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The Protected: The 11 players each MLS team protected from expansion draft

Protected: David Beckham
Protected: David Beckham
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Today, each one of the 16 MLS teams submitted a list of the 11 players they chose to protect from the November 24 expansion drafts of Vancouver FC and Portland Timbers. Homegrown  and Generation adidas players are automatically protected outside of the chosen 11.

1. Real Salt Lake: Rimando, Wingert, Borchers, Beckerman, Olave, Morales, Saborio, Johnson, Espindola, Paulo, Beltran. Gil also protected as GenAd.

2. Houston Dynamo: Ching, Davis, Cameron, Palmer, Boswell, Clark, Chabala, Hainault, Serioux, Weaver, Hall

3. Columbus Crew:
William Hesmer, Danny O’Rourke, Andy Iro, Andres Mendoza, Eddie Gaven, Chad Marshall, Kevin Burns, Emmanuel Ekpo, Robbie Rogers, Emilio Renteria, Shaun Francis, Dilly Duka

4. Chicago Fire:
Mike Banner, Calen Carr, Wilman Conde, Baggio Husidic, Steven Kinney, Patrick Nyarko, Marco Pappa, Logan Pause, Bratislav Ristic, Gonzalo Segares, Kwame Watson-Siriboe

5. New England Revolution: Alston, Barnes, Joseph, Mansally, Nyassi, Osei, Perovic, Reis, Schilawski, Shuttleworth, Tierney. Fagundez (HG)

6. Philadelphia Union:
Califf, Carroll, Gonzalez, Harvey, Le Toux, Mapp, Nakazawa, Orozco Fiscal, Stahl, Torres, Williams,Generation adidas Players (exempt from selection): McInerney, Jack, Mwanga, Danny, Okugo, Amobi

7. LA Galaxy:
Beckham, Birchall, Buddle, DeLaGarza, Donovan, Dunivant, Franklin, Gonzalez, Juninho, Ricketts and Stephens.

8. Seattle Sounders: Keller, Riley, Parke, Hurtado, Evans, Fernandez, Zakuani, Alonso, Montero, Jaqua, Fucito

9. San Jose Earthquakes: Busch, Convey, Cronin, Gjertsen, Hernandez, Jasseh, McDonald, Opara, Sealy, Stephenson, Wondolowski

10. New York Red Bulls: Coundoul, Henry, Borman, Mendes, Albright, Ream, Lindpere, Marquez, Ballouchy, Richards Miller

11. Sporting Kansas City:
Davy Arnaud, Stephane Auvray, Matt Besler, Roger Espinoza, Michael Harrington, Jack Jewsbury, Kei Kamara, Jimmy Nielsen, Craig Rocastle, Ryan Smith, Graham Zusi EXEMPT? Teal Bunbury (Generation adidas) Jon Kempin (Homegrown Player)

12. Colorado Rapids:
Matt PickensDefenders: Kosuke Kimura, Drew Moor, Marvell WynneMidfielders: Jeff Larentowicz, Pablo Mastroeni, Brian Mullan, Jamie SmithForwards: Conor Casey, Omar Cummings, Macoumba Kandji. Davy Armstrong protected due to Homegrown Player status.

13. Chivas USA: Justin Braun, Yamith Cuesta, Dario Delgado, Jorge Flores, Ante Jazic, Michael Lahoud, Paulo Nagamura, Zach Thornton, Michael Umana, Ben Zemanski, Sal Zizzo; Bryan de la Fuente (Home Grown Player),  Blair Gavin (Generation adidas), Cesar Zamora (Home Grown Player)

14. DC United: D Dejan Jakovic, MF Branko Boskovic, MF-F Chris Pontius, D Marc Burch, D-MF Rodney Wallace, MF-F Santino Quaranta, MF Stephen King, MF-F Junior Carreiro, D Jed Zayner, MF Clyde Simms, D Julius James.

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LE Eisenmenger is a freelance writer covering MLS for Hong Kong Jockey Club, the U.S. National Teams and American pro soccer as the National Soccer Examiner, and the New England Revolution and local clubs as the Boston Pro Soccer Examiner. Her work also appears in SoccerLens, US Soccer Players,...

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