MLS Expansion Draft
The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Monday its 11 protected players ahead of the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft. The selected players will be announced via livestream on www.MLSsoccer.com at approximately 2:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The Montreal Impact will select 10 players from MLS’ other 18 clubs. Montreal will select first in the MLS SuperDraft in Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 11:00 a.m. CT with the first round airing live on ESPN2.
Each club is required to protect 11 players. If a club has four or more foreign players, it is required to protect at least three. The Impact may not select two players from any one club. Second-year goalkeeper Sean Johnson graduated from the Generation adidas program. Below is the list of all 29 Fire players:
Protected (11):
Sean Johnson – GK
Cory Gibbs – DEF
Jalil Anibaba – DEF
Gonzalo Segares – DEF
Pavel Pardo – MID
Logan Pause – MID
Marco Pappa – MID
Sebastian Grazzini – MID
Patrick Nyarko - FWD
Dominic Oduro – FWD
Orr Barouch - FWD
Available for Selection (15):
Jon Conway – GK
Alec Dufty – GK
Yamith Cuesta – DEF
Dan Gargan - DEF
Steven Kinney - DEF
Josip Mikulic – DEF
Pari Pantazopoulos – DEF
Kwame Watson-Siriboe - DEF
Mike Banner – MID
Michael Videira – MID
Daniel Paladini – MID
Baggio Husidic – MID
Cristian Nazarit – FWD
Gabriel Ferrari – FWD
Diego Chaves – FWD
Players unavailable for selection due to Generation adidas/Home Grown status (3):
Corben Bone – MID
Kellen Gulley – FWD
Victor Pineda - MID
