Waived/available players CHIVAS: David Arvizu, Desmond Brooks, Carlos Llamosa, Rodrigo Lopez, Laurent Merlin, Justin Myers, Ramon Nunez, Orlando Perez, Eder Robles, Erasmo Solorzano COLORADO: Zach Thornton COLUMBUS: Ben Hunter DALLAS: Juan Botero D.C. UNITED: Shawn Crowe, Mira Mupier, Brad North, Kiki Willis, HOUSTON: Kenneth Hoerner, Jordan James KANSAS CITY: Edson Edcock, Aaron John Godbolt, Willy Guadarrama, Chris Konopka LOS ANGELES: Mike Caso, Lance Friesz, Carlos Pavon, Kyle Veris NEW YORK: Blake Camp NEW ENGLAND: Bryan Byrne, Miguel Gonzalez, Marshall Leonard, Chris Loftus REAL SALT LAKE: Chris Brown, Steven Curfman, Christian Jimenez, Jean-Martial Kipre, Jack Stewart TORONTO FC: Adam Braz, Maycoll Canizalez, Srdjan Djekanovic, David Guzman, Stephen Lumley, Cristian Nunez, Marco Reda So we waive: Mike Caso, Lance Friesz, Carlos Pavon, Kyle Veris. Lots of interesting names on this list. Would you like to see LA take anyone from above? I'd really want that Arvizu kid. Draft set for tomorrow.
Conversation started an hour ago on the LARS boards here: http://www.soccerpubs.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=24760&st=0&gopid=470630&#entry470630 As mentioned there, Nunez is a very talented player who might fit with the Gullit Method. Of course, I wax poetic about the Laurent Merlin saga... already over. tommymack
I know there was a reason (or so I think) we protected Pavon instead of Gavin (something to do with foreign born players perhaps?). Is there someone that can explain this to me? I'm confused why we would protect him and then waive him.
Curious as to why we protected Pavon in the draft, only to waive him? There was no damage done, but I wonder what the logic behind this was.
i think we take Nunez. He is capable of playing on the left hand side of midfield which is more then can be said of anyone else on our roster at the moment. What if Veris is claimed tomorrow, will he not play against Wellington this weekend? Weird timing. Isn't orlando perez also a decent defender? We could use a few more decent defenders...
Could it be that they were looking to move him (thinking that he had some value) but no one bit on the offer? Perhaps there is a possibility of a decent signing in the works?
You know he played a lot of minutes up top for Chivas, one of the best teams in the league, and scored a single goal (against us) Playing for our team, starved for service, how many goals might he score?
I think that we should take a look at New Englands Chris Loftus he is a 6'5" forward could be nice to bounce balls off of his head. Nunez and any other young guys would be ok to but know old men. lol I saw a couple on the list.
I'm not sure how the waiver draft in MLS works, but in other sports if a player is put on "waivers" another team may claim him under the terms of his current contract. If nobody claims him he then becomes a free agent.
I'm anxious to see if we pick anyone. I really hope we get someone who can contribute and provide us with depth but of course its a waiver draft and there isn't much to chose from. I'd be happy with Nunez or Arvizu. I wonder if anyone would pick any of our guys?
I could see Yallop taking Friesz and possibly Veris. In fact I would be surprised if nobody else took Veris. Oddly enough the only guys I would be interested in taking are from Chivas. Nunez, Merlin, Perez could all be useful.
We had to protect 3 of the 4 senior internationals. In other words, we had to protect one of Pavon and Xavier. My guess is we knew that San Jose wouldn't take either and we thought Pavon might have some trade value. If Pavon clears waivers, we still have the rights to him and we can renegotiate the salary. We might trade him to someone at a cheaper salary.
Speaking of Xavier, he wasnt protected and as far as I know hasnt traveled to Oceania for the friendlies. Does this say something about his status with the Gals? I would definitely like to see him back next year.
Early reporting of the draft has Yallop picking Pavon as his first selection. . . . . . . Just kidding of course
Or absinthe. If you mix absinthe and champagne it becomes Ernest Hemingway's fave drink "Death in the Afternoon".
Xavier was not protected for the Earthquakes expansion draft, but that is done, and he wasn't selected. He was not placed on waivers. And he was in France & contemplating knee surgery, from what we heard last week.
None of these players was "placed on waivers". They were unprotected for the Waiver Draft. There's a huge difference.
"On waivers" would denote that anyone could sign them. However, MLS doesn't have that sort of thing. They have the waiver draft which is basically a one-time opportunity for a team to get a player at their current contract. If they weren't selected, the original team would still have the rights to those players for the next 12 months. However, they weren't "unprotected". All those players were actually waived; some might get new contract offers (Pavon, Nunez, Herron), others might get camp invites in the pre-season, but most are likely going to have to find another league (or line of work) all together.