Major League Soccer released the list of players clubs will protect and make available to Orlando City and New York City FC in Wednesday's Expansion Draft. Each of the two new clubs will make 10
picks. For a look at all the big names who were made available plus some of the key Expansion Draft rules.
Players left unprotected include five starters from the New York Red Bulls, D.C.
United's
Eddie Johnson and its captain,
Davey Arnaud,
Donovan Ricketts, the 2013
Goalkeeper of the Year winner with Portland, and left backs
Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake) and
Corey Ashe (Houston). The
only player who started in MLS Cup 2014 and was unprotected is New England's
A.J. Soares, with whom the Revs are negotiating a new contract.
The
Expansion Draft will be held on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on
MLSsoccer.com.
Expansion
Draft: Rules The most important thing to know about the Expansion Draft is that each team gets to
protect 11 players (plus Homegrown and Generation adidas players exempt from the draft). If it loses a player, it then gets to protect another player, and it can lose no more than two players.
A few other rules to keep in mind:
-- Teams are limited to the number of international players they may make available, the thinking being that the limitation of eight
international players per team makes them less attractive. Many foreign players, though, have come to MLS and gained green card, so they are no longer classified as international players.
-- Players on teams are classified as senior or supplemental players and that classification determines whether they count against a team's salary cap. Orlando City and NYCFC must place all players
taken in the Expansion Draft as senior players.
Note: Players in bold are classified by MLS as international players.
CHICAGO FIRE Available Players Ianni, Patrick (option declined)
Joya, Benji (loan ended)
Kinney,
Steven (option declined)
Nyassi, Sanna (option declined)
Pongolle, Florent (option declined) Reynish, Kyle
Segares, Gonzalo
Soumare, Bakary (option declined)
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Cochrane, Greg
Fondy, Matthew (option declined)
Franco, Marco (option declined)
Jumper, Hunter (option
declined)
Kann, Alec
Ward, Grant (loan ended) Protected Players Amarikwa,
Quincy
Anangono, Juan (on loan to LDU Quito) Cocis, Razvan Earnshaw, Robert Johnson, Sean
Larentowicz, Jeff
Magee, Mike
Alex
Nyarko, Patrick
Palmer, Lovel
Watson,
Matt
Homegrown Players exempt from selection Pineda, Victor (out of contract)
Ritter, Chris
Shipp, Harry
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection None
COLORADO RAPIDS Available Players Agbossoumonde, Gale (option declined)
Buddle, Edson (option declined)
Burch, Marc
Cascio, Tony
Castrillon,
Geoffrey (acquired from New England) Hill, Kamani (option declined)
Imbongo, Dimitry (acquired from New England) Jose Maria Mullan, Brian
Mwanga, Danny (option declined)
Piermayr, Thomas (option
declined) Wynne, Marvell (option declined)
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Alvarez, Carlos
Berner, John
Eloundou, Charles
Neeskens, John
Van De Casteele, Grant (option declined)
Protected Players Brown,
Deshorn Harrington, Michael (acquired from Portland)
Irwin, Clint
Klute, Chris
Knight, Zat LaBrocca, Nick (option
declined)
Moor, Drew
Powers, Dillon
Sanchez, Vicente Torres,
Gabriel Watts, Jared
Homegrown Players exempt from selection Armstrong, Davy (option declined)
Calvert,
Caleb
O'Neill, Shane
Serna, Dillon
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection Hairston, Marlon
