by Mark St. Clair
last updated: November 24, 2008

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Calendar

MLS Cup - Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Trade day - Monday, November 24th, 2008
Protected Lists submitted to league - Monday, November 24th, 2008
Protected Lists published - Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Expansion Draft - Wednesday, November 26th, 2008, 1:00pm EST
MLS Superdraft - Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 - St Louis, MO (Seattle has #1 pick)*

*Dates estimated based on last year's schedule (unconfirmed)

Expansion Draft Rules

Based on last year, will be updated once MLS publishes 2008 rules.
  1. The draft will be 10 rounds
  2. Each of the 14 teams can protect 11 players, Senior and Development rosters,
  3. All Generation adidas players are exempt (protected beyond the 11 designated)
  4. At most, 1 International (of 3 or 4), or total minus 3 (if more that 4) can be left unprotected
  5. Each of the 14 teams can lose no more than 1 player (4 won't lose any)
For more info, see: MLS Expansion Draft Rules on mlsnet.com.
MLSnet.com list of available players: MLS releases list of players available in Wednesday's expansion draft 11.24.2008

Trades/Transactions

Monday: 11.24.2008 Adam Cristman from NER to KCW
Monday: 11.24.2008 Jovan Kirovski from SJE to LAG

Generation adidas - players having protection from expansion draft (incomplete list) Rumors:



Exposed Players List

Official List from MLSnet.com

Comments:

Players Drafted


MLSnet.com Draft Results

Seattle - picks Player, pos, status Former Team
1 Nate Jaqua, F HOU
2 Nathan Sturgis, D/M RSL
3 Jeff Parke, D NRB
4 Jarrod Smith , F TOR
5 Khano Smith, M NER
6 Peter Vagenas, M LAG
7 Tyson Wahl, D KCW
8 James Riley, D SJE
9 Stephen King, M CHI
10 Brad Evans, F CMB

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