# 2019 MLS expansion draft

The 2019 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion teams Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC that was held on November 19, 2019. On October 6, 2019, Inter Miami CF won the coin toss for the Expansion Priority Draft, and chose to select first in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft. Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on November 16, 2019.

## Format

The rules for the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer.
* The five teams that had players selected by FC Cincinnati during the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft will be exempt from the 2019 Expansion Draft: D.C. United, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, and New York Red Bulls.
* Existing teams that are not exempt will be allowed to protect 12 players from their Roster. If a player is selected from a team, that team will no longer be available for selection.
* The expansion draft lasts five rounds, totaling ten players to be drafted. No trades are permitted during the draft.

## Expansion Draft picks

| Pick | MLS Team | Player | Previous Team | Trade Notes |
| 1 | Inter Miami CF | Ben Sweat | New York City FC | |
| 2 | Nashville SC | Abu Danladi | Minnesota United FC | |
| 3 | Inter Miami CF | Alvas Powell | FC Cincinnati | |
| 4 | Nashville SC | Zarek Valentin | Portland Timbers | Traded to the Houston Dynamo in exchange for Joe Willis. |
| 5 | Inter Miami CF | Lee Nguyen | Los Angeles FC | |
| 6 | Nashville SC | Jalil Anibaba | New England Revolution | |
| 7 | Inter Miami CF | Luis Argudo | Columbus Crew SC | |
| 8 | Nashville SC | Brandon Vazquez | Atlanta United FC | Traded to FC Cincinnati in exchange for $150,000 in Targeted Allocation Money. |
| 9 | Inter Miami CF | Bryan Meredith | Seattle Sounders FC | |
| 10 | Nashville SC | Jimmy Medranda | Sporting Kansas City | |
* Note: The order of selections was determined in the MLS Expansion Priority Draft on October 6, 2019.

### Affected post-draft trades
## Team-by-team-breakdown
### Atlanta United FC

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Mikey Ambrose
* Jon Gallagher
* José Hernández
* Alec Kann
* Kevin Kratz
* Jeff Larentowicz
* Justin Meram
* Brendan Moore
* Luiz Fernando
* Michael Parkhurst
* Dion Pereira
* Florentin Pogba
* Brek Shea
* Brandon Vazquez

### Chicago Fire

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Diego Campos
* Stefan Cleveland
* Elliot Collier
* Marcelo
* Nicolás Gaitán
* Cristian Martínez
* Amando Moreno
* Nemanja Nikolić
* David Ousted
* Richard Sánchez
* Bastian Schweinsteiger

### FC Cincinnati

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Fanendo Adi
* Nazmi Albadawi
* Corben Bone
* Hassan Ndam
* Logan Gdula
* Jimmy Hague
* Justin Hoyte
* Roland Lamah
* Forrest Lasso
* Emmanuel Ledesma
* Ben Lundt
* Kekuta Manneh
* Darren Mattocks
* Jimmy McLaughlin
* Alvas Powell
* Caleb Stanko
* Przemysław Tytoń

### Colorado Rapids

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Tim Howard
* Niki Jackson
* Kofi Opare
* Abdul Rwatubyaye
* Axel Sjöberg
* Danny Wilson

### Columbus Crew SC

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Luis Argudo
* Ricardo Clark
* Waylon Francis
* David Guzmán
* Federico Higuaín
* Hector Jiménez
* Jon Kempin
* Ben Lundgaard
* Connor Maloney
* Youness Mokhtar
* Edward Opoku
* Eduardo Sosa
* Josh Williams
* Romario Williams

### Los Angeles FC

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Lamar Batista
* Steven Beitashour
* Danilo Silva
* Phillip Ejimadu
* Mohamed El Monir
* Alejandro Guido
* Jordan Harvey
* Dejan Jakovic
* Tyler Miller
* Lee Nguyen
* Adrien Perez
* Javier Pérez
* Joshua Pérez
* Peter-Lee Vassell
* Rodolfo Zelaya

