what i think is weird is why don't Canadian NT players go thru an allocation? like Patrice Bernier? what is good for the US should be the same for Canada ... it is a dual nation league after all. and Canadian college players should be allowed into the draft ... there has to be a few at least as good and deserving as some of the D2 and lower players MLS has had in the draft before.
TFC selected McBride as well -- traded him to Chicago for Chad Barrett. Also DeMerit was selected by vancouver. TFC just confirmed to me via e-mail that the did NOT trade the allocation spot to Portland...doesn't mean their isn't a handshake agreement in place though. Based on what I know of how yesterday's trade played out I'd suggest that the No 3 pick was what that handshake cost the Timbers -- the trade was reported to only be for allocation up until Monday-Tuesday of this week..
I've always wondered what the specific rationale for these exceptionsare. Is it basically trying to give a silent advantage to the Canadian clubs to offset other issues? MLS being too lazy to recognize the different applications?
Hunter Freeman has tweeted that his time in Colorado is over. They were working on a new contract after waiving him. He'll be in Phase 2 of the Re-Entry draft tomorrow for the second-straight year.
Hmmm. This one is interesting to me. I know Kimura had a down year, but wasn't he deemed expendable directly because of Freeman being there? Or is the USL guy y'all picked up at the end of the year in the same position?
LA traded up to the #2 slot in the re-entry draft with Chivas USA for - LA's first round supplemental pick, an international roster spot and the number 19 position in stage two of the Re-Entry Draft. So it's safe to say they're after someone on the list.
That seems like steep price to pay so they must really be high on someone on that list. BTW, Matt Doyle is doing a live chat on MLSsoccer.com and will be announcing the picks on there as they happen.
i will update this continually as the picks come in: RD1 1. TFC - Danny Califf 2. LAG - Colin Clark 3. PTFC - Pass 4. NER - Chad Barrett 5. Philly - Conor Casey 6. Colorado - Eric Avila 7. FCD - Stephen Keel 8. IMFC - Pass 9. CLB - Pass 10. VWFC - Paulo Jr 11. CHI - Pass 12. RSL - Lovel Palmer 13. RBNY - not present (Pass) 14. SKC - Pass 15. SJE - Dan Gargan 16. SSFC - Pass 17. DCU - John Thorrington 18. HOU- Pass 19. CHV - Pass RD2 1. TFC - Pass 2. LAG - Will Hesmer 3. PTFC - Out 4. NER - Hunter Freeman 5. Philly - Pass 6. Colorado - Pass 7. FCD - Pass 8. IMFC - Out 9. CLB - Out 10. VWFC - Pass 11. CHI - Out 12. RSL - Pass 13. RBNY - Out 14. SKC - Out 15. SJE - Ty Harden 16. SSFC - Out 17. DCU - Pass 18. HOU- Out 19. CHV - Out RD3 1. TFC - Out 2. LAG - Pass 3. PTFC - Out 4. NER - Pass 5. Philly - Out 6. Colorado - Out 7. FCD - Out 8. IMFC - Out 9. CLB - Out 10. VWFC - Out 11. CHI - Out 12. RSL - Out 13. RBNY - Out 14. SKC - Out 15. SJE - Bryan Jordan 16. SSFC - Out 17. DCU - Out 18. HOU- Out 19. CHV - Out RD4 1. TFC - Out 2. LAG - Out 3. PTFC - Out 4. NER - Out 5. Philly - Out 6. Colorado - Out 7. FCD - Out 8. IMFC - Out 9. CLB - Out 10. VWFC - Out 11. CHI - Out 12. RSL - Out 13. RBNY - Out 14. SKC - Out 15. SJE - Pass 16. SSFC - Out 17. DCU - Out 18. HOU- Out 19. CHV - Out FINAL RD 1. TFC - Pass 2. LAG - Pass 3. PTFC - Pass 4. NER - Pass 5. Philly - Pass 6. Colorado - Pass 7. FCD - Pass 8. IMFC - Pass 9. CLB - Pass 10. VWFC - Pass 11. CHI - Pass 12. RSL - Pass 13. RBNY - Pass 14. SKC - Pass 15. SJE - Pass 16. SSFC - Pass 17. DCU - Pass 18. HOU- Pass 19. CHV - Pass
As noted on twitter: Danny Califf was just selected by a team he specifically requested not to be traded to last year.
More to do with TFC than Cananadada. Nothing about Montreal or Vancouver. JPA and Hartman.... what do they do now?
RECAP 1. TFC - Danny Califf D (Rd1); 2. LAG - Colin Clark M (Rd1); Will Hesmer GK (Rd2) 3. PTFC - 4. NER - Chad Barrett F (Rd1); Hunter Freeman D (Rd2) 5. Philly - Conor Casey F (Rd1) 6. Colorado - Eric Avila M (Rd1) 7. FCD - Stephen Keel D (Rd1) 8. IMFC - 9. CLB - 10. VWFC - Paulo Jr F (Rd1) 11. CHI - 12. RSL - Lovel Palmer M (Rd1) 13. RBNY - 14. SKC - 15. SJE - Dan Gargan D (Rd1); Ty Harden D (Rd2); Bryan Jordan D/M (Rd3) 16. SSFC - 17. DCU - John Thorrington M (Rd1) 18. HOU- 19. CHV -