Ryan Johnston
Writes for SportsNet
Conventional playground wisdom says that those picked last generally deserve the dubious honour. However, what does conventional wisdom say about not being picked at all?
Exactly that happened to Toronto FC when its eight unprotected players went unnoticed to the Philadelphia Union at the MLS expansion draft. The first-year Union franchise didn’t want a single one of the TFC kids with two left feet.
I am being facetious, of course, because the theory springs a leak when you consider that the MLS Cup winning Real Salt Lake were another team overlooked by the fledgling Union club. As were Kansas City, FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamo.
While the disinterest in Reds players is not due to a lack of talent, it might be due to an abundance of dubious contracts.
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