WVHooligan - Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Another year has come and another Expansion draft has gone in Major League Soccer. No high profile names were taken, and not many players selected were expected to go. Only a couple that were taken most people figured would be selected by Philadelphia and Peter Nowak. While it wasn’t a roster that most expected it [...]
Champions League Tickets (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The Philadelphia Union selected the first 10 players in a league expansion draft yesterday. Highlighting Union head coach Peter Nowak’s 10 selections are MLS veterans Alejandro Moreno and Shavar Thomas, both of whom started 17 games for their respective clubs in 2009. Moreno, a Venezuelan international, just completed his eighth year in MLS, has scored 43 [...]
WVHooligan - Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The new kids of the block finally have some spots filled on their roster today as the 2009 Expansion Draft is complete with Philadelphia Union selecting their first 10 players. Some names won’t shock you while others may leave you guessing what Peter Nowak and company have up their sleeve. -Jordan Harvey – Colorado Rapids -Andrew Jacobson [...]
Down the Byline (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... would give them something to work with. His ability to play as a wide defender and centrally gives Peter Nowak the potential to play him as a left back in a 3 man system that he liked to use when he coached DC. We'll find out what happens soon, but I also wouldn't be surprised if the Wizards have already worked out some under the table deal with the Union on who to take, if anyone....
Soccer By Ives (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Photo by ISIphotos.com The Philadelphia Union will select its first set of players on Wednesday in the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft and while there is no guarantee that the ten players chosen will make Peter Nowak's team, it is a safe bet that several members of the group will make up a good nucleus for Major League Soccer's 16th team. There is plenty of big names for Nowak to choose...
