# 2010 MLS expansion draft

The 2010 MLS Expansion Draft took place on November 24, 2010, and was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion teams Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Portland Timbers.

## Format

Source
* Portland Timbers selected first, Vancouver Whitecaps FC picked second, and the two alternated picks thereafter.
* Existing teams were allowed to protect 11 players from their rosters. Generation Adidas players were automatically protected, though players who graduated from the program to the senior roster at the end of the 2010 season were not.
* After each player was selected, his team was allowed to remove one exposed player from their list.
* Any developmental players selected were required to move up to the senior roster for the 2011 season.

## Expansion Draft Results

| Pick | MLS Team | Player | Previous Team |
| 1 | Portland Timbers | Dax McCarty | FC Dallas |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Sanna Nyassi | Seattle Sounders FC |
| 3 | Portland Timbers | Eric Brunner | Columbus Crew |
| 4 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Atiba Harris | FC Dallas |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | Adam Moffat | Columbus Crew |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Nathan Sturgis | Seattle Sounders FC |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | Anthony Wallace | Colorado Rapids |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Shea Salinas | Philadelphia Union |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | David Horst | Real Salt Lake |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Alan Gordon | Chivas USA |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | Robbie Findley | Real Salt Lake |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | O'Brian White | Toronto FC |
| 13 | Portland Timbers | Peter Lowry | Chicago Fire |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Alejandro Moreno | Philadelphia Union |
| 15 | Portland Timbers | Jonathan Bornstein | Chivas USA |
| 16 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Joe Cannon | San Jose Earthquakes |
| 17 | Portland Timbers | Jordan Graye | D.C. United |
| 18 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Jonathan Leathers | Sporting Kansas City |
| 19 | Portland Timbers | Arturo Alvarez | San Jose Earthquakes |
| 20 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | John Thorrington | Chicago Fire |

## Team-by-team breakdown

Source

### Chicago Fire

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Nery Castillo | Mike Banner | Corben Bone |
| Andrew Dykstra | Calen Carr | Sean Johnson |
| Collins John | Wilman Conde, Jr. | Victor Pineda |
| Krzysztof Król | Baggio Husidić | |
| Freddie Ljungberg | Steven Kinney | |
| Peter Lowry | Patrick Nyarko | |
| Dasan Robinson | Marco Pappa | |
| John Thorrington | Logan Pause | |
| Deris Umanzor | Bratislav Ristić | |
| | Gonzalo Segares | |
| | Kwame Watson-Siriboe | |

### Chivas USA

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Carlos Borja | Justin Braun | Bryan de la Fuente |
| Jonathan Bornstein | Yamith Cuesta | Blair Gavin |
| Chukwudi Chijindu | Darío Delgado | César Zamora |
| Rodolfo Espinoza | Jorge Flores | |
| Maykel Galindo | Ante Jazić | |
| Alan Gordon | Michael Lahoud | |
| Dan Kennedy | Paulo Nagamura | |
| Eduardo Lillingston | Zach Thornton | |
| Giancarlo Maldonado | Michael Umaña | |
| Gerson Mayen | Ben Zemanski | |
| Jesús Padilla | Sal Zizzo | |
| Osael Romero | | |
| Marcelo Saragosa | | |
| Mariano Trujillo | | |
| Alex Zotincă | | |

### Colorado Rapids

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Andre Akpan | Conor Casey | Davy Armstrong |
| Quincy Amarikwa | Omar Cummings | |
| Steward Ceus | Macoumba Kandji | |
| Ian Joyce | Kosuke Kimura | |
| Ross LaBauex | Jeff Larentowicz | |
| Claudio López | Pablo Mastroeni | |
| Ciaran O'Brien | Drew Moor | |
| Scott Palguta | Brian Mullan | |
| Ross Schunk | Matt Pickens | |
| Wells Thompson | Jamie Smith | |
| Peter Vagenas | Marvell Wynne | |
| Anthony Wallace | | |

