MLS Expansion Draft Live Discussion Thread; Who Will The Montreal Impact Take?

by Geoff Gibson on Nov 23, 2011 11:50 AM PST

UPDATE: Expansion Draft is over. Picks are below. No Portland Timbers players were selected.

Welcome to the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft! We've covered the event quite extensively already here on Stumptown Footy, but now here's the real deal. Who will the Montreal Impact take? Could Ryan Pore be on his way out? No more need to speculate as the event kicks off.

I'll be following the event live and updating the thread here with the picks as they come in, as fast as I can. Otherwise please feel free to use this as the official discussion thread.

Montreal Impact's selections:

Other trades:

James Riley to Chivas USA for Justin Braun.
Tyson Wahl to Montreal for allocation money.

And that looks to be it! No Portland Timbers players were selected. I think we might still see a trade where Ryan Pore goes to Montreal but that'll come outside of the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft.

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Interested to see if anything happens to the Timbers roster today

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by almost awesome on Nov 23, 2011 11:56 AM PST reply actions

Wow

They Took Ching…… Interesting.

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by Ryan Gates on Nov 23, 2011 12:11 PM PST reply actions

Done and done.

Will Ching retire?

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by Kejsare on Nov 23, 2011 12:12 PM PST reply actions

Yes

I think he will

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by Ryan Gates on Nov 23, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions

If they spoke to him before about it though...

Why would they select him if he was considering retiring?

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by Geoff Gibson on Nov 23, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions

Kind of sounds like they want to trade him.

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by almost awesome on Nov 23, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions

Hold him hostage for some allocation cash or another player from Houston?

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by Kejsare on Nov 23, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions

Aside from Ching, who probably won't be there, seems like a pretty cheap group

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by almost awesome on Nov 23, 2011 12:27 PM PST reply actions

Not pretty cheap... really, really cheap

Cooper and Jewsbury close to making more than whole roster cheap. Neither one of them is making much more than NBA minimum either

by afs97209 on Nov 23, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions

It's not that bad

Valentin is expensive for what he is. Yes they went for an inexpensive expansion draft, but I wouldn’t say that means they are incredibly cheap (the rest of their record indicates that well enough)

Besides, I don’t recall the Timbers selecting a lot of expensive players last year, either. KG excepted.

Say what you want about America, thirteen bucks still gets you a hell of a lot of mice!

by No Pity on Nov 23, 2011 1:35 PM PST up reply actions

Cooper and Jewsbury together

barely add up to the NBA minimum!

by Disclaimer on Nov 23, 2011 7:33 PM PST up reply actions

My bet

is that they are going to sign a big name, like Anelka or maybe even N’Gog. I’m guessing that is why they are so cheep here… should be interesting…

by Sychael on Nov 23, 2011 2:01 PM PST up reply actions

Kind of a snoozer

Valentin and Ching picks are interesting. Riley to Chivas seems like an odd move. Otherwise, not much to talk about, eh?

I love Portland because everyone here takes things so seriously, sort of.

by yepyou'reright on Nov 23, 2011 12:46 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions

so.........

who are the Timbers getting from the Pore deal?

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by Sean in Vancouver on Nov 23, 2011 12:47 PM PST reply actions

The deal was to not have anyone picked.

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by Kejsare on Nov 23, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions

Ah, I thought I heard there may have been more involved like

They wouldn’t pick Timbers, then PDX would trade Pore for players and/or money.

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by Sean in Vancouver on Nov 23, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions

Timbers did give them an international slot for 2012 as well as loaning out Pore.

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by Kejsare on Nov 23, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions

Looks like nothing.

But we’re not losing anything more valuable than Pore. Pore didn’t play well enough here to have much MLS trade value.

by afs97209 on Nov 23, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions

I really did think he would end up with the Expos, though

One way or another.

The deal makes a lot more sense to me now though. It was just the international slot (not Pore) for no Timbers being picked—I felt that Pore himself, given his performance in Montreal, was worth that.

I wonder if MON is at all interested in having him around next year.

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by almost awesome on Nov 23, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions

Expos = Impact?

So what was the trade?

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by Sean in Vancouver on Nov 23, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions

We traded an international roster slot to not lose any Timbers in the draft

It had to do with the Ryan Pore loan. I thought it also had to do with Pore playing for them next year as well, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

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by almost awesome on Nov 23, 2011 1:01 PM PST up reply actions

interesting

I wonder if they had their eyes on a non-Pore Timber?

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by Sean in Vancouver on Nov 23, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions

Impact = Exposed as really cheap

Man… those guys are real cheap skates

by afs97209 on Nov 23, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions

zing

and good point, lol

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by Sean in Vancouver on Nov 23, 2011 1:04 PM PST up reply actions

At least they're not run by a Teachers' Union.

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by Kejsare on Nov 23, 2011 1:15 PM PST up reply actions

I seem to be in the minority

But I think Montreal took advantage of this draft pretty well. I might have picked up Convey, but he can be a pain, so I understand the rationale. If they can leverage Ching into a piece, this could be a great start for them.

Riley to Braun strikes me as a good deal, Braun is young and has a lot of talent. Riley is a good defender and a nice piece, but Braun is a better pick for the future.

Say what you want about America, thirteen bucks still gets you a hell of a lot of mice!

by No Pity on Nov 23, 2011 1:38 PM PST reply actions

Add one more to your minority

I think the overall success of the draft may hinge on what they get for Ching, but Justin Braun and Sanna Nyassi are both young and have a ton of talent. I like Justin Mapp a lot, too.

And I think they built a pretty solid and experienced defensive foundation with Gardner and Burling. The Timbers could have used that kind of experience from our defense, especially early in the season.

I’m a little surprised that they didn’t get a couple more midfielders, but they also look like they’re not done dealing.

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by Andrew Wheeler on Nov 23, 2011 1:53 PM PST up reply actions