The 2017 MLS Expansion Draft takes place tomorrow at 2pm ET.
Here’s everything you need to know as LAFC build their roster for their inaugural season, including a list of everyone who’s available…
2017 MLS Expansion Draft process:
LAFC 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 - LAFC can claim a single player from any one club
- Three minutes for each selection
- No timeouts
- No trades permitted during draft
Generation adidas (GA) and off-budget Homegrown Players (HG) are automatically exempt, current MLS clubs may protect up to 11 players from selection in the Expansion Draft. Players eligible for free agency [FA] are not exempt.
 Atlanta United | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Ambrose, Mikey Asad, Yamil (INT'L) Bloom, Mark Boswell, Bobby [FA] Kratz, Kevin Larentowicz, Jeff [FA] Loyd, Zach [FA] McCann, Chris Mears, Tyrone Oliveira, Kevin (INT'L) Otoo, Jeffrey (INT'L) Pasher, Tyler (INT'L) Peterson, Jacob Reynish, Kyle [FA] Walkes, Anton (INT'L) Wheeler-Omiunu, Andrew Williams, Romario (INT'L) | Almiron, Miguel (INT'L) Carmona, Carlos (INT'L) Garza, Greg Gonzalez Pirez, Leandro (INT'L) Gressel, Julian (INT'L) Guzan, Brad Kann, Alec Martinez, Josef (INT'L) Parkhurst, Michael Vazquez, Brandon Villalba, Hector (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Carleton, Andrew (HG) Goslin, Christopher (HG) Robinson, Miles (GA) |
 Chicago Fire | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Arshakyan, David (INT'L) Bava, Rodrigo (INT'L) Bronico, Brandt Cleveland, Stefan Corrales, Jorge de Leeuw, Michael (INT'L) Dean, Christian Dekovic, Matej (INT'L) Goossens, John (INT'L) Harrington, Michael [FA] Johnson, Daniel Lampson, Matt Meira, Joao (INT'L) | Accam, David Campbell, Jonathan Kappelhof, Johan (INT'L) McCarty, Dax Nikolic, Nemanja (INT'L) Juninho Polster, Matt Sanchez, Richard Schweinsteiger, Bastian (INT'L) Solignac, Luis (INT'L) Vincent, Brandon Automatically Protected: Conner, Drew (HG) Fernandez, Collin (HG) Mihailovic, Djordje (HG) Doody, Patrick (HG) Calistri, Joey (HG) |
 Colorado Rapids | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Berner, John Burling, Bobby [FA] Castillo, Dennis (INT'L) Da Fonte, Mike Gatt, Joshua Gil, Luis Gordon, Alan [FA] Hamilton, Sam Saeid, Mohammed (INT'L) Williams, Mekeil (INT'L) | Aigner, Stefan (INT'L) Azira, Micheal Badji, Dominique (INT'L) Boateng, Nana (INT'L) Gashi, Shkelzen (INT'L) Hairston, Marlon Howard, Tim MacMath, Zac Miller, Eric Sjoberg, Axel Watts, Jared Automatically Protected: Calvert, Caleb (HG) Ford, Kortne (HG) Serna, Dillon (HG) Perez, Ricardo (HG) Doyle, Kevin (Retired) |
 Columbus Crew SC | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Francis, Waylon Hansen, Niko Hollingsworth, Marshall Jahn, Adam Jimenez, Hector Ketterer, Logan Maloney, Connor Martinez, Cristian (INT'L) Mensah, Jonathan (INT'L) Obinwa, Abuchi Raitala, Jukka (INT'L) Saravia, Rodrigo (INT'L) Sauro, Gaston Stuver, Brad Williams, Josh | Abu, Mohammed (INT'L) Lalas (INT'L) Afful, Harrison Artur (INT'L) Higuain, Federico Kamara, Ola (INT'L) Manneh, Kekuta Santos, Pedro (INT'L) Meram, Justin Steffen, Zack Trapp, Wil Automatically Protected: Crognale, Alex (HG) Swanson, Ben (HG) |
