Don Garber gave a couple interviews in Seattle the last couple of days, mostly in reaction to the shitty NYT article that came out about MLS Supporters. He did mention that Minnesota is a likely 2017 expansion candidate with Atlanta.
I know that MLS floated the idea of getting rid of the expansion draft and giving new teams more allocation money to fund signings, but nothing has been confirmed. Lets say the expansion rules are the same, who would you protect?
Not Draft Eligible:
I know that MLS floated the idea of getting rid of the expansion draft and giving new teams more allocation money to fund signings, but nothing has been confirmed. Lets say the expansion rules are the same, who would you protect?
- Teams get to protect 11 players on the Senior and Supplemental Roster
- Player whose contracts expire at the end of the season, are still considered to be on the roster. Because of MLS BS, Lampard is the only player we know is expiring. Villa and Pirlo have contracts that run through 2017.
- Generation Adidas players are automatically protected. Teams don't have to use one of their protection slots. This means that Jack Harrison is not eligible
- DPs are not automatically protected.
- Needs to make a minimum of 3 international players available for the draft. Must have at least 3 on the protection list.
- Once a team has one player drafted,team can add a player to the protection list.
Not Draft Eligible:
- Harrison (Generation Adidas)
- Bravo (Loan)
- Mendoza (Loan/Probably Gone Anyway)
- Gomez (Loan)
- Brillant
- Chanot
- Iraola
- Johansen
- Lampard
- Martinez
- Matarrita
- Mena
- Pirlo
- Villa
- Allen
- Ballouchy
- Brandt
- Diskerud
- Hernandez
- Lopez
- McNamara
- Mullins
- Rawls
- Saunders
- Shelton
- Taylor
- White
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