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The Fullback Files: United Autopsy 2009 | Part IV: The List is Life
The Fullback Files: United Autopsy 2009 | Part IV: The List is Life
Soccer By Ives: Expansion Draft rules set as Union prepare to build roster
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MLS: MLS sets 2010 Expansion Draft rules for Union: The League's 16th team, Philadelphia Union, will ta.. http://bit.ly/469t15 11/18/2009 |
United Autopsy 2009 | Part IV: The List is Life
The Fullback Files —
Rolling right along with our grisly task, it's now time to figure out who to protect from the expansion draft. "What part does this play in an autopsy?" I hear you ask. Well, the guys you protect are those valuable players at the core of the team you're looking to build around, right? So... Rules of the Road Goff outlined the draft rules ...
United Autopsy 2009 | Part IV: The List is Life
The Fullback Files —
Rolling right along with our grisly task, it's now time to figure out who to protect from the expansion draft. "What part does this play in an autopsy?" I hear you ask. Well, the guys you protect are those valuable players at the core of the team you're looking to build around, right? So... Rules of the Road Goff outlined the draft rules ...
Expansion Draft rules set as Union prepare to build roster
Soccer By Ives —
As the MLS season winds towards the end, the excitement continues to build in Philadelphia. On November 25, the Union will continue to take shape as the expansion draft takes place. The first players in Philadelphia Union history will come off the books of ten other clubs. MLS released the specific rules that the other MLS clubs must follow when they ...
Expansion Draft Rules Out
Hillcrest Road —
Yesterday, MLS released the rules for next week's expansion draft to help Philadelphia select their first 10 players. We must turn in our list of protected players Monday at 2 p.m. CT. Who do you think will make the list? Who would you protect? Last season we lost Tyson Wahl to Seattle. The list of all players we have lost in expansion drafts is shown below. Some key ...
A few things...
No Short Corners —
[image] Oh man, I twisted the holy hell out of my ankle last night. Came down from a jump halfway on someone else's foot in the last minute of the game. Suddenly, my four flights of stairs up aren't so charming... #1 - Landon Donovan is your MLS MVP . He also won Goal of the Year . Somehow, he was beaten out for Save of the Year by Pat Onstad . I demand a recount. #2 - Meanwhile, my MLS Team of the Season is up at S365. And I've broken rank with he masses; mine is in a 4-4-2 formation. Why? Simple. The 3-5-2 that the league and most everyone else uses strikes me as a cheat on defenders. And that ain't cool. #3 - As you might expect, ...
Take Me Out to the Playoffs – Final
Major League Soccer Talk —
The playoff numbers look like this…
5 year comparison
Quarterfinals Totals(both legs)
Avg
+/-
Teams
2005
13,273
NA
CHI, COL, DAL, DCU, LA, NE, RBNY, SJ ...
With MLS Cup over, here comes Expansion Draft
Soccer y Fútbol —
... Luis Landin, Wade Barrett? Landin is an easy choice because I doubt Philly will see much use in him (he's not the type of DP it needs) and he comes at a steep price. And drafting to trade? Forget about it. The team could go without protecting a keeper, but do you want to spend another offseason looking for a keeper of the future? I mean Hall is very good. Do the Dynamo leave Ricardo Clark unprotected and risk it? Should it do the same with Holden, then? Why Oduro? If I read the rules correctly , the Dynamo cannot make more than one of their three international players ...
Expansion Draft Protected Galaxy Players
LA Galaxy —
This post at Soccer By Ives has the rundown of protected players in the upcoming expansion draft. Some of the names are surprising. Expansion team Philadelphia Union can choose 10 of the unprotected players, but only one player from each team. The full rules are explained here.
The lists of Bruce Arena’s protected vs. unprotected players is telling. Who does he see starting next year? Who is irreplaceable?
The Galaxy’s protected players:
Beckham, David
Berhalter, Gregg
Birchall, Chris
Buddle, Edson
DeLagarza, AJ
Donovan, Landon
Franklin, Sean
Gonzalez, Omar
Kovalenko, ...
