2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft Players/Salaries - Who Would You Pick?
by Martin Shatzer on Nov 30, 2011 9:46 PM EST
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The first round of the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft is this coming Monday Dec. 5, and it appears that the teams around the league are actually starting to get the hang of thi thing.
The RED originated at the conclusion of the 2010 season, but most teams that year were afraid to get their collective feet wet. That doesn't appear to be true this year, as several teams are using the RED as an opportunity to clean house, and begin to rehabilitate their rosters. DC United is one of them. And just as we're seeing far more players eligible for the RED this season, I think we'll also see far more players selected.
Last year, United picked Joseph Ngwenya and Josh Wolff via the RED process. So they were one for two. Perhaps this year, with more options to choose from, the team can do better than 50%.
Below the jump is the full list of players who are eligible for the first round of the Re-Entry Draft and their corresponding salaries (thanks to reader @heypatpat). United has the sixth overall pick.
Chicago- Jon Conway GK $210,000
Chicago - Alec Dufty GK $32,600
Chicago - Baggio Husidic M $124,500
Chivas USA - Andrew Boyens D $210,000
Chivas USA - Chukwudi Chijindu M/F $210,000
Chivas USA - Simon Elliot M $79,000
Chivas USA - Ante Jazic D $123,500
Chivas USA - Zach Thornton GK $162,500
Chivas USA - Mariano Trujillo M $99,225
Colorado - Mike Holody D $32,604
Columbus - Kevin Burns M $210,000
Columbus - Jeff Cunningham F $89,188
D.C. United - Brandon Barklage M $43,567
D.C. United - Marc Burch D $210,000
D.C. United - Steve Cronin GK $72,000
D.C. United - Devon McTavish D $50,000
D.C. United - Kurt Morsink M $63,500
D.C. United - Joseph Ngwenya F $156,000
D.C. United - Santino Quaranta M $117,500
D.C. United - Clyde Simms M $179,250
D.C. United - Jed Zayner D $70,375
FC Dallas - Maykel Galindo D $50,004
FC Dallas - Maicon Santos M $126,000
Houston - Bobby Boswell D $210,000
Houston - Hunter Freeman D $160,833
Houston - Jason Garey F $81,250
Houston - Eddie Robinson D $75,000
LA Galaxy - Adam Cristman M $42,000
LA Galaxy - Frankie Hejduk D $96,000
LA Galaxy - Dasan Robinson D $100,000
League Pool - Chris Sharpe GK $42,000
Monreal - Ryan Pore M $80,000
Montreal - Greg Sutton GK $80,100
New England - Ryan Cochrane D $210,000
New England - Kheli Dube F $99,000
New England - Pat Phelan M $60,000
New York - Chris Albright D $104,133
New York - Bouna Coundoul GK $210,000
New York - Carlos Mendes D $101,300
Philadelphia - Chase Harrison GK $80,590
Philadelphia - Stefani Miglioranzi M $153,125
Portland - Adin Brown GK $210,000
Portland - Rodrigo Lopez M $32,604
Portland - Peter Lowry M $61,667
RSL - Jean Alexandre M $42,000
RSL - Arturo Alvarez M/F $201,923
RSL - Blake Wagner M $42,000
RSL - Nelson Gonzales M/F $110,000
RSL - Rauwshan McKenzie D $42,000
RSL - Andy Williams M 14 $118,000
San Jose - Bobby Convey D/M $210,000
San Jose - Chris Leitch D $106,050
San Jose - Andre Luiz Moreira M $452,500
San Jose - Jacob Peterson M $150,775
San Jose - Scott Sealy F $157,000
San Jose - Andrew Weber GK $65,004
Seattle - Terry Boss GK $44,500
Seattle - Taylor Graham D $60,638
Seattle - Nate Jaqua F $140,004
Seattle - Pat Noonan F $48,000
SKC - Luke Sassano M $55,025
SKC - Shavar Thomas D $32,604
Toronto FC - Danleigh Borman D $42,000
Vancouver - Joe Cannon GK $210,000
Vancouver - Greg Janicki D $45,000
Vancouver - Jonathan Leathers D $42,000
Vancouver - Jay Nolly GK $65,000
Vancouver - John Thorrington M $207,200
Vancouver - Peter Vagenas M $48,000
So who on that list do you think might be worthy of selection? I'll give you my list of three guys I'd be interested in, and I'd love to read yours in the comments.
