Expansion Draft Protected And Unprotected List

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Chicago FireChicago Fire
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Accam, David
Alvarez, Arturo
Campbell, Jonathan
De Leeuw, Michael
Goosens, John
Kappelhof, John
Lampson, Matt
Meira, Joao
Polster, Matt
Solignac, Luis
Vincent, Brandon

Automatically Protected:
Calistri, Joey
Doody, Patrick
Conner, Drew
Fernandez, Collin
Arshakyan, David
Cocis, Razvan
Gehrig, Eric
Harrington, Michael
LaBrocca, Nick
McLain, Patrick
Morrell, Alex
Stephens, Michael
Ramos, Rodrigo
Thiam, Khaly Iyane


Colorado RapidsColorado Rapids
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Azira, Michael
Cronin, Sam
Doyle, Kevin
Gashi, Shkelzen
Hairston, Marlon
Howard, Tim
MacMath, Zach
Miller, Eric
Powers, Dillon
Sjoberg, Axel
Badji, Dominique

Automatically Protected:
Calvert, Caleb
Pfeffer, Zachary
Serna, Dillon
Burch, Marc
Burling, Bobby
Berner, John
Castillo, Dennis
Doyle, Conor
Jones, Jermaine
LeToux, Sebastian
Pappa, Marco
Ramirez, Juan
St. Ledger, Sean
Watts, Jared
Williams, Mekeil


Columbus Crew SCColumbus Crew SC
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Afful, Harrison
Finlay, Ethan
Higuain, Federico
Jahn, Adam
Jimenez, Hector
Kamara, Ola
Meram, Justin
Naess, Nicolai
Steffen, Zack
Tchani, Tony
Trapp, Wil

Automatically Protected:
Barson, Chad
Swanson, Ben

Ineligible:
Casey, Conor (retired)
Ashe, Corey
Clark, Steven
Duka, Dilly
Francis, Waylon
Hollingsworth, Marshall
Mabwati, Cedrick
Martinez, Cristian
Pacifici, Matthew
Saied, Mohammed
Saravia, Rodrigo
Sauro, Gaston
Stuver, Brad
Wahl, Tyson


D.C. UnitedD.C. United
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Acosta, Luciano
Birnbaum, Steven
DeLeon, Nick
Hamid, Bill
Kemp, Taylor
Mullins, Patrick
Neagle, Lamar
Nyarko, Patrick
Sam, Lloyd
Sarvas, Marcelo
Vincent, Rob

Automatically Protected:
Buescher, Julian
Durkin, Chris
Martin, Collin
Robinson, Jalen
Boswell, Bobby
Dykstra, Andrew
Franklin, Sean
Horton, Charlie
Jeffrey, Jared
Kamara, Alhaji
Korb, Chris
Mishu, Luke
Opare, Kofi
Rolfe, Chris
Saborio, Alvaro
Worra, Travis


FC DallasFC Dallas
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Acosta, Kellyn
Akindele, Tesho
Barrios, Michael
Diaz, Mauro
Figueroa, Maynor
Gruezo, Carlos
Hedges, Matt
Hollingshead, Ryan
Ulloa, Victor
Urruti, Maximiliano
Zimmerman, Walker

Automatically Protected:
Craft, Coy
Gonzalez, Jesse
Guillen, Aaron
Pomykal, Paxton

Ineligible:
Castillo, Fabian (loan)
Alves Dos Santos, Getterson
Bonner, Colin
David, Aubrey
Harris, Atiba
Herman, Ryan
Hernandez, Moises
Lizarazo, Carlos
Loyd, Zach
Ortiz, Juan
Paparatto, Norberto
Pitter, Timo
Rosales, Mauro
Ruiz, Carlos
Seitz, Chris


Houston DynamoHouston Dynamo
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Alexander, Eric
Anibaba, Jalil
Bruin, Will
Clark, Ricardo
Escalante, Jose
Garcia, Oscar Boniek
Manotas, Mauro
Monteiro de Lima, Alex
Torres, Erick
Wenger, Andrew
Willis, Joe

Automatically Protected:
Deric, Tyler
Ibeagha, Sebastian
Lucatero, Christian
Arboleda Quinones, Yair
Beasley, DaMarcus
Brown, Calle
Brown, Keyner
Garcia Iniquez, Agustin
Garcia, Kevin
Horst, David
Lovejoy, Rob
Maidana, Cristian
Mansally, Abdoulie
Rodriguez, Raul
Steinberger, Zach
Warner, Collen
Williams, Sheanon


LA GalaxyLA Galaxy
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Boateng, Emmanuel
Cole, Ashley
DeLaGarza, AJ
Diop, Clement
dos Santos, Giovani
Lletget, Sebastian
Rogers, Robbie
Rowe, Brian
Steres, Daniel
Van Damme, Jelle
Zardes, Gyasi

Automatically Protected:
Jamieson, Bradford
McBean, Jack
Mendiola, Raul
Sorto, Oscar
Villarreal, Jose
Aguilar, Miguel
Da Silva, Leonardo
Donovan, Landon
Garcia, Rafael
Gerrard, Steven
Gordon, Alan
Husidic, Baggio
Keane, Robbie
Kennedy, Dan
Larentowicz, Jeff
Lassiter, Ariel
Magee, Mike
Romney, David


