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2017 MLS Expansion Draft
General information
Date(s)December 12, 2017 [1]
Overview
Expansion teamLos Angeles FC
Expansion season2018
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The 2017 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Los Angeles FC held on December 12, 2017. Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on December 10, 2017.[2]

Format

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The rules for the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer.[3]

  • Existing teams are allowed to protect 11 players from their Senior, Supplemental and Reserve Roster. Generation Adidas players and Homegrown Players on supplemental rosters are automatically protected and exempt from the expansion draft. Though players who graduated from the Generation Adidas program to the senior roster at the end of the 2017 season are not exempt.
  • Only one player may be claimed from each club’s non-protected roster, that team is then eliminated from the expansion draft and not allowed to lose any further players.
  • The expansion draft will last 5 rounds totaling 5 players to be drafted.

Expansion Draft Picks

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Pick

MLS Team

Player

Previous Team

Trade Notes

1 Los Angeles FC Tyler Miller Seattle Sounders FC
2 Latif Blessing Sporting Kansas City
3 Marco Ureña (INTL) San Jose Earthquakes
4 Jukka Raitala (INTL) Columbus Crew SC Traded to Montreal Impact in exchange for Laurent Ciman.[4]
5 Raheem Edwards Toronto FC

Affected Post-Draft Trades

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  • This section will show any publicized details of trades made regarding players involved in the expansion draft.

Team-by-team-breakdown

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Legend
Selected by Los Angeles FC
(DP) - Designated Player
(FA) - Free agent
(GA) - Generation Adidas
(HGP) - Homegrown player
(INTL) - International player

Atlanta United FC

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As of December 10, 2017 [5]
Exposed Protected Exempt
Mikey Ambrose Miguel Almirón (DP) (INTL) Andrew Carleton (HGP)
Yamil Asad (INTL) Carlos Carmona (INTL) Chris Goslin (HGP)
Mark Bloom Greg Garza Miles Robinson (GA)
Bobby Boswell (FA) Leandro González Pírez (INTL)
Kevin Kratz Julian Gressel (INTL)
Jeff Larentowicz (FA) Brad Guzan
Zach Loyd (FA) Alec Kann
Chris McCann Josef Martínez (DP) (INTL)
Tyrone Mears Michael Parkhurst
Kévin Oliveira (INTL) Brandon Vazquez
Jeffrey Otoo (INTL) Héctor Villalba (DP) (INTL)
Tyler Pasher (INTL)
Jacob Peterson
Kyle Reynish (FA)
Anton Walkes (INTL)
Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu
Romario Williams (INTL)

Chicago Fire

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
David Arshakyan (INTL) David Accam (DP) Drew Conner (HGP)
Jorge Bava (INTL) Jonathan Campbell Collin Fernandez (HGP)
Brandt Bronico Johan Kappelhof (INTL) Djordje Mihailovic (HGP)
Stefan Cleveland Dax McCarty Patrick Doody (HGP)
Jorge Corrales Nemanja Nikolić (DP) (INTL) Joey Calistri (HGP)
Michael de Leeuw (INTL) Juninho
Christian Dean Matt Polster
Matej Dekovic (INTL) Richard Sánchez
John Goossens (INTL) Bastian Schweinsteiger (DP) (INTL)
Michael Harrington (FA) Luis Solignac (INTL)
Daniel Johnson Brandon Vincent
Matt Lampson
João Meira (INTL)

Colorado Rapids

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
John Berner Stefan Aigner (INTL) Caleb Calvert (HGP)
Bobby Burling (FA) Micheal Azira Kortne Ford (HGP)
Dennis Castillo (INTL) Dominique Badji (INTL) Dillon Serna (HGP)
Mike da Fonte Nana Boateng (INTL) Ricardo Perez (HGP)
Josh Gatt Shkëlzen Gashi (DP) (INTL) Kevin Doyle
Luis Gil Marlon Hairston
Alan Gordon (FA) Tim Howard (DP)
Sam Hamilton Zac MacMath
Mohammed Saeid (INTL) Eric Miller
Mekeil Williams (INTL) Axel Sjöberg
Jared Watts