1. Pat Phelan - At a modest salary of $60,000, Phelan is worthy of a first round selection, and would fill the void left by the departing Simms quite nicely. Phelan isn't a guy that we'll want to see starting 20 games, but he should wind up ahead of The Standard on our depth chart, and should be able to capably step in for Perry Kitchen when the young defensive midfielder is away on Olympic duty.
2. Maicon Santos - He's scored goals everywhere he's been, and $126,000 isn't a bad price to pay for that. He's 27 years old, and the type of hard-working target forward that we could use. Like Phelan, I don't necessarily want Santos starting for us regularly, but he could provide coverage off the bench playing next to Dwayne De Rosario.
3. Danleigh Borman - In case you hadn't noticed a trend here already, I want Borman for depth. With United cutting a significant part of its 2011 bench, the Re-Entry Draft will be a good way to fill it back up. Without much starter quality talent available, the team should be looking for players who are good enough to make the 18-man roster, cheap enough to afford, and young enough to still have some upside. That's exactly what Borman could be for us.
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I'd like any of those three that you mentioned
I’m hoping we can bring back a lot of our guys that are on this list, but maybe I’m just being sentimental.
Leathers
you can’t get much cheaper than $42K and he has experience in the league and is quality enough to make the league minimum. Not exciting, but useful to have around.
Disagree, for 2 reasons
Leathers couldn’t hold down a starting job at right back on MLS’s worst team. More importantly, we already have Russell and Korb at right back, plus a couple of others that can play the role in a pinch.
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by ChestRockwell on Dec 1, 2011 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
No one over 100K, go get high quality/productivity elsewhere
Danleigh Borman D $42,000
Second round (if less money – much more effective version of Tino as supersub)
Andy Williams M 14 $118,000
Brandon Barklage M $43,567
Borman is a reasonable possibility
I think the question with him is about whether he falls to us. The only reason he’s leaving TFC is because they have Ashtone Morgan out of their Academy. Morgan already has caps for Canada at 19 years old. It’s not Borman’s fault that his position was taken by one of the best players an MLS academy has produced thus far.
Borman, like De Ro, has been under-appreciated by TFC and NYRB. I’m not sure if he’d oust Woolard, but at worst he’d be good depth for a low price at left back, and he can also play left midfield at a reasonable level. More to the point, his approach to that position is probably a better fit with our personnel and approach to attacking than Da Luz’s way of playing left midfield (he’d really benefit from us playing a narrower style that prizes possession).
Williams is a good player, but he has to be in the right set-up. Our high-speed attack wouldn’t suit him at all as a wide man, and if he were any better than our 3rd best central attacking midfielder, it would mean that Boskovic was a big disappointment.
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by ChestRockwell on Dec 1, 2011 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
Williams and DCU's midfield
I really wouldn’t see him as a starter but an experienced midfielder with technical skill that could come into games and either hold the ball calming things dones or sometimes spark an attack.
I hold no hope for Boskovic. I’ve seen him play but he really hasn’t contributed anything in the year and a half that he’s been here I just don’t see it happening. But I may be biased because of all the people that keep saying he’s going to be great are getting on my nerves.
Other side of the coin
There’s also no reason to think he won’t play well given that he was only truly fit for like 10 days during the entire time he was here. The 2010 team was broken beyond repair, too.
I think he’ll turn out well, but I’ll also admit that it’s no guarantee. Preseason will tell us a lot.
On Williams, I guess the main obstacle for me is that he’d probably be pretty expensive for a sub (and at his age). I think that if he’s going to take a pay cut from anyone, it would be for RSL, who looked after him during his wife’s illness and also is the first club that prized him rather than constantly looked to trade him.
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by ChestRockwell on Dec 1, 2011 6:22 PM EST up reply actions
Shavar Thomas
He would be an intriguing pick. He’s much cheaper than I remember him being a year ago. He’s a decent 3rd CB and would be a good mentor for Ethan White. I also like Phelan and Borman alot. Santos is okay, but my hunch is that Benny’s Europe scouting trip is geared towards getting a good forward as well.