COLUMBUS CREW Available Players Arrieta, Jairo (option declined)
Gehrig, Eric (out of
contract)
Paladini, Daniel (option declined)
Speas, Ben
Sweat, Ben
Viana, Agustin (option declined)
Wahl, Tyson
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Baiden, Kingsley (option declined) Bedell, Adam
George, Kevan
Schoenfeld, Aaron
Stuver, Brad
Protected Players
Clark, Steven
Finlay, Ethan
Francis, Waylon Gall, Romain
Higuain, Federico
Jimenez, Hector
Kamara, Kei
Meram, Justin
(out of contract)
Parkhurst, Michael
Pogatetz, Emmanuel Tchani, Tony
Homegrown Players exempt from selection
Barson, Chad
Friedman, Ross (option declined)
Lampson, Matt
Trapp, Wil
Walker, Matt
Wiet, Matt (option declined)
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection None
D.C. UNITED Available Players Arnaud, Davy
Attakora, Nana (option declined)
Caskey, Alex (option declined)
Doyle, Conor
Driver, Andrew (option declined by Houston -- acquired from Houston)
Dykstra, Andrew
Estrada, David (extended bona-fide offer)
Jeffrey, Jared
Johnson, Eddie
Korb,
Chris
McNamara, Thomas (acquired from Chivas USA)
Neal, Lewis
Opare, Kofi
Parke, Jeff (option declined)
Porter, Kyle (option
declined) Protected Players Boswell, Bobby
DeLeon, Nick
Espindola, Fabian
Franklin, Sean
Hamid, Bill
Kitchen, Perry
Pontius,
Chris
Rolfe, Chris
Silva, Luis
Birnbaum, Steven
Kemp, Taylor
Homegrown Players exempt from selection Martin, Collin
Robinson, Jalen
Seaton, Michael
Shanosky, Conner
Generation adidas Players exempt
from selection None
FC DALLAS Available Players Benitez, Jair (option
declined)
Cabrera, Walter (option declined) Escobar, Andres (option declined) Fernandez, Raul (option declined) John, George (option declined)
Keel, Stephen
Luccin, Peter (option declined) Moffat, Adam (option declined)
Texeira, David
Thomas, Hendry (option declined) Span,
Brian
Walker, Nicholas (option declined) Protected Players Akindele, Tesho
Castillo, Fabian Diaz, Mauro Hedges, Matt
Hollingshead, Ryan
Kennedy, Dan (acquired from Chivas
USA)
Loyd, Zach
Michel
Perez, Blas
Seitz, Chris
Watson, JeVaughn
Homegrown Players exempt from selection Acosta, Kellyn
Craft,
Coy
Garcia, Danny
Gonzalez, Jesse
Hernandez, Moises
Top, Jonathan (out of contract)
Ulloa, Victor
Generation adidas Players exempt from
selection
Zimmerman, Walker
HOUSTON DYNAMO Available Players Ashe, Corey
Carrasco, Servando (out of contract)
Cummings, Omar (option declined)
Horst, David
Inkoom, Samuel (acquired from D.C. United) Ownby, Brian (option declined)
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Arena, Anthony (option declined)
Lisch, Michael
Sherrod, Mark
Willis, Joe (acquired from D.C. United)
Protected Players Barnes, Giles
Beasley, DaMarcus
Boniek Garcia, Oscar
Bruin, Will
Clark, Ricardo
Davis, Brad
Deric, Tyler
Garrido,
Luis Lopez, Alexander Sarkodie, Kofi
Taylor, Jermaine
Homegrown Players exempt from
selection Salazar, Bryan (options declined)
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection
Cochran, AJ
Johnson, Jason
LA GALAXY Available Players Dunivant, Todd
Gargan, Dan
Gordon, Alan
Perk, Brian
Riley, James
Walker, Kenney
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Garcia, Rafael
Rowe, Brian
Rugg, Charlie
Venter,
Kyle
Protected Players DeLaGarza, AJ
Gonzalez, Omar
Husidic, Baggio
Ishizaki, Stefan Juninho
Leonardo Keane, Robbie
Meyer, Tommy
Penedo, Jaime Rogers, Robbie
Sarvas, Marcelo
Homegrown Players exempt from selection Jamieson, Bradford
McBean, Jack
Mendiola, Raul
Sorto, Oscar
Villarreal, Jose
Zardes, Gyasi
Generation adidas
Players exempt from selection Hoffman, Chandler
Note: LA Galaxy's player moves not announced.
