# 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft

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2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft General information Dates Stage 1: December 5, 2011 Stage 2: December 12, 2011 Overview League Major League Soccer Teams 19 ← 2010 2012 →

The two-stage **2011 [MLS Re-Entry Draft](/source/MLS_Re-Entry_Draft)** took place on December 5, 2011 (Stage 1) and December 12, 2011 (Stage 2). All 19 [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer) clubs participated.[1]

The Stage 1 and Stage 2 Drafts were conducted in the same order as the traditional Waiver Draft, with clubs choosing in reverse order of their [2011 Major League Soccer season](/source/2011_Major_League_Soccer_season) finish. Expansion side [Montreal Impact](/source/Montreal_Impact_(MLS)) selected 19th.

Teams were able to select players who fell under the following circumstances:

- Players who were at least 23 years old, had a minimum of three years of MLS experience, and whose options were not exercised by their clubs (available at option salary for 2012).

- Players who were at least 25 years old, had a minimum of four years of MLS experience, were out of contract, and whose club did not offer them a contract at their previous salary (available at 2011 salary).

- Players who were at least 30 years old, had a minimum of eight years of MLS experience, were out of contract, and whose club did not wish to re-sign them (available for at least 105 percent of their 2011 salary).

Players who were not selected in the Stage 1 draft were made available for the Stage 2 draft. Clubs that selected players in Stage 2 must negotiate a new salary with any player not under contract.

Teams also had the option of passing on their selection.

## Available players

Players were required to meet age and service requirements to participate as stipulated by the terms of the MLS Collective Bargaining Agreement. The list below includes all players identified by the league on November 30, 2011 as eligible for the Re-Entry Draft. On December 2, 2011 the league released an updated list, removing players who were traded, re-signed, or retired.[2] A handful of players who were not traded, re-signed, or retired were also removed from the list. These players are listed below as "Withdrew prior to draft", which was an option available to eligible players.

