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FCD Announces List of Players Available for 2007 MLS Expansion Draft

November 19, 2007 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


FRISCO, Texas (Monday, Nov. 19, 2007) - FC Dallas announced today the list of players that will be available for selection in the 2007 MLS Expansion Draft. The San Jose Earthquakes will return to MLS in 2008 as the League's 14th team and will begin to shape their roster on Wednesday, November 21 with the 10-round Expansion Draft (12 p.m. CT).

The 11 FC Dallas protected players are:

Goalkeeper: Ray Burse

Defender: Drew Moor, Adrian Serioux

Midfielders: Arturo Alvarez, Marcelo Saragosa, Pablo Ricchetti, Juan Toja, Dax McCarty

Forwards: Kenny Cooper, Carlos Ruiz, Ricardinho

San Jose may select a maximum of ONE player from each of the 13 MLS team's unprotected player list during the 10-round draft (three teams will not have a player selected). The following FCD players are available for selection:

Goalkeeper: Dario Sala

Defenders: Andrew Daniels, Michael Dello-Russo, Chris Gbandi, Clarence Goodson, Bobby Rhine, David Wagenfuhr, Alex Yi.

Midfielders: Sebastian Botero, Denilson, Sandy Gbandi, Scott Jones, Aaron Pitchkolan, Chase Wileman

Forwards: Roberto Mina, Dominic Oduro, Abe Thompson

Each team could only protect 11 players, and could only make one Senior International player available for the Expansion Draft. FCD protected Senior International's Ruiz (Guatemala), Saragosa (Brazil), Ricchetti (Argentina), and Serioux (Canada).

Forward Abdus Ibrahim, defender Blake Wagner, and midfielder Anthony Wallace are currently classified as Generation adidas players and thus not eligible to be selected. Midfielder Dax McCarty graduated from the program at the end of the 2007 season will count as Senior Roster players moving forward.

For the list of all available players from the other 12 teams, please visit www.mlsnet.com.

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