The 2016 MLS Expansion Draft will be held at 2:00 PM ET on Tuesday, December 13.
WATCH: Streaming coverage available on mlssoccer.com starting at 2:00 PM ET.
Atlanta will pick first based on the results of the Expansion Priority Draft on October 16.
 Chicago Fire | |
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Accam, David (DP) Alvarez, Arturo Campbell, Jonathan De Leeuw, Michael (INT'L) Goosens, John (INT'L) Kappelhof, John (INT'L) Lampson, Matt Meira, Joao (INT'L) Polster, Matt Solignac, Luis Vincent, Brandon Automatically Protected: Calistri, Joey (HG) Doody, Patrick (HG) Conner, Drew (HG) Fernandez, Collin (HG) |
Arshakyan, David (INT'L) Cocis, Razvan Gehrig, Eric Harrington, Michael LaBrocca, Nick [Free Agent] McLain, Patrick Morrell, Alex Stephens, Michael Ramos, Rodrigo (INT'L) Thiam, Khaly Iyane (INT'L) |
 Colorado Rapids | |
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Azira, Michael Badji, Dominique (INT'L) Cronin, Sam Doyle, Kevin (INT'L) Gashi, Shkelzen (INT'L/DP) Hairston, Marlon Howard, Tim (DP) MacMath, Zach Miller, Eric Powers, Dillon Sjoberg, Axel (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Calvert, Caleb (HG) Pfeffer, Zachary (HG) Serna, Dillon (HG) |
Burch, Marc Burling, Bobby Berner, John Castillo, Dennis (INT'L) Doyle, Conor Jones, Jermaine LeToux, Sebastian [Free Agent] Pappa, Marco [Free Agent] Ramirez, Juan (INT'L/DP) St. Ledger, Sean (INT'L) Watts, Jared Williams, Mekeil (INT'L) |
 Columbus Crew SC | |
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Afful, Harrison (INT'L) Finlay, Ethan Higuain, Federico (DP) Jahn, Adam Jimenez, Hector Kamara, Ola (INT'L) Meram, Justin Naess, Nicolai (INT'L) Steffen, Zack Tchani, Tony Trapp, Wil Automatically Protected: Barson, Chad (HG) Swanson, Ben (HG) Ineligible: Casey, Conor (retired) |
Ashe, Corey [Free Agent] Clark, Steven Duka, Dilly Francis, Waylon Hollingsworth, Marshall Mabwati, Cedrick (INT'L) Martinez, Cristian (INT'L) Pacifici, Matthew Saied, Mohammed (INT'L) Saravia, Rodrigo (INT'L) Sauro, Gaston (INT'L) Stuver, Brad Wahl, Tyson [Free Agent] |
 D.C. United | |
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Acosta, Luciano (INT'L) Birnbaum, Steven DeLeon, Nick Hamid, Bill Kemp, Taylor Mullins, Patrick Neagle, Lamar Nyarko, Patrick Sam, Lloyd Sarvas, Marcelo Vincent, Rob Automatically Protected: Buescher, Julian (GA/INT'L) Durkin, Chris (HG) Martin, Collin (HG) Robinson, Jalen (HG) |
Boswell, Bobby Dykstra, Andrew Franklin, Sean [Free Agent] Horton, Charlie Jeffrey, Jared Kamara, Alhaji (INT'L) Korb, Chris Mishu, Luke Opare, Kofi Rolfe, Chris Saborio, Alvaro Worra, Travis |
 FC Dallas | |
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Acosta, Kellyn Akindele, Tesho Barrios, Michael (INT'L) Diaz, Mauro (DP) Figueroa, Maynor (INT'L) Gruezo, Carlos (INT'L/DP) Hedges, Matt Hollingshead, Ryan Ulloa, Victor Urruti, Maximiliano Zimmerman, Walker Automatically Protected: Craft, Coy (HG) Gonzalez, Jesse (HG) Guillen, Aaron (HG) Pomykal, Paxton (HG) Ineligible: Castillo, Fabian (loan) |
Alves Dos Santos, Getterson (INT'L) Bonner, Colin David, Aubrey (INT'L) Harris, Atiba Herman, Ryan Hernandez, Moises Lizarazo, Carlos (INT'L) Loyd, Zach Ortiz, Juan (INT'L) Paparatto, Norberto Pitter, Timo (INT'L) Rosales, Mauro Ruiz, Carlos Seitz, Chris |
