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.
Format The rules for the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer.
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 PickMLS TeamPlayerPrevious TeamTrade Notes1 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.5 Raheem Edwards Toronto FC
Affected Post-Draft Trades This section will show any publicized details of trades made regarding players involved in the expansion draft.
Team-by-team-breakdown
Legend Selected by Los Angeles FC (DP) - Designated Player (FA) - Free agent (GA) - Generation Adidas (HGP) - Homegrown player (INTL) - International player
Atlanta United FC
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
Exposed Protected Exempt David Arshakyan (INTL)David Accam (DP)Drew Conner (HGP) Jorge Bava (INTL)Jonathan CampbellCollin Fernandez (HGP) Brandt BronicoJohan Kappelhof (INTL)Djordje Mihailovic (HGP) Stefan ClevelandDax McCartyPatrick Doody (HGP) Jorge CorralesNemanja Nikolić (DP) (INTL)Joey Calistri (HGP) Michael de Leeuw (INTL)Juninho Christian DeanMatt Polster Matej Dekovic (INTL)Richard Sánchez John Goossens (INTL)Bastian Schweinsteiger (DP) (INTL) Michael Harrington (FA)Luis Solignac (INTL) Daniel JohnsonBrandon Vincent Matt Lampson João Meira (INTL)
Colorado Rapids
Exposed Protected Exempt John BernerStefan Aigner (INTL)Caleb Calvert (HGP) Bobby Burling (FA)Micheal AziraKortne Ford (HGP) Dennis Castillo (INTL)Dominique Badji (INTL)Dillon Serna (HGP) Mike da FonteNana Boateng (INTL)Ricardo Perez (HGP) Josh GattShkëlzen Gashi (DP) (INTL)Kevin Doyle Luis GilMarlon Hairston Alan Gordon (FA)Tim Howard (DP) Sam HamiltonZac MacMath Mohammed Saeid (INTL)Eric Miller Mekeil Williams (INTL)Axel Sjöberg Jared Watts
Columbus Crew SC
Exposed Protected Exempt Waylon FrancisMohammed Abu (INTL)Alex Crognale (HGP) Niko HansenLalas Abubakar (INTL)Ben Swanson (HGP) Marshall HollingsworthHarrison Afful Adam JahnArtur (INTL) Hector JiménezFederico Higuaín (DP) Logan KettererOla Kamara (INTL) Connor MaloneyKekuta Manneh Cristian Martínez (INTL)Pedro Santos (DP) (INTL) Jonathan Mensah (DP) (INTL)Justin Meram Abuchi ObinwaZack Steffen Jukka Raitala (INTL)Wil Trapp Rodrigo Saravia (INTL) Gastón Sauro Brad Stuver Josh Williams
D.C. United
Exposed Protected Exempt Deshorn Brown (INTL)Luciano Acosta (INTL)Chris Durkin (HGP) Julian Büscher (INTL)Paul Arriola (DP)Ian Harkes (HGP) Steve ClarkSteve BirnbaumJalen Robinson (HGP) Sean Franklin (FA)Frédéric Brillant (INTL)Chris Rolfe Bill HamidRussell Canouse Jared JeffreyNick DeLeon Eric KlenofskyTaylor Kemp Chris KorbDarren Mattocks Bruno Miranda (INTL)Patrick Mullins Patrick Nyarko (FA)Kofi Opare Chris Odoi-AtsemZoltán Stieber (INTL) Lloyd Sam Marcelo Sarvas Rob Vincent Travis Worra
FC Dallas
Exposed Protected Exempt Carlos Cermeño (INTL)Kellyn AcostaCoy Craft (HGP) Aníbal Chalá (DP) (INTL)Tesho AkindeleJesse González (HGP) Eduardo CortesMichael Barrios (INTL)Bryan Reynolds (HGP) Maynor Figueroa (INTL)Cristian Colmán (DP) (INTL)Paxton Pomykal (HGP) Luis González (INTL)Mauro DíazAaron Guillen (HGP) Hernán Grana (INTL)Carlos Gruezo (DP) (INTL)Jesús Ferreira (HGP) Atiba Harris (FA)Jacori HayesReggie Cannon (HGP) Walker HumeMatt HedgesAdonijah Reid (GA) Roland Lamah (INTL)Ryan Hollingshead Javier Morales (FA)Victor Ulloa Chris Seitz (FA)Maxi Urruti
Houston Dynamo
Exposed Protected Exempt Eric Alexander (FA)Juan David Cabezas (INTL)Tyler Deric (HGP) Arturo ÁlvarezLeonardoMemo Rodríguez (HGP) Jalil AnibabaAlberth Elis (DP) (INTL)Christian Lucatero (HGP) DaMarcus Beasley (FA)Adolfo Machado (INTL) Boniek GarcíaMauro Manotas Calle BrownTomás Martínez (DP) (INTL) Ricardo Clark (FA)Romell Quioto (INTL) A. J. DeLaGarza (FA)Dylan Remick José Escalante (INTL)Erick Torres (DP) Kevin GarciaAndrew Wenger Joe Holland (INTL)Joe Willis Taylor Hunter George Malki Alex Vicente Sánchez Philippe Senderos (INTL) Charlie Ward (INTL)
LA Galaxy
