Could Bobby Convey be headed home to Philly? (Getty Images)
The speculation has begun for the Philadelphia Union and their expansion draft that takes place
tomorrow afternoon. The 15 clubs released their protected list last night and now the Union have a
full list of guys that they can get 10 players from.
The Philadelphia Union is just hours away from having its first set of players and Philly fans
will soon have names to put on the jerseys they are ordering in bunches.
We ran our SBI Mock Expansion Draft on Tuesday, but several readers have asked which ten
players I would take if I were running Philadelphia's expansion draft.
Who will Dallas protect this year? (Getty Images)
With the expansion draft being next week I have to pull in some two-a-days for my expansion
draft lists. Earlier today we looked at DC United's roster and who could be protected or not not
this afternoon I want to turn our attention to FC Dallas.
No Michael Chabala. No James Riley. No Amado Guevara. No Bobby Convey. No Matt Besler. No Anthony
Wallace. Did anybody predict this? The emphasis was on youth this time around and not one
Philly native made his way onto Coach Nowak's roster. Venezuelan international Alejandro
Moreno, hitherto in the services of the Columbus Crew, was one of few big names to make
Philly's list.
I've spent the last hour or so updating the Wikipedia page, so check that out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_MLS_Expansion_Draft
The MLS press release has some errors on the Generation Adidas graduates. However, it appears that
all of the following players have graduated:
Alston, Kevin
Beltran, Tony
Gonzalez, Omar
Hall, Jeremy
Igwe, Amaechi
Nyarko, Patrick
Seitz, Chris
Wallace, Anthony
Wallace, Rodney
Zakuani, Steve
Zayner, Jed
I've confirmed this based on protected lists and team press releases (all except for Zayner, who's
certainly not gonna get a 5th year).
The Philadelphia Union is just hours away from having its first set of players and Philly fans
will soon have names to put on the jerseys they are ordering in bunches.
We ran our SBI Mock Expansion Draft on Tuesday, but several readers have asked which ten
players I would take if I were running Philadelphia's expansion draft.