 Houston Dynamo | |
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Alexander, Eric Anibaba, Jalil Bruin, Will Clark, Ricardo Escalante, Jose (INT'L) Garcia, Oscar Boniek Manotas, Mauro (INT'L/DP) Monteiro de Lima, Alex Torres, Erick (INT'L/DP) Wenger, Andrew Willis, Joe Automatically Protected: Deric, Tyler (HG) Ibeagha, Sebastian (HG) Lucatero, Christian (HG) |
Arboleda Quinones, Yair (INT'L) Beasley, DaMarcus (DP/Free Agent) Brown, Calle Brown, Keyner (INT'L) Garcia Iniquez, Agustin (INT'L) Garcia, Kevin Horst, David [Free Agent] Lovejoy, Rob Maidana, Cristian (INT'L) Mansally, Abdoulie Rodriguez, Raul Steinberger, Zach Warner, Collen Williams, Sheanon |
 LA Galaxy | |
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Boateng, Emmanuel (INT'L) Cole, Ashley (INT'L) DeLaGarza, AJ Diop, Clement (INT'L) dos Santos, Giovani (INT'L/DP) Lletget, Sebastian Rogers, Robbie Rowe, Brian Steres, Daniel Van Damme, Jelle (INT'L) Zardes, Gyasi Automatically Protected: Jamieson, Bradford (HG) McBean, Jack (HG) Mendiola, Raul (HG/INT'L) Sorto, Oscar (HG) Villarreal, Jose (HG) |
Aguilar, Miguel (INT'L) Da Silva, Leonardo Donovan, Landon Garcia, Rafael Gerrard, Steven (INT'L/DP) Gordon, Alan [Free Agent] Husidic, Baggio Keane, Robbie (DP) Kennedy, Dan Larentowicz, Jeff [Free Agent] Lassiter, Ariel Magee, Mike [Free Agent] Romney, David |
 Montreal Impact | |
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Bernardello, Hernan (INT'L) Bitolo Oyongo, Ambroise (INT'L) Bush, Evan Cabrera, Victor (INT'L) Camara, Hassoun Ciman, Laurent (INT'L) Donadel, Marco (INT'L) Mancosu, Matteo (INT'L) Piatti, Ignacio (INT'L/DP) Romero, Andres Venegas, Johan (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Choiniere, David (HG) Crepeau, Maxime (HG) Gagnon-Lapare, Jeremy (HG) Jackson-Hamel, Anthony (HG) Lefevre, Wandrille (HG) |
Bekker, Kyle Bernier, Patrice Dia, Amadou Drogba, Didier (INT'L/DP) Fisher, Kyle Kronberg, Eric [Free Agent] Mallace, Calum Oduro, Dominic [Free Agent] Ontivero, Lucas (INT'L/DP) Salazar, Michael Shipp, Harry Toia, Donny |
 New England Revolution | |
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Agudelo, Juan Bunbury, Teal Cropper, Cody Fagundez, Diego Farrell, Andrew Kamara, Kei (DP) Koffie, Gershon (INT'L) Kouassi, Xavier (INT'L/DP) Nguyen, Lee Rowe, Kelyn Tierney, Chris Automatically Protected: Caldwell, Scott (HG) Herivaux, Zachary (HG) |
Barnes, Darrius [Free Agent] Goncalves, Jose Julio (INT'L) Hollinger-Janzen, Femi Knighton, Brad Kobayashi, Daigo McCrary, Jordan Neumann, Steven Shuttleworth, Robert Smith, Donnie Turner, Matt Watson, JeVaughn Woodberry, London |
 New York City FC | |
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Allen, RJ Brilliant, Frederic (INT'L) Chanot, Maxime (INT'L) Diskerud, Mix Johnson, Sean Lopez, Mikey Matarrita, Ronald (INT'L) McNamara, Thomas Pirlo, Andrea (INT'L/DP) Shelton, Khiry Villa, David (INT'L/DP) Automatically Protected: Harrison, Jack (GA/INT'L) Ineligible: Ballouchy, Mehdi (retired) Iraola, Andoni (retired) |
Brandt, Connor Bravo, Federico (INT'L) Gomez, Shannon Hernandez, Jason [Free Agent] Johansen, Eirik (INT'L) Lampard, Frank (INT'L/DP) Martinez, Diego (INT'L) Mena, Jefferson (INT'L) Mendoza, Stiven (INT'L) Rawls, Andre Saunders, Josh Taylor, Tony White, Ethan |
 New York Red Bulls | |
