Post by sounderfan1974 on Nov 9, 2022 7:53:14 GMT
Who from SEA would you include in the protected 12?
* Clubs can protect 12 players from their Senior and Supplemental rosters.
* If a player’s contract expires at the end of 2022, he will still be considered part of the club’s Roster.
* If a club protects a player, the club is not obligated to exercise the player’s option. The club may renegotiate a new contract with the player as in previous years, subject to the CBA.
* Option Decline Free Agents and Out of Contract Free Agents not automatically protected are eligible for selection.
* Generation adidas players who have not been graduated and Homegrown Players (players 25 years old and under in the year in which the Expansion Draft takes place) on a club’s Roster at the end of the 2022 MLS Season are automatically protected. Clubs do not have to use a protected slot on them.
* Designated Players and other discretionary players are NOT automatically protected (i.e., clubs must choose whether to protect such players and if such player is not protected, he will be available for selection in the Expansion Draft).
* If a player has a no-trade clause in his contract, his MLS club must protect him, and he will count as one of the 12 players who may be protected.
* If a player retires and is not part of the Expansion Draft, his club will lose its right of first refusal to him should he ultimately decide to re-enter the league.
* Clubs with four or more international players must protect at least three international players, excluding any automatically protected players. If a Club has only three international players, it must protect two. If a Club has only two international players, it must protect one. A Club that has only one international player is not required to protect that player.
Fun little poll over at S@H. Pick the 12 players you think the Sounders ought to protect. After you save your picks, it then shows a percentage of the vote of others.
