Can I just say I'm glad (no pun intended) that some of you guys understand all the rules so I don't have to figure them out on my own!
Really? How could you debate between keeping Ruiz vs Baird?!?! Ruiz hasnt shown anything yet. Baird bagged 8 goals along with 5ish assists (I am not looking at the stats) and was rookie of the year. Ruiz came in and we gave up 2 goal leads. Plus Ruiz costs more than Baird and Ljke Mullholland. Shoooo.
Wait, you're not looking at stats and you low-ball him with 5ish assists? I would've gone with 8 just to make him look that much better.
I just looked at his stats. Sure nuff 8 goals and 5 assists. Let's keep Ruiz who had 0 goals and 0 assists. Not to mention that Ruiz made $201,000 and Baird made $54,000 in 2018. Fiddlesticks and pooh nuggets.
This whole argument is hilarious because, as KIR pointed out, Baird is automatically exempt from the draft as a HG player not on the first team roster (or whatever connotation they use). FCC cannot pick him. Stop freaking out and making up stats for our 21 year old striker of destiny who bagged 12 goals and 78 assists on a salary of corner bakery side salads and the occasional hot dog.
Careful guys, too many of these discussions and RSL will have to vacate all of BYU Basketballs wins too.
If I may derail this thread even further, am I the only one who finds it funny that the Utah Women's basketball team has a player with the last name of Provo? https://utahutes.com/roster.aspx?roster=203&path=wbball
RSL's protected list is exactly who we thought it would be. #RSL will protect the following players in the expansion draft:GK Nick RimandoDF Justen GladDF Nedum OnuohaDF Marcelo SilvaMF Kyle BeckermanMF Damir KreilachMF Pablo RuizMF Albert RusnákMF Sebastian SaucedoFW Joao PlataFW Jefferson Savarino— Alex Vejar (Tortured Poet version) (@AlexMVejar) December 10, 2018 Believe that just leaves Putna, Besler, Horwath, Henley, and Allen exposed.
PLEASE TAKE HENLEY HE IS SO GOOD LOOK AT THAT EPL EXPERIENCE JUST DONT TEST THOSE HAMMIES.... But really, we're not losing anyone. Here is the list of players: Atlanta United Mikey Ambrose Jon Gallagher Jose Hernandez Mitch Hildebrandt Alec Kann Kevin Kratz Jeff Larentowicz Chris McCann Michael Parkhurst (Free Agent) Oliver Shannon Brandon Vazquez Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu Romario Williams Sal Zizzo (Free Agent) Chicago Fire Jonathan Campbell Stefan Cleveland Elliot Collier Jorge Corrales Christian Dean Nicolas Del Grecco Alan Gordon (Free Agent) Nicolas Hasler Daniel Johnson Patrick McLain Yura Movsisyan Richard Sanchez Luis Solignac Brandon Vincent Colorado Rapids Giles Barnes Johan Blomberg Yannick Boli Caleb Calvert Edgar Castillo Kip Colvey Mike Da Fonte Andrew Dykstra (Free Agent) Shkelzen Gashi Sam Hamilton Enzo Martinez Axel Sjoberg Danny Wilson D.C. United Vytas Frederic Brillant Nick DeLeon Kevin Ellis Jared Jeffrey Dane Kelly Taylor Kemp Darren Mattocks Bruno Miranda Chris Odoi-Atsem Kofi Opare David Ousted Zoltan Stieber Travis Worra FC Dallas Abel Aguilar Aníbal Chala Cristian Colman Maynor Figueroa Moises Hernandez Roland Lamah Marquinhos Pedroso Adonijah Reid Reto Ziegler Kyle Zobeck Houston Dynamo Eric Alexander Arturo Alvarez (Free Agent) DaMarcus Beasley (Free Agent) Eric Bird Leonardo (Free Agent) Conor Donovan Boniek García Kevin Garcia Luis Gil Adolfo Machado Michael Nelson Dylan Remick Chris Seitz Philippe Senderos Mac Steeves Jared Watts Andrew Wenger LAFC Steven Beitashour Tristan Blackmon Nico Czornomaz Danilo da Silva Benny Feilhaber (Free Agent) Jordan Harvey (Free Agent) Dejan Jakovic Luis Lopez Charlie Lyon Calum Mallace James Murphy Josh Perez Quillan Roberts Steeve Saint-Duc Marco Ureña LA Galaxy Servando