2016 MLS Expansion Draft | |
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General information | |
Date(s) | December 13, 2016 [1] |
Overview | |
Expansion teams |
Atlanta United FC Minnesota United FC |
Expansion season | 2017 |
The 2016 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion teams Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC. [2] Atlanta United was selected to pick first by an "Expansion Priority Draft" conducted on October 16, 2016. [3] Protected rosters are based on an MLS release from December 12, 2016. [4]
These are the rules for the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer. [5]
Pick |
MLS Team |
Player |
Previous Team |
Trade Notes |
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1 | Atlanta United FC | Donny Toia | Montreal Impact | Traded to Orlando City SC on December 13, 2016. |
2 | Minnesota United FC | Chris Duvall | New York Red Bulls | Traded to Montreal Impact on December 13, 2016. |
3 | Atlanta United FC | Zach Loyd | FC Dallas | |
4 | Minnesota United FC | Collen Warner | Houston Dynamo | |
5 | Atlanta United FC | Clint Irwin | Toronto FC | Traded back to Toronto FC on December 13, 2016. |
6 | Minnesota United FC | Mohammed Saeid | Columbus Crew SC | Traded to Colorado Rapids on March 31, 2017. [9] |
7 | Atlanta United FC | Mikey Ambrose | Orlando City SC | |
8 | Minnesota United FC | Jeff Attinella | Real Salt Lake | Traded to Portland Timbers [10] on December 20, 2016. |
9 | Atlanta United FC | Alec Kann | Sporting Kansas City | |
10 | Minnesota United FC | Femi Hollinger-Janzen | New England Revolution | Traded back to New England Revolution [11] on February 15, 2017. |
Legend |
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Selected by Atlanta |
Selected by Minnesota United FC |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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David Arshakyan ( INTL) | David Accam ( DP) | Joey Calistri ( HGP) |
Răzvan Cociș | Arturo Álvarez | Drew Conner ( HGP) |
Eric Gehrig | Jonathan Campbell | Patrick Doody ( HGP) |
Michael Harrington | Michael de Leeuw ( INTL) | Collin Fernandez ( HGP) |
Nick LaBrocca | John Goossens ( INTL) | |
Patrick McLain | Johan Kappelhof ( INTL) | |
Alex Morrell | Matt Lampson | |
Rodrigo Ramos (On loan from Coritiba) ( INTL) | João Meira ( INTL) | |
Michael Stephens | Matt Polster | |
Khaly Thiam (On loan from MTK Budapest) ( INTL) | Luis Solignac | |
Brandon Vincent |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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John Berner | Micheal Azira | Caleb Calvert ( HGP) |
Marc Burch | Dominique Badji ( INTL) | Zach Pfeffer ( HGP) |
Bobby Burling | Sam Cronin | Dillon Serna ( HGP) |
Dennis Castillo ( INTL) | Kevin Doyle ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Conor Doyle | Shkëlzen Gashi ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Jermaine Jones | Marlon Hairston | |
Sébastien Le Toux | Tim Howard ( DP) | |
Marco Pappa | Zac MacMath | |
Juan Ramírez ( INTL) | Eric Miller | |
Sean St Ledger ( INTL) | Dillon Powers | |
Jared Watts | Axel Sjöberg ( INTL) | |
Mekeil Williams ( INTL) |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Corey Ashe | Harrison Afful ( INTL) | Chad Barson ( HGP) |
Steve Clark | Ethan Finlay | Ben Swanson ( HGP) |
Dilly Duka | Federico Higuaín ( DP) | |
