The San Jose Earthquakes are not a very good team and their protected list for the upcoming expansion draft makes that much very clear. Yup, that's Alan Gordon on their protected list. I'm pretty sure there's a league rule that if you protect Alan Gordon you are banned from the playoffs, not that they actually have to enforce that rule.
MLS Expansion Draft 2011: San Jose Earthquakes Protected List
Interestingly, the Quakes chose to leave Anthony Ampaipitakwong unprotected. He struggled as a rookie, but was played out of position for much of the year and showed flashes when he got into his regular position. Ellis McLoughlin, a young player who looked good at times and is paid just $42,000 per year is also unprotected.
Protected List: Rafael Baca, Steve Beitashour, Jon Busch, Sam Cronin, Simon Dawkins, Alan Gordon, Jason Hernandez, Steven Lenhart, Justin Morrow, Khari Stephenson, Chris Wondolowski
Unprotected List: Anthony Ampaipitakwong, Nana Attakora-Gyan, Bobby Burling, Bobby Convey, Ramiro Corrales, Joseph Gjertsen, Maxwell Griffin, Chris Leitch, Matt Luzunaris, Ellis McLoughlin, Jacob Peterson, Brad Ring, Scott Sealy, Tim Ward, Andrew Weber
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