We could only expose one SI and I guess that was Abundis. Sure hate to expose Larentowicz or Riley and find us holding onto Lochhead but I guess we had no choice because of the SI exposure rule Dempsey, Clint Dorman, Andy Heaps, Jay Joseph, Shalrie Lochhead, Tony Noonan, Pat Parkhurst, Michael Ralston, Steve Reis, Matt Sims, Willie Smith, Khano Twellman, Taylor Other than Lochhead that a good list of players.
And you all laughed when I said Lochead will be here next year. EDIT: This is what Tornoto have to choose from Columbus Becerra, Ivan Burch, Marc Busch, Jon (GK) Cameron, Knox Coiner, Ryan Gaudette, Bill (GK) Hendrickson, Ezra Kotschau, Ritchie Leitch, Chris Moss, Brandon Palmer, Noah (GK) Pierce, Rusty Retiz, Jose Rozental, Sebastian Vasquez, Eric Walker, Jonny (GK) DC United Carroll, Jeff Deroux, Stephen Donnet, Matias Dyachenko, Rod McIntosh, Ryan (GK) McTavish,Devon Mediate, Domenic Metcalf, Andy Moose, Justin Nickell, Matthew Prideaux, Brandon Rimando, Nick (GK) Simms, Clyde Ssejjemba, Robert Stokes, David Walker, Jamil Wilson, John Chicago Bedrossian, Pascal Brown, C.J. Capano, Craig Carr, Calen Curtin, Jeff Franks, Floyd Griffin, Leonard Gutierrez, Diego Jaqua, Nate Johnson, Ryan Mahoney, David (GK) Montz, Jared Plotkin, Brian Russolillo ,Jordan Ruud, Adam Sanneh, Tony Thornton, Zach (GK) Thorrington, John Ughiovhe, Idris FC Dallas Burse, Ray (GK) Cassar, Jeff (GK) Dello-Russo, Michael Gbandi, Chris Goodson, Clarence Mina, Roberto Moore, Justin Oduro, Dominic Pitchkolan, Aaron Rhine, Bobby Smith, Alex Valakari, Simo Vanney, Greg Wagenfuhr, David Yi, Alex Houston Aloisi, Chris Chabala, Mike Goldthwaite, Kevin Gray, Kelly Holden, Stuart Hutton, Martin Lanes, Aaron Moloi, Mpho Nash, Julian Serioux, Adrian Storey, Marcus Waibel, Craig Wells, Zach (GK) Wondolowski, Chris Chivas Arias, Esteban Borja, Carlos Burpo, Preston (GK) Corona, Rene Garcia, Johnny Helm, Drew Llamosa, Carlos Lopez, Rodrigo Morales, Jesus Muñoz, Mike O'Brien, John Perez, Orlando Regan, Tim Robles, Eder Sanchez, Estuardo Taylor, Matt Whitfield, Brent Colorado Clark, Colin Crawford, Matt Denton, Eric Gargan, Dan Gonzalez, Luchi Gotsmanov, Sasha Harvey, Jordan Jordan, Matt (GK) Keel, Stephen King, Aaron Kirovski, Jovan Mathis, Clint Nkong, Alain Noel, Fabrice Petke, Mike Tarley, Melvin LA Enfield, Michael Gardner, Josh Glinton, Gavin Gonzalez, Guillermo Gordon, Alan Hansen, Joshua Jones, Cobi Martino, Kyle Miglioranzi, Stefani Nagamura, Paulo Randolph, Michael Saunders, Joshua (GK) Veris, Kyle KC Groenwald, Matt Hesmer, Will (GK) Kronberg, Eric (GK) McMahen, Ryan Oshoniyi, Bo (GK) Raad, Sergei Raybould, Ryan Roberts, Brian Shirley, Stephen Van Den Bergh, Dave Wahl, Tyson Watson, Lance Zotinca, Alex RSL Acosta, Adam Akwari, Nelson Besagno, Jacob Broome, Paul Brown, Chris Cutler, Kenny Garlick, Scott (GK) Gil, Brian Harrison, Chase Hashimoto, Duke Kreis, Jason Nolly, Jay (GK) Novak, Kevin Sequeira, Douglas Trembly, Seth Williams, Andy Worthen, Joey New England Abundis, Jose Manuel Brown, Kyle Cancela, Jose Franchino, Joe Galik, Jani Gonzalez, Miguel Haggerty, Patrick Hernandez, Daniel John, Avery Larentowicz, Jeff Leonard, Marshall Oka, Arsene Riley, James Tomasso, T.J. (GK) Warren, Doug (GK) Williamson, Adam Wynn, Danny New York Behonick, Michael (GK) Buddle, Edson Camp, Blake Canero, Peter Graham,Taylor Henderson, Chris Jolley, Steve Kuykendall, Shawn Laventure, Jerrod Lisi, Mark Meola, Tony (GK) O'Rourke, Danny Vide, Joseph Wolyniec, John
What does it say when the 2 times we have needed to expose some players - both times we have included our "captain" in these expansion drafts, Joe Franchino? I wonder if any other teams exposed their captain for this draft? Maybe someone can look it up and see if the last time we exposed Franchino, how many other teams exposed their captain as well. Good strategic gamesmanship or telling truth?