Carrasco Michael Ciani Ashley Cole Tomas Hilliard-Arce Baggio Husidic (Free Agent) Perry Kitchen Ariel Lassiter João Pedro Chris Pontius Jorgen Skjelvik Brian Sylvestre Justin Vom Steeg Sheanon Williams (Free Agent) Minnesota United FC Fernando Bob Marc Burch (Free Agent) Sam Cronin Luiz Fernando Maximiniano Alexi Gomez Ibson Alex Kapp Matt Lampson Carter Manley Eric Miller Wyatt Omsberg Bertrand Owundi Frantz Pangop Jerome Thiesson Johan Venegas Collen Warner (Free Agent) Montreal Impact Quincy Amarikwa (Free Agent) Micheal Azira Rudy Camacho Zakaria Diallo Clement Diop Chris Duvall Rod Fanni Kyle Fisher Anthony Jackson-Hamel Matteo Mancosu Michael Petrasso Bacary Sagna Michael Salazar New England Revolution Jalil Anibaba Cody Cropper Claude Dielna Guillermo Hauche Femi Hollinger-Janzen Brad Knighton Cristhian Machado Nicolas Samayoa Mark Segbers Gabriel Somi Chris Tierney (Free Agent) Brian Wright Wilfried Zahibo New York City FC Saad Abdul-Salaam Eloi Amagat Kwame Awuah Daniel Bedoya Jo Inge Berget Jeff Caldwell Yangel Herrera Cedric Hountondji Sebastien Ibeagha Thomas McNamara Ebenezer Ofori Andre Rawls Brad Stuver David Villa Rodney Wallace (Free Agent) New York Red Bulls Anatole Abang Vincent Bezecourt Aurelien Collin (Free Agent) Kyle Duncan Fidel Escobar Andreas Ivan Ethan Kutler Connor Lade Hassan Ndam Tommy Redding Carlos Rivas Marc Rzatkowski Florian Valot Brian White Orlando City SC RJ Allen Joe Bendik Pierre Da Silva Earl Edwards Jr. Cristian Higuita Will Johnson Sacha Kljestan Richie Laryea Stefano Pinho Dillon Powers Tony Rocha Lamine Sané Chris Schuler (Free Agent) Jonathan Spector Scott Sutter Donny Toia Philadelphia Union Warren Creavalle Borek Dockal Marcus Epps Fabinho Richard Marquez John McCarthy Jake McGuire Haris Medunjanin Kacper Przybylko Jay Simpson Josh Yaro Portland Timbers Victor Arboleda Samuel Armenteros Dairon Asprilla Jack Barmby Julio Cascante Steve Clark Tomas Conechny Andres Flores Jake Gleeson (Free Agent) Modou Jadama Kendall McIntosh Roy Miller (Free Agent) Lawrence Olum Alvas Powell Liam Ridgewell Bill Tuiloma Zarek Valentin Real Salt Lake Jordan Allen Shawn Barry Tony Beltran (Free Agent) Nick Besler Adam Henley David Horst (Free Agent) Alex Horwath Jacob Leeker Ricky López-Espin Luke Mulholland Sunday Stephen Taylor Peay Demar Phillips Andrew Putna Luis Silva Connor Sparrow Vancouver Whitecaps FC Jose Aja Myer Bevan Marcel de Jong Roberto Dominguez Marvin Emnes Sean Franklin (Free Agent) Aly Ghazal Efrain Juarez Kei Kamara Stefan Marinovic Aaron Maund Jordon Mutch Brian Rowe Brek Shea (Free Agent)
If I were picking.... I think my 5 would be Ibeagha, Ndam, Vasquez... then I'm not sure. I could see Vom Steeg, or Eric Miller, or Dockal, or Brillant? If FCC are looking for a young goalkeeper to be third on their depth chart, I'd be shocked if they chose Putna over Vom Steeg.
the FCC forward group is, if I'm being honest, already quite a bit better than ours. Certainly a lot more athletic.
Cincinnati now has our international roster spot. (I'm correct to recall that it was Colorado that had it, right?)
I doubt Colorado traded it permanently. @JasonMa - clarification? Lots of international slots go for a year or two. It's the permanence that was so crazy.
Its a one year trade to Cincinnati (who turned around and traded it to Vancouver for Waston). The only international roster spot trades that extend beyond the end of 2019 are the permanent one from Salt Lake to Colorado (Gregorio), the permanent one from Houston to RBNY (allocation money), and the one from Colorado to Vancouver that expires after the 2031 season (Nyassi). We can talk about you getting the permanent one back once we get to 2032 and we get ours back from Vancouver.