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Felipe (INT'L) Collin, Aurelien (INT'L) Grella, Mike Kljestan, Sacha Lawrence, Kemar (INT'L) McCarty, Dax Meara, Ryan Robles, Luis Royer, Daniel (INT'L) Veron, Gonzalo (INT'L) Wright-Phillips, Bradley (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Adams, Tyler (HG) Allen, Brandon (HG) Davis, Sean (HG) Etienne, Derrick (HG) Lade, Conor (HG) Muyl, Alex (HG) |
Abang, Anatole (INT'L) Baah, Gideon (INT'L) Bilyeu, Justin Damari, Omer (INT'L) Duvall, Chris Long, Aaron Ouimette, Karl Perrinelle, Damien (INT'L) Reynish, Kyle [Free Agent] Wright-Phillips, Shaun Zizzo, Sal Zubar, Ronald (INT'L) |
 Orlando City SC | |
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Aja, Jose (INT'L) Bendik, Joe Higuita, Cristian Kaká (INT'L/DP) Larin, Cyle Molino, Kevin Nocerino, Antonio (INT'L) Perez Garcia, Matias (INT'L) Ramos, Rafael (INT'L) Rivas, Carlos Augusto (DP) Shea, Brek Automatically Protected: Donovan, Conor (GA) Laryea, Richmond (GA/INT'L) Redding, Tommy (HG) Stajduhar, Mason (HG) Turner, Tyler (HG) |
Alston, Kevin [Free Agent] Ambrose, Mikey Baptista, Julio (INT'L) Barry, Hadji Boden, Luke Carrasco, Servando Edwards Jr, Earl Garica, Devron (INT'L) Hines, Sebastian Mateos, David (INT'L) Ribeiro, Pedro Rocha, Tony Rochez, Bryan (INT'L/DP) |
 Philadelphia Union | |
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Alberg, Roland (INT'L) Ayuk, Eric (INT'L) Bedoya, Alejandro (DP) Blake, Andre Creavalle, Warren Fabinho Marquez, Richard Pereira Dias Junior, Ilson (INT'L) Pontius, Chris Rosenberry, Keegan Sapong, CJ Automatically Protected: Herbers, Fabian (GA/INT'L) Jones, Derrick (HG) Trusty, Auston (HG) Yaro, Joshua (GA/INT'L) |
Barnetta, Tranquillo (INT'L) Carroll, Brian Conceicao, Anderson (INT'L) Davies, Charlies Edu, Maurice (DP) Fernandes, Leo Gaddis, Raymon Jones, Matt McCarthy, John Missimo, Cole Restrepo, Walter Tribbett, Ken Washington, Taylor |
 Portland Timbers | |
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Adi, Fanendo (INT'L) Andriuskevicius, Vytautas (INT'L) Arokoyo, Gbenga (INT'L) Chara, Diego Gleeson, Jake Mattocks, Darren Melano, Lucas (INT'L/DP) Nagbe, Darlington Powell, Alvas Ridgewell, Liam (DP) Valeri, Diego (DP) Ineligible: Jewsbury, Jack (retired) Grabavoy, Ned (retired) |
Asprilla, Dairon Barmby, Jack (INT'L) Besler, Nick Borchers, Nat [Free Agent] Brett, Neco (INT'L) Hamilton, Wade Igboananike, Kennedy (INT'L) Klute, Chris Konopka, Chris McInerney, Jack Okugo, Amobi Peay, Taylor Polk, Ben Taylor, Jermaine Taylor, Steven (INT'L) Thoma, Andy Valentin, Zarek Zemanski, Ben |
 Real Salt Lake | |
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Beckerman, Kyle Beltran, Tony Martinez, Juan Manuel (INT'L/DP) Maund, Aaron Movsisyan, Yura (DP) Mulholland, Luke Obayan Sunday, Stephen (INT'L) Phillips, Demar (INT'L) Plata, Joao (DP) Rimando, Nick Schuler, Chris Automatically Protected: Acosta, Danilo (HG) Allen, Jordan (HG) Fernandez, Eduardo (HG) Glad, Justen (HG) Holness, Omar (GA/INT'L) Kavita, Phanuel (HG) Saucedo, Sebastian (HG) Velazco, Ricardo (HG) |
Attinella, Jeff Baez, Pedro (INT'L) Garcia, Olmes Morales, Javier [Free Agent] Okwounu, Boyd Olave, Jamison [Free Agent] Sandoval, Devon Stertzer, John Welshman, Emery (INT'L) Wingert, Chris [Free Agent] |
