I think Okoli could have been picked up by either team weeks ago if they wanted him.
Draft Thread (Expansion/Waiver/Re-Entry)
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I always liked Alan Gordon's time with San Jose. I was hoping we'd pick him up in our expansion draft.
Sorry. Must have overlooked it since I only trust lawyers with workarounds.I wonder who else could have said the same thing beforeJayH .....
There's the whole international spot issue though. ATL seems to have as big an appetite for foreign players as NYC does so a lot of theirs are already used up. I know the consensus on this board is the spots are cheap to buy but as demand goes up so will the price.
It is interesting to see the full extent of our Unprotected List. It includes guys we returned on loan, which presumably means one of the teams could pick first chance at returning the player to MLS. It also includes guys who we didn't extend.
Brandt, Connor
Bravo, Federico
Gomez, Shannon
Hernandez, Jason
Johansen, Eirik
Lampard, Frank
Martinez, Diego
Mena, Jefferson
Mendoza, Stiven
Rawls, Andre
Saunders, Josh
Taylor, Tony
White, Ethan
Brandt, Connor
Bravo, Federico
Gomez, Shannon
Hernandez, Jason
Johansen, Eirik
Lampard, Frank
Martinez, Diego
Mena, Jefferson
Mendoza, Stiven
Rawls, Andre
Saunders, Josh
Taylor, Tony
White, Ethan
I don't know how much that is "interesting" - meaning that we should read something into it about player/team rights, etc.
Vs. "interesting" - meaning NYCFC/MLS interns don't know the rules any better than we do.
NYCFC finessed the shit out of this. I am happy.
The only person on the unprotected list that I am worried about is Gomez. I think he has a lot of potential and at a bargain price. Then again, we hardly got a look at him (90 minutes of an underwhelming match) - which means that the scouts for Minnesota and ATL have probably seen less than what we have seen.
We could have already agreed with ATL to take a particular player as part of the SJ deal. Maybe not, but it's not out of the realm of possibility.
As has been pointed out, for those we don't extend, we still hold MLS rights. With the loans, etc., I'd guess it's more of the same plus something as simple as we still hold their certificates/registrations until the transfer windows open in the respective leagues.
The king of the passive-aggressive twitter needling.
Seriously... he's starting to piss me off. Does he really think we're all rooting for him and his contract/salary over the club and it's success? Get over yourself, Pantene.
I'm not rooting for anything but a solution. I expect he's not too thrilled by the situation. Even golden handcuffs are handcuffs.
You didn't advocate this, but just as a general rule, I can't raise my ire too much at someone exercising their contractual rights.
still not protected from himself, causing him not even make the 18
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