As Ives reported Tuesday, there was indeed a salary increase clause in Marco Pappa's contract with MLS that would have made him much more expensive had he moved clubs. One has to wonder whether Frank Klopas had the foresight to make sure such a clause was included in the deal with the expansion draft in mind, or if it was simply standard MLS loan-deal boilerplate.

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Here's your weekly recap of former Wizards. I've removed former Wizards whose season is over (Pat Healy, AJ Godbolt, etc) as well as players who are not playing with the first team (Will John).

MLS
Nick Garcia - San Jose - Game against Houston was postponed due to Hurricane Ike
Scott Sealy - San Jose - Game against Houston was postponed due to Hurricane Ike
Jose Burciaga Jr. Click to continue reading...

New feature I'm going to try to do on Wednesdays now. I'm going to go through former Wizards and give an update on what each player in season has actually done with their new club.

MLS
Nick Garcia - San Jose - Played 81 minutes in San Jose's 1-1 draw wtih Houston
Scott Sealy - San Jose - Played the full 90 against Houston. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to FC Rocky for putting together all the gains and losses in players the Rapids have had the last couple of days. The 3rd was an MLS roster deadline so it was the usual time in the spring to cut players.

Yesterday, March 4th, the MLS held a waiver draft for those players that were cut. Brandon Prideaux was picked up by the Chicago Fire [Red Card on Prideaux, here]

Of note the Rapids also signed a Brazilian player they were pursuing.

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After today's waiver draft, there are no new additions to the Wizards roster. Only 3 players were taken in the draft, including former Wizard, Brandon Prideaux, who is going to Chicago. Ryan Raybould was not one of the other two taken. They were Jeff Curtin to DC and Kyle Brown to Houston. Click to continue reading...

The second waiver draft of the offseason is today at 2 pm local time. Soccer America has the list of players available in the draft, most of whom were salary cap casualties. Even though the Wizards are under the salary cap pretty safely right now, I don't see them going after any of those players, including Kyle Martino, Kelly Gray, and Celestine Babayaro, who the Galaxy just signed. Click to continue reading...

Here are rounds 7 & 8 of the Wizards fantasy draft.

Previous Rounds
1 & 2
3 & 4
5 & 6

7(1). Team Shook - Alexi Lalas - And with the the first pick in the seventh round, Team Shook selects Defender Alexi Lalas. Lalas played only one season for the Wizards, coming over in a 1999 trade from the Metrostars with Tony Meola. Click to continue reading...

Here are rounds 7 & 8 of the Wizards fantasy draft.

Previous Rounds
1 & 2
3 & 4
5 & 6

7(1). Team Shook - Alexi Lalas - And with the the first pick in the seventh round, Team Shook selects Defender Alexi Lalas. Lalas played only one season for the Wizards, coming over in a 1999 trade from the Metrostars with Tony Meola. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards will continue to work to fill out their roster for the upcoming year, with the supplement draft today. The Wizards have 4 picks, 11th, 25th, 39th, and 53rd. Last year the Wizards were able to get quality minutes from a player (Aaron Hohlbein) in the supplement draft for the first time since it was brought back in 2005. Click to continue reading...