WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2011 - Designated player Branko Boskovic, veteran striker Santino Quaranta and defender Marc Burch, were some of the notable players D.C. United left unprotected for Wednesday’s 2011 Expansion Draft where the expansion Montreal Impact will select 10 players.
Montreal will unlikely take Boskovic because of his high salary. Quaranta is still young at 27 with ten years of experience in the league, while Burch, 27, could be a possible pick for the Impact.
Among the United players protected were Charlie Davies, Josh Wolff and Clyde Simms.
Each MLS club was able to protect 11 players from their 2011 roster. Generation adidas players and homegrown players were automatically protected. Clubs could only lose one player in the draft.
D.C. United unprotected players.
Barklage, Brandon
Boskovic, Branko
Brettschneider, Blake
Burch, Marc
Cronin, Steve
Da Luz, Austin
King, Stephen
McTavish, Devon
Morsink, Kurt
Ngwenya, Joseph
Quaranta, Santino
Zayner, Jed
D.C. United’s protected players.
Davies, Charlie
DeRosario, Dwayne
Jakovic, Dejan
Kitchen, Perry
Korb, Christopher
McDonald, Brandon
Pontius, Chris
Simms, Clyde
Willis, Joe
Wolff, Josh
Woolard, Daniel
D.C. United Homegrown Players
Hamid, Bill
Najar, Andy
Shanosky, Conner
White, Ethan
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