MONTREAL IMPACT Available Players Bissue, James (option declined) Danso, Mamadou
(option declined)
Ferrari, Matteo (option declined)
Gonzalez, Santiago Krol,
Krzysztof Lopez Rodriguez, Adrian Nakajima-Ferran, Issey
Pearce, Heath
Perkins, Troy
Soriola, Gege Larrea, Gorka (option declined) Toia, Donny (acquired from Chivas USA)
Protected Players Bernier, Patrice
Bush, Evan
Camara, Hassoun Duka, Dilly (out of contract)
Mallace, Calum
Martins, Felipe Mapp, Justin
McInerney, Jack
Piatti, Ignacio Romero, Andres Smith, Blake
Homegrown Players exempt from selection Beland-Goyette, Louis
Crepeau, Maxime
Gagnon-Lapare, Jeremy
Jackson-Hamel, Anthony
Lefevre, Wandrille
Messoudi, Zakaria (option declined)
Ouimette, Karl
Tissot, Maxim
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection Miller, Eric
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION Available Players Barnes, Darrius
Bengston, Jerry (on loan to
Belgrano) Dorman, Andy
Fagundez, Diego
Knighton, Brad (out of contract)
McCarthy, Stephen (out of contract)
Nasco, Joe (option declined)
Soares, AJ (out of
contract)
Taylor, Tony (option declined)
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Akpan, Andre (option declined)
Jackson, Larry (option declined)
Joseph, Shalrie (option declined)
Mullins, Patrick
Neumann, Steven
Sanchez, Jossimar (option declined)
Smith, Donne (option declined)
Soffner, Luis (option declined)
Sundly, Alec (option declined)
Protected Players Alston, Kevin
Bunbury, Teal (out of contract)
Davies, Charlie
Farrell, Andrew
Goncalves,
Jose Jones, Jermaine
Kobayashi, Daigo Nguyen, Lee
Rowe, Kelyn
Shuttleworth, Robert
Tierney, Chris
Homegrown Players exempt from selection Caldwell, Scott
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection None
NEW YORK RED BULLS Available
Players Cahill, Tim
Convey, Bobby (option declined)
Eckersley, Richard (option declined) Henry, Thierry (out of contract) Kimura, Kosuke (option declined)
Lozano, Armando Luyindula, Peguy
Perrinelle, Damien (option declined) Sekagya, Ibrahim (option declined)
Sene, Saer (option declined)
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Bover,
Ruben
Bustamante, Michael
Obekop, Marius (option declined) Stevenson, Eric
Protected Players Alexander,
Eric
Christianson, Ian
Duvall, Chris
McCarty, Dax
Meara, Ryan
Miller, Roy
Olave, Jamison
Oyongo, Ambroise
Robles, Luis
Sam, Lloyd Wright-Phillips, Bradley Homegrown
Players exempt from selection Castano, Santiago
Lade, Connor
Miazga, Matt
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection
None
PHILADELPHIA UNION Available Players Berry, Austin
Brown, Brian (option declined) Bone, Corben (option declined)
Fred (option declined)
Carroll, Brian (out of contract)
Casey, Conor (option declined)
Cruz, Danny
Hoppenot, Antoine
Lahoud,
Michael
M'Bohli, Rais MacMath, Zac
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Fernandes, Leo
Marquez, Richard
Ribeiro, Pedro Wheeler, Aaron
Protected Players Edu, Maurice
Fabinho
Gaddis, Raymon
LeToux, Sebastian
Maidana, Cristian Nogueira, Vincent Sapong, CJ (acquired from Sporting KC)
Valdes, Carlos Wenger, Andrew
Williams, Sheanon
White, Ethan
Homegrown Players exempt from selection Hernandez, Cristhian (option declined) McLaughlin, Jimmy
Pfeffer, Zachary
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection Blake,
Andre PORTLAND TIMBERS Available Players Alhassan, Kalif (option declined)
Fernandez, Gaston Jewsbury, Jack
Kah, Pa Modou (option declined) McKenzie, Rauwshan
O'Rourke, Danny
Paparatto, Norberto Ricketts, Donovan
Villafana, Jorge
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Fochive, George
Gallego, Bryan (option declined)
Gleeson, Jake
Nanchoff, Michael
Peay, Taylor
Weber, Andrew
Protected Players Adi, Fanendo Borchers, Nat
(extended bona-fide offer by Portland)
Chara, Diego
Johnson, Will
Nagbe, Darlington
Powell, Alvas
Ridgewell, Liam Urruti, Maximiliano Valeri, Diego
Wallace, Rodney
Zemanski, Ben
Homegrown Players exempt
from selection Evans, Steven (option declined -- signed by T2)
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection Tshuma, Ntokozo REAL SALT LAKE Available Players Attinella, Jeff
Balchan, Rich (option declined)
Findley, Robbie (option declined)
Grabavoy, Ned
Grossman,
Cole (extended bona-fide offer)
Mansally, Abdoulie
