Chivas USA Announces 11-Players Protected List

Published on November 21, 2011 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Club Deportivo Chivas USA News Release

CARSON, CA. (Monday, November 21, 2011) Chivas USA announced today the list of protected and unprotected players for the upcoming Major League Soccer Expansion Draft to take place this coming Wednesday, November 23rd. Results will be announced at 12:00 noon (Pacific Time).

The League's 19th expansion team that will join the MLS in 2012, the Montreal Impact, will have the option to select 10 players -no more than one player per team, from 10 teams around Major League Soccer.

Chivas USA-s protected 11-Man roster is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Dan Kennedy

Defenders: Heath Pearce, Michael Umaña

Midfielders: Jorge Flores, Ben Zemanski, Paulo Nagamura, Nick LaBrocca, Ryan Smith

Forwards: Juan Pablo Angel, Alejandro Moreno, Justin Braun

The following Chivas USA players are unprotected and Montreal Impact has the option to pick one:

Goalkeepers: Zach Thornton, Sergio Arias

Defenders: Mariano Trujillo, Zarek Valentin, Andew Boyens, Ante Jazic, David Junior Lopes

Midfielders: Chukwudi Chijindu, Laurent Courtois, Simon Elliot, Blair Gavin, Michael Lahoud, Gerson Mayen,

Forwards: Chris Cortez, Victor Estupiñán, Marcos Mondaini

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