Columbus Crew SC

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Waylon Francis Mohammed Abu (INTL) Alex Crognale (HGP)
Niko Hansen Lalas Abubakar (INTL) Ben Swanson (HGP)
Marshall Hollingsworth Harrison Afful
Adam Jahn Artur (INTL)
Hector Jiménez Federico Higuaín (DP)
Logan Ketterer Ola Kamara (INTL)
Connor Maloney Kekuta Manneh
Cristian Martínez (INTL) Pedro Santos (DP) (INTL)
Jonathan Mensah (DP) (INTL) Justin Meram
Abuchi Obinwa Zack Steffen
Jukka Raitala (INTL) Wil Trapp
Rodrigo Saravia (INTL)
Gastón Sauro
Brad Stuver
Josh Williams

D.C. United

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Deshorn Brown (INTL) Luciano Acosta (INTL) Chris Durkin (HGP)
Julian Büscher (INTL) Paul Arriola (DP) Ian Harkes (HGP)
Steve Clark Steve Birnbaum Jalen Robinson (HGP)
Sean Franklin (FA) Frédéric Brillant (INTL) Chris Rolfe
Bill Hamid Russell Canouse
Jared Jeffrey Nick DeLeon
Eric Klenofsky Taylor Kemp
Chris Korb Darren Mattocks
Bruno Miranda (INTL) Patrick Mullins
Patrick Nyarko (FA) Kofi Opare
Chris Odoi-Atsem Zoltán Stieber (INTL)
Lloyd Sam
Marcelo Sarvas
Rob Vincent
Travis Worra

FC Dallas

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Carlos Cermeño (INTL) Kellyn Acosta Coy Craft (HGP)
Aníbal Chalá (DP) (INTL) Tesho Akindele Jesse González (HGP)
Eduardo Cortes Michael Barrios (INTL) Bryan Reynolds (HGP)
Maynor Figueroa (INTL) Cristian Colmán (DP) (INTL) Paxton Pomykal (HGP)
Luis González (INTL) Mauro Díaz Aaron Guillen (HGP)
Hernán Grana (INTL) Carlos Gruezo (DP) (INTL) Jesús Ferreira (HGP)
Atiba Harris (FA) Jacori Hayes Reggie Cannon (HGP)
Walker Hume Matt Hedges Adonijah Reid (GA)
Roland Lamah (INTL) Ryan Hollingshead
Javier Morales (FA) Victor Ulloa
Chris Seitz (FA) Maxi Urruti

Houston Dynamo

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Eric Alexander (FA) Juan David Cabezas (INTL) Tyler Deric (HGP)
Arturo Álvarez Leonardo Memo Rodríguez (HGP)
Jalil Anibaba Alberth Elis (DP) (INTL) Christian Lucatero (HGP)
DaMarcus Beasley (FA) Adolfo Machado (INTL)
Boniek García Mauro Manotas
Calle Brown Tomás Martínez (DP) (INTL)
Ricardo Clark (FA) Romell Quioto (INTL)
A. J. DeLaGarza (FA) Dylan Remick
José Escalante (INTL) Erick Torres (DP)
Kevin Garcia Andrew Wenger
Joe Holland (INTL) Joe Willis
Taylor Hunter
George Malki
Alex
Vicente Sánchez
Philippe Senderos (INTL)
Charlie Ward (INTL)

LA Galaxy

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Michaël Ciani (INTL) Romain Alessandrini (DP) (INTL) Robbie Rogers
Bradley Diallo (INTL) João Pedro (INTL) Hugo Arellano (HGP)
Clément Diop Emmanuel Boateng Jose Villarreal (HGP)
Jermaine Jones Ashley Cole (INTL) Raúl Mendiola (HGP) (INTL)
Rafael Garcia Giovani dos Santos (DP) (INTL) Jaime Villarreal (HGP)
Jon Kempin Jonathan dos Santos (DP) (INTL) Nathan Smith (HGP)
Ariel Lassiter Baggio Hušidić Bradford Jamieson IV (HGP)
Jack McInerney Sebastian Lletget Jack McBean (HGP)
Brian Rowe David Romney
Pele van Anholt (INTL) Daniel Steres
Gyasi Zardes