Wingert, Chris (extended bona-fide offer)
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Maund, Aaron (option declined)
Salcedo, Carlos Sandoval, Devon
Stertzer, John
Velasquez, Sebastian
Protected Players Beckerman, Kyle
Beltran,
Tony
Garcia, Olmes
Gil, Luis
Jaime, Sebastian Morales, Javier
Mulholland, Luke Plata, Joao Rimando, Nick
Saborio, Alvaro
Schuler, Chris
Homegrown Players exempt from selection Allen, Jordan
Fernandez, Eduardo
Glad, Justen
Lopez, Benji (option declined)
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection None
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES Available Players Barklage, Brandon
Busch, Jon (out of contract)
Djalo, Yannick Fucito, Mike
Gorlitz, Andreas Harris, Atiba (out of contract)
Harden, Ty
Hernandez, Jason
Pierazzi, Jean Baptiste Pintos, Pablo Stephenson, Khari
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Cato, Cordell
Jahn, Adam
Knutsen, Billy
Meredith, Bryan
Muller,
Thomas
Schuler, Billy
Tyrpak, Kristopher
Protected Players Bernardez, Victor
Bingham, David
Cronin, Sam
Francis, Shaun Goodson, Clarence
Koval, JJ
Lenhart, Steven (out of contract)
Perez Garcia, Matias Salinas, Shea
Stewart, Jordan Wondolowski, Chris
Homegrown Players exempt from selection Thompson, Tommy
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection
None
Note: San Jose's player moves not announced.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS Available
Players Anibaba, Jalil (out of contract)
Azira, Michael
Bowen, Tristan (option declined)
Cooper, Kenny
Ford, Josh (option declined)
Gonzalez, Leonardo
Long, Aaron
Ockford, Jimmy
Parsemain, Kevin Remick, Dylan
Scott, Zach
Weaver, Cam (option declined)
Protected Players Alonso, Osvaldo
Barrett, Chad
Dempsey, Clint
Evans, Brad
Frei, Stefan
Marshall, Chad
Martins, Obafemi
Neagle, Lamar
Pappa, Marco Pineda, Gonzalo Rose, Andy
Homegrown Players exempt
from selection Kovar, Aaron
Okoli, Sean (option declined)
Yedlin, DeAndre
Generation
adidas Players exempt from selection Lowe, Damion
SPORTING KANSAS CITY Available Players Bieler,
Claudio Claros, Jorge Dovale, Antonio (option declined) Gruenebaum,
Andy (option declined)
Kronberg, Eric (option declined)
Olum, Lawrence (contract terminated)
Peterson, Jacob (out of contract)
Steuble,
Martin Zizzo, Sal (option declined)
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Duke, Christian
Kafari, Michael (option declined)
Munoz, Victor
(option declined) Saad, Soony (out of contract)
Protected Players Anor, Bernardo (acquired from Columbus) Besler,
Matthew
Dwyer, Dom
Feilhaber, Benny
Juliao, Igor Myers, Chance
Nagamura, Paulo
Opara, Ike
Sinovic, Seth
Zusi,
Graham
Medranda, Jimmy Homegrown Players exempt from selection Ellis, Kevin (out of contract)
Kempin, Jon
Palmer-Brown, Erik
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection Lopez, Mikey
TORONTO FC Available Players Bloom, Mark
Caldwell, Steven DeRosario, Dwayne (option declined)
Dike, Bright (out of contract)
Hall, Jeremy (option declined)
Jackson Konopka, Chris'
Lovitz, Daniel
Oduro, Dominic
Orr, Bradley (loan ended) Richter, Ryan (option declined)
Wiedeman, Andrew (option declined)
Protected Players Bekker,
Kyle
Bendik, Joe
Bradley, Michael
Creavalle, Warren
Defoe, Jermaine Gilberto Hagglund, Nick
Moore, Luke Morrow, Justin
Osorio, Jonathan
Warner, Collen
Homegrown
Players exempt from selection Aparicio, Manuel
Delgado, Marco
Hamilton, Jordan
Henry, Doneil (loan ended)
Manella, Chris
Morgan, Ashtone
Roberts,
Quillan
Generation adidas Players exempt from selection
None
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS Available
Players Ballouchy, Mehdi
Diouf, Mamadou (option declined) Fernandez, Sebastian
(option declined -- loan ended) Mezquida, Gabriel (option declined) Mitchell, Carlyle
O'Brien, Andy Rosales, Mauro (option declined)
Tornaghi, Paolo
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Lewis,
Andre Protected Players Beitashour, Steven
Harvey, Jordan
Hurtado, Erik
Koffie, Gershon
Laba,
Matias Leveron, Johnny (option declined) Manneh, Kekuta
Mattocks, Darren
Morales,
Pedro Ousted, David Waston, Kendall
Homegrown Players (exempt from selection) Adekugbe, Samuel
Alderson, Bryce
Carducci, Marco
Clarke, Caleb
Froese,
Kianz
Sampson, Ethen Teibert, Russell
Generation adidas Players
(exempt from selection) Dean, Christian