OTFATT 2009: Update #3

Previous Updates #1 4/12 68 players remaining #2 5/25 37 players remaining OTFATT is short for "On the field, all the time." In these updates throughout the season, I'll be keeping track of which MLS players have played every minute of every game (regular season only). That feat has been accomplished 35 times in 13 season by 28 different players. Click here for that list. 14 players have been eliminated since the last update, while two more teams have been wiped out completely. The CONCACAF Gold Cup should knock a few players off. Stuart Holden, Will Johnson, and Sharlie Joseph are supposed to be called up. Nick Garcia deserves special mention. He's listed under Toronto below, but in reality Adrian Serioux is their last player to play every minute for the club. Garcia was traded from San Jose to Toronto and has played every minute he's been available for both teams. He could follow in the footsteps of Scott Garlick (TB/COL) in 2000 and Chris Klein (RSL/LA) in 2007 by making it the whole year despite being traded. However, unlike Klein, he won't play more than the actual number of games in the regular season. Garcia could play only 29 in total, whereas Klein played 32 in a 30 game season. Garcia's actually a pretty good bet to last the year. I would put him and Jimmy Conrad as favorites among field players, with Jordan Harvey as a longshot pick. Among goalkeepers, you need to look for the guys with no-name backups. So Jon Busch, Joe Cannon, and Kevin Hartman stand out. EDIT: USA Gold Cup roster has been announced. Busch/Conrad/Heaps/Clark/Holden will all miss games. As always, keep an eye on the discipline situation, which will become a big factor as the season goes on. It hasn't been an issue yet though, but it will. There's no way that somebody like Bobby Boswell will get through the year without a couple more yellows and a suspension. Remaining Candidates (23) 2 CHI Busch, McBride 2 CHV Talley, Thornton 2 COL Clark, Harvey 2 DAL Ferreira, Moor 1 DC Namoff 4 HOU Boswell, Cameron, Holden, Onstad 2 KC Conrad, Hartman 1 LA Gonzalez 3 NE Barnes, Heaps, Joseph 1 RSL Johnson 1 SJ Cannon 2 TOR Serioux, Garcia Order of teams being totally wiped out, with last surviving player: 1. NY-Dane Richards (4/18) 2. CLB-Brian Carroll (5/27) 2. SEA-Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (6/14)