Minnesota United FC

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Bernardo Añor Bobby Shuttleworth Abu Danladi (GA) (INTL)
Justin Davis Francisco Calvo (INTL) Collin Martin (HGP)
Thomas De Villardi Michael Boxall (INTL) Harrison Heath (HGP)
Vadim Demidov (INTL) Brent Kallman
Joe Greenspan Jérôme Thiesson (INTL)
Miguel Ibarra Marc Burch
Ismaila Jome Sam Cronin
Alex Kapp Kevin Molino
José Leitón (INTL) Ibson
Patrick McLain Ethan Finlay
Sam Nicholson (INTL) Christian Ramirez
Rasmus Schüller (INTL)
Jermaine Taylor
Johan Venegas (INTL)
Kevin Venegas
Collen Warner

Montreal Impact

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Hernán Bernardello (INTL) Ambroise Oyongo (INTL) David Choinière (HGP)
Patrice Bernier Evan Bush Maxime Crépeau (HGP)
Deian Boldor (INTL) Víctor Cabrera (INTL) Louis Béland-Goyette (HGP)
Hassoun Camara Laurent Ciman (INTL) Anthony Jackson-Hamel (HGP)
Nick DePuy Marco Donadel (INTL) Shamit Shome (GA)
Shaun Francis (FA) Chris Duvall Ballou Tabla (HGP)
Eric Kronberg (FA) Blerim Džemaili (DP) (INTL)
Wandrille Lefèvre Kyle Fisher
Matteo Mancosu (INTL) Daniel Lovitz
Dominic Oduro Ignacio Piatti (DP) (INTL)
Andrés Romero (INTL) Samuel Piette
Michael Salazar

New England Revolution

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Benjamin Angoua (INTL) Juan Agudelo Scott Caldwell (HGP)
Femi Hollinger-Janzen Teal Bunbury Zachary Herivaux (HGP)
Brad Knighton (FA) Cody Cropper
Daigo Kobayashi Antonio Delamea Mlinar (INTL)
Xavier Kouassi (INTL) Claude Dielna (INTL)
Donnie Smith Diego Fagúndez
Joshua Smith Andrew Farrell
Chris Tierney Gershon Koffie (INTL)
Matt Turner Krisztián Németh (INTL)
Je-Vaughn Watson Lee Nguyen
London Woodberry Kelyn Rowe
Brian Wright

New York City FC

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
R. J. Allen Alexander Callens (INTL) Jonathan Lewis (GA)
Kwame Awuah Jack Harrison James Sands (HGP)
Miguel Camargo (INTL) Yangel Herrera (INTL) Andrea Pirlo
Maxime Chanot (INTL) Sean Johnson
Shannon Gomez Rónald Matarrita
Eirik Johansen Tommy McNamara
Mikey Lopez Maximiliano Moralez (DP) (INTL)
Jefferson Mena (INTL) Alexander Ring (INTL)
Sean Okoli Ben Sweat
John Stertzer David Villa (DP) (INTL)
Andraž Struna (INTL) Rodney Wallace
Ethan White

New York Red Bulls

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Anatole Abang (INTL) Felipe Tyler Adams (HGP)
Gideon Baah (INTL) Fidel Escobar (INTL) Sean Davis (HGP)
Vincent Bezecourt (INTL) Sacha Kljestan (DP) Derrick Etienne (HGP)
Aurélien Collin (INTL) Kemar Lawrence (INTL) Arun Basuljevic (HGP)
Dilly Duka (FA) Aaron Long Alex Muyl (HGP)
Mike Grella Ryan Meara Evan Louro (HGP)
Muhamed Keita (INTL) Michael Amir Murillo (INTL) Brandon Allen (HGP)
Connor Lade Luis Robles
Zeiko Lewis (INTL) Daniel Royer (INTL)
Dan Metzger Gonzalo Verón (INTL)
Hassan Ndam (INTL) Bradley Wright-Phillips (DP)
Damien Perrinelle (INTL)
Sal Zizzo (FA)

