expansion draft Stories - Ridiculous Upside
Revs Were No Threat In Expansion Draft
"Revs Come Away Unscathed" read the headline at revolutionsoccer.net. Jeff Lemieux, the man who runs the official team blog, wrote that the lack of excitement and activity in New England related to the Expansion Draft was a good thing. At the end of the day, the fact remained that for the first...
Preparing for the Expansion Draft
With the MLS play-off semi finals being concluded tonight, that means we are a scant ten days away from the expansion draft. For those unfamiliar with the draft itself, it's basically a system whereby teams can "steal" players from other teams. Each club is allowed to protect 11 of their players...
Expansion Draft Kicks off in an Hour
I know I said I'd put together a revised list of players I feel like we should take in the Expansion Draft, but I just never really found the time, unfortunately. The good news is that the real Expansion Draft is a mere hour away. You can follow it live on the Portland Timbers website, or you can...
Timbers and Whitecaps Expansion Draft Picks
Alrighty guys, today is the day we find out exactly who our expansion draft picks will be. As many of you know, I participated in SB Nation's draft of which many of my initial picks were already ruled out by the official list of protected players.Stay tuned as I'll be updating this post live with...
Reset Button: The 2002 Expansion Draft
As we reach into the aether that is the NFL Dead Zone, it's been brought to my attention that we actually have to come up with posts anyway. That Tim is a real stickler sometimes. So what better place to start than with the absolute start of franchise history? It was a chilly February day as the...
Sounders FC and MLS Primer
Seattle Sounders FC and our great Puget Sound are joining Major League Soccer. There are some unique rules and regulations that both make MLS uniquiely American, and yet in ways still keeps to its European roots. I intend this peice to be an introduction to the league, its unique rules, its teams...
Missing Elements in Expansion Draft Reaction - update
But are we missing something? Sure it is generally a slow news week for MLS and so the Expansion Draft was THE story around MLS. For Seattle it caused a flood of blog entries, news reports and fan reaction when most should have been concentrating on cooking and family - it was Thanksgiving Eve. ...
Draft Reaction is forthcoming
Having the Expansion Draft the day before Thanksgiving means that I have other priorities. So when that whole cooking/cleaning thing is done I plan on bit on Draft reaction concentrating on a few things - salary cap impact - lack of competitiveness from most guys in year one - what is left for...
Expansion Draft Concept - Major Update SIGI!
I had to go to dinner last night and so didn't really finish. So here's an update to my draft concept, but also some major news by way of Ives. "Seattle Sounders FC Closing in on Schmid" That would be Sigi, easily one of the two best coaches in the league's short history. Ives also says that one of...
Houston GM on Expansion Draft (Jaqua &/or Waibel)
In the following podcast (segment 3) the Houston GM admits that Jaqua has talked to him about being left available for the Expansion Draft, but says no final decision has been made. On Waibel he says that Craig hasn't expressed a desire to move at his age. One of the hosts joked that its up to Mrs...
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