 San Jose Earthquakes | |
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Alashe, Fatai Bernardez, Victor Bingham, David Cato, Cordell Ceren, Darwin Dawkins, Simon (INT'L/DP) Godoy, Anibal (INT'L) Imperiale, Andres (INT'L) Salinas, Shea Sarkodie, Kofi Wondolowski, Chris Automatically Protected: Thompson, Tommy (HG) Tarbell, Andrew (GA) |
Amarikwa, Quincy Barrera, Leandro (INT'L) Barrett, Chad [Free Agent] Colvey, Kip Emeghara, Innocent (INT'L/DP) Francis, Shaun Goitom, Henok (INT'L) Goodson, Clarence [Free Agent] Lenhart, Steven [Free Agent] Meredith, Bryan Pelosi, Marc Quintero, Alberto (INT'L) Sherrod, Mark Silva, Matheus (INT'L) Stewart, Jordan Wynne, Marvell [Free Agent] |
 Seattle Sounders | |
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Alfaro, Tony Alonso, Osvaldo Dempsey, Clint (DP) Evans, Brad Frei, Stefan Jones, Joevin (INT'L) Lodeiro, Nicolas (INT'L/DP) Marshall, Chad Miller, Tyler Roldan, Cristian Torres, Roman (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Jones, Darwin (HG) Kovar, Aaron (HG) Mansaray, Victor (HG) Morris, Jordan (HG) Ineligible: Scott, Zacharias (retired) |
Farfan, Michael Anderson, Oalex (INT'L) Fernandez, Alvaro (INT'L) Fisher, Oneil (INT'L) Friberg, Erik (INT'L) Gomez, Herculez [Free Agent] Ivanschitz, Andreas (INT'L) Lowe, Damion Lyon, Charlie Mears, Tyrone Ockford, Jimmy Remick, Dylan Sturgis, Nathan [Free Agent] Valdez, Nelson (INT'L/DP) |
 Sporting KC | |
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Abdul-Salaam, Saad Besler, Matthew Dwyer, Dom Espinoza, Roger (DP) Feilhaber, Benny Medranda, Jimmy (INT'L) Melia, Tim Mustivar, Soni (INT'L) Opara, Ike Rubio Kostner, Diego (INT'L/DP) Zusi, Graham (DP) Automatically Protected: Ellis, Kevin (HG) Kempin, Jon (HG) Palmer-Brown, Erik (HG) Salloi, Daniel (HG/INT'L) |
Alvarado, Ever (INT'L) Appiah, Emmanuel Coelho, Nuno (INT'L) Davis, Brad Hallisey, Connor Joya, Benji Kann, Alec Mapp, Justin [Free Agent] Myers, Chance [Free Agent] Nagamura, Paulo [Free Agent] Olum, Lawrence Peterson, Jacob [Free Agent] Porter, Cameron Sinovic, Seth |
 Toronto FC | |
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Altidore, Jozy (DP) Bradley, Michael (DP) Cooper, Armando (INT'L) Delgado, Marco Endo, Tsubasa (INT'L) Giovinco, Sebastian (INT'L/DP) Hagglund, Nick Moor, Drew Morrow, Justin Osorio, Jonathan Zavaleta, Eriq Automatically Protected: Bono, Alex (GA) Chapman, Jay (HG) Hamilton, Jordan (HG) Manella, Chris (HG) Morgan, Ashtone (HG) |
Babouli Molham Beitashour, Steven Bloom, Mark Cheyrou, Benoit (INT'L) Irwin, Clint Johnson, Will [Free Agent] Lovitz, Daniel Ricketts, Tosaint Roberts, Quillan Simonin, Clement (INT'L) Williams, Josh |
 Vancouver Whitecaps FC | |
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Bolanos, Christian (INT'L) Dean, Christian Harvey, Jordan Hurtado, Erik Jacobson, Andrew Laba, Matias (INT'L/DP) Manneh, Kekuta Mezquida, Nicolas (INT'L) Ousted, David (INT'L) Parker, Tim Waston, Kendall (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Adekugbe, Sam (HG) Bustos, Marco (HG) Carducci, Marco (HG) Davies, Alphonso (HG) Froese, Kianz (HG) McKendry, Ben (HG) Teibert, Russell (HG) |
Aird, Fraser Barnes, Giles De Jong, Marcel Edgar, David Flores, Deybi (INT'L) Kudo, Masato (INT'L) Levis, Brett Morales, Pedro (INT'L/DP) Perez, Blas Seiler, Cole Smith, Jordan (INT'L) Techera, Cristian (INT'L) Tornaghi, Paolo |
