’t (a corrected list is scheduled to be published later this evening), but Nico Colaluca has not been graduated and is protected, while both Kevin Alston and Amaechi Igwe have graduated the program.

A list of the Revs’ available and protected players follows, with a list of the protected players from the 14 other clubs. The link on each team’s name goes to its full roster.

If you were Philly management and head coach Peter Nowak, who would you be selecting on Wednesday?

Revolution Protected List:

Alston, Kevin
Barnes, Darrius
Colaluca, Nico (non-graduated GA)
Dube, Kheli
Joseph, Shalrie
Larentowicz, Jeff
Mansally, Kenny
Nyassi, Sainey
Osei, Emmanuel
Ralston, Steve
Reis, Matt
Twellman, Taylor

    Revs’ Available Players

    Albright, Chris
    Assengue, Stephane
    Badilla, Gabriel
    Castro, Mauricio
    Heaps, Jay
    Igwe, Amaechi
    Jankauskas, Edgaras
    Knighton, Brad
    Phelan, Pat
    Shuttleworth, Bob
    Thompson, Wells
    Tierney, Chris
    Videira, Mike

      List of Protected players (non-graduated GA players NOT included below.) Links on team names are to current rosters.

      Chicago Fire
      Busch, Jon
      Conde, Wilman
      Brown, C.J.
      Mapp, Justin
      McBride, Brian
      Nyarko, Patrick
      Pappa, Marco
      Pause, Logan
      Thorrington, John
      Robinson, Dasan
      Ward, Tim

      Chivas USA
      Bornstein, Jonathan
      Braun, Justin
      Flores, Jorge
      Padilla, Jesus
      Galindo, Maykel
      Lahoud, Michael
      Kljestan, Sacha
      Nagamura, Paulo
      Thornton, Zach
      Cuesta, Yamith
      Santos, Maicon

      Colorado Rapids
      Baudet, Julien
      Casey, Conor
      Clark, Colin
      Cummings, Omar
      Gibbs, Cory
      Kimura, Kosuke
      LaBrocca, Nick
      Mastroeni, Pablo
      Moor, Drew
      Pickens, Matt
      Smith, Jamie

      Columbus Crew
      Brunner, Eric
      Carroll, Brian
      Ekpo, Emmanuel
      Gaven, Eddie
      Hesmer, Will (GK)
      Lenhart, Steven
      Marshall, Chad
      Moffat, Adam
      O’Rourke, Danny
      Rogers, Robbie
      Schelotto, Guillermo

      FC Dallas
      Benitez, Jair
      Chavez, Marvin
      Cunningham, Jeff
      Davies, Kyle
      Ferreira, David
      Harris, Atiba
      Hernandez, Daniel
      Ihemelu, Ugo
      John, George
      McCarty, Dax
      Pearce, Heath

      D.C. United
      Burch, Marc
      Carreiro, Fred
      Jakovic, Dejan
      James, Julius
      Moreno, Jaime
      Namoff, Bryan
      Pontius, Chris
      Quaranta, Santino
      Simms, Clyde
      Szetela, Danny
      Wallace, Rodney

      Houston Dynamo
      Ashe, Corey
      Boswell, Bobby
      Cameron, Geoff
      Ching, Brian
      Davis, Brad
      Hall, Tally
      Hainault, Andrew
      Holden, Stuart
      Mullan, Brian
      Oduro, Dominic
      Weaver, Cameron

      Kansas City Wizards

      Arnaud, Davy
      Conrad, Jimmy
      Harrington, Michael
      Hercegfalvi, Zoltan
      Jewsbury, Jack
      Kamara, Kei
      Leathers, Jonathan
      Lopez, Claudio
      Souter, Kevin
      Wolff, Josh
      Zusi, Graham

      Los Angeles Galaxy
      Beckham, David
      Berhalter, Gregg
      Birchall, Chris
      Buddle, Edson
      DeLagarza, AJ
      Donovan, Landon
      Franklin, Sean
      Gonzalez, Omar
      Kovalenko, Dema
      Magee, Mike
      Ricketts, Donovan

      New York Red Bulls
      Angel, Juan Pablo
      Borman, Danleigh
      Coundoul, Bouna
      Goldthwaite, Kevin
      Hall, Jeremy
      Johnson, Carlos
      Kandji, Macoumba
      Mendes, Carlos
      Obster, Ernst
      Richards, Dane
      Stammler, Seth

