OK, let's play Armchair GM and stock your team from the draft. Obviously these teams have certain players in mind that we don't know about for their SI/Allocations, and those will influence their positional needs. But for the sake of this "draft," let's assume your team is going to be built entirely from this list. Who do you pick, and once you do, which of the players does the original team pull back? UNPROTECTED PLAYERS: Current Team -- Name -- Pos. -- Years in MLS -- Status Fire -- Alexandre Boucicaut -- FW -- 1 -- TI Fire -- Scott Buete -- MF -- 1 Fire -- D.J. Countess -- GK -- 3 Fire -- Orlando Perez -- MF -- 5 Fire -- Henry Ring -- GK -- 3 Fire -- Dipsy Selolwane -- FW -- 3 -- SI Fire -- Evan Whitfield -- DF -- 5 Fire -- Andy Williams -- MF -- 7 Rapids -- Antonio de la Torre -- DF -- 1 Rapids -- Darryl Powell -- MF -- 2 -- SI Rapids -- Joey DiGiamarino -- DF -- 5 Rapids -- Jeff Stewart -- DF -- 2 Rapids -- Seth Trembly -- MF -- 5 Rapids -- Scott Vallow -- GK -- 3 Crew -- Nelson Akwari -- DF -- 3 Crew -- Eric Denton -- M/D -- 5 Crew -- Stephen Herdsman -- DF -- 4 Crew -- Matt Jordan -- GK -- 6 Crew -- Manny Lagos -- MF -- 6 Crew -- Brian Maisonneuve -- MF -- 9 Crew -- Erick Scott -- FW -- 1 -- TI Crew -- David Testo -- FW -- 1 Crew -- Dante Washington -- FW -- 8 Dallas -- Matt Behncke -- DF -- 3 Dallas -- Scott Garlick -- GK -- 8 Dallas -- Ty Maurin -- MF -- 1 Dallas -- Toni Nhleko -- FW -- 2 -- SI Dallas -- Oscar Pareja -- MF -- 7 Dallas -- Philip Salyer -- DF -- 2 Wizards -- Francisco Gomez -- DF -- 6 Wizards -- Tony Meola -- GK -- 9 Wizards -- Preki -- FW -- 9 Wizards -- Igor Simutenkov -- M/F -- 3 -- SI Wizards -- Matt Taylor -- FW -- 1 Wizards -- Alex Zotinca -- DF -- 2 United -- Kevin Ara -- DF -- 1 United -- Ezra Hendrickson -- DF -- 8 United -- Tim Lawson -- DF -- 1 United -- Thiago Martins -- FW -- 2 United -- Ryan Nelsen -- DF -- 4 -- SI United -- Troy Perkins -- GK -- 1 United -- Eliseo Quintanilla -- FW -- 3 -- TI United -- Earnie Stewart -- MF -- 2 Galaxy -- Paul Broome -- DF -- 6 Galaxy -- Dan Popik -- GK -- 2 Galaxy -- Marcelo Saragosa -- MF -- 1 -- TI Galaxy -- Arturo Torres -- FW -- 2 MetroStars -- Pablo Brenes -- MF -- 1 -- TI MetroStars -- Sergio Galvan Rey -- FW -- 1 -- SI MetroStars -- Tim Regan -- DF -- 2 MetroStars -- Joselito Vaca -- MF -- 4 -- TI MetroStars -- Jonny Walker -- GK -- 2 MetroStars -- Zach Wells -- GK -- 1 MetroStars -- Craig Ziadie -- DF -- 4 Revolution -- Adin Brown -- GK -- 5 Revolution -- Joey Franchino -- M/D -- 7 Revolution -- Brian Kamler -- M/D -- 9 Revolution -- Steve Howey -- DF -- 1 -- SI Revolution -- Carlos Llamosa -- DF -- 8 Revolution -- Joe-Max Moore -- FW -- 6 Revolution -- Rusty Pierce -- DF -- 5 Earthquakes -- Jeff Agoos -- DF -- 9 Earthquakes -- Chris Brown -- F/M -- 6 Earthquakes -- Jon Conway -- GK -- 5 Earthquakes -- Ronnie Ekelund -- MF -- 4 -- SI Earthquakes -- Wes Hart -- DF -- 5 Earthquakes -- Chris Roner -- MF -- 3 Earthquakes -- Jamil Walker -- FW -- 2 SI = Senior International; TI = Transitional International
Time to get this thing started: I'll be Chivas and select Jonny Walker with the first pick Metros pull back Zach Wells Go ahead, ReAL Salt Lake...
Chivas takes Dallas -- Oscar Pareja -- MF -- 7 Dallas pulls back Scott Garlick Chivas roster so far: G - Walker M - Pareja
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that I have a better chance of being selected in the Expansion Draft than Tony Meola does.
Real Salt lake, with their second overall pick chooses Midfielder Ronnie Ekelund from the SJ Earthquakes. SJ now protects Jeff Agoos Real Salt Lake: G-Tony Meola, M-Ronnie Ekelund next up. Chivas
Chivas will take Arturo Torres. Galaxy pull back Marcelo Saragosa. Chivas: Walker, Pareja, A. Torres.
well i am going to hog all the Real picks...so with that...Real Salt Lake with their third pick chooses midfielder Andy Williams fo the Chicago Fire. Chicago protects GK Henry Ring. Real Salt Lake - gk-Tony Meola, md-Ronnie Ekelund, md-Andy Williams
with the fourth pick, Real Salt Lake chooses defender Alex Zotinca of the Kansas City Wizards. Wizards protect Preki Real Salt Lake: gk Tony Meola, md-Ronnie Ekelund, md-Andy Williams, df-Alex Zotinca
Chivas in the 5th round select M - Joselito Vaca Metrostars protect Pablo Brenes Chivas roster Gk - Walker M - Pareja F - Torres D - Gomez M - Vaca
yes they do. they traded dallas a future consideration. so the technical mock draft roster for Real is Meola, Kreis, Williams, Ekelund, and Zotinca
RSL chooses Paul Broome - D RSL now has: G - Meola, F - Kreis M - Williams M - Ekelund D - Zotinca D - Broome D - Pierce Galaxy pulls back Popik
Chivas take Antonio De La Torre with 6th pick. Rapids pull back Powell? Chivas roster Gk - Walker M - Pareja F - Torres D - Gomez M - Vaca D - De La Torre
This is a good squad and all, but I think overall it's more expensive and older than they're really gonna go. Maybe they don't take a Meola and instead grab a cheaper guy, like a Ring, in the later rounds.