The 2018 MLS Expansion Draft will be held at 2 pm ET on Tuesday, December 11, streaming live on MLSsoccer.com.
2018 MLS Expansion Draft process:
FC Cincinnati may select up to five players from the eligible MLS player pool. Only a single player can be drafted from any one club.
- Five rounds - FC Cincinnati can claim a single player from any one club
- Three minutes for each selection
- No timeouts
- No trades permitted during draft
Players and teams exempt from the draft:
- The five teams that had players selected by the LAFC in the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft exempt from the 2018 Expansion Draft:
<ul style="font-size:0.94em;margin-top:8px;"><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Columbus Crew SC</li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">San Jose Earthquakes</li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Seattle Sounders FC</li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Sporting Kansas City</li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Toronto FC</li></ul></li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Players automatically exempted from the 2018 Expansion Draft:
<ul style="font-size:0.94em;margin-top:8px;"><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Generation adidas players (who did not graduate at the end of the 2018 season)</li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Homegrown Players on a club’s off-budget roster</li></ul></li></ul>
DESIGNATED PLAYERS are not automatically protected. If a Designated Player has a no trade clause in his contract, then the club must protect him in the Expansion Draft.
Players available for selection in 2018 Expansion Draft
Atlanta United
- Mikey Ambrose
- Jon Gallagher
- Jose Hernandez
- Mitch Hildebrandt
- Alec Kann
- Kevin Kratz
- Jeff Larentowicz
- Chris McCann
- Michael Parkhurst (Free Agent)
- Oliver Shannon
- Brandon Vazquez
- Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu
- Romario Williams
- Sal Zizzo (Free Agent)
Chicago Fire
- Jonathan Campbell
- Stefan Cleveland
- Elliot Collier
- Jorge Corrales
- Christian Dean
- Nicolas Del Grecco
- Alan Gordon (Free Agent)
- Nicolas Hasler
- Daniel Johnson
- Patrick McLain
- Yura Movsisyan
- Richard Sanchez
- Luis Solignac
- Brandon Vincent
Colorado Rapids
- Giles Barnes
- Johan Blomberg
- Yannick Boli
- Caleb Calvert
- Edgar Castillo
- Kip Colvey
- Mike Da Fonte
- Andrew Dykstra (Free Agent)
- Shkelzen Gashi
- Sam Hamilton
- Enzo Martinez
- Axel Sjoberg
- Danny Wilson
D.C. United
- Vytas
- Frederic Brillant
- Nick DeLeon
- Kevin Ellis
- Jared Jeffrey
- Dane Kelly
- Taylor Kemp
- Darren Mattocks
- Bruno Miranda
- Chris Odoi-Atsem
- Kofi Opare
- David Ousted
- Zoltan Stieber
- Travis Worra
FC Dallas
- Abel Aguilar
- Aníbal Chala
- Cristian Colman
- Maynor Figueroa
- Moises Hernandez
- Roland Lamah
- Marquinhos Pedroso
- Adonijah Reid
- Reto Ziegler
- Kyle Zobeck
Houston Dynamo
- Eric Alexander
- Arturo Alvarez (Free Agent)
- DaMarcus Beasley (Free Agent)
- Eric Bird
- Leonardo (Free Agent)
- Conor Donovan
- Boniek García
- Kevin Garcia
- Luis Gil
- Adolfo Machado
- Michael Nelson
- Dylan Remick
- Chris Seitz
- Philippe Senderos
- Mac Steeves
- Jared Watts
- Andrew Wenger
