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Major League Soccer held their annual drafts in January. First was the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. This featured most of the big names and held some surprises. Click here to see a complete list of who was drafted. After the four round SuperDraft, MLS held the backfilling Supplemental Draft. To be honest, I don't understand why there are two drafts, but MLS likes it that way and so be it. Here are the guys who were available in the Supplemental Draft. MLS hasn't released a list of the supplemental picks, so once the rosters are final we'll see who made it from this secondary draft.
Many of the players drafted will not make their MLS squads final rosters'. MLS has strict rules about roster sizes and there are only 28 roster positions available per team. Competition is tough for those spots so during spring training the players must prove their value. March 1, 2006 is the roster compliance deadline where teams have to fit inside the salary budget and within the roster size limits.
Draft picks are most likely fighting for a developmental roster spot. MLS splits teams into two roster categories; Senior and Developmental. The senior roster has 18 spots and the developmental 10. If you want to learn more specifics, check out the MLS rules and regs pages here.
We'll soon be able to look at who makes the cut and who doesn't.
edit: Thanks to a visitor I found the Supplemental Draft results on MLS' website. Here they are.
Many of the players drafted will not make their MLS squads final rosters'. MLS has strict rules about roster sizes and there are only 28 roster positions available per team. Competition is tough for those spots so during spring training the players must prove their value. March 1, 2006 is the roster compliance deadline where teams have to fit inside the salary budget and within the roster size limits.
Draft picks are most likely fighting for a developmental roster spot. MLS splits teams into two roster categories; Senior and Developmental. The senior roster has 18 spots and the developmental 10. If you want to learn more specifics, check out the MLS rules and regs pages here.
We'll soon be able to look at who makes the cut and who doesn't.
edit: Thanks to a visitor I found the Supplemental Draft results on MLS' website. Here they are.
posted by Bonji at
12:16 PM
2 Comments:
I agree that the draft picks are likely to be fighting for a dev spot. They don't count toward the cap that way. And I'm not sure how many draft picks the last couple of years have been put on the senoir roster straight up. I can't think of one off hand.
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Allen, at 12:51 PM
What_the_heck_2, thanks for the link but the whole thing didn't post. Maybe you can come back and give me some directions on the MLS website to find the list. I looked around and couldn't find it at first glance.
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Bonji, at 11:38 AM
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