 D.C. United | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Brown, Deshorn (INT'L) Buescher, Julian (INT'L) Clark, Steve Franklin, Sean [FA] Hamid, Bill Jeffrey, Jared Klenofsky, Eric Korb, Chris Miranda, Bruno (INT'L) Nyarko, Patrick [FA] Odio-Atsem, Chris Sam, Lloyd Sarvas, Marcelo Vincent, Rob Worra, Travis | Acosta, Luciano (INT'L) Arriola, Paul Birnbaum, Steven Brillant, Frederic (INT'L) Canouse, Russell DeLeon, Nick Kemp, Taylor Mattocks, Darren Mullins, Patrick Opare, Kofi Stieber, Zoltan (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Durkin, Chris (HG) Harkes, Ian (HG) Robinson, Jalen (HG) Rolfe, Chris (Retired) |
 FC Dallas | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Cermeno, Carlos (INT'L) Chala, Anibal (INT'L) Cortes, Eduardo Figueroa, Maynor (INT'L) Gonzalez, Luis (INT'L) Grana, Hernan (INT'L) Harris, Atiba [FA] Hume, Walker Lamah, Roland (INT'L) Morales, Javier [FA] Seitz, Chris [FA] | Acosta, Kellyn Akindele, Tesho Barrios, Michael (INT'L) Colman, Cristian (INT'L) Diaz, Mauro Gruezo, Carlos (INT'L) Hayes, Jacori Hedges, Matt Hollingshead, Ryan Ulloa, Victor Urruti, Maximiliano Automatically Protected: Craft, Coy (HG) Gonzalez, Jesse (HG) Reynolds, Bryan (HG) Pomykal, Paxton (HG) Guillen, Aaron (HG) Ferreira, Jesus (HG) Cannon, Reginald (HG) Reid, Adonijah (GA-Canada) |
 Houston Dynamo | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Alexander, Eric [FA] Alvarez, Arturo Anibaba, Jalil Beasley, DaMarcus [FA] Boniek Garcia, Oscar Brown, Calle Clark, Ricardo [FA] DeLaGarza, A.J. [FA] Escalante, Jose (INT'L) Garcia, Kevin Holland, Joseph (INT'L) Hunter, Taylor Malki, George Alex Sanchez, Vicente Senderos, Philippe (INT'L) Ward, Charlie (INT'L) | Cabezas, Juan David (INT'L) Leonardo Elis, Alberth (INT'L) Machado, Adolfo (INT'L) Manotas, Mauro Martinez, Tomas (INT'L) Quioto, Romell (INT'L) Remick, Dylan Torres, Erick Wenger, Andrew Willis, Joe Automatically Protected: Deric, Tyler (HG) Rodriguez, Memo (HG) Lucatero, Christian (HG) |
 LA Galaxy | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Ciani, Michael (INT'L) Diallo, Bradley (INT'L) Diop, Clement Garcia, Rafael Jones, Jermaine Kempin, Jon Lassiter, Ariel McInerney, Jack Rowe, Brian Van Anholt, Pele (INT'L) | Alessandrini, Romain (INT'L) Joao Pedro (INT'L) Boateng, Emmanuel Cole, Ashley (INT'L) dos Santos, Giovani (INT'L) dos Santos, Jonathan (INT'L) Husidic, Baggio Lletget, Sebastian Romney, David Steres, Daniel Zardes, Gyasi Automatically Protected: Rogers, Robbie (Retired) Arellano, Hugo (HG) Villarreal, Jose (HG) Villarreal, Jaime (HG) Mendiola, Raul (HG/INT'L) Smith, Nathan (HG) Jamieson, Bradford (HG) McBean, Jack (HG) |
 Minnesota United | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Anor, Bernardo (INT'L) Davis, Justin De Villardi, Thomas Demidov, Vadim (INT'L) Greenspan, Joseph Ibarra, Miguel Jome, Ismaila Kapp, Alex Leiton, Jose (INT'L) McLain, Patrick Nicholson, Sam (INT'L) Schuller, Rasmus (INT'L) Taylor, Jermaine Venegas, Johan (INT'L) Venegas, Kevin Warner, Collen | Ibson Boxall, Michael (INT'L) Burch, Marc Calvo, Francisco (INT'L) Cronin, Sam Finlay, Ethan Kallman, Brent Molino, Kevin Ramirez, Christian Shuttleworth, Bobby Thiesson, Jerome (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Danladi, Abu (GA/INT'L) Martin, Collin (HG) Heath, Harrison (HG) |
 Montreal Impact | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Bernardello, Hernan (INT'L) Bernier, Patrice Boldor, Deian (INT'L) Camara, Hassoun DePuy, Nick Francis, Shaun [FA] Kronberg, Eric [FA] Lefevre, Wandrille Mancosu, Matteo (INT'L) Oduro, Dominic Romero, Andres (INT'L) Salazar, Michael | Oyongo, Ambroise (INT'L) Bush, Evan Cabrera, Victor (INT'L) Ciman, Laurent (INT'L) Donadel, Marco (INT'L) Duvall, Chris Džemali, Blerim (INT'L) Fisher, Kyle Lovitz, Daniel Piatti, Ignacio (INT'L) Piette, Samuel Automatically Protected: Choiniere, David (HG) Crepeau, Maxime (HG) Beland-Goyette, Louis (HG) Jackson-Hamel, Anthony (HG) Shome, Shamit (GA-Canada) Tabla, Ballou Jean-Yves (HG) |