LAFC
- Steven Beitashour
- Tristan Blackmon
- Nico Czornomaz
- Danilo da Silva
- Benny Feilhaber (Free Agent)
- Jordan Harvey (Free Agent)
- Dejan Jakovic
- Luis Lopez
- Charlie Lyon
- Calum Mallace
- James Murphy
- Josh Perez
- Quillan Roberts
- Steeve Saint-Duc
- Marco Ureña
LA Galaxy
- Servando Carrasco
- Michael Ciani
- Ashley Cole
- Tomas Hilliard-Arce
- Baggio Husidic (Free Agent)
- Perry Kitchen
- Ariel Lassiter
- João Pedro
- Chris Pontius
- Jorgen Skjelvik
- Brian Sylvestre
- Justin Vom Steeg
- Sheanon Williams (Free Agent)
Minnesota United FC
- Fernando Bob
- Marc Burch (Free Agent)
- Sam Cronin
- Luiz Fernando Maximiniano
- Alexi Gomez
- Ibson
- Alex Kapp
- Matt Lampson
- Carter Manley
- Eric Miller
- Wyatt Omsberg
- Bertrand Owundi
- Frantz Pangop
- Jerome Thiesson
- Johan Venegas
- Collen Warner (Free Agent)
Montreal Impact
- Quincy Amarikwa (Free Agent)
- Micheal Azira
- Rudy Camacho
- Zakaria Diallo
- Clement Diop
- Chris Duvall
- Rod Fanni
- Kyle Fisher
- Anthony Jackson-Hamel
- Matteo Mancosu
- Michael Petrasso
- Bacary Sagna
- Michael Salazar
New England Revolution
- Jalil Anibaba
- Cody Cropper
- Claude Dielna
- Guillermo Hauche
- Femi Hollinger-Janzen
- Brad Knighton
- Cristhian Machado
- Nicolas Samayoa
- Mark Segbers
- Gabriel Somi
- Chris Tierney (Free Agent)
- Brian Wright
- Wilfried Zahibo
New York City FC
- Saad Abdul-Salaam
- Eloi Amagat
- Kwame Awuah
- Daniel Bedoya
- Jo Inge Berget
- Jeff Caldwell
- Yangel Herrera
- Cedric Hountondji
- Sebastien Ibeagha
- Thomas McNamara
- Ebenezer Ofori
- Andre Rawls
- Brad Stuver
- David Villa
- Rodney Wallace (Free Agent)
New York Red Bulls
- Anatole Abang
- Vincent Bezecourt
- Aurelien Collin (Free Agent)
- Kyle Duncan
- Fidel Escobar
- Andreas Ivan
- Ethan Kutler
- Connor Lade
- Hassan Ndam
- Tommy Redding
- Carlos Rivas
- Marc Rzatkowski
- Florian Valot
- Brian White
Orlando City SC
- RJ Allen
- Joe Bendik
- Pierre Da Silva
- Earl Edwards Jr.
- Cristian Higuita
- Will Johnson
- Sacha Kljestan
- Richie Laryea
- Stefano Pinho
- Dillon Powers
- Tony Rocha
- Lamine Sané
- Chris Schuler (Free Agent)
- Jonathan Spector
- Scott Sutter
- Donny Toia
Philadelphia Union
- Warren Creavalle
- Borek Dockal
- Marcus Epps
- Fabinho
- Richard Marquez
- John McCarthy
- Jake McGuire
- Haris Medunjanin
- Kacper Przybylko
- Jay Simpson
- Josh Yaro
Portland Timbers
- Victor Arboleda
- Samuel Armenteros
- Dairon Asprilla
- Jack Barmby
- Julio Cascante
- Steve Clark
- Tomas Conechny
- Andres Flores
- Jake Gleeson (Free Agent)
- Modou Jadama
- Kendall McIntosh
- Roy Miller (Free Agent)
- Lawrence Olum
- Alvas Powell
- Liam Ridgewell
- Bill Tuiloma
- Zarek Valentin
Real Salt Lake
- Jordan Allen
- Shawn Barry
- Tony Beltran (Free Agent)
- Nick Besler
- Adam Henley
- David Horst (Free Agent)
- Alex Horwath
- Jacob Leeker
- Ricky López-Espin
- Luke Mulholland
- Sunday Stephen
- Taylor Peay
- Demar Phillips
- Andrew Putna
- Luis Silva
- Connor Sparrow
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- Jose Aja
- Myer Bevan
- Marcel de Jong
- Roberto Dominguez
- Marvin Emnes
- Sean Franklin (Free Agent)
- Aly Ghazal
- Efrain Juarez
- Kei Kamara
- Stefan Marinovic
- Aaron Maund
- Jordon Mutch
- Brian Rowe
- Brek Shea (Free Agent)