Orlando City SC

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Kevin Alston José Aja (INTL) Richie Laryea (GA) (INTL)
Giles Barnes (FA) Joe Bendik Tommy Redding (HGP)
Hadji Barry Dom Dwyer Mason Stajduhar (HGP)
Servando Carrasco Cristian Higuita Kaká
Pierre da Silva Will Johnson
Conor Donovan Cyle Larin
Earl Edwards Jr. Carlos Rivas (DP)
Devron García (INTL) Jonathan Spector
PC (INTL) Scott Sutter (INTL)
Seb Hines Donny Toia
Antonio Nocerino Yoshimar Yotún (DP) (INTL)
Léo Pereira (INTL)
Dillon Powers
Rafael Ramos
Tony Rocha
Josh Saunders (FA)

Philadelphia Union

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Roland Alberg (INTL) Alejandro Bedoya (DP) Adam Najem (HGP)
Eric Ayuk (INTL) Andre Blake (INTL) Derrick Jones (HGP)
Warren Creavalle Jack Elliott (INTL) Auston Trusty (HGP)
Charlie Davies Marcus Epps Joshua Yaro (GA) (INTL)
Maurice Edu (DP) Fabinho Brian Carroll
Ray Gaddis Fabian Herbers
Aaron Jones (INTL) Haris Medunjanin (INTL)
Richie Marquez Ilsinho (INTL)
John McCarthy Fafà Picault
Jake McGuire Keegan Rosenberry
Oguchi Onyewu C. J. Sapong
Chris Pontius (FA)
Jay Simpson (INTL)
Ken Tribbett
Giliano Wijnaldum (INTL)

Portland Timbers

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Victor Arboleda (INTL) Fanendo Adi (DP) Jeremy Ebobisse (GA)
Gbenga Arokoyo (INTL) Vytas Marco Farfan (HGP)
Jeff Attinella Dairon Asprilla
Jack Barmby (INTL) Sebastián Blanco (DP) (INTL)
Rennico Clarke (INTL) Diego Chará
Jake Gleeson David Guzmán (INTL)
Kendall McIntosh Larrys Mabiala (INTL)
Lucas Melano (INTL) Darlington Nagbe
Roy Miller Alvas Powell
Chance Myers Liam Ridgewell
Amobi Okugo Diego Valeri (DP)
Lawrence Olum
Bill Tuiloma (INTL)
Zarek Valentin
Ben Zemanski (FA)

Real Salt Lake

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Chad Barrett (FA) Kyle Beckerman Danilo Acosta (HGP)
Tony Beltran Justen Glad (HGP) Jordan Allen (HGP)
Nick Besler David Horst José Hernández (HGP) (INTL)
Reagan Dunk Luke Mulholland Brooks Lennon (HGP)
Omar Holness (INTL) Joao Plata Ricardo Velazco (HGP)
Yura Movsisyan (DP) Nick Rimando
Stephen Sunday Albert Rusnák (DP) (INTL)
Demar Phillips (INTL) Sebastian Saucedo
Justin Schmidt Jefferson Savarino (DP) (INTL)
Chris Schuler (FA) Luis Silva
Connor Sparrow Marcelo Silva (INTL)
Matt Van Oekel
Chris Wingert (FA)

San Jose Earthquakes

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
François Affolter (INTL) Fatai Alashe Tommy Thompson (HGP)
Quincy Amarikwa David Bingham Nick Lima (HGP)
Leandro Barrera (INTL) Darwin Cerén Jackson Yueill (GA)
Víctor Bernárdez Aníbal Godoy (INTL) Marvell Wynne
Matt Bersano Danny Hoesen (INTL)
Cordell Cato Jahmir Hyka (INTL)
Kip Colvey Florian Jungwirth (INTL)
Harold Cummings (INTL) Vako (DP) (INTL)
Simon Dawkins (DP) (INTL) Shea Salinas
Andrés Imperiale (INTL) Andrew Tarbell
Lindo Mfeka (INTL) Chris Wondolowski (DP)
Marc Pelosi
Kofi Sarkodie
Matheus Silva (INTL)
Marco Ureña (INTL)