Waylon Francis | Adam Jahn | |
Marshall Hollingsworth | Hector Jiménez | |
Cedrick Mabwati ( INTL) | Ola Kamara ( INTL) | |
Cristian Martínez (On loan from Chorrillo F.C.) ( INTL) | Justin Meram | |
Matt Pacifici | Nicolai Næss ( INTL) | |
Mohammed Saeid ( INTL) | Zack Steffen | |
Rodrigo Saravia ( INTL) | Tony Tchani | |
Gastón Sauro ( INTL) | Wil Trapp ( HGP) | |
Brad Stuver | ||
Tyson Wahl |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Bobby Boswell | Luciano Acosta (on loan from Boca Juniors) ( INTL) | Julian Büscher ( GA) ( INTL) |
Andrew Dykstra | Steve Birnbaum | Chris Durkin ( HGP) |
Sean Franklin | Nick DeLeon | Collin Martin ( HGP) |
Charlie Horton | Bill Hamid ( HGP) | Jalen Robinson ( HGP) |
Jared Jeffrey | Taylor Kemp | |
Alhaji Kamara ( INTL) | Patrick Mullins | |
Chris Korb | Lamar Neagle | |
Luke Mishu | Patrick Nyarko | |
Kofi Opare | Lloyd Sam | |
Chris Rolfe | Marcelo Sarvas | |
Alvaro Saborio | Rob Vincent | |
Travis Worra |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Colin Bonner | Kellyn Acosta ( HGP) | Fabián Castillo ( DP) |
Aubrey David (on loan from Saprissa) ( INTL) | Tesho Akindele | Coy Craft ( HGP) |
Getterson (on loan from J. Malucelli) ( INTL) | Michael Barrios ( INTL) | Jesse Gonzalez ( HGP) |
Atiba Harris | Mauro Díaz ( DP) | Aaron Guillen ( HGP) |
Ryan Herman | Maynor Figueroa ( INTL) | Paxton Pomykal ( HGP) |
Moises Hernandez | Carlos Gruezo ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Carlos Lizarazo (on loan from Cruz Azul) ( INTL) | Matt Hedges | |
Zach Loyd | Ryan Hollingshead | |
Juan Esteban Ortiz ( INTL) | Victor Ulloa ( HGP) | |
Norberto Paparatto | Maximiliano Urruti | |
Timo Pitter ( INTL) | Walker Zimmerman | |
Mauro Rosales | ||
Carlos Ruiz | ||
Chris Seitz |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Agus ( INTL) | Alex | Tyler Deric ( HGP) |
Yair Arboleda (On loan from Santa Fe) ( INTL) | Eric Alexander | Sebastien Ibeagha ( HGP) |
DaMarcus Beasley ( DP) | Jalil Anibaba | Christian Lucatero ( HGP) |
Calle Brown | Will Bruin | |
Keyner Brown (On loan from C.S. Herediano) ( INTL) | Ricardo Clark | |
Kevin Garcia | José Escalante (On loan from Olimpia) ( INTL) | |
David Horst | Boniek García | |
Rob Lovejoy | Mauro Manotas ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Cristian Maidana ( INTL) | Erick Torres ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Abdoulie Mansally | Andrew Wenger | |
Raúl Rodríguez | Joe Willis | |
Zach Steinberger | ||
Collen Warner | ||
Sheanon Williams |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Miguel Aguilar ( INTL) | Emmanuel Boateng ( INTL) | Bradford Jamieson IV ( HGP) |
Landon Donovan | Ashley Cole ( INTL) | Jack McBean ( HGP) |
Rafael Garcia | A. J. DeLaGarza | Raúl Mendiola ( HGP) ( INTL) |
Steven Gerrard ( DP) ( INTL) | Clément Diop ( INTL) | Oscar Sorto ( HGP) |
Alan Gordon | Giovani dos Santos ( DP) ( INTL) | Jose Villarreal ( HGP) |
Baggio Hušidić | Sebastian Lletget | |
Robbie Keane ( DP) | Robbie Rogers | |
Dan Kennedy | Brian Rowe | |
Jeff Larentowicz | Daniel Steres | |
Ariel Lassiter | Jelle Van Damme ( INTL) | |
Leonardo | Gyasi Zardes ( HGP) | |
Mike Magee | ||
David Romney |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Kyle Bekker | Hernán Bernardello ( INTL) | Louis Béland-Goyette ( HGP) |
Patrice Bernier | Evan Bush | David Choinière ( HGP) |
