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Rapids Announce Protected Player List for 2009 MLS Expansion Draft

November 23, 2009 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Colorado Rapids News Release


COMMERCE CITY, CO - The Colorado Rapids announced their list of 11 protected players for the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft, which takes place this Wednesday, November 25 at 11 a.m. MT.

With the Philadelphia Union, the league's 16th club, entering the league for next season, each team in MLS must make a certain amount of their players available for the draft.

Philadelphia may not claim more than one player from any given team in MLS, and will select 10 players, meaning that five teams will not have a player taken in the Expansion Draft.

COLORADO RAPIDS PROTECTED PLAYERS

Goalkeeper: Matt Pickens Defenders: Julien Baudet, Cory Gibbs, Kosuke Kimura, Drew Moor Midfielders: Colin Clark, Nick LaBrocca, Pablo Mastroeni, Jamie Smith Forwards: Conor Casey, Omar Cummings

In addition to this list, Rapids midfielder Ciaran O'Brien and defender Rob Valentino are automatically protected by the Rapids due to their Generation adidas status.

COLORADO RAPIDS PLAYERS AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION

Goalkeepers: Preston Burpo, Steward Ceus Defenders: Ty Harden, Jordan Harvey, Scott Palguta, Michael Holody Midfielders: Mehdi Ballouchy, Greg Dalby, Jacob Peterson Forwards: Facundo Diz, Pat Noonan, Ross Schunk

2009 MLS Expansion Draft Rules

Senior Roster

* Teams may protect 11 players between their Senior and their Developmental Roster.

* If the Player's contract expires at the end of 2009, he will still be considered part of the Team's Senior Roster.

* If a Team protects a player, it is not obligated to exercise the player's option.

It may renegotiate a new budget number for the player as in previous years.

* If a player retires, he will not be a part of the Senior Roster, but his Team will lose its right of first refusal to him should he ultimately decide to play.

Developmental Roster

* Players on a Team's Developmental Roster, other than Generation adidas players who have not been graduated at the end of the 2009 season and Home Grown Players, will be part of the expansion draft.

* Generation adidas players (who have not been graduated at the end of the 2009 season) and Home Grown players are automatically protected (teams do not have to use a protected slot on them)

* If Philadelphia selects a Developmental Player it must offer him a Senior Roster position and he must be on Philadelphia's Senior Roster as of Roster Compliance Date.

International Players

* Teams are restricted in the number of International player(s) that they may make available per the table set forth below.

* For purposes of this expansion process, for US-based teams, any non-domestic US player would count as an International and for Toronto FC, any non-domestic US player or non-domestic Canadian player would count as an International.

Designated Players

* Designated Players do not have to be protected unless the player has a no trade clause in which case he must be protected.

Maximum Player Loss

* Once a player has been claimed from a Team's non-protected roster, that team is eliminated from the expansion draft and may not lose any further players.

Right to Renegotiate

* Philadelphia will have the right to renegotiate a drafted player's salary (either up or down) without having to place such player on waivers or giving his previous Team a right of first refusal.

Priority

* On the first day of the Discovery/Allocation Period, Philadelphia will have priority over players who played professionally in the USL First or Second Division in 2009, subject to another MLS team's right of first refusal.

Rounds

* The expansion draft will be 10 rounds.

INTERNATIONAL PLAYER PROTECTION REQUIREMENT TABLE:

* Teams may make available a number of international players equal to their total number of international players minus 3, provided that if a team has 3 or less international players it may make available not more than 1.

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