### LA Galaxy

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Favio Álvarez
* Uriel Antuna
* Servando Carrasco
* Emil Cuello
* Tomas Hilliard-Arce
* Zlatan Ibrahimović
* Perry Kitchen
* Matt Lampson
* João Pedro
* Juninho
* Chris Pontius
* Jørgen Skjelvik
* Diedie Traore

### Minnesota United FC

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Abu Danladi
* Ethan Finlay
* Marlon Hairston
* Miguel Ibarra
* Brent Kallman
* Carter Manley
* Wilfried Moimbé
* Ally Hamis Ng'anzi
* Lawrence Olum
* Wyatt Omsberg
* Ángelo Rodríguez
* Rasmus Schüller
* Bobby Shuttleworth

### Montreal Impact

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Zachary Brault-Guillard
* Omar Browne
* Evan Bush
* Rudy Camacho
* Jorge Corrales
* Rod Fanni
* Anthony Jackson-Hamel
* Ken Krolicki
* Bacary Sagna
* Amar Sejdič
* Maximiliano Urruti
* Jeisson Vargas

### New England Revolution

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Juan Agudelo
* Jalil Anibaba
* Juan Fernando Caicedo
* Edgar Castillo
* Cody Cropper
* Brad Knighton
* Michael Mancienne
* Brian Wright

### New York City FC

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Luis Barraza
* Dan Bedoya
* Jeff Caldwell
* Sebastien Ibeagha
* Gary Mackay-Steven
* Jesús Medina
* Eric Miller
* Abdi Mohamed
* Ebenezer Ofori
* Tony Rocha
* Brad Stuver
* Ben Sweat
* Juan Pablo Torres

### Orlando City SC

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Carlos Ascues
* Alex DeJohn
* Adam Grinwis
* Cristian Higuita
* Will Johnson
* Sacha Kljestan
* Shane O'Neill
* Dillon Powers
* Greg Ranjitsingh
* Robinho
* Brian Rowe
* Lamine Sané
* Kyle Smith

### Philadelphia Union

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* R. J. Allen
* Fabinho
* Joe Bendik
* Aurélien Collin
* Warren Creavalle
* Marco Fabián
* Olivier Mbaizo
* Haris Medunjanin
* Michee Ngalina

### Portland Timbers

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Dairon Asprilla
* Jeff Attinella
* Tomás Conechny
* Claude Dielna
* Andrés Flores
* Aljaž Ivačič
* Modou Jadama
* Kendall McIntosh
* Andy Polo
* Zarek Valentin
* Renzo Zambrano

### Real Salt Lake

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Tony Beltran
* Alex Horwath
* Luke Mulholland
* Joao Plata
* Justin Portillo
* Nick Rimando
* Kelyn Rowe
* Pablo Enrique Ruíz

### San Jose Earthquakes

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* François Affolter
* Matt Bersano
* Eric Calvillo
* Harold Cummings
* Luis Felipe Fernandes
* Carlos Fierro
* Marcos López
* Paul Marie
* Jimmy Ockford
* Kevin Partida
* Andrew Tarbell

### Seattle Sounders FC

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Saad Abdul-Salaam
* Will Bruin
* Jonathan Campbell
* Emanuel Cecchini
* Justin Dhillon
* Chad Marshall
* Bryan Meredith
* Víctor Rodríguez
* Alex Roldan
* Harry Shipp
* Luis Silva
* Román Torres

### Sporting Kansas City

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Botond Baráth
* Eric Dick
* Benny Feilhaber
* Andreu Fontàs
* Nicolas Hasler
* Jimmy Medranda
* Krisztián Németh
* Seth Sinovic
* Rodney Wallace
* Gedion Zelalem

### Toronto FC

    As of November 16, 2019
* Exposed
* Jon Bakero
* Nicolas Benezet
* Laurent Ciman
* Tsubasa Endoh
* Drew Moor
* Ashtone Morgan
* Justin Morrow
* Patrick Mullins
* Caleb Patterson-Sewell
* Ryan Telfer
* Eriq Zavaleta