2017 MLS Expansion Draft
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]
| 2017 MLS Expansion Draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Date(s) | December 12, 2017 [1] |
| Overview | |
| Expansion team | Los Angeles FC |
| Expansion season | 2018 |
Format
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
|
Pick |
MLS Team |
Player |
Previous Team |
Trade Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | Tyler Miller | Seattle Sounders FC | |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | Latif Blessing | Sporting Kansas City | |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | Marco Ureña (INTL) | San Jose Earthquakes | |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | Jukka Raitala (INTL) | Columbus Crew SC | Traded to Montreal Impact in exchange for Laurent Ciman.[4] |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 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
- 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
- As of December 10, 2017
Colorado Rapids
- As of December 10, 2017
Columbus Crew SC
- As of December 10, 2017
D.C. United
- As of December 10, 2017
FC Dallas
- 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) | Jesus 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
- As of December 10, 2017
LA Galaxy
- As of December 10, 2017
Minnesota United FC
- 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
- As of December 10, 2017
New England Revolution
- As of December 10, 2017
New York City FC
- As of December 10, 2017
New York Red Bulls
- 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
- As of December 10, 2017
Philadelphia Union
- As of December 10, 2017
Portland Timbers
- As of December 10, 2017
Real Salt Lake
- As of December 10, 2017
San Jose Earthquakes
- As of December 10, 2017
Seattle Sounders FC
- 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
- As of December 10, 2017
Toronto FC
- As of December 10, 2017
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- As of December 10, 2017
References
- "2017 MLS Expansion Draft set for December 12; LAFC to have five picks". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- "2017 MLS Expansion Draft set for December 12; LAFC to have five picks". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- "MLS Expansion Draft: Rules & Procedure". MLS.
- "LAFC acquire Laurent Ciman from Impact for draftees Edwards, Raitala". MLS.
- "2017 MLS Expansion Draft protected and unprotected lists". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
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