# 2022 MLS expansion draft

The 2022 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team St. Louis City SC that was held on November 11, 2022. The list of exposed players was revealed on November 10, 2022. The picks were made on November 11, 2022, at 6:30 PM ET with St. Louis City SC selecting Nicholas Gioacchini, Indiana Vassilev, Jonathan Bell, John Nelson, and Jake LaCava.

## Format

Teams who had players selected in the 2021 MLS Expansion Draft were exempt. These teams were Austin FC, Atlanta United FC, D.C. United, Los Angeles FC, and New York City FC. All other teams from the 2022 season were subject to the draft. These teams had 12 protection slots that they may apply to any draft eligible player on their senior, and supplemental rosters. Players who have not graduated from Generation Adidas, and homegrown players age 25 and under as of the end of the 2022 season were not eligible for the draft. Players with contracts expiring at the end of the season, designated players, and players with no-trade clauses were part of a team's roster and were eligible for the draft. In the case of players with no-trade clauses, a team must use one of their protection slots for that player. A team that had a player selected in the draft became exempt from any further picks in the draft. The expansion team, St. Louis City SC was given 5 picks for the draft.

## Expansion Draft picks

| Pick | MLS team | Player | Previous team | Notes |
| 1 | St. Louis City SC | Nicholas Gioacchini | Orlando City SC | |
| 2 | St. Louis City SC | Indiana Vassilev | Inter Miami CF | |
| 3 | St. Louis City SC | Jonathan Bell | New England Revolution | |
| 4 | St. Louis City SC | John Nelson | FC Cincinnati | |
| 5 | St. Louis City SC | Jake LaCava | New York Red Bulls | Traded to Inter Miami CF in exchange for $150,000 of General Allocation Money. |

## Team-by-team-breakdown
### Charlotte FC

* Exposed
* Harrison Afful
* Jordy Alcívar
* Adam Armour
* Guzmán Corujo
* Alan Franco
* Christian Fuchs
* George Marks
* Quinn McNeill
* Joseph Mora
* Yordy Reyna
* Koa Santos
* Andre Shinyashiki
* Pablo Sisniega
* Jan Sobocinski
* Adrian Zendejas

### Chicago Fire FC

* Exposed
* Jonathan Bornstein
* Kendall Burks
* Fabian Herbers
* Stanislav Ivanov
* Spencer Richey
* Boris Sekulić

### FC Cincinnati

* Exposed
* Dominique Badji
* Tyler Blackett
* Geoff Cameron
* Allan Cruz
* Raymon Gaddis
* Yuya Kubo
* Evan Louro
* Nicholas Markanich
* Ronald Matarrita
* Júnior Moreno
* John Nelson
* Alvas Powell

### Colorado Rapids

* Exposed
* Steven Beitashour
* Lucas Esteves
* Felipe Gutiérrez
* Clint Irwin
* Anthony Markanich
* Philip Mayaka
* Drew Moor
* Collen Warner
* Danny Wilson
* Gyasi Zardes

### Columbus Crew

* Exposed
* Jalil Anibaba
* Evan Bush
* Derrick Etienne Jr.
* Marlon Hairston
* Erik Hurtado
* James Igbekeme
* Kevin Molino
* Pedro Santos
* Brady Scott
* Yaw Yeboah

### FC Dallas

* Exposed
* Lucas Bartlett
* Dominick Hernandez
* Franco Jara
* Nanu
* Facundo Quignon
* Joshué Quiñónez

### Houston Dynamo FC

* Exposed
* Beto Avila
* Mateo Bajamich
* Darwin Cerén
* Joe Corona
* Sam Junqua
* Nico Lemoine
* Michael Nelson
* Tim Parker
* Darwin Quintero
* Memo Rodriguez
* Thiaguinho
* Zarek Valentin
* Zeca

### Inter Miami CF

* Exposed
* George Acosta
* Corentin Jean
* CJ Dos Santos
* Kieran Gibbs
* Gonzalo Higuaín
* Joevin Jones
* Aimé Mabika
* Nick Marsman
* Harvey Neville
* Alejandro Pozuelo
* Brek Shea
* Victor Ulloa
* Indiana Vassilev

### Sporting Kansas City

* Exposed
* Roger Espinoza
* Andreu Fontàs
* Nicolas Isimat-Mirin
* Kendall McIntosh
* Tim Melia
* Oriol Rosell
* Khiry Shelton
* Ben Sweat

### Los Angeles Galaxy

* Exposed
* Daniel Aguirre
* Martin Cáceres
* Douglas Costa
* Nick DePuy
* Chase Gasper
* Carlos Harvey
* Jonathan Klinsmann
* Sacha Kljestan
* Kelvin Leerdam
* Farai Mutatu
* Richard Sánchez
* Victor Vásquez
* Jorge Villafaña
* Eriq Zavaleta