I guess if no one will post the actual list of those exposed I will and I will delete the DV Roster players with zero chance of being selected: Abundis, Jose Manuel Brown, Kyle Cancela, Jose Franchino, Joe Gonzalez, Miguel Hernandez, Daniel John, Avery Larentowicz, Jeff Leonard, Marshall Riley, James ~Any of these players selected by Toronto will have to be a SI or a YI ~They can only select one at most from that list ~They will be trying to sign Canadian players as much as possible and may use a lot of their Cap to try to get Canadians playing overseas back home thus making Pepe a very expensive option. ~Leonard is coming off a major injury ~Kyle Brown and Gonzalez are unproven and no better than a draft pick ~Joey is close to his "sell by date" ~Abundis has not proven himself in MLS This leaves Hernandez Larentowicz Riley John If I was Mo Johnson I would go for Larentowicz.
DC did, but that was because it was an open secret that Nelsen was just waiting for the official transfer window to sign for Blackburn.
I'd take Avery John if I could. A hard nosed left back with World Cup experience and is known to keep his mouth shut despite being in crap conditions. That sounds like someone I'd want.
I'm Wont all these draft picks be considered SIs? They are not Domestic Players. They get to make 10 selections but only have 4 SI slots. Do these drafted players not count toward SI roster spots or what? RRRREV IT UP
Some may be young enough to be YI's FWIW, I don't think toronto will take anyone from the Revs exposed list
They can also pick players who would be good trade bait, i.e. select Avery John or James Riley to get Ante Jazic from LA, or package a Revs player and another player to get Onstad or DeRosario (a longshot, but conceivable).
I seem to recall that they get three additional players who would not be SIs for any other MLS teams. So they could take Joe Franchino and he would count under that status, while Avery John would be a full-fledged SI.
Could you please go back to the post you copied this from and copy the full address, not just the link as it displays (where it's abbreviated with the three dots)? TIA.
Sure, here it is: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10029745&postcount=15 or go here: http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/soccer_redcard/2006/11/the_protected_p.html The full list: http://njmg.typepad.com/sbi/ or http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20061114&content_id=78752&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp
Re: Exposed players for expansion draft https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=432329&page=8
Yeah, I really like that spin move he does while guarding Jaime Moreno! It's just good tactics. Unfortunately, he won't be taken. Toronta wouldn't be stupid enough to be looking at slow, undersized O-30's. Nah, you have to look for MLS-ready players as an expansion team. He wasn't ready for a single minute with the Revs, so Toronto can't afford to waste a pick on a "prospect". DH isn't likely to be taken because of his contract and his age. I'm really worried about Riley and Larentowicz. On one hand, Riley's got great versatility (about 4 different positions), but he also has some injury history, so that may help. Larentowicz is an up-and-comer in my opinion. OTOH, I believe that dmid is considered about the *easiest* position to fill (as U.S. players are much better "destroying" than "creating"). The fact that Nicol is taking a calculated risk at exposing John tells me that he still sees potential in Lochhead. And, I wouldn't bet against Nicol coaching someone up - anyone who can make *decent* players out of Franchino and Heaps can work miracles, IMO. I would have exposed Heaps and protected Larentowicz...
Great i just ordered an Avery John jersey................... such is the way things are i guess. I cant wait to watch Lochead potentially take his place