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The 2011-12 offseason for Major League Soccer is underway today as the 19th club – the Montreal Impact – made their ten selections in the Expansion Draft. Below are the ten players selected: Brian Ching (Houston) Zarek Valentin (Chivas) Justin Mapp (Philadelphia) Bobby Burling (San Jose) Jed Brovsky (Vancouver) Collen Warner (Real Salt Lake) Josh…[continue reading]

I’ve already given a mock draft based on my predictions of each MLS club’s protection lists and now that the real lists are out we can get a better sense of who could be actually taken tomorrow. Every team released their protection lists yesterday evening – with a few surprises listed – Montreal should come…[continue reading]

I am a little late getting these posted but here they are, the complete protection/unprotected lists for each MLS club for tomorrow’s Expansion Draft with the Montreal Impact. Chicago Fire: Chivas USA Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew DC United FC Dallas Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union Portland Timbers…[continue reading]

Over the last few weeks I’ve gone through each of the 18 Major League Soccer clubs and put out the list of players I could see them protecting and not protecting. Many of you have emailed, tweeted, sent messages on Facebook to let me know you’ve enjoyed these lists and that you want a mock…[continue reading]

This is it – the final club in our Expansion Draft protection lists – the Los Angeles Galaxy. The Galaxy won this year’s Supporters’ Shield trophy for the best record in the league and now are 90 minutes away from winning another MLS Cup. To recap, I’ve already looked at the Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, the Colorado Rapids,…[continue reading]

Only two more teams to go in our look at each MLS club’s potential expansion draft lists. Today I start with the Eastern Conference champions, the Houston Dynamo. The Dynamo shocked a lot of people this season with their late fall surge in the playoffs. Now they are going for a third MLS Cup. After…[continue reading]

Starting the year with a 10 game road trip – and 11 of their first 12 games on the road – expectations weren’t high for Sporting Kansas City. The old Wizards turned into Sporting had a new look, name and stadium in 2011. As the year went on it was pretty clear that Sporting was…[continue reading]

Expectations were high going into 2011 for Real Salt Lake. The club was closing in on a historic CONCACAF Champions League win and everyone in the league was supporting their efforts. But injuries, suspensions and the gutting loss in the CCL final to Monterrey changed the course of the season for RSL. But they got…[continue reading]

It wasn’t the year that most had expected out of the New York Red Bulls. A fast started turned into a long summer drought followed by a late season push into the playoffs. Expectations were high and the team failed to reach them. With so much talent on the roster, protecting the main parts of…[continue reading]