Whitecaps win expansion coin flip
Vancouver earn choice for expansion draft, SuperDraft
HOUSTON --The Vancouver Whitecaps won a coin toss Wednesday against the fellow 2011 expansion Portland Timbers, earning the right to pick first among eight different MLS player acquisition procedures.
The coin toss took place during MLS All-Star Game festivities in Houston. Timbers head coach and general manager Gavin Wilkinson and Whitecaps director of professional teams Greg Anderson will join MLS Executive Vice President Todd Durbin for the event.
On Aug. 11, the two clubs will then take turns picking among the eight player mechanisms below, with each team claiming the No. 1 ranking in the specific player acquisition method they select. Vancouver has until that date to decide if they wish to select in the MLS Expansion Draft or the MLS SuperDraft.
- First pick in the Expansion Draft
- First pick in the MLS SuperDraft
- USL Player Priority on opening of signing period
- Allocation Ranking
- Designated Player Ranking
- Discovery Ranking
- Lottery Ranking
- Waiver/Re-entry Draft Ranking
