Getting your player ready...
The Rapids announced their list of 11 protected players in advance of today’s MLS expansion draft, which will be held to stock new franchises in Portland and Vancouver. Colorado also traded two players to Seattle for midfielder Peter Vagenas, an 11-year MLS veteran.
TRADED
D Julien Baudet
D Danny Earls
PROTECTED
G Matt Pickens
D Kosuke Kimura
D Drew Moor
D Marvell Wynne
MF Jeff Larentowicz
MF Pablo Mastroeni
MF Brian Mullan
MF Jamie Smith
F Conor Casey
F Omar Cummings
F Macoumba Kandji
UNPROTECTED
G Steward Ceus
G Ian Joyce
D Anthony Wallace
D Scott Palguta
MF Wells Thompson
MF Ross LaBauex
MF Claudio Lopez
MF Ciaran O’Brien
MF Peter Vagenas
F Andre Akpan
F Quincy Amarikwa
F Ross Schunk
John Meyer, The Denver Post