 New England Revolution | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Angoua, Benjamin (INT'L) Hollinger-Janzen, Femi Knighton, Brad [FA] Kobayashi, Daigo Kouassi, Xavier (INT'L) Smith, Donnie Smith, Josh Tierney, Chris Turner, Matt Watson, Je-Vaughn Woodberry, London Wright, Brian | Agudelo, Juan Bunbury, Teal Cropper, Cody Delamea Mlinar, Antonio (INT'L) Dielna, Claude (INT'L) Fagundez, Diego Farrell, Andrew Koffie, Gershon (INT'L) Nemeth, Krisztian (INT'L) Nguyen, Lee Rowe, Kelyn Automatically Protected: Caldwell, Scott (HG) Herivaux, Zachary (HG) |
 New York City FC | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Allen, RJ Awuah, Kwame Camargo, Miguel (INT'L) Chanot, Maxime (INT'L) Gomez, Shannon Johansen, Eirik Lopez, Mikey Mena, Jefferson (INT'L) Okoli, Sean Rawls, Andre Shelton, Khiry Stertzer, John Struna, Andraz (INT'L) White, Ethan | Callens, Alexander (INT'L) Harrison, Jack Herrera, Yangel (INT'L) Johnson, Sean Matarrita, Ronald McNamara, Thomas Moralez, Maxi (INT'L) Ring, Alexander (INT'L) Sweat, Ben Villa, David (INT'L) Wallace, Rodney Automatically Protected: Lewis, Jonathan (GA) Sands, James (HG) Pirlo, Andrea (Retired) |
 New York Red Bulls | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Abang, Anatole (INT'L) Baah, Gideon (INT'L) Bezecourt, Vincent (INT'L) Collin, Aurelien (INT'L) Duka, Dilly [FA] Grella, Mike Keita, Muhammed (INT'L) Lade, Connor Lewis, Zeiko (INT'L) Metzger, Dan Ndam, Hassan (INT'L) Perrinelle, Damien (INT'L) Zizzo, Sal [FA] | Felipe Escobar, Fidel (INT'L) Kljestan, Sacha Lawrence, Kemar (INT'L) Long, Aaron Meara, Ryan Murillo, Michael (INT'L) Robles, Luis Royer, Daniel (INT'L) Veron, Gonzalo (INT'L) Wright-Phillips, Bradley Automatically Protected: Adams, Tyler (HG) Davis, Sean (HG) Etienne, Derrick (HG) Basuljevic, Arun (HG) Muyl, Alex (HG) Louro, Evan (HG) Allen, Brandon (HG) |
 Orlando City SC | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Alston, Kevin Barnes, Giles [FA] Barry, Hadji Carrasco, Servando Da Silva, Pierre Donovan, Conor Edwards Jr., Earl Garcia, Devron (INT'L) Giro, Victor (INT'L) Hines, Sebastian Nocerino, Antonio Pereira, Leo (INT'L) Powers, Dillon Ramos, Rafael Rocha, Tony Saunders, Josh [FA] | Aja, Jose (INT'L) Bendik, Joe Dwyer, Dom Higuita, Cristian Johnson, Will Larin, Cyle Rivas, Carlos Spector, Jonathan Sutter, Scott (INT'L) Toia, Donny Yotun, Yoshi (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Laryea, Richmond (GA/INT'L) Redding, Tommy (HG) Stajduhar, Mason (HG) Kaka (Retired) |
 Philadelphia Union | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Alberg, Roland (INT'L) Ayuk, Eric (INT'L) Creavalle, Warren Davies, Charlie Edu, Maurice Gaddis, Raymon Jones, Aaron (INT'L) Marquez, Richard McCarthy, John McGuire, Jake Onyewu, Oguchi Pontius, Chris [FA] Simpson, Jay (INT'L) Tribbett, Ken Wijnaldum, Giliano (INT'L) | Bedoya, Alejandro Blake, Andre (INT'L) Elliott, Jack (INT'L) Epps, Marcus Fabinho Herbers, Fabian Medunjanin, Haris (INT'L) Ilsinho (INT'L) Picault, Fabrice Rosenberry, Keegan Sapong, CJ Automatically Protected: Najem, Adam (HG) Jones, Derrick (HG) Trusty, Auston (HG) Yaro, Joshua (INT'L/GA) Carroll, Brian (Retired) |
