Comments about ‘Real Salt Lake announces 11 protected players’

Who says the off season is boring? I am not surprised by who is on the list. It is a nice problem to have so many good players that you can't protect them all. Maybe Seattle will take Horst. Thanks for posting this so quickly.

i like the players that are protected but certainly there is a risk that rimando could be picked up as a very dependable back up to keller in seattle. also a vet like andy williams could be a good addition for seattle but hopefully the fact that he is older will keep seattle from taking him. i wouldn't be surprised to see the sounders take deuchar making him a good striking partner up top with freddie lundjberg.

what about ian joy? he would be one of the unprotected players as well.

Seattle doesn't need Rimando, they already signed a goaltender so he's safe. I don't think they would want Williams because of his family situation and national team responsibilities. So I think they should get Mathis. They need veteran (ha ha) leadership (ha ha). RSL, just do anything to get Mathis out of here and give his minutes to Espindola or Russell...please!

My only knock on protecting sturgis is the kid seems to be made of glass. When he is healthy, he is outstanding

We didnt put mathis on the protected players list.. Whew i was thinking they would. Well thanks for all the great years you have given us andy! And its about time cutler got released.

francesco, Seattle can't afford a backup GK that makes what Rimando makes. He costs about twice what a backup GK should cost. So if Seattle takes Rimando, it won't be with the intent of keeping him.

But Hater, they may still take Rimando to use as trade bait.

But I agree - I'm pleasantly surprised that RSL didn't protect Mathis.

Agreed williams is gone. I bet deuchar will get picked up as well. No rimando on the protected players list? Wow thats surprising!

The official team blog has rimando protected and sturgis left off the protected list. Which is correct? The team blog also reported that joy, tennelle, reiman, reynish, and nunez were also unprotected.

why we left Deuchar unprotected? Why not Wingert? He wasn't that good. Oh well I'm praying Seattle takes Dema for us. Please Seattle, do us a solid and take Dema. I wouldn't be upset if they took Rimando. I doubt we would trade for him. I think next year they'll finally go to Seitz.

I've been wondering about this since our loss. I'm excited the only person I wonder why we didn't protect is Dr Goals? Oh well

It is simple Dr. Goals never played and Wingert did!!!

RSL did a great job selecting. Every possible person Seattle could take will either not have been a starter or there is a great back up to take his place. Rimando leaves Sietz is there. Mathis, well should I even put that one down. Andy Williams not even a starter but Sturgis could fill in nicely for him to come off of the bench. Dr Goals with Espindola back wouldn't play much anyway. On and on down the list. I would really like to see Williams and Rimando stick around but if they take one of those guys we'll just have to do with out.

I would have liked to see Rimando protected. He has played really well for Real and I think deserves to stay (even though Seitz is the future).

Rimando is now protected. Mr. Glass Hamstrings is no longer protected. I like that better.

I like Rimando but as long as he's here Seitz will continue to sit. I thought we were going for a long term plan and long term Rimando isn't the answer. He is like when NFL teams have Jeff Garcia or Kurt Warner as their starter. Yeah they do a good job but at what cost. Seitz will be a lot better

Good choices on the protected list. I really like Dr. Goal, but he fits in another sytem where they will utilize his ability to win in the air. Dr. Goal did more than any realizes though. As for Mathis, I think he worked very hard and did make a difference on the pitch. I would, however, take Espindola over Mathis. Can't wait for next season. I hope Any Williams comes back.

aren't you scared of losing williams!?
i love him. i have much much respect for him.

I'm nervous about losing Sturgis. I know he's fragile, but when healthy he's a steady starter. I would have rather left Rimando unprotected, giving Seitz a chance to step in. I'd also hate to see Williams go. Hopefully they take Dr. No Goals.

seattle has any brains they take andy. I'm super bummed Kreis thinks better of wingert than williams. Hopefully they pick up Mathis or Kovalenko cause I'm pretty sure they can only take one player from each team. If seattle takes anyone from our team over williams they are up in the night...

If they do take him, I'm going to be really dissappointed, he was one of the funnest players on the team to watch, Javi is going to miss having his creativity and ball skills on the field to partner with.