Player Position Released By Contract Status Re-Entry Draft Result Jon Conway GK Chicago Fire Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by Los Angeles Galaxy Alec Dufty GK Chicago Fire Option Declined Not selected Baggio Husidić M Chicago Fire Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by Colorado Rapids Andrew Boyens D Chivas USA Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by Los Angeles Galaxy Chukwudi Chijindu M/F Chivas USA Option Declined Not selected Simon Elliott M Chivas USA Out of Contract Not selected Ante Jazić D Chivas USA Option Declined Re-signed with Chivas USA prior to draft[3] Zach Thornton GK Chivas USA Option Declined Not selected Mariano Trujillo M Chivas USA Option Declined Not selected Michael Holody D Colorado Rapids Option Declined Not selected Kevin Burns M Columbus Crew Option Declined Not selected Jeff Cunningham F Columbus Crew Option Declined Not selected Brandon Barklage M D.C. United Option Declined Not selected Marc Burch D D.C. United Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by Seattle Sounders FC Steve Cronin GK D.C. United Option Declined Not selected Devon McTavish D D.C. United Option Declined Not selected Kurt Morsink M D.C. United Option Declined Withdrew prior to draft Joseph Ngwenya F D.C. United Option Declined Not selected Santino Quaranta M D.C. United Option Declined Retired prior to draft[4] Clyde Simms M D.C. United Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by New England Revolution Jed Zayner D D.C. United Option Declined Not selected Maykel Galindo F FC Dallas Option Declined Not selected Maicon Santos F FC Dallas Option Declined Not selected Bobby Boswell D Houston Dynamo Option Declined Re-signed with Houston prior to draft[5] Hunter Freeman D Houston Dynamo Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by Colorado Rapids Jason Garey F Houston Dynamo Option Declined Not selected Eddie Robinson D Houston Dynamo Option Declined Not selected Adam Cristman M Los Angeles Galaxy Option Declined Withdrew prior to draft Frankie Hejduk D Los Angeles Galaxy Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by Los Angeles Galaxy Dasan Robinson D Los Angeles Galaxy Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by Los Angeles Galaxy Chris Sharpe GK League Pool Goalkeeper Option Declined Withdrew prior to draft Ryan Pore M Montreal Impact Option Declined Not selected Greg Sutton GK Montreal Impact Option Declined Withdrew prior to draft; Re-signed with Montreal prior to Stage 2[6] Ryan Cochrane D New England Revolution Option Declined Not selected Kheli Dube F New England Revolution Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by Chicago Fire Pat Phelan M New England Revolution Option Declined Not selected Chris Albright D New York Red Bulls Option Declined Not selected Bouna Coundoul GK New York Red Bulls Option Declined Not selected Carlos Mendes D New York Red Bulls Option Declined Selected in Stage 1 by Columbus Crew Chase Harrison GK Philadelphia Union Option Declined Not selected Stefani Miglioranzi M Philadelphia Union Option Declined Not selected Adin Brown GK Portland Timbers Option Declined Not selected Rodrigo López M Portland Timbers Option Declined Not selected Peter Lowry M Portland Timbers Option Declined Not selected Jean Alexandre M Real Salt Lake Option Declined Traded to San Jose Earthquakes prior to draft[7] Arturo Alvarez M/F Real Salt Lake Out of Contract Selected in Stage 1 by Chivas USA Nelson González M/F Real Salt Lake Option Declined Not selected Rauwshan McKenzie D Real Salt Lake Option Declined Not selected Blake Wagner M Real Salt Lake Option Declined Not selected Andy Williams M Real Salt Lake Out of Contract Retired following Stage 1 of draft[8] Bobby Convey D/M San Jose Earthquakes Option Declined Traded to Sporting Kansas City prior to draft[9] Chris Leitch D San Jose Earthquakes Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by Los Angeles Galaxy André Luiz M San Jose Earthquakes Option Declined Not selected Jacob Peterson M San Jose Earthquakes Option Declined Not selected Scott Sealy F San Jose Earthquakes Option Declined Not selected Andrew Weber GK San Jose Earthquakes Option Declined Not selected Terry Boss GK Seattle Sounders FC Option Declined Retired prior to draft[10] Taylor Graham D Seattle Sounders FC Option Declined Retired prior to draft[11] Nate Jaqua F Seattle Sounders FC Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by New England Revolution Pat Noonan F Seattle Sounders FC Option Declined Selected in Stage 2 by Los Angeles Galaxy Luke Sassano M Sporting Kansas City Option Declined Withdrew prior to draft Shavar Thomas D Sporting Kansas City Option Declined Not selected Danleigh Borman D Toronto FC Out of Contract Selected in Stage 1 by New England Revolution Joe Cannon GK Vancouver Whitecaps FC Option Declined Re-signed with Vancouver prior to draft[12] Greg Janicki D Vancouver Whitecaps FC Option Declined Not selected Jonathan Leathers D Vancouver Whitecaps FC Out of Contract Not selected Jay Nolly GK Vancouver Whitecaps FC Option Declined Traded to Chicago Fire prior to draft[13] John Thorrington M Vancouver Whitecaps FC Option Declined Re-signed with Vancouver prior to draft[14] Peter Vagenas M Vancouver Whitecaps FC Option Declined Not selected

## Stage One

The first stage of the **2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft** took place on December 5, 2011. All 19 [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer) clubs participated.

### Round 1

Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC PASS 2 New England Revolution Danleigh Borman D Toronto FC 3 Toronto FC PASS 4 Chivas USA Arturo Alvarez M Real Salt Lake 5 San Jose Earthquakes PASS 6 D.C. United PASS 7 Portland Timbers PASS 8 Chicago Fire PASS 9 Columbus Crew Carlos Mendes D New York Red Bulls 10 FC Dallas PASS 11 New York Red Bulls PASS 12 Philadelphia Union PASS 13 Colorado Rapids PASS 14 Seattle Sounders FC PASS 15 Sporting Kansas City PASS 16 Real Salt Lake PASS 17 Houston Dynamo PASS 18 Los Angeles Galaxy PASS 19 Montreal Impact PASS