      Real Salt Lake
      Beckerman, Kyle
      Beltran, Tony
      Borchers, Nat
      Espindola, Fabian
      Findley, Robbie
      Johnson, Will
      Morales, Javier
      Olave, Jamison
      Rimando, Nick
      Seitz, Chris
      Wingert, Chris

      San Jose Earthquakes
      Alvarez, Arturo
      Burling, Bobby
      Cannon, Joe
      Corrales, Ramiro
      Glenn, Cornell
      Hernandez, Jason
      Johnson, Ryan
      Leitch, Chris
      Moreira, Andre Luiz
      Sanchez, Ramon
      McDonald, Brandon

      Seattle Sounders FC
      Alonso, Osvaldo
      Evans, Brad
      Gonzalez, Leo
      Hurtado, Jhon Kennedy
      Ianni, Patrick
      Jaqua, Nate
      Keller, Kasey
      Ljungberg, Freddie
      Marshall, Tyrone
      Montero, Fredy
      Zakuani, Steve

      Toronto FC
      Attakora-Gyan, Nana
      Barrett, Chad
      Brennan, Jim
      Cronin, Sam
      de Guzman, Julian
      DeRosario, Dwayne
      Gomez, Emmanuel
      Sanyang, Amadou
      Serioux, Adrian
      White, O’Brian
      Wynne, Marvell



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      11 Comments to “Protected lists are in …”

      1. sam Says:

        WHAT THE HECK no jay or wells y would u just let them hang like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      2. Rob Says:

        Because they could only protect 11 players and the players they protected take priority over Jay and especially Wells haha

      3. slughog Says:

        I think Castro should have been on there. Could Jay be retiring??

      4. Cooper Says:

        We could only protect 11. To me, the last guys protected must have been Larentowicz - because of reports that he’s looking to land in Denmark, Twellman - because he hardly played all season, we have no idea whether he’ll ever play again, and his high salary, and Ralston - because he’s an oft-injured 36 yr old midfielder and also commands a high salary.

        The fact that we didn’t protect Heaps may indicate that Nicol believes Igwe is ready to slot in at left back as part of our first XI. Also Jay is not getting any younger or faster. Having said that, I thought he had his best season for us and I love the guy to death. I’ll be holding my breath during the draft.

      5. cammiev Says:

        When you look at our unprotected list, it’s easy to see that there are a number of injured players who we didn’t see much of this year. This list isn’t really surprising, but I would hate,hate, hate to see Heaps or Castro leave, even though neither is getting younger. I also don’t want some of the younger guys to leave: Tierney, Videira and Igwe, but they could get more playing time somewhere else, sorry to say. Maybe Philly will poach from LA or the Fire instead!

      6. tom Says:

        Honestly seeing Well Thompson gone would probably help more than hurt us. He seems like a good guy and very athletic. He just seems to have no idea where to be when on the field, his touch is horrible, and excluding his one pretty great goal he has no sense of how to attack the goal.
        Heaps would be good upfront if Twellman still hasn’t recovered or if the Revs don’t pick up a new forward. Which is desperately needed by the way.
        Tierney, Videira, Albright, and Heaps are the ones I hope to see stay

      7. KyRevFan Says:

        1. Adam Cristman (For his aerial ability)
        2. Pat Noonan (Rebuild the Rev Combo from 2007)
        3. Ricardo Clark (Great Defensive Mid)
        4. Dave Van Den Bergh
        5. Christian Gomez
        6. Jay Heaps (Best LB in MLS, can play anywhere)
        7. Frankie Hejduk (Great RB that can get in the attack)
        8. James Riley
        9. Nick Garcia
        10. Josh Saunders

      8. robert tatem Says:

        I agree with Tom on his comments about Wells, I don’t think he doesn’t bring enough to the table.

        If James Riley goes to the Union in the draft that would be three drafts in a row he’s been chosen. That has to be a league record.

      9. Catherine Says:

        i think wells brings a lot to the revs.. especially his speed (he is very fast) i would hate to see the revs loose him! .. and jay heaps ?? i am very surprised that he is not protected i hope he doesnt go . we need him.. nico colaluca should definately not be protected i think he should go

      10. Mario Says:

        Happy to see Igwe get moved somewhere where he will potentially get more play time. He has a lot of potential!

      11. Nick Says:

        Catherine… Nico Colaluca is a non-graduated GA player and is automatically protected as per the expansion draft rules. He doesn’t count towards one of our protection slots.

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