Amadou Dia | Victor Cabrera ( INTL) | Maxime Crépeau ( HGP) |
Didier Drogba ( DP) ( INTL) | Hassoun Camara | Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé ( HGP) |
Kyle Fisher | Laurent Ciman ( INTL) | Anthony Jackson-Hamel ( HGP) |
Eric Kronberg | Marco Donadel ( INTL) | Wandrille Lefèvre ( HGP) |
Calum Mallace | Matteo Mancosu (On loan from Bologna) ( INTL) | |
Dominic Oduro | Ambroise Oyongo ( INTL) | |
Lucas Ontivero (On loan from Galatasaray) ( DP) ( INTL) | Ignacio Piatti ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Michael Salazar | Andrés Romero | |
Harry Shipp | Johan Venegas ( INTL) | |
Donny Toia |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Connor Brandt | R. J. Allen | Jack Harrison ( GA) ( INTL) |
Federico Bravo (on loan from Boca Juniors) ( INTL) | Frederic Brillant ( INTL) | |
Shannon Gomez (on loan from W Connection) | Maxime Chanot ( INTL) | |
Jason Hernandez | Mix Diskerud | |
Eirik Johansen ( INTL) | Sean Johnson | |
Frank Lampard ( DP) ( INTL) | Mikey Lopez | |
Diego Martínez ( INTL) | Ronald Matarrita ( INTL) | |
Jefferson Mena ( INTL) | Thomas McNamara | |
Stiven Mendoza (on loan from Corinthians) ( INTL) | Andrea Pirlo ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Andre Rawls | Khiry Shelton | |
Josh Saunders | David Villa ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Tony Taylor | ||
Ethan White |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Anatole Abang ( INTL) | Aurélien Collin ( INTL) | Tyler Adams ( HGP) |
Gideon Baah ( INTL) | Felipe ( INTL) | Brandon Allen ( HGP) |
Justin Bilyeu | Mike Grella | Sean Davis ( HGP) |
Omer Damari ( DP) ( INTL) | Sacha Kljestan ( DP) | Derrick Etienne ( HGP) |
Chris Duvall | Kemar Lawrence ( INTL) | Connor Lade ( HGP) |
Aaron Long | Dax McCarty | Alex Muyl ( HGP) |
Karl Ouimette | Ryan Meara | |
Damien Perrinelle ( INTL) | Luis Robles | |
Kyle Reynish | Daniel Royer ( INTL) | |
Shaun Wright-Phillips | Gonzalo Verón ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Sal Zizzo | Bradley Wright-Phillips ( INTL) | |
Ronald Zubar ( INTL) |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Kevin Alston | José Aja (On loan from Nacional) ( INTL) | Conor Donovan ( GA) |
Mikey Ambrose | Joe Bendik | Richie Laryea ( GA) ( INTL) |
Júlio Baptista ( INTL) | Cristian Higuita | Tommy Redding ( HGP) |
Hadji Barry | Kaká ( DP) ( INTL) | Mason Stajduhar ( HGP) |
Luke Boden | Cyle Larin | Tyler Turner ( HGP) |
Servando Carrasco | Kevin Molino | |
Earl Edwards Jr. | Antonio Nocerino ( INTL) | |
Devron García ( INTL) | Matías Pérez García ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Seb Hines | Rafael Ramos ( INTL) | |
David Mateos ( INTL) | Carlos Rivas ( DP) | |
Pedro Ribeiro | Brek Shea | |
Tony Rocha | ||
Bryan Róchez ( DP) ( INTL) |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Tranquillo Barnetta ( INTL) | Roland Alberg ( INTL) | Fabian Herbers ( GA) ( INTL) |
Brian Carroll | Eric Ayuk ( INTL) | Derrick Jones ( HGP) |
Anderson Conceição (On loan from Tombense) ( INTL) | Alejandro Bedoya ( DP) | Auston Trusty ( HGP) |
Charlie Davies | Andre Blake | Josh Yaro ( GA) ( INTL) |
Maurice Edu ( DP) | Warren Creavalle | |
Leo Fernandes | Fabinho | |
Ray Gaddis | Richie Marquez | |
Matt Jones (On loan from Belenenses) | Ilsinho ( INTL) | |
John McCarthy | Chris Pontius | |
Cole Missimo | Keegan Rosenberry | |
Wálter Restrepo | C. J. Sapong | |