 Portland Timbers | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Arboleda, Victor (INT'L) Arokoyo, Gbenga (INT'L) Attinella, Jeff Barmby, Jack (INT'L) Clarke, Rennico (INT'L) Gleeson, Jake McIntosh, Kendall Melano, Lucas (INT'L/On Loan) Miller, Roy Myers, Chance Okugo, Amobi Olum, Lawrence Tuiloma, Bill (INT'L) Valentin, Zarek Zemanski, Ben [FA] | Adi, Fanendo Vytas Asprilla, Dairon Blanco, Sebastian (INT'L) Chara, Diego Guzman, David (INT'L) Mabiala, Larrys (INT'L) Nagbe, Darlington Powell, Alvas Ridgewell, Liam Valeri, Diego Automatically Protected: Ebobisse, Jeremy (GA) Farfan, Marco (HG) |
 Real Salt Lake | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Barrett, Chad [FA] Beltran, Tony Besler, Nick Dunk, Reagan Holness, Omar (INT'L) Movsisyan, Yura Sunny Phillips, Demar (INT'L) Schmidt, Justin Schuler, Chris [FA] Sparrow, Connor VanOekel, Matt Wingert, Chris [FA] | Beckerman, Kyle Glad, Justen Horst, David Mulholland, Luke Plata, Joao Rimando, Nick Rusnak, Albert (INT'L) Saucedo, Sebastian Savarino, Jefferson (INT'L) Silva, Luis Silva, Marcelo (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Acosta, Danilo (HG) Allen, Jordan (HG) Hernandez, Jose (HG/INT'L) Lennon, Brooks (HG) Velazco, Ricardo (HG) |
 San Jose Earthquakes | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Affolter, Francois (INT'L) Amarikwa, Quincy Barrera, Leandro (INT'L) Bernardez, Victor Bersano, Matt Cato, Cordell Colvey, Kip Cummings, Harold (INT'L) Dawkins, Simon (INT'L) Imperiale, Andres (INT'L) Mfeka, Lindo (INT'L) Pelosi, Marc Sarkodie, Kofi Silva, Matheus (INT'L) Urena, Marco (INT'L) | Alashe, Fatai Bingham, David Ceren, Darwin Godoy, Anibal (INT'L) Hoesen, Danny (INT'L) Hyka, Jahmir (INT'L) Jungwirth, Florian (INT'L) Vako (INT'L) Salinas, Shea Tarbell, Andrew Wondolowski, Chris Automatically Protected: Thompson, Tommy (HG) Lima, Nick (HG) Yueill, Jackson (GA) Wynne, Marvell (Retired) |
 Seattle Sounders | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Alfaro, Tony Alonso, Osvaldo Delem, Jordy (INT'L) Evans, Brad [FA] Fisher, Oneil Jones, Joevin (INT'L) Mallace, Calum Mathers, Zach Meredith, Bryan Miller, Tyler Neagle, Lamar [FA] Shipp, Harry | Bruin, Will Dempsey, Clint Frei, Stefan Leerdam, Kelvin (INT'L) Lodeiro, Nicolas (INT'L) Marshall, Chad Rodriguez, Victor (INT'L) Roldan, Cristian Svensson, Gustav (INT'L) Tolo, Nouhou (INT'L) Torres, Roman (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Adekoya, Seyi (HG) Kovar, Aaron (HG) Wingo, Henry (HG) Morris, Jordan (HG) |
 Sporting KC | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Abdul-Salaam, Saad Belmar, Kharlton Blessing, Latif Didic, Amer Dykstra, Andrew Iwasa, Cameron Jones, Kenwyne Kostner, Diego Mustivar, Soni (INT'L) Porter, Cameron Saad, Soony Sinovic, Seth Storm, Colton Tambakis, Alexander Zendejas, Adrian | Besler, Matt Espinoza, Roger Feilhaber, Benny Fernandes, Gerso Lobato, Cristian (INT'L) Medranda, Jimmy Melia, Tim Musa, James (INT'L) Opara, Ike Ilie Zusi, Graham Automatically Protected: Ellis, Kevin (HG) Busio, Gianluca (HG) Palmer-Brown, Erik (HG) Salloi, Daniel (HG/INT'L) |
 Toronto FC | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Alseth, Oyvind (INT'L) Aubrey, Brandon Beitashour, Steven [FA] Cheyrou, Benoit (INT'L) Cooper, Armando (INT'L) Edwards, Raheem Endoh, Tsubasa (INT'L) Hasler, Nicholas (INT'L) Hernandez, Jason [FA] Irwin, Clint Moor, Drew [FA] Pais, Mark Ricketts, Tosaint | Altidore, Jozy Bono, Alex Bradley, Michael Delgado, Marky Giovinco, Sebastian (INT'L) Hagglund, Nick Mavinga, Chrys (INT'L) Morrow, Justin Osorio, Jonathan Vazquez, Victor (INT'L) Zavaleta, Eriq Automatically Protected: Chapman, Jay (HG) Hamilton, Jordan (HG) Morgan, Ashtone (HG) Camargo, Sergio (HG) Spencer, Ben (HG) |