### Round 2

Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team 20 New England Revolution PASS 21 Chivas USA PASS 22 Columbus Crew PASS

## Stage Two

The second stage of the **2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft** took place on December 12, 2011. All 19 [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer) clubs participated.[15]

### Round 1

Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team 1 Seattle Sounders FC[R1 trade 1] Marc Burch D D.C. United 2 New England Revolution Nate Jaqua F Seattle Sounders FC 3 Toronto FC PASS 4 Chivas USA PASS 5 San Jose Earthquakes PASS 6 D.C. United PASS 7 Portland Timbers PASS 8 Chicago Fire Kheli Dube F New England Revolution 9 Columbus Crew PASS 10 FC Dallas PASS 11 New York Red Bulls PASS 12 Philadelphia Union PASS 13 Colorado Rapids Baggio Husidić M Chicago Fire 14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC[R1 trade 2] PASS 15 Sporting Kansas City PASS 16 Real Salt Lake PASS 17 Houston Dynamo PASS 18 Los Angeles Galaxy Andrew Boyens D Chivas USA 19 Montreal Impact PASS

#### Round 1 trades

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** **#1: Vancouver Whitecaps FC → Seattle Sounders FC**. 12 December 2011: [Seattle Sounders FC](/source/Seattle_Sounders_FC) acquired the #1 selection in Stage 2 of the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft from [Vancouver Whitecaps FC](/source/Vancouver_Whitecaps_FC) in exchange for a third-round selection in the [2014 MLS SuperDraft](/source/2014_MLS_SuperDraft) and the #14 selection in Stage 2 of the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft.[16] The traded SuperDraft pick is Seattle's natural selection. [ref 1]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** **#14: Seattle Sounders FC → Vancouver Whitecaps FC**. 12 December 2011: [Vancouver Whitecaps FC](/source/Vancouver_Whitecaps_FC) acquired the #14 selection in Stage 2 of the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft and a third-round selection in the [2014 MLS SuperDraft](/source/2014_MLS_SuperDraft) from [Seattle Sounders FC](/source/Seattle_Sounders_FC) in exchange for the #1 selection in Stage 2 of the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft.[17] The traded SuperDraft pick is Seattle's natural selection.[ref 1]

### Round 2

Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team 1 Seattle Sounders FC1 PASS 2 New England Revolution Clyde Simms M D.C. United 3 Chicago Fire PASS 4 Colorado Rapids Hunter Freeman D Houston Dynamo 5 Los Angeles Galaxy Chris Leitch D San Jose Earthquakes

### Round 3

Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team 1 New England Revolution PASS 2 Colorado Rapids PASS 3 Los Angeles Galaxy Pat Noonan F Seattle Sounders FC

### Round 4

Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team 1 Los Angeles Galaxy Jon Conway GK Chicago Fire

### Round 5

Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team 1 Los Angeles Galaxy PASS