### Columbus Crew

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Guillermo Barros Schelotto | Emmanuel Ekpo | Dilly Duka |
| Eric Brunner | Shaun Francis | |
| Kevin Burns | Eddie Gaven | |
| Jason Garey | William Hesmer | |
| Léandre Griffit | Andy Iro | |
| Andy Gruenebaum | Steven Lenhart | |
| Frankie Hejduk | Chad Marshall | |
| Adam Moffat | Andrés Mendoza | |
| Duncan Oughton | Danny O'Rourke | |
| Gino Padula | Emilio Rentería | |
| Josh Williams | Robbie Rogers | |

### D.C. United

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Danny Allsopp | Branko Bošković | Bill Hamid |
| Brandon Barklage | Marc Burch | Andy Najar |
| Adam Cristman | Junior Carreiro | Conor Shanosky |
| Jordan Graye | Dejan Jakovic | |
| Pablo Hernández | Julius James | |
| Devon McTavish | Stephen King | |
| Jaime Moreno | Santino Quaranta | |
| Kurt Morsink | Chris Pontius | |
| Juan Manuel Peña | Clyde Simms | |
| Troy Perkins | Rodney Wallace | |
| Barry Rice | Jed Zayner | |
| Carlos Varela | | |

### FC Dallas

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Eric Avila | Eric Alexander | Moises Hernandez |
| Jeff Cunningham | Jair Benítez | Josh Lambo |
| Kyle Davies | Marvin Chávez | Bryan Leyva |
| Edson Edward | David Ferreira | Rubén Luna |
| Bruno Guarda | Kevin Hartman | Peri Marošević |
| Atiba Harris | Ugo Ihemelu | Victor Ulloa |
| Daniel Hernández | Jackson | Andrew Wiedeman |
| Dax McCarty | George John | |
| Milton Rodríguez | Zach Loyd | |
| Darío Sala | Heath Pearce | |
| Jason Yeisley | Brek Shea | |

### Houston Dynamo

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Samuel Appiah | Bobby Boswell | Danny Cruz |
| Corey Ashe | Geoff Cameron | Tyler Deric |
| Ryan Cochrane | Mike Chabala | Francisco Navas |
| Richard Mulrooney | Brian Ching | |
| Joseph Ngwenya | Colin Clark | |
| Anthony Obodai | Brad Davis | |
| Dominic Oduro | André Hainault | |
| Pat Onstad | Tally Hall | |
| Eddie Robinson | Lovel Palmer | |
| | Adrian Serioux | |
| | Cam Weaver | |

### Los Angeles Galaxy

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Gregg Berhalter | David Beckham | Tristan Bowen |
| Alex Cazumba | Chris Birchall | |
| Bryan Jordan | Edson Buddle | |
| Jovan Kirovski | A. J. DeLaGarza | |
| Dema Kovalenko | Landon Donovan | |
| Leonardo | Todd Dunivant | |
| Mike Magee | Sean Franklin | |
| Yohance Marshall | Omar Gonzalez | |
| Brian Perk | Juninho | |
| Josh Saunders | Donovan Ricketts | |
| | Michael Stephens | |

### New England Revolution

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Zak Boggs | Kevin Alston | Diego Fagúndez |
| Preston Burpo | Darrius Barnes | |
| Nico Colaluca | Shalrie Joseph | |
| Kheli Dube | Kenny Mansally | |
| Cory Gibbs | Sainey Nyassi | |
| Jason Griffiths | Emmanuel Osei | |
| Roberto Linck | Marko Perović | |
| Tim Murray | Matt Reis | |
| Pat Phelan | Zack Schilawski | |
| Seth Sinovic | Bobby Shuttleworth | |
| Khano Smith | Chris Tierney | |
| Ilija Stolica | | |

### New York Red Bulls

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Juan Pablo Ángel | Chris Albright | Juan Agudelo |
| Andrew Boyens | Mehdi Ballouchy | Giorgi Chirgadze |
| Conor Chinn | Danleigh Borman | Tony Tchani |
| Austin da Luz | Bouna Coundoul | |
| Irving Garcia | Thierry Henry | |
| Salou Ibrahim | Joel Lindpere | |
| Brian Nielsen | Rafael Márquez | |
| Carl Robinson | Carlos Mendes | |
| Luke Sassano | Roy Miller | |
| Greg Sutton | Tim Ream | |
| Carey Talley | Dane Richards | |
| Siniša Ubiparipović | | |

