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Recently you may have read Dynamo Theory's mock protected list for the upcoming Expansion Draft for New York City FC and Orlando City SC and you may have even commented on the selection choices or omissions. Well, the other MLS SB Nation blogs also created their own lists to take part in a greater mock draft to provide us with some insight to see who might go and who might stay because if anything is certain it's that we writers love to pretend to be the GMs. We're also often wrong in our choices as the differences in our Mock Dispersal Draft and the real thing plainly point out.
The two newest SB Nation sites Hudson River Blue (NYCFC) and The Mane Land (Orlando City SC) have made their choices for which players they would take in this draft and here they are with reasons for each selection:
Round/Team |
Player Taken |
Team Selected From |
1. Orlando City SC |
Nat Borchers |
|
1. New York City FC |
Peguy Luyindula |
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2. Orlando City |
Teal Bunbury |
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2. NYCFC |
Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi |
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3. Orlando City |
Davy Arnaud |
|
3. NYCFC |
Dylan Remick |
|
4. Orlando City |
Andy Gruenebaum |
|
4. NYCFC |
Benji Joya |
|
5. Orlando City |
Eddie Johnson |
D.C. United |
5. NYCFC |
Chris Seitz |
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6. Orlando City |
Brian Carroll |
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6. NYCFC |
Devon Sandoval |
Real Salt Lake |
7. Orlando City |
David Horst |
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7. NYCFC |
Chance Myers |
Sporting Kansas City |
8. Orlando City |
Marvell Wynne |
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8. NYCFC |
Danny Cruz |
Philadelphia Union |
9. Orlando City FC |
Danny O'Rourke |
|
9. NYCFC |
Patrick Mullins |
New England Revolution |
10. Orlando City |
Eric Gehrig |
|
10. NYCFC |
Servando Carrasco |
Houston Dynamo |
In this scenario the Dynamo would lose center back David Horst and midfielder Servando Carrasco. How do you feel about those potential losses?
While all of our protected lists are not to be taken too seriously, they weren't merely slapped together at the last minute and some thought went into protecting players (as I said, we like to play GM). The most talked about point for Dynamo Theory's list was the exclusion of forward Mark Sherrod who was left exposed to keep veteran defender/midfielder Corey Ashe. Some of the players that were selected are players that I would have protected (Borchers, Bunbury, and Myers for starters), but each blog had a reason that they might be able to justify as well or better than us leaving Sherrod off. Still, it's interesting to see the choices made and that the lowly Dynamo still lost the maximum two players in this draft.