After all clubs had passed on the remaining players, clubs were then allowed to draft their own former players. Los Angeles Galaxy selected defenders [Frankie Hejduk](/source/Frankie_Hejduk) and [Dasan Robinson](/source/Dasan_Robinson). No other club selected any of their own eligible players.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["MLS announces Re-Entry Draft set for Dec. 5 and 12 | MLSsoccer.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111022011052/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/10/20/mls-announces-re-entry-draft-set-dec-5-and-12). Archived from [the original](http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/10/20/mls-announces-re-entry-draft-set-dec-5-and-12) on October 22, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["MLS announces players available in Re-Entry Process | MLSsoccer.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111202215233/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/30/mls-announces-players-available-re-entry-process). Archived from [the original](http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/30/mls-announces-players-available-re-entry-process) on December 2, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Chivas USA re-sign veteran left back Jazic | MLSsoccer.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111204204555/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/12/02/chivas-usa-re-sign-veteran-left-back-jazic). Archived from [the original](http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/12/02/chivas-usa-re-sign-veteran-left-back-jazic) on December 4, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Santino Quaranta retires after 11 MLS seasons - The Washington Post"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/post/santino-quaranta-retires-after-11-mls-seasons/2011/12/04/gIQAjdOxSO_blog.html#pagebreak). *[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Dynamo re-sign defender Bobby Boswell | Houston Dynamo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140815204710/http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/12/dynamo-re-sign-defender-bobby-boswell). Archived from [the original](http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/12/dynamo-re-sign-defender-bobby-boswell) on August 15, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Goalkeeper Greg Sutton returns with the Impact | Montreal Impact"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150601120251/http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/news/2011/12/goalkeeper-greg-sutton-returns-impact). Archived from [the original](http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/news/2011/12/goalkeeper-greg-sutton-returns-impact) on June 1, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Quakes acquire RSL midfielder Jean Alexandre in trade | San Jose Earthquakes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111204041045/http://www.sjearthquakes.com/news/2011/12/quakes-acquire-rsl-midfielder-jean-alexandre-trade). Archived from [the original](http://www.sjearthquakes.com/news/2011/12/quakes-acquire-rsl-midfielder-jean-alexandre-trade) on December 4, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["RSL's Williams hangs 'em up after 14-year MLS career | MLSsoccer.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120108032400/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/12/05/rsls-williams-hangs-em-after-14-year-mls-career). Archived from [the original](http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/12/05/rsls-williams-hangs-em-after-14-year-mls-career) on January 8, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["SJ acquires international player slot for Convey | San Jose Earthquakes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111204053119/http://www.sjearthquakes.com/news/2011/12/sj-acquires-international-player-slot-convey). Archived from [the original](http://www.sjearthquakes.com/news/2011/12/sj-acquires-international-player-slot-convey) on December 4, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Goalkeeper Terry Boss Retires - Seattle Sounders Football Club"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111205004805/http://www.soundersfc.com/News/Articles/2011/12-December/Boss-Retires.aspx). Archived from [the original](http://www.soundersfc.com/News/Articles/2011/12-December/Boss-Retires.aspx) on December 5, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Defender Taylor Graham Retires - Seattle Sounders Football Club"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111205004810/http://www.soundersfc.com/News/Articles/2011/12-December/Graham-Retires.aspx). Archived from [the original](http://www.soundersfc.com/News/Articles/2011/12-December/Graham-Retires.aspx) on December 5, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["'Caps re-sign two | Vancouver Whitecaps FC"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120204002958/http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/caps-re-sign-two). Archived from [the original](http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/caps-re-sign-two) on February 4, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Jay Nolly traded to Chicago | Vancouver Whitecaps FC"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120203232705/http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/jay-nolly-traded-chicago). Archived from [the original](http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/jay-nolly-traded-chicago) on February 3, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["'Caps re-sign two | Vancouver Whitecaps FC"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120204002958/http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/caps-re-sign-two). Archived from [the original](http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/caps-re-sign-two) on February 4, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["2011 Re-Entry Stage 2 Draft | MLSsoccer.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120107203501/http://www.mlssoccer.com/re-entry/2011/stage2). Archived from [the original](http://www.mlssoccer.com/re-entry/2011/stage2) on January 7, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** [http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/whitecaps-fc-acquire-third-round-selection-2014-mls-superdraft](http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/whitecaps-fc-acquire-third-round-selection-2014-mls-superdraft) [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** [http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/whitecaps-fc-acquire-third-round-selection-2014-mls-superdraft](http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/whitecaps-fc-acquire-third-round-selection-2014-mls-superdraft) [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SEAVANtrade_17-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SEAVANtrade_17-1) ["Whitecaps FC acquire third-round selection in 2014 MLS SuperDraft"](http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2011/12/whitecaps-fc-acquire-third-round-selection-2014-mls-superdraft) (Press release). Whitecaps FC Media Relations. December 11, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

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