I was surprised to see a few omissions from the draft eligible list.  This is a list that I saw that had a list of all of the players eligible to be drafted at the 2009 list.

It’s quite possible that the list that I have is wrong (for example, Keum Sung Kim is listed as attend Loyola – MARYLAND, close it’s the other one).

Additionally, it’s possible that some of these players have another year of eligibility.  One other possibility is that a player has told MLS is that he is not interested in playing MLS.  I’m sure that there are other reasons.

Here’s the list of the most surprising omissions:

  • Danny Irizarry (OSU) – A team mate of new Columbus coach, Robert Warzycha and a critical central midfielder for the team that went to the 2007 NCAA finals.  He was my 13th ranked player!
  • Craig Henderson (Dartmouth) – A New Zealand international and Olympian.  He was the engine for the Dartmouth Attack
  • Tim Gabel (OSU) – Does Columbus not like OSU?  Gabel is a rock at left back and may have been the key piece that lost the 2007 NCAA championship when he left injured.
  • Seth Sinovic (Creighton) – Originally scheduled to be at the combine, but suffered an injury.  Now not even on the list?  Doesn’t make sense.
  • Bright Dike (Notre Dame) – Since he didn’t play in 2007, he may have a year left of eligibility.  Big forward in a class that is missing forward depth.
  • Alen Husidic (UIC) – This surprised me, because I spoke to him at the combine (where he was watching his brother – and working the night spots, ahh to be young!).  He told me that he was already on the list.  Another source told me that 2 teams had requested that he be included.

It’s quite possible that this list is wrong.  We’ll know in a few hours!