Ken Tribbett | ||
Taylor Washington |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Jeff Attinella | Kyle Beckerman | Danilo Acosta ( HGP) |
Pedro Báez ( INTL) | Tony Beltran | Jordan Allen ( HGP) |
Olmes García | Juan Manuel Martínez ( DP) ( INTL) | Lalo Fernandez ( HGP) |
Javier Morales | Aaron Maund | Justen Glad ( HGP) |
Boyd Okwuonu | Yura Movsisyan ( DP) | Omar Holness ( GA) ( INTL) |
Jámison Olave | Luke Mulholland | Phanuel Kavita ( HGP) |
Devon Sandoval | Stephen Sunday ( INTL) | Sebastian Saucedo ( GA) |
John Stertzer | Demar Phillips ( INTL) | Ricardo Velazco ( HGP) |
Emery Welshman ( INTL) | Joao Plata ( DP) | |
Chris Wingert | Nick Rimando | |
Chris Schuler |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Oalex Anderson ( INTL) | Tony Alfaro | Darwin Jones ( HGP) |
Michael Farfan | Osvaldo Alonso | Aaron Kovar ( HGP) |
Álvaro Fernández ( INTL) | Clint Dempsey ( DP) | Victor Mansaray ( HGP) |
Oniel Fisher ( INTL) | Brad Evans | Jordan Morris ( HGP) |
Erik Friberg ( INTL) | Stefan Frei | Zach Scott |
Herculez Gomez | Joevin Jones ( INTL) | |
Andreas Ivanschitz ( INTL) | Nicolás Lodeiro ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Damion Lowe | Chad Marshall | |
Charlie Lyon | Tyler Miller | |
Tyrone Mears | Cristian Roldan | |
Jimmy Ockford | Román Torres ( INTL) | |
Dylan Remick | ||
Nathan Sturgis | ||
Nelson Valdez ( DP) ( INTL) |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Ever Alvarado ( INTL) | Saad Abdul-Salaam | Kevin Ellis ( HGP) |
Emmanuel Appiah | Matt Besler | Jon Kempin ( HGP) |
Nuno André Coelho ( INTL) | Dom Dwyer | Erik Palmer-Brown ( HGP) |
Brad Davis | Roger Espinoza ( DP) | Dániel Sallói ( HGP) ( INTL) |
Connor Hallisey | Benny Feilhaber | Paulo Nagamura |
Benji Joya | Jimmy Medranda ( INTL) | |
Alec Kann | Tim Melia | |
Justin Mapp | Soni Mustivar ( INTL) | |
Chance Myers | Ike Opara | |
Lawrence Olum | Diego Rubio ( DP) ( INTL) | |
Jacob Peterson | Graham Zusi ( DP) | |
Cameron Porter | ||
Seth Sinovic |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Molham Babouli ( HGP) | Jozy Altidore ( DP) | Alex Bono ( GA) |
Steven Beitashour | Michael Bradley ( DP) | Jay Champan ( HGP) |
Mark Bloom | Armando Cooper ( INTL) | Jordan Hamilton ( HGP) |
Benoît Cheyrou ( INTL) | Marco Delgado | Chris Mannella ( HGP) |
Clint Irwin | Tsubasa Endoh ( INTL) | Ashtone Morgan ( HGP) |
Will Johnson | Sebastian Giovinco ( DP) ( INTL) | Quillan Roberts ( HGP) |
Daniel Lovitz | Nick Hagglund | |
Tosaint Ricketts | Drew Moor | |
Clément Simonin ( INTL) | Justin Morrow | |
Josh Williams | Jonathan Osorio | |
Eriq Zavaleta |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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Fraser Aird | Christian Bolaños ( INTL) | Sam Adekugbe ( HGP) |
Giles Barnes | Christian Dean | Marco Bustos ( HGP) |
Marcel De Jong | Jordan Harvey | Marco Carducci ( HGP) |
David Edgar | Erik Hurtado | Alphonso Davies ( HGP) |
Deybi Flores ( INTL) | Andrew Jacobson | Kianz Froese ( HGP) |
Masato Kudo ( INTL) | Matías Laba ( DP) ( INTL) | Ben McKendry ( HGP) |
Brett Levis | Kekuta Manneh | Russell Teibert ( HGP) |
Pedro Morales ( DP) ( INTL) | Nicolás Mezquida ( INTL) | |
Blas Pérez | David Ousted ( INTL) | |
Cole Seiler | Tim Parker | |
Jordan Smith ( INTL) | Kendall Waston ( INTL) | |
Cristian Techera ( INTL) | ||
Paolo Tornaghi |