### Philadelphia Union

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Cristian Arrieta | Danny Califf | Jack McInerney |
| Eduardo Coudet | Brian Carroll | Danny Mwanga |
| Fred | Juan Diego González | Amobi Okugo |
| Andrew Jacobson | Jordan Harvey | |
| Brad Knighton | Sébastien Le Toux | |
| Stefani Miglioranzi | Justin Mapp | |
| Alejandro Moreno | Kyle Nakazawa | |
| J. T. Noone | Michael Orozco Fiscal | |
| Shea Salinas | Toni Ståhl | |
| Chris Seitz | Roger Torres | |
| Nick Zimmerman | Sheanon Williams | |

### Real Salt Lake

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Jean Alexandre | Paulo Araujo Jr. | Luis Gil |
| Pablo Campos | Kyle Beckerman | |
| Robbie Findley | Tony Beltran | |
| Nelson González | Nat Borchers | |
| Ned Grabavoy | Fabián Espíndola | |
| David Horst | Will Johnson | |
| Rauwshan McKenzie | Javier Morales | |
| Tim Melia | Jámison Olave | |
| Alex Nimo | Nick Rimando | |
| Robbie Russell | Álvaro Saborío | |
| Kyle Reynish | Chris Wingert | |
| Chris Schuler | | |
| Collen Warner | | |
| Andy Williams | | |

### San Jose Earthquakes

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Arturo Alvarez | Jon Busch | Ike Opara |
| Steven Beitashour | Bobby Convey | |
| Bobby Burling | Sam Cronin | |
| Joe Cannon | Joey Gjertsen | |
| Ramiro Corrales | Jason Hernandez | |
| Eduardo | Omar Jasseh | |
| Geovanni | Ryan Johnson | |
| Cornell Glen | Brandon McDonald | |
| Chris Leitch | Scott Sealy | |
| André Luiz | Khari Stephenson | |
| Justin Morrow | Chris Wondolowski | |
| Brad Ring | | |
| Tim Ward | | |

### Seattle Sounders FC

| Exposed | Protected |
| Julien Baudet | Osvaldo Alonso |
| Terry Boss | Brad Evans |
| Danny Earls | Michael Fucito |
| David Estrada | Álvaro Fernández |
| Leonardo González | Jhon Kennedy Hurtado |
| Taylor Graham | Nate Jaqua |
| Patrick Ianni | Kasey Keller |
| Roger Levesque | Fredy Montero |
| Tyrone Marshall | Jeff Parke |
| Miguel Montaño | James Riley |
| Blaise Nkufo | Steve Zakuani |
| Pat Noonan | |
| Sanna Nyassi | |
| Zach Scott | |
| Mike Seamon | |
| Nathan Sturgis | |
| Tyson Wahl | |

### Sporting Kansas City

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Olukorede Aiyegbusi | Davy Arnaud | Teal Bunbury |
| Jamar Beasley | Stéphane Auvray | Jon Kempin |
| Sunil Chhetri | Matt Besler | |
| Jimmy Conrad | Roger Espinoza | |
| Birahim Diop | Michael Harrington | |
| Zoltán Hercegfalvi | Jack Jewsbury | |
| Aaron Hohlbein | Kei Kamara | |
| Nikos Kounenakis | Jimmy Nielsen | |
| Eric Kronberg | Craig Rocastle | |
| Jonathan Leathers | Ryan Smith | |
| Chance Myers | Graham Zusi | |
| Shavar Thomas | | |
| Josh Wolff | | |

### Toronto FC

| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Chad Barrett | Nana Attakora | Doneil Henry |
| Julian de Guzman | Adrian Cann | Nicholas Lindsay |
| Gabe Gala | Jon Conway | |
| Nick Garcia | Dwayne De Rosario | |
| Raivis Hščanovičs | Stefan Frei | |
| Fuad Ibrahim | Dan Gargan | |
| Miloš Kočić | Emmanuel Gómez | |
| Mista | Ty Harden | |
| Joseph Nane | Nick LaBrocca | |
| Amadou Sanyang | Jacob Peterson | |
| Martin Šarić | Maicon Santos | |
| Maxim Usanov | | |
| O'Brian White | | |