Seattle Sounders FC

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Tony Alfaro Will Bruin Aaron Kovar (HGP)
Osvaldo Alonso (DP) Clint Dempsey (DP) Seyi Adekoya (HGP)
Jordy Delem (INTL) Stefan Frei Jordan Morris (HGP)
Brad Evans (FA) Kelvin Leerdam (INTL) Henry Wingo (HGP)
Oniel Fisher Nicolás Lodeiro (DP) (INTL)
Joevin Jones (INTL) Chad Marshall
Calum Mallace Víctor Rodríguez (INTL)
Zach Mathers Cristian Roldan
Bryan Meredith Gustav Svensson (INTL)
Tyler Miller Nouhou Tolo (INTL)
Lamar Neagle (FA) Román Torres (INTL)
Harry Shipp

Sporting Kansas City

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Saad Abdul-Salaam Matt Besler Kevin Ellis (HGP)
Kharlton Belmar Roger Espinoza (DP) Gianluca Busio (HGP)
Latif Blessing Benny Feilhaber Erik Palmer-Brown (HGP)
Amer Didic Gerso Fernandes (DP) Dániel Sallói (HGP) (INTL)
Andrew Dykstra Cristian Lobato (INTL)
Cameron Iwasa Jimmy Medranda
Kenwyne Jones Tim Melia
Soni Mustivar (INTL) James Musa (INTL)
Cameron Porter Ike Opara
Diego Rubio Ilie Sánchez
Soony Saad Graham Zusi (DP)
Seth Sinovic
Colton Storm
Alex Tambakis
Adrian Zendejas

Toronto FC

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Øyvind Alseth (INTL) Jozy Altidore (DP) Jay Chapman (HGP)
Brandon Aubrey Alex Bono Jordan Hamilton (HGP)
Steven Beitashour (FA) Michael Bradley (DP) Ashtone Morgan (HGP)
Benoît Cheyrou (INTL) Marky Delgado Sergio Camargo (HGP)
Armando Cooper (INTL) Sebastian Giovinco (DP) (INTL) Ben Spencer (HGP)
Raheem Edwards Nick Hagglund
Tsubasa Endoh (INTL) Chris Mavinga (INTL)
Nicolas Hasler (INTL) Justin Morrow
Jason Hernandez (FA) Jonathan Osorio
Clint Irwin Víctor Vázquez (INTL)
Drew Moor (FA) Eriq Zavaleta
Mark Pais
Tosaint Ricketts

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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As of December 10, 2017
Exposed Protected Exempt
Christian Bolaños (INTL) Ali Ghazal (INTL) Sam Adekugbe (HGP)
Marcel de Jong Erik Hurtado Marco Bustos (HGP)
David Edgar Kei Kamara (DP) Alphonso Davies (HGP)
Deybi Flores (INTL) Stefan Marinovic (INTL) Ben McKendry (HGP)
Kyle Greig Nicolás Mezquida (INTL) Russell Teibert (HGP)
Jordan Harvey (FA) Fredy Montero (DP)
Bernie Ibini-Isei (INTL) Jake Nerwinski
Nosa Igiebor (INTL) Tim Parker
Andrew Jacobson (FA) Yordy Reyna (INTL)
Matías Laba (INTL) Tony Tchani
Brett Levis Kendall Waston (INTL)
Aaron Maund
David Ousted (INTL)
Spencer Richey
Mauro Rosales
Cole Seiler
Brek Shea (DP)
Cristian Techera (INTL)
Sheanon Williams

References

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  1. ^ "2017 MLS Expansion Draft set for December 12; LAFC to have five picks". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 MLS Expansion Draft set for December 12; LAFC to have five picks". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  3. ^ "MLS Expansion Draft: Rules & Procedure". MLS.
  4. ^ "LAFC acquire Laurent Ciman from Impact for draftees Edwards, Raitala". MLS.
  5. ^ "2017 MLS Expansion Draft protected and unprotected lists". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
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