Exposed Protected Exempt Michaël Ciani (INTL)Romain Alessandrini (DP) (INTL)Robbie Rogers Bradley Diallo (INTL)João Pedro (INTL)Hugo Arellano (HGP) Clément DiopEmmanuel BoatengJose Villarreal (HGP) Jermaine JonesAshley Cole (INTL)Raúl Mendiola (HGP) (INTL) Rafael GarciaGiovani dos Santos (DP) (INTL)Jaime Villarreal (HGP) Jon KempinJonathan dos Santos (DP) (INTL)Nathan Smith (HGP) Ariel LassiterBaggio HušidićBradford Jamieson IV (HGP) Jack McInerneySebastian LletgetJack McBean (HGP) Brian RoweDavid Romney Pele van Anholt (INTL)Daniel Steres Gyasi Zardes
Minnesota United FC
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
Exposed Protected Exempt Hernán Bernardello (INTL)Ambroise Oyongo (INTL)David Choinière (HGP) Patrice BernierEvan BushMaxime Crépeau (HGP) Deian Boldor (INTL)Víctor Cabrera (INTL)Louis Béland-Goyette (HGP) Hassoun CamaraLaurent Ciman (INTL)Anthony Jackson-Hamel (HGP) Nick DePuyMarco Donadel (INTL)Shamit Shome (GA) Shaun Francis (FA)Chris DuvallBallou Tabla (HGP) Eric Kronberg (FA)Blerim Džemaili (DP) (INTL) Wandrille LefèvreKyle Fisher Matteo Mancosu (INTL)Daniel Lovitz Dominic OduroIgnacio Piatti (DP) (INTL) Andrés Romero (INTL)Samuel Piette Michael Salazar
New England Revolution
Exposed Protected Exempt Benjamin Angoua (INTL)Juan AgudeloScott Caldwell (HGP) Femi Hollinger-JanzenTeal BunburyZachary Herivaux (HGP) Brad Knighton (FA)Cody Cropper Daigo KobayashiAntonio Delamea Mlinar (INTL) Xavier Kouassi (INTL)Claude Dielna (INTL) Donnie SmithDiego Fagúndez Joshua SmithAndrew Farrell Chris TierneyGershon Koffie (INTL) Matt TurnerKrisztián Németh (INTL) Je-Vaughn WatsonLee Nguyen London WoodberryKelyn Rowe Brian Wright
New York City FC
Exposed Protected Exempt R. J. AllenAlexander Callens (INTL)Jonathan Lewis (GA) Kwame AwuahJack HarrisonJames Sands (HGP) Miguel Camargo (INTL)Yangel Herrera (INTL)Andrea Pirlo Maxime Chanot (INTL)Sean Johnson Shannon GomezRónald Matarrita Eirik JohansenTommy McNamara Mikey LopezMaximiliano Moralez (DP) (INTL) Jefferson Mena (INTL)Alexander Ring (INTL) Sean OkoliBen Sweat John StertzerDavid Villa (DP) (INTL) Andraž Struna (INTL)Rodney Wallace Ethan White
New York Red Bulls
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
Exposed Protected Exempt Kevin AlstonJosé Aja (INTL)Richie Laryea (GA) (INTL) Giles Barnes (FA)Joe BendikTommy Redding (HGP) Hadji BarryDom DwyerMason Stajduhar (HGP) Servando CarrascoCristian HiguitaKaká Pierre da SilvaWill Johnson Conor DonovanCyle Larin Earl Edwards Jr.Carlos Rivas (DP) Devron García (INTL)Jonathan Spector PC (INTL)Scott Sutter (INTL) Seb HinesDonny Toia Antonio Nocerino Yoshimar Yotún (DP) (INTL) Léo Pereira (INTL) Dillon Powers Rafael Ramos Tony Rocha Josh Saunders (FA)
Philadelphia Union
Exposed Protected Exempt Roland Alberg (INTL)Alejandro Bedoya (DP)Adam Najem (HGP) Eric Ayuk (INTL)Andre Blake (INTL)Derrick Jones (HGP) Warren CreavalleJack Elliott (INTL)Auston Trusty (HGP) Charlie DaviesMarcus EppsJoshua Yaro (GA) (INTL) Maurice Edu (DP)FabinhoBrian Carroll Ray GaddisFabian Herbers Aaron Jones (INTL)Haris Medunjanin (INTL) Richie MarquezIlsinho (INTL) John McCarthyFafà Picault Jake McGuireKeegan Rosenberry Oguchi OnyewuC. J. Sapong Chris Pontius (FA) Jay Simpson (INTL) Ken Tribbett Giliano Wijnaldum (INTL)
Portland Timbers
Exposed Protected Exempt Victor Arboleda (INTL)Fanendo Adi (DP)Jeremy Ebobisse (GA) Gbenga Arokoyo (INTL)VytasMarco Farfan (HGP) Jeff AttinellaDairon Asprilla Jack Barmby (INTL)Sebastián Blanco (DP) (INTL) Rennico Clarke (INTL)Diego Chará Jake GleesonDavid Guzmán (INTL) Kendall McIntoshLarrys Mabiala (INTL) Lucas Melano (INTL)Darlington Nagbe Roy MillerAlvas Powell Chance MyersLiam Ridgewell Amobi OkugoDiego Valeri (DP) Lawrence Olum Bill Tuiloma (INTL) Zarek Valentin Ben Zemanski (FA)
Real Salt Lake
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
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
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