
We know Steve Nicol stands to lose one quality player, who will it be? (Getty Images)
While the rest of the world is waiting for a couple World Cup qualifiers to finish up here we move forward here with our expansion draft coverage. Earlier in the day we discussed the LA Galaxy, now we take a gander at the New England Revolution.
| Protected | Available | Exempt |
| Kevin Alston | Chris Albright | Nico Colaluca |
| Darrius Barnes | Stephane Assengue | Amaechi Igwe |
| Kheli Dube | Gabriel Badilla | |
| Jay Heaps | Mauricio Castro | |
| Shalrie Joseph | Edgaras Jankauskas | |
| Jeff Larentowicz | Brad Knighton | |
| Kenny Mansally | Pat Phelan | |
| Sainey Nyassi | Matt Reis | |
| Emmanuel Osei | Bobby Shuttleworth | |
| Steve Ralston | Wells Thompson | |
| Taylor Twellman | Chris Tierney | |
| Michael Videira |
A fun one to watch here. I put Dube in over Reis just because of the age of Reis and his contract, similar to why Houston has always left Pat Onstad unprotected. Plus I look at their backup situation right now with Knighton and think that they are okay for the future. But I just don’t see Philly taking a keeper in the draft, they’ll trade for a good one if they don’t sign one or draft one in January.
I did go back and forth on Phelan because he is young and has the potential to be a real stud for this club if Larentowicz doesn’t re-sign with the team. I just don’t see them not protecting Larentowicz here though, in years past they’ve always protected out-going players like Michael Parkhurst and Clint Dempsey. Just makes sense.
See anyone I whiffed on here? Let’s here it.

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