SECAUCUS, NJ - Red Bull New York announced their protected roster for the upcoming MLS expansion draft, which will be held this Friday, November 17 at 1 p.m. ET. Toronto FC, the league's newest team that will begin play during the 2007 season, will not be able to select the following players:
Jon Conway, goalkeeper
Todd Dunivant, defender
Amado Guevara, midfielder
Elie Ikangu, midfielder
Dema Kovalenko, midfielder
Mike Magee, midfielder/forward
Carlos Mendes, defender
Jeff Parke, defender
Markus Schopp, midfielder
Seth Stammler, defender/midfielder
Marvell Wynne, defender
Each team is allowed to protect 11 players from their 28-man rosters. Generation adidas players, including New York's Josmer "Jozy" Altidore and David Arvizu, are automatically protected and exempt from selection. Coming into this year, Marvell Wynne was also a Generation adidas player but it was determined by the MLS Competition Committee that he graduated from the G.A. program due to the significant playing time he saw in the 2006 season.
Toronto FC will add 10 players to its roster, but may only choose one unprotected player from each team. The following New York players were left unprotected:
Michael Behonick, goalkeeper
Edson Buddle, forward
Blake Camp, midfielder
Peter Canero, defender/midfielder
Taylor Graham, defender
Chris Henderson, midfielder
Steve Jolley, defender
Shawn Kuykendall, midfielder
Jerrod Laventure, forward
Mark Lisi, midfielder
Tony Meola, goalkeeper
Danny O'Rourke, midfielder
Joe Vide, midfielder
John Wolyniec, forward
