86 Forever: From Anger To Satisfaction In The Span Of A Nap
Luckily, Massey works some odd hours and went to bed shortly after the draft.
Read Article >Black And Red United: A Coach Would Have Been Handy In Rodney Wallace Trade
On the merits of the trade, Black And Red United’s Martin Shatzer sees it as a pretty even deal.
But there’s another aspect of the deal that is bothering him.
Read Article >SB Nation Seattle: Not That Impressed With O’Brian White
White has not been great during parts of two seasons in MLS, but he hasn’t been totally terrible either. He’s scored four goals in about 1,500 minutes and is just 24 years old.
Considering the Sounders only had to give up an undisclosed amount of allocation money, the trade does not seem like a huge risk.
Read Article >The Daily Wiz: Jonathan Leathers’ Departure Opens Door For Shavar Thomas
That the only player the former Wizards lost was a backup defender that was not guaranteed to be a starter next year, came as quite a relief to the Daily Wiz’s Andy Edwards.
It has been speculated that Sporting KC is pursuing a European player and a centerback would potentially be a good fit.
Read Article >MLS Expansion Draft: Flurry Of Trades Follows
Let’s see if we can rundown what has happened in the past few hours since the end of the MLS Expansion Draft:
Assuming this doesn’t change in the next few minutes (and it probably will), the short version of what has happened is that the Timbers and Whitecaps drafted 20 players in the Expansion Draft, two of whom were always unlikely to play in MLS this year. Of those 20, seven have already been traded.
Read Article >MLS Expansion: Timbers Acquire Rodney Wallace, Draft Pick For Dax McCarty
The jewel of the Expansion Draft didn’t spend much time with his new team.
Within hours of making Dax McCarty the first overall pick, the Timbers sent him and allocation money to DC United in exchange for 22-year-old defender Rodney Wallace and the second of their two fourth-round picks in the upcoming SuperDraft.
Read Article >MLS Expansion Draft, Analysis: Whitecaps Showed Greater Willingness To Spend
Two decidedly different strategies for building a team were on display during Tuesday’s MLS Expansion Draft.
The Timbers opted to draft significantly less experienced players, perhaps with great upside potential, while the Whitecaps went with a decidedly more grizzled (and well compensated) group of players.
Read Article >MLS Expansion Draft: Timbers Go With Defense, Whitecaps Focus On Midfield
Summary of selected players
Read Article >MLS Expansion Draft: Timbers Go After U.S. Internationals
No. 9 (Timbers): David Horst. A central defender who has only played a total of three games during the past three seasons, including none during the regular season last year. Real Salt Lake protects Collen Warner.
No. 10 (Whitecaps): Alan Gordon. The Chivas USA forward has had some reasonable level of success, scoring 17 goals in the past five seasons. Mariano Trujillo was pulled back by Chivas USA.
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