Photo: Sarah and Sean Baker

No, Not Santa.

Coach Piotr Nowak and the Philly Union powers-that-be, as they rub their hands with glee (?) while looking down the list of unprotected players around the league.

For those keeping score at home here is the list of our boys in Black and Red courtesy of Behind the Badge:

The Philadelphia Union will select ten players on Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET in the 2009 Expansion Draft. Teams are able to protect 11 players from being selected and can only lose one player in the draft. Here are the United players that cannot be selected by the Union on Wednesday:

• Marc Burch
• Fred
• Dejan Jakovic
• Julius James
• Jaime Moreno
• Bryan Namoff
• Chris Pontius
• Santino Quaranta
• Clyde Simms
• Danny Szetela
• Rodney Wallace

This leaves the following players EXPOSED (er, available for selection).

• Luciano Emilio
• Christian Gomez
• David Habarugira
• Andrew Jacobson
• Greg Janicki
• Avery John
• Boyzzz Khumalo
• Devon McTavish
• Ange N’Silu
• Ben Olsen
• Lawson Vaughn
• Josh Wicks
• Ely Allen
• Brandon Barklage
• John DiRaimondo
• Milos Kocic
• Tiyi Shipalane