M L S Expansion Draft - Available Players

[Brian in Boston]

Current teams can lose a maximum of three players in the Major League Soccer Expansion Draft. A team may pull back a player from its non-protected list for each player it loses.

Chicago Fire

GK - D.J. Countess

GK - Henry Ring

D - Evan Whitfield

M - Scott Buete

M - Orlando Perez

M - Andy Williams

F - Alexandre Boncicaut

F - Dipsy Selolwane

Colorado Rapids

GK - Scott Vallow

D - Antonio de la Torre

D - Joey DiGiamarino

D - Jeff Stewart

M - Darryl Powell

M - Scott Trembly

Columbus Crew

GK - Matt Jordan

D - Nelson Akwari

D - Steve Herdsman

M/D - Eric Denton

M - Manny Lagos

M - Brian Maisonneuve

F - Erick Scott

F - David Testo

F - Dante Washington

DC United

GK - Troy Perkins

D - Kevin Ara

D - Ezra Hendrickson

D - Tim Lawson

D - Ryan Nelsen

M - Earnie Stewart

F - Thiago Martins

F - Eliseo Quintanilla

FC Dallas

GK - Scott Garlick

D - Matt Behncke

D - Philip Salyer

M - Ty Maurin

M - Oscar Pareja

F - Toni Nhleko

Kansas City Wizards

GK - Tony Meola

D - Francisco Gomez

D - Alex Zotinca

M/F - Igor Simutenkov

F - Matt Taylor

F - Preki

Los Angeles Galaxy

GK - Dan Popik

D - Paul Broome

M - Marcelo Saragosa

F - Arturo Torres

MetroStars

GK - Jonny Walker

GK - Zach Wells

D - Tim Regan

D - Craig Ziadie

M - Pablo Brenes

M - Joselito Vaca

F - Sergio Galvan Rey

New England Revolution

GK - Adin Brown

D - Steve Howey

D - Carlos Llamosa

D - Rusty Pierce

M/D - Joey Franchino

M/D - Brian Kamler

F - Joe-Max Moore

San Jose Earthquakes

GK - Jon Conway

D - Jeff Agoos

D - Wes Hart

M - Ronnie Ekelund

M - Chris Roner

F/M - Chris Brown

F - Jamil Walker

[pcgd]

Will Chivas have players of all nationalities? I kinda thought they were only going to have players of mexican decent. Maybe I'm way off. I heard they got some minor heat for not hiring a mexican coach.

Maybe I'm completly wrong.

[Breakwood]

Some surprising players on the list

Tony Meola

Toni Nhelko

Preki

Henry Ring

To name a few. I'm happy with the metro stars list hopefully galvan ray will be chosed as he hasnt done anything and that'll open up an international spot.

[Brian in Boston]

Well, Kansas City has left Meola unprotected because of the fact that neither of the expansion teams is very likely to select him. After all, he has a salary at or near the league maximum, he's an older player, his injury status is questionable and there are 11 other goalkeepers available in the expansion draft... most without the question marks surrounding Meola. The team figures that they're far more likely to have someone else selected ahead of Meola, which will then allow them to pull the 'keeper back.

As for Preki, the Wizards have to be concerned about his age and injury situation at this point in his career. In fact, there are whispers that the player may be contemplating retirement.

Toni Nhleko is a guy that FC Dallas feels has yet to turn in a week-in-week-out, consistent performance. Part of that has had to do with the club's relianace on Jason Kreis as their offensive leader. Yesterday's trade of Kreis to ReAL Salt Lake in exchange for future considerations may signal that FC Dallas will hope that someone else is chosen ahead of Nhleko, thus allowing the team to pull the South African international back.

Chicago feels that they have an abundance of riches at goalkeeper - which they do. So much so, that it is likely that one of the two 'keepers they've left unprotected will be the first player selected from their unprotected list. At that point, they'll pull the other guy back.