Expansion Draft Notes:
- Five rounds. Atlanta and Minnesota are permitted three minutes to make each selection. here will be NO timeouts during the Expansion Draft. Expansion Clubs that fail to make their selection in time must wait until their next pick to make a selection.
- Maximum Player Loss: Once one player has been claimed from a Club’s non-protected roster, that Club is eliminated from the Expansion Draft and may not lose any further players.
- No trades are permitted during the Expansion Draft.
- MLS Clubs may protect 11 players between their Senior, Supplemental and Reserve Roster. If the Player’s contract expires at the end of 2016, he will still be considered part of the Club’s Senior Roster.
- Generation adidas players who have not been graduated at the end of the 2016 MLS Season and Homegrown players on a Club’s Supplemental/Reserve Roster at the end of the 2016 MLS Season are automatically protected (Clubs do not have to use a protected slot on them)
- Clubs are restricted in the number of international player(s) that they may make available. Clubs may make available a number of international players equal to their total number of international players minus three, provided that if a Club has three or fewer international players it may not make more than one such player available. For purposes of this expansion process, any non-domestic U.S. Player would count as an International.
- If a Player has a no-trade clause in his contract, his MLS Club must protect him and he will count as one of the 11 Players who may be protected.
- Designated Players are NOT automatically protected (i.e., Clubs must choose whether to protect such players and if such player is not protected, he will be available for selection in the Expansion Draft).
- Full Expansion Draft rules and regulations
Footnotes:
- A total of 37 MLS players are eligible for Free Agency. Starting at 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 13, Free Agents may engage in negotiations with MLS clubs outside of their previous club.
- INT'L: In 2016, a total of 160 international roster spots are divided among the 20 clubs. These spots are tradable, in full season increments, such that some clubs may have more than eight and some clubs may have fewer than eight.
- DP: The Designated Player Rule allows clubs to acquire up to three players whose total compensation and acquisition costs exceed the maximum budget charge, with the club bearing financial responsibility for the amount of compensation above each player’s budget charge. Designated Player spots are not tradable.
- HG: A club may sign a player to a contract without subjecting him to the MLS SuperDraft if the player has been a member of a club’s youth academy for at least one year and has met the necessary training and retention requirements. Players joining MLS through this mechanism are known as Homegrown Players.
- GA: Generation adidas is a joint program between MLS and adidas that is dedicated to developing exceptional domestic talent in a professional environment. Each year, a handful of top domestic collegiate underclassmen and youth national team players are signed by the league and placed in the SuperDraft through this program.