Montreal ImpactMontreal Impact
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Bernardello, Hernan
Bitolo Oyongo, Ambroise
Bush, Evan
Cabrera, Victor
Camara, Hassoun
Ciman, Laurent
Donadel, Marco
Mancosu, Matteo
Piatti, Ignacio
Romero, Andres
Venegas, Johan

Automatically Protected:
Choiniere, David
Crepeau, Maxime
Gagnon-Lapare, Jeremy
Jackson-Hamel, Anthony
Lefevre, Wandrille
Bekker, Kyle
Bernier, Patrice
Dia, Amadou
Drogba, Didier
Fisher, Kyle
Kronberg, Eric
Mallace, Calum
Oduro, Dominic
Ontivero, Lucas
Salazar, Michael
Shipp, Harry
Toia, Donny


New England RevolutionNew England Revolution
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Agudelo, Juan
Bunbury, Teal
Cropper, Cody
Fagundez, Diego
Farrell, Andrew
Kamara, Kei
Koffie, Gershon
Kouassi, Xavier
Nguyen, Lee
Rowe, Kelyn
Tierney, Chris

Automatically Protected:
Caldwell, Scott
Herivaux, Zachary
Barnes, Darrius
Goncalves, Jose Julio
Hollinger-Janzen, Femi
Knighton, Brad
Kobayashi, Daigo
McCrary, Jordan
Neumann, Steven
Shuttleworth, Robert
Smith, Donnie
Turner, Matt
Watson, JeVaughn
Woodberry, London


New York City FCNew York City FC
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Allen, RJ
Brilliant, Frederic
Chanot, Maxime
Diskerud, Mix
Johnson, Sean
Lopez, Mikey
Matarrita, Ronald
McNamara, Thomas
Pirlo, Andrea
Shelton, Khiry
Villa, David

Automatically Protected:
Harrison, Jack

Ineligible:
Ballouchy, Mehdi (retired)
Iraola, Andoni (retired)
Brandt, Connor
Bravo, Federico
Gomez, Shannon
Hernandez, Jason
Johansen, Eirik
Lampard, Frank
Martinez, Diego
Mena, Jefferson
Mendoza, Stiven
Rawls, Andre
Saunders, Josh
Taylor, Tony
White, Ethan


New York Red BullsNew York Red Bulls
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Campanholi, Felipe
Collin, Aurelien
Grella, Mike
Kljestan, Sacha
Lawrence, Kemar
McCarty, Dax
Meara, Ryan
Robles, Luis
Royer, Daniel
Veron, Gonzalo
Wright-Phillips, Bradley

Automatically Protected:
Adams, Tyler
Allen, Brandon
Davis, Sean
Etienne, Derrick
Lade, Conor
Muyl, Alex
Abang, Anatole
Baah, Gideon
Bilyeu, Justin
Damari, Omer
Duvall, Chris
Long, Aaron
Ouimette, Karl
Perrinelle, Damien
Reynish, Kyle
Wright-Phillips, Shaun
Zizzo, Sal
Zubar, Ronald


Orlando City SCOrlando City SC
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Aja, Jose
Bendik, Joe
Higuita, Cristian
Kaka
Larin, Cyle
Molino, Kevin
Nocerino, Antonio
Perez Garcia, Matias
Ramos, Rafael
Rivas, Carlos Augusto
Shea, Brek

Automatically Protected:
Donovan, Conor
Laryea, Richmond
Redding, Tommy
Stajduhar, Mason
Turner, Tyler
Alston, Kevin
Ambrose, Mikey
Baptista, Julio
Barry, Hadji
Boden, Luke
Carrasco, Servando
Edwards Jr, Earl
Garica, Devron
Hines, Sebastian
Mateos, David
Ribeiro, Pedro
Rocha, Tony
Rochez, Bryan


Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia Union
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Alberg, Roland
Ayuk, Eric
Bedoya, Alejandro
Blake, Andre
Creavalle, Warren
Fabinho
Marquez, Richard
Pereira Dias Junior, Ilson
Pontius, Chris
Rosenberry, Keegan
Sapong, CJ

Automatically Protected:
Herbers, Fabian
Jones, Derrick
Trusty, Auston
Yaro, Joshua
Barnetta, Tranquillo
Carroll, Brian
Conceicao, Anderson
Davies, Charlies
Edu, Maurice
Fernandes, Leo
Gaddis, Raymon
Jones, Matt
McCarthy, John
Missimo, Cole
Restrepo, Walter
Tribbett, Ken
Washington, Taylor


Portland TimbersPortland Timbers
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Adi, Fanendo
Andriuskevicius, Vytautas
Arokoyo, Gbenga
Chara, Diego
Gleeson, Jake
Mattocks, Darren
Melano, Lucas
Nagbe, Darlington
Powell, Alvas
Ridgewell, Liam
Valeri, Diego