Also, I’ve seen a couple of rumors around internet sites that DCU is interested in acquiring Kheli Dube from NE. Take it for what its worth(probably not much).
Thomas has had fitness issues in the past
The reason he’s so cheap now is because he was basically offered the choice between being out of MLS or taking the cheapest possible deal. He was 4th choice in KC, and also lost his position at Chivas behind some pretty mediocre competition (Yamith Cuesta, I believe, pushed him out of a starting job).
I’d rather take a center back out of the NASL or the draft.
On Dube, I haven’t seen those rumors. He does have a pretty decent history against us, but he is also as inconsistent and unreliable as any player in MLS. If we were to take him, it would have to be in the 2nd round, and he’d have to take a pay cut of like 25-33%.
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by ChestRockwell on Dec 1, 2011 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
I see......
Didn’t hear about that. The Dube rumors were from a couple of anonymous posters on the NE Bigsoccer boards, not exactly top sources. I would ignore the rumors for now, but if something more credible comes along I’ll pass the news along.
Shavar Thomas
Oops. Looks like the salary listed above is a mistake on this one. Shavar Thomas made $174,375 in 2011. So he’s not an option for DCU. That’s way too much.
The $32,604 is actually the salary for LA’s Ryan Thomas.
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by Martin Shatzer on Dec 5, 2011 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
Alexandre
If DCU doesn’t take Phelan or Maicon Santos, I’d take Jean Alexandre. Alexandre is a DM but can take a more attacking role if the midfield is in a pitch.
Too late
Alexandre just got traded to San Jose for a 2013 3rd round pick. RSL must want every pick in that particular round.
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by ChestRockwell on Dec 1, 2011 6:24 PM EST up reply actions
Here’s a far out crazy idea that I’d love to see the FO try out: take Bobby Boswell.
Burch had the same salary as Boswell, so why not?
Boswell
Would love to see Bos back with DCU. We’d have some real competition at center back (Jac, McD, White, Boz) Didn’t realize Burch was making that much— wow! Think this will be a shopping day for DCU
Not happening
He’s re-signed with the Dynamo – http://www.dynamotheory.com/2011/12/1/2604120/dynamo-re-sign-defender-bobby-boswell
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Interesting point
We’ve definitely been lacking on the facial hair front since Benny retired. He even started shaving more regularly…
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Winter beard was present at Maryland vs. West Virginia NCAA tournament game
Then again, that just means Benny hadn’t shaved since he left home like 30 minutes before he arrived in College Park.
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by ChestRockwell on Dec 1, 2011 2:37 PM EST up reply actions
I've just confirmed
That the trade with RSL contained a clause that Robbie Russell regrows his beard.
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by Martin Shatzer on Dec 1, 2011 5:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Let's hope Black (and Red) Santa gets us another trophy this year
We’ve been really good! Not on the field, necessarily, but in other ways.
dood you do not want ryan cochrane
stay far far away. avoid at all costs. dude is the plague. has no business playing in MLS. big part of the reason why the 08-09 quakes were horribad.
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by johnjahafanclub on Dec 3, 2011 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
santos
Very late to this, but that ‘hard working’ comment really caught my eye.
He’s not a bad player, has some skill, a he’ll of a shot, and scores some great goals. But hardworking he is not.
He’ll float through a game and have one or two moments of inspiration. If you’ve got room for that kind of guy, he can do it very well, if you’re looking for hard work, stay away.
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by Duncan Fletcher on Dec 2, 2011 2:02 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Andrew Weber
if you think Hamid might go to europe soon and want a really good backup keeper, weber is awesome. Only reason quakes are cutting him loose is we won the Bingham lottery. Weber could very easily start at the MLS level on a few teams right now.
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I'd probably take him over Willis
But I don’t believe that goalkeeping help is a priority in this draft.
Looking like only 5 reasonable options for the first round, and some are a stretch
1. Danleigh Borman
2. Pat Phelan
3. Pat Noonan
4. Maicon Santos
5. Peter Lowry
All the others are too costly for the first round or too old. I really hope DCU can get Borman or Phelan though, as they both could be cheap, good depth(particularly Borman).
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