Expansion Draft List: Seattle Sounders FC

You totally missed somebody. Jeff Parke. Seattle still owns his rights, hes from Philly, he didn't play with Seattle despite being selected in the expansion draft last year. We refused to pay him what he thought he deserved after he failed to get a contract in Europe due to doping concerns (it was over 200,000 and he made his demands AFTER we had Hurtado and Marshall) Philly will probably want his rights, remember he was the leader of the last strong defense RBNY ever had. I bet we will make a deal with Philly over him, kind of like the deal we made with Houston for Jaqua last year.

I can't imagine Seattle will protect Nyassi over Jaqua. Probably not even over Marshall, who just turned 35. If the decision were made not to protect Jaqua and Marshall, I think Seattle would be more likely to protect Roger Levesque than Sanna, since Roger has proven that he can perform under pressure.

Also curious why you think Zakuani won't graduate from GA this year? Seattle fans would be thrilled if he didn't, but he's had a LOT of playing time this year, and from what I can see that seems to be the major factor they consider.

James Riley to Philly!! Before it is all said and done he will have played for every team in MLS.

Pretty much what I thought – obviously switch Zakuani for Nyassi if Steve graduates before the draft. If FL10 is indeed protected, we should protect Jaqua. Nyassi has pace, but he is still raw. Jaqua isn't getting any better, but we are already thin at FW.

Marshall doesn't have too many years left – Ianni is much cheaper and played a very strong game vs. Houston. Riley improved over the course of the year and except for a knack for red cards, he's been solid. Vagenas & Sturgis (especially) have ridiculous contracts, so they aren't going anywhere. Wahl is apparently not under contract – I could see him getting taken since he was starting until Leo arrived.

back to the Jeff Parke possibility, we don't necessarily need to have him on our roster to use the fact that we have his rights. Maybe Philadelphia won't pick one of our players (5 teams wont have a player taken) because they make an agreement with the Sounders to release his rights to them, sort of like a trade. Remember Jeff Parke is a player that was about to graduate MLS and go to Europe until the whole drug test failure. Just hypothesizing.