Ineligible:
Jewsbury, Jack (retired)
Grabavoy, Ned (retired)
Asprilla, Dairon
Barmby, Jack
Besler, Nick
Borchers, Nat
Brett, Neco
Hamilton, Wade
Igboananike, Kennedy
Klute, Chris
Konopka, Chris
McInerney, Jack
Okugo, Amobi
Peay, Taylor
Polk, Ben
Taylor, Jermaine
Taylor, Steven
Thoma, Andy
Valentin, Zarek
Zemanski, Ben


Real Salt LakeReal Salt Lake
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Beckerman, Kyle
Beltran, Tony
Martinez, Juan Manuel
Maund, Aaron
Movsisyan, Yura
Mulholland, Luke
Obayan Sunday, Stephen
Phillips, Demar
Plata, Joao
Rimando, Nick
Schuler, Chris

Automatically Protected:
Acosta, Danilo
Allen, Jordan
Fernandez, Eduardo
Glad, Justen
Holness, Omar
Kavita, Phanuel
Saucedo, Sebastian
Velazco, Ricardo
Attinella, Jeff
Baez, Pedro
Garcia, Olmes
Morales, Javier
Okwounu, Boyd
Olave, Jamison
Sandoval, Devon
Stertzer, John
Welshman, Emery
Wingert, Chris


San Jose EarthquakesSan Jose Earthquakes
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Alashe, Fatai
Bernardez, Victor
Bingham, David
Cato, Cordell
Ceren, Darwin
Dawkins, Simon
Godoy, Anibal
Imperiale, Andres
Salinas, Shea
Sarkodie, Kofi
Wondolowski, Chris

Automatically Protected:
Thompson, Tommy
Tarbell, Andrew
Amarikwa, Quincy
Barrera, Leandro
Barrett, Chad
Colvey, Kip
Emeghara, Innocent
Francis, Shaun
Goitom, Henok
Goodson, Clarence
Lenhart, Steven
Meredith, Bryan
Pelosi, Marc
Quintero, Alberto
Sherrod, Mark
Silva, Matheus
Stewart, Jordan
Wynne, Marvell


Seattle Sounders FCSeattle Sounders
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Alfaro, Tony
Alonso, Osvaldo
Dempsey, Clint
Evans, Brad
Frei, Stefan
Jones, Joevin
Lodeiro, Nicolas
Marshall, Chad
Miller, Tyler
Roldan, Cristian
Torres, Roman

Automatically Protected:
Jones, Darwin
Kovar, Aaron
Mansaray, Victor
Morris, Jordan

Ineligible:
Scott, Zacharias (retired)
Farfan, Michael
Anderson, Oalex
Fernandez, Alvaro
Fisher, Oneil
Friberg, Erik
Gomez, Herculez
Ivanschitz, Andreas
Lowe, Damion
Lyon, Charlie
Mears, Tyrone
Ockford, Jimmy
Remick, Dylan
Sturgis, Nathan
Valdez, Nelson


Sporting Kansas CitySporting KC
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Abdul-Salaam, Saad
Besler, Matthew
Dwyer, Dom
Espinoza, Roger
Feilhaber, Benny
Medranda, Jimmy
Melia, Tim
Mustivar, Soni
Opara, Ike
Rubio Kostner, Diego
Zusi, Graham

Automatically Protected:
Ellis, Kevin
Kempin, Jon
Palmer-Brown, Erik
Salloi, Daniel
Alvarado, Ever
Appiah, Emmanuel
Coelho, Nuno
Davis, Brad
Hallisey, Connor
Joya, Benji
Kann, Alec
Mapp, Justin
Myers, Chance
Nagamura, Paulo
Olum, Lawrence
Peterson, Jacob
Porter, Cameron
Sinovic, Seth


Toronto FCToronto FC
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Altidore, Jozy
Bradley, Michael
Cooper, Armando
Delgado, Marco
Endo, Tsubasa
Giovinco, Sebastian
Hagglund, Nick
Moor, Drew
Morrow, Justin
Osorio, Jonathan
Zavaleta, Eriq

Automatically Protected:
Bono, Alex
Chapman, Jay
Hamilton, Jordan
Manella, Chris
Morgan, Ashtone
Babouli Molham
Beitashour, Steven
Bloom, Mark
Cheyrou, Benoit
Irwin, Clint
Johnson, Will
Lovitz, Daniel
Ricketts, Tosaint
Roberts, Quillan
Simonin, Clement
Williams, Josh


Vancouver Whitecaps FCVancouver Whitecaps FC
PROTECTEDUNPROTECTED
Bolanos, Christian
Dean, Christian
Harvey, Jordan
Hurtado, Erik
Jacobson, Andrew
Laba, Matias
Manneh, Kekuta
Mezquida, Nicolas
Ousted, David
Parker, Tim
Waston, Kendall

Automatically Protected:
Adekugbe, Sam
Bustos, Marco
Carducci, Marco
Davies, Alphonso
Froese, Kianz
McKendry, Ben
Teibert, Russell
Aird, Fraser
Barnes, Giles
De Jong, Marcel
Edgar, David
Flores, Deybi
Kudo, Masato
Levis, Brett
Morales, Pedro
Perez, Blas
Seiler, Cole
Smith, Jordan
Techera, Cristian
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