# 2016 MLS expansion draft

The 2016 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion teams Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC. Atlanta United was selected to pick first by an "Expansion Priority Draft" conducted on October 16, 2016. Protected rosters are based on an MLS release from December 12, 2016.

## Format

These are the rules for the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer.
* Existing teams are allowed to protect 11 players from their Senior, Supplemental and Reserve Roster. Generation Adidas players and Homegrown Players on supplemental rosters are automatically protected and exempt from the expansion draft. Though players who graduated from the Generation Adidas program to the senior roster at the end of the 2016 season are not exempt.
* Only one player may be claimed from each club’s non-protected roster, that team is then eliminated from the expansion draft and not allowed to lose any further players
* The expansion draft will last 5 rounds totaling 10 players to be drafted.

## Expansion Draft order

| Pick | MLS Team | Player | Previous Team | Trade Notes |
| 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. |
| 7 | Atlanta United FC | Mikey Ambrose | Orlando City SC | |
| 8 | Minnesota United FC | Jeff Attinella | Real Salt Lake | Traded to Portland Timbers 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 on February 15, 2017. |

## Affected Post-Draft Trades

* Minnesota United FC traded Chris Duvall to Montreal Impact for Johan Venegas and allocation money.
* Atlanta United FC traded Donny Toia to Orlando City SC for the #8 pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.
* Atlanta United FC returned Clint Irwin to Toronto FC for Mark Bloom and allocation money.
* Minnesota United FC traded Jeff Attinella to Portland Timbers FC for their natural Second Round Pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft and the MLS Rights to Miguel Ibarra.
* Minnesota United FC returned Femi Hollinger-Janzen to the New England Revolution for Bobby Shuttleworth.
* Minnesota United FC traded Saeid to Colorado Rapids.

## Team-by-team-breakdown

* Legend
* Selected by Atlanta
* Selected by Minnesota United FC

### Chicago Fire

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | |

### Colorado Rapids

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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) | | |

### Columbus Crew SC

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | | |

### D.C. United

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | | |

### FC Dallas

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | | |

### Houston Dynamo

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | | |

### LA Galaxy

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | | |

### Montreal Impact

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | | |

### New England Revolution

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Darrius Barnes | Juan Agudelo | Scott Caldwell (HGP) |
| José Gonçalves (DP) (INTL) | Teal Bunbury | Zachary Herivaux (HGP) |
| Femi Hollinger-Janzen | Cody Cropper | |
| Brad Knighton | Diego Fagúndez | |
| Daigo Kobayashi | Andrew Farrell | |
| Jordan McCrary | Kei Kamara (DP) | |
| Steve Neumann | Gershon Koffie (INTL) | |
| Bobby Shuttleworth | Xavier Kouassi (DP) (INTL) | |
| Donnie Smith | Lee Nguyen | |
| Matt Turner | Kelyn Rowe | |
| Je-Vaughn Watson | Chris Tierney | |
| London Woodberry | | |

### New York City FC

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | | |

### New York Red Bulls

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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) | | |

### Orlando City SC

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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) | | |

### Philadelphia Union

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | | |

### Portland Timbers

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Dairon Asprilla | Fanendo Adi (INTL) | Ned Grabavoy |
| Jack Barmby (On loan from Leicester City F.C.) (INTL) | Vytautas Andriuškevičius (INTL) | Jack Jewsbury |
| Nick Besler | Gbenga Arokoyo (INTL) | |
| Nat Borchers | Diego Chará | |
| Neco Brett (INTL) | Jake Gleeson | |
| Wade Hamilton | Darren Mattocks | |
| Kennedy Igboananike (INTL) | Lucas Melano (DP) (INTL) | |
| Chris Klute | Darlington Nagbe | |
| Chris Konopka | Alvas Powell | |
| Jack McInerney | Liam Ridgewell | |
| Amobi Okugo | Diego Valeri (DP) | |
| Taylor Peay | | |
| Ben Polk | | |
| Jermaine Taylor | | |
| Steven Taylor (INTL) | | |
| Andy Thoma | | |
| Zarek Valentin | | |
| Ben Zemanski | | |

### Real Salt Lake

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | |

### San Jose Earthquakes

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Quincy Amarikwa | Fatai Alashe | Andrew Tarbell (GA) |
| Leandro Barrera (INTL) | Víctor Bernárdez | Tommy Thompson (HGP) |
| Chad Barrett | David Bingham | |
| Kip Colvey | Cordell Cato | |
| Innocent Emeghara (DP) (INTL) | Darwin Cerén | |
| Shaun Francis | Simon Dawkins (DP) (INTL) | |
| Henok Goitom (INTL) | Anibal Godoy (INTL) | |
| Clarence Goodson | Andrés Imperiale (INTL) | |
| Steven Lenhart | Shea Salinas | |
| Bryan Meredith | Kofi Sarkodie | |
| Marc Pelosi | Chris Wondolowski | |
| Alberto Quintero (INTL) | | |
| Mark Sherrod | | |
| Matheus Silva (INTL) | | |
| Jordan Stewart | | |
| Marvell Wynne | | |

### Seattle Sounders FC

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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) | | |

### Sporting Kansas City

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | | |

### Toronto FC

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | |

### Vancouver Whitecaps FC

    As of December 12, 2016
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| 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 | | |