Since Freddie Ljungberg certainly counts as Seattle’s designated player and goalkeeper Kasey Keller was probably signed for around the 200K mark, the Sounders have about 1,800,000 to spend on an opening day roster.The following is an assembled starting 11 that would be both economical and competitive. I'm not thrilled with Eddie Gaven (despite his recent resurgence with the MLS champions), but beggars can't be choosers. So I splurged on Rohan Ricketts. Don't you want 50 Cent sportin' a Sounders kit at his next concert? I’d like to put the rest on a gift certificate, Mr. Sajak.
GOALKEEPER
K. Keller (?)
DEFENDERS
C. Waibel (70K), I. Joy (120K), P. Ianni (108K), W. Barrett (149K)
MIDFIELDERS
R. Ricketts (213K), N. Grabavoy (90K), T. Cooke (173K), C. Ashe (33K)
FORWARDS
F. Ljungberg (?), E. Gaven (165K)
Note: 2008 salary in parenthesis
Wait - you took 4 players from Houston. Seattle can only take one per team. Not sure if you were saying who you would pick if you were Seattle, or who the best 11 were, if there were not rules.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest I didn't look at the rules. You could only take one per team? That's idiotic. They are either unprotected or they're not. But thanks for the addendum. I think they determine rules by pulling idea out of a hat. A really stupid looking hat.
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