### Minnesota United FC

* Exposed
* Alan Benítez
* Abu Danladi
* Bakaye Dibassy
* Eric Dick
* Oniel Fisher
* Jonathan González
* Niko Hansen
* Jacori Hayes
* Brent Kallman
* Nabilai Kibunguchy
* Justin McMaster
* Romain Métanire
* Tyler Miller
* Callum Montgomery
* Tanitolua Oluwaseyi
* Joseph Rosales
* Wil Trapp

### CF Montréal

* Exposed
* Zorhan Bassong
* Sebastian Breza
* Rudy Camacho
* Gabriele Corbo
* Ahmed Hamdi
* Sunusi Ibrahim
* Bjørn Johnsen
* Logan Ketterer
* Jojea Kwizera
* Chinonso Offor
* Róbert Thorkelsson
* Victor Wanyama

### Nashville SC

* Exposed
* Brian Anunga
* Josh Bauer
* Teal Bunbury
* Roberto Castellanos
* Irakoze Donasiyano
* Luke Haakenson
* Aké Arnaud Loba
* Ahmed Longmire
* Dax McCarty
* Bryan Meredith
* Will Meyer
* Eric Miller
* Alex Muyl
* Elliot Panicco
* Rodrigo Piñeiro
* Taylor Washington

### New England Revolution

* Exposed
* Jon Bell
* Emmanuel Boateng
* Gustavo Bou
* A. J. DeLaGarza
* Clément Diop
* Earl Edwards Jr.
* Omar Gonzalez
* Jacob Jackson
* Wilfrid Kaptoum
* Edward Kizza
* Brad Knighton
* Lucas Maciel
* Christian Makoun
* Ben Reveno
* Ryan Spaulding
* Ismael Tajouri-Shradi

### New York Red Bulls

* Exposed
* Jesús Castellano
* Caden Clark
* Kyle Duncan
* Patryk Klimala
* Jake LaCava
* Aaron Long
* Anthony Marccucci
* Ryan Meara
* Hassan Ndam
* Dylan Nealis
* Matthew Nocita
* Steven Sserwadda

### Orlando City SC

* Exposed
* Tesho Akindele
* Wilder Cartagena
* Joey DeZart
* Nicholas Gioacchini
* Adam Grinwis
* Jack Lynn
* João Moutinho
* Jake Mulraney
* Alexandre Pato
* Kyle Smith
* Júnior Urso

### Philadelphia Union

* Exposed
* Abasa Aremeyaw
* Alejandro Bedoya
* Joe Bendik
* Jesús Bueno
* Chris Donovan
* Gino Portella

### Portland Timbers

* Exposed
* David Bingham
* Sebastian Blanco
* Pablo Bonilla
* George Fochive
* Nathan Fogaça
* Diego Gutierrez
* Marvin Loría
* Larrys Mabiala
* Zac McGraw
* Felipe Mora
* Justin Rasmussen
* Josecarlos Van Rankin
* Justin vom Steeg

### Real Salt Lake

* Exposed
* Nick Besler
* Scott Caldwell
* Maikel Chang
* Tomás Gómez
* Bret Halsey
* Erik Holt
* Johan Kappelhof
* Jonathan Menéndez
* Rubio Rubín
* Marcelo Silva
* Bobby Wood

### San Jose Earthquakes

* Exposed
* Oskar Ågren
* George Asomani
* Matt Bersano
* Jan Gregus
* Siad Haji
* Eric Remedi
* Shea Salinas
* Jack Skahan
* Tommy Thompson

### Seattle Sounders FC

* Exposed
* Samuel Adeniran
* Will Bruin
* Abdoulaye Cissoko
* Stefan Cleveland
* Jimmy Medranda
* Fredy Montero
* Jackson Ragen
* Kelyn Rowe
* Andrew Thomas

### Toronto FC

* Exposed
* Ifunanyachi Achara
* Auro Jr.
* Alex Bono
* Kadin Chung
* Doneil Henry
* Greg Ranjitsingh
* Quentin Westberg

### Vancouver Whitecaps FC

* Exposed
* Janio Bikel
* Derek Cornelius
* Cody Cropper
* Cristian Dájome
* David Egbo
* Marcus Godinho
* Cristián Gutiérrez
* Florian Jungwirth
* Luis Martins
* Jake Nerwinski
* Evan Newton
* Leonard Owusu
* Ryan Raposo
* Tosaint Ricketts
* Russell Teibert