BRIDGEVIEW, IL - Major League Soccer's expansion draft for its thirteenth team, Toronto FC will take place this Friday, Nov. 17 at 12:00 p.m. CT with the Canadian club selecting 10 players. The results of the draft will be revealed on MLSnet.com following the draft on Friday.
Each MLS team was allowed to protect 11 players on its current 28-man roster (Senior and Developmental rosters combined). The Chicago Fire chose to protect a mixture of veteran and up-and-coming talent with its protected list, most notably team captain and "Fire Original" Chris Armas, 2006 MLS Best XI midfielder Justin Mapp and last season's leading scorer, forward Andy Herron. The following is the full list of the Fire's protected players:
Goalkeepers: Matt Pickens
Defenders: Jim Curtin, Dasan Robinson & Gonzalo Segares
Midfielders: Chris Armas, Thiago da Rosa Correa, Ivan Guerrero, Justin Mapp & Logan Pause
Forwards: Andy Herron & Chris Rolfe
** Forward Chad Barrett is protected automatically as a Generation adidas player
The following are the Fire's 19 unprotected players available for selection by Toronto FC in Friday's expansion draft:
Goalkeepers: David Mahoney & Zach Thornton
Defenders: C.J. Brown, Jeff Curtin, Leonard Griffin, Jared Montz, Jordan Russolillo, Tony Sanneh & Idris Ughiovhe
Midfielders: Pascal Bedrossian, Craig Capano, Floyd Franks, Diego Gutierrez, Ryan Johnson, Brian Plotkin, Adam Ruud & John Thorrington
Forwards: Calen Carr & Nate Jaqua
Following is the full list of unprotected players from all 12 MLS teams. For more information on this Friday's 2006 MLS Expansion Draft, please visit www.mlsnet.com.
Chicago Fire
Bedrossian, Pascal
Brown, C.J.
Capano, Craig
Carr, Calen
Curtin, Jeff
Franks, Floyd
Griffin, Leonard
Gutierrez, Diego
Jaqua, Nate
Johnson, Ryan
Mahoney, David (GK)
Montz, Jared
Plotkin, Brian
Russolillo, Jordan
Ruud, Adam
Sanneh, Tony
Thornton, Zach (GK)
Thorrington, John
Ughiovhe, Idris
Chivas USA
Arias, Esteban
Borja, Carlos
Burpo, Preston (GK)
Corona, Rene
Garcia, Johnny
Helm, Drew
Llamosa, Carlos
Lopez, Rodrigo
Morales, Jesus
Muñoz, Mike
O'Brien, John
Perez, Orlando
Regan, Tim
Robles, Eder
Sanchez, Estuardo
Taylor, Matt
Whitfield, Brent
Colorado Rapids
Clark, Colin
Crawford, Matt
Denton, Eric
Gargan, Dan
Gonzalez, Luchi
Gotsmanov, Sasha
Harvey, Jordan
Jordan, Matt (GK)
Keel, Stephen
King, Aaron
Kirovski, Jovan
Mathis, Clint
Nkong, Alain
Noel, Fabrice
Petke, Mike
Tarley, Melvin
Columbus Crew
Becerra, Ivan
Burch, Marc
Busch, Jon (GK)
Cameron, Knox
Coiner, Ryan
Gaudette, Bill (GK)
Hendrickson, Ezra
Kotschau, Ritchie
Leitch, Chris
Moss, Brandon
Palmer, Noah (GK)
Pierce, Rusty
Retiz, Jose
Rozental, Sebastian
Vasquez, Eric
Walker, Jonny (GK)
D.C. United
Carroll, Jeff
Deroux, Stephen
Donnet, Matias
Dyachenko, Rod
McIntosh, Ryan (GK)
McTavish, Devon
Mediate, Domenic
Metcalf, Andy
Moose, Justin
Nickell, Matthew
Prideaux, Brandon
Rimando, Nick (GK)
Simms, Clyde
Ssejjemba, Robert
Stokes, David
Walker, Jamil
Wilson, John
FC Dallas
Burse, Ray (GK)
Cassar, Jeff (GK)
Dello-Russo, Michael
Gbandi, Chris
Goodson, Clarence
Mina, Roberto
Moore, Justin
Oduro, Dominic
Pitchkolan, Aaron
Rhine, Bobby
Smith, Alex
Valakari, Simo
Vanney, Greg
Wagenfuhr, David
Yi, Alex
Houston Dynamo
Aloisi, Chris
Chabala, Mike
Goldthwaite, Kevin
Gray, Kelly
Holden, Stuart
Hutton, Martin
Lanes, Aaron
Moloi, Mpho
Nash, Julian
Serioux, Adrian
Storey, Marcus
Waibel, Craig
Wells, Zach (GK)
Wondolowski, Chris
Kansas City Wizards
Groenwald, Matt
Hesmer, Will (GK)
Kronberg, Eric (GK)
McMahen, Ryan
Oshoniyi, Bo (GK)
Raad, Sergei
Raybould, Ryan
Roberts, Brian
Shirley, Stephen
Van Den Bergh, Dave
Wahl, Tyson
Watson, Lance
Zotinca, Alex
Los Angeles Galaxy
Enfield, Michael
Gardner, Josh
Glinton, Gavin
Gonzalez, Guillermo
Gordon, Alan
Hansen, Joshua
Jones, Cobi
Martino, Kyle
Miglioranzi, Stefani
Nagamura, Paulo
Randolph, Michael
Saunders, Joshua (GK)
Veris, Kyle
New England Revolution
Abundis, Jose Manuel
Brown, Kyle
Cancela, Jose
Franchino, Joe
Galik, Jani
Gonzalez, Miguel
Haggerty, Patrick
Hernandez, Daniel
John, Avery
Larentowicz, Jeff
Leonard, Marshall
Oka, Arsene
Riley, James
Tomasso, T.J. (GK)
Warren, Doug (GK)
Williamson, Adam
Wynn, Danny
New York Red Bulls
Behonick, Michael (GK)
Buddle, Edson
Camp, Blake
Canero, Peter
Graham, Taylor
Henderson, Chris
Jolley, Steve
Kuykendall, Shawn
Laventure, Jerrod
Lisi, Mark
Meola, Tony (GK)
O'Rourke, Danny
Vide, Joseph
Wolyniec, John
Real Salt Lake
Acosta, Adam
Akwari, Nelson
Besagno, Jacob
Broome, Paul
Brown, Chris
Cutler, Kenny
Garlick, Scott (GK)
Gil, Brian
Harrison, Chase
Hashimoto, Duke
Kreis, Jason
Nolly, Jay (GK)
Novak, Kevin
Sequeira, Douglas
Trembly, Seth
Williams, Andy
Worthen, Joey
MLS Expansion Draft Rules
- Each team may protect 11 players from its 28-man roster (Senior and Developmental rosters combined).
- Generation adidas players are automatically protected. (Players in this category who are "graduated" to the Senior Roster at the end of the 2006 season are not automatically protected.)
- Teams may make available no more than one Senior International player.
- Toronto FC may select no more than one player from any given MLS team.
- Toronto FC will make a total of 10 selections.
- A player who retires will not be considered part of the Senior Roster and therefore is not eligible for the draft and does not need to be protected.
Toronto FC player classifications
- Domestic players - Canadian citizens or Canadian permanent residents
- International players
- Up to four Senior Internationals (non-domestic players who turn 25 years or older during the year).
- Up to three additional Senior Internationals who would qualify as Domestic players on a U.S.-based MLS team.
- Five Youth Internationals (up to 24 years old); two of these slots expire at the end of the team's 2008 season.