 Vancouver Whitecaps FC | |
|---|---|
| UNPROTECTED | PROTECTED |
| Bolanos, Christian (INT'L) De Jong, Marcel Edgar, David Igiebor, Nosa (INT'L) Flores, Deybi (INT'L) Greig, Kyle Harvey, Jordan [FA] Ibini-Isei, Bernie (INT'L) Jacobson, Andrew [FA] Laba, Matias (INT'L) Levis, Brett Maund, Aaron Ousted, David (INT'L) Richey, Spencer Rosales, Mauro Seiler, Cole Shea, Brek Techera, Cristian (INT'L) Williams, Sheanon | Hurtado, Erik Kamara, Kei Marinovic, Stefan (INT'L) Mezquida, Nicolas (INT'L) Ghazal, Aly (INT'L) Montero, Fredy Nerwinski, Jake Parker, Tim Reyna, Yordy (INT'L) Tchani, Tony Waston, Kendall (INT'L) Automatically Protected: Adekugbe, Sam (HG) Bustos, Marco (HG) Davies, Alphonso (HG) McKendry, Ben (HG) Teibert, Russell (HG) |
Notes:
- Protected/unprotected player-related rules:
- The 22 MLS clubs that competed during the 2017 season can protect 11 players between their Senior, Supplemental and Reserve Roster. If the player’s contract expires at the end of 2017, he will still be considered part of the club’s Senior Roster. If a club protects a player, it is not obligated to exercise the player’s option. It may renegotiate a new budget number for the player as in previous years, subject to the CBA. Option Decline Free Agents and Out of Contracts Free Agents [FA] are part of the Expansion Draft and are not automatically protected.
- Players on a club’s Supplemental Roster, other than Generation adidas players (GA) who have not been graduated at the end of the 2017 MLS Season or Homegrown Players (HG), are eligible.
- Generation adidas (GA) players who have not been graduated at the end of the 2017 MLS Season and Homegrown players (HG) on a Club’s Supplemental/Reserve Roster at the end of the 2017 MLS Season are automatically protected. Clubs do not have to use a protected slot on them.
- 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).
- 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.
- Retired player rules: If a player retires, he will not be a part of the Expansion Draft, but his club will lose its right of first refusal to him should he ultimately decide to play.
- International player rules: 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 international player available.
- Selection of Free Agents: If a Free Agent [FA] is selected in the Expansion Draft, the expansion club that selected the player will gain his previous club’s ability to renegotiate a new contract consistent with the CBA before the beginning of Stage 2 of the Re-Entry Draft. If an Out of Contract Free Agent is selected in the Expansion Draft and subsequently signs with his 2017 club via Free Agency, he will be subject to the compensation limitation for Out of Contract Players signing with a new Club, as provided in the CBA.
- If LAFC selects a Supplemental/Reserve Roster Player, it must offer him a Senior Roster position and he must remain on the Senior Roster as of Roster Compliance Date.
- 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.
- Right to negotiate: LAFC will have the right to renegotiate a drafted player’s salary (either up or down) without having to place such player on waivers or giving his previous club a right of first refusal.
