# 2017 MLS expansion draft

The 2017 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Los Angeles FC held on December 12, 2017. Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on December 10, 2017.

## Format

The rules for the 2017 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 2017 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 5 players to be drafted.

## Expansion Draft Picks

| Pick | MLS Team | Player | Previous Team | Trade Notes |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | Tyler Miller | Seattle Sounders FC | |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | Latif Blessing | Sporting Kansas City | |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | Marco Ureña (INTL) | San Jose Earthquakes | |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | Jukka Raitala (INTL) | Columbus Crew SC | Traded to Montreal Impact in exchange for Laurent Ciman. |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | Raheem Edwards | Toronto FC | Traded to Montreal Impact in exchange for Laurent Ciman. |

## Affected Post-Draft Trades

* This section will show any publicized details of trades made regarding players involved in the expansion draft.

## Team-by-team-breakdown

* Legend
* Selected by Los Angeles FC
* (DP) - Designated Player
* (FA) - Free agent
* (GA) - Generation Adidas
* (HGP) - Homegrown player
* (INTL) - International player

### Atlanta United FC

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Mikey Ambrose | Miguel Almirón (DP) (INTL) | Andrew Carleton (HGP) |
| Yamil Asad (INTL) | Carlos Carmona (INTL) | Chris Goslin (HGP) |
| Mark Bloom | Greg Garza | Miles Robinson (GA) |
| Bobby Boswell (FA) | Leandro González Pírez (INTL) | |
| Kevin Kratz | Julian Gressel (INTL) | |
| Jeff Larentowicz (FA) | Brad Guzan | |
| Zach Loyd (FA) | Alec Kann | |
| Chris McCann | Josef Martínez (DP) (INTL) | |
| Tyrone Mears | Michael Parkhurst | |
| Kévin Oliveira (INTL) | Brandon Vazquez | |
| Jeffrey Otoo (INTL) | Héctor Villalba (DP) (INTL) | |
| Tyler Pasher (INTL) | | |
| Jacob Peterson | | |
| Kyle Reynish (FA) | | |
| Anton Walkes (INTL) | | |
| Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu | | |
| Romario Williams (INTL) | | |

### Chicago Fire

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| David Arshakyan (INTL) | David Accam (DP) | Drew Conner (HGP) |
| Jorge Bava (INTL) | Jonathan Campbell | Collin Fernandez (HGP) |
| Brandt Bronico | Johan Kappelhof (INTL) | Djordje Mihailovic (HGP) |
| Stefan Cleveland | Dax McCarty | Patrick Doody (HGP) |
| Jorge Corrales | Nemanja Nikolić (DP) (INTL) | Joey Calistri (HGP) |
| Michael de Leeuw (INTL) | Juninho | |
| Christian Dean | Matt Polster | |
| Matej Dekovic (INTL) | Richard Sánchez | |
| John Goossens (INTL) | Bastian Schweinsteiger (DP) (INTL) | |
| Michael Harrington (FA) | Luis Solignac (INTL) | |
| Daniel Johnson | Brandon Vincent | |
| Matt Lampson | | |
| João Meira (INTL) | | |

### Colorado Rapids

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| John Berner | Stefan Aigner (INTL) | Caleb Calvert (HGP) |
| Bobby Burling (FA) | Micheal Azira | Kortne Ford (HGP) |
| Dennis Castillo (INTL) | Dominique Badji (INTL) | Dillon Serna (HGP) |
| Mike da Fonte | Nana Boateng (INTL) | Ricardo Perez (HGP) |
| Josh Gatt | Shkëlzen Gashi (DP) (INTL) | Kevin Doyle |
| Luis Gil | Marlon Hairston | |
| Alan Gordon (FA) | Tim Howard (DP) | |
| Sam Hamilton | Zac MacMath | |
| Mohammed Saeid (INTL) | Eric Miller | |
| Mekeil Williams (INTL) | Axel Sjöberg | |
| | Jared Watts | |

### Columbus Crew SC

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Waylon Francis | Mohammed Abu (INTL) | Alex Crognale (HGP) |
| Niko Hansen | Lalas Abubakar (INTL) | Ben Swanson (HGP) |
| Marshall Hollingsworth | Harrison Afful | |
| Adam Jahn | Artur (INTL) | |
| Hector Jiménez | Federico Higuaín (DP) | |
| Logan Ketterer | Ola Kamara (INTL) | |
| Connor Maloney | Kekuta Manneh | |
| Cristian Martínez (INTL) | Pedro Santos (DP) (INTL) | |
| Jonathan Mensah (DP) (INTL) | Justin Meram | |
| Abuchi Obinwa | Zack Steffen | |
| Jukka Raitala (INTL) | Wil Trapp | |
| Rodrigo Saravia (INTL) | | |
| Gastón Sauro | | |
| Brad Stuver | | |
| Josh Williams | | |

### D.C. United

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Deshorn Brown (INTL) | Luciano Acosta (INTL) | Chris Durkin (HGP) |
| Julian Büscher (INTL) | Paul Arriola (DP) | Ian Harkes (HGP) |
| Steve Clark | Steve Birnbaum | Jalen Robinson (HGP) |
| Sean Franklin (FA) | Frédéric Brillant (INTL) | Chris Rolfe |
| Bill Hamid | Russell Canouse | |
| Jared Jeffrey | Nick DeLeon | |
| Eric Klenofsky | Taylor Kemp | |
| Chris Korb | Darren Mattocks | |
| Bruno Miranda (INTL) | Patrick Mullins | |
| Patrick Nyarko (FA) | Kofi Opare | |
| Chris Odoi-Atsem | Zoltán Stieber (INTL) | |
| Lloyd Sam | | |
| Marcelo Sarvas | | |
| Rob Vincent | | |
| Travis Worra | | |

### FC Dallas

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Carlos Cermeño (INTL) | Kellyn Acosta | Coy Craft (HGP) |
| Aníbal Chalá (DP) (INTL) | Tesho Akindele | Jesse González (HGP) |
| Eduardo Cortes | Michael Barrios (INTL) | Bryan Reynolds (HGP) |
| Maynor Figueroa (INTL) | Cristian Colmán (DP) (INTL) | Paxton Pomykal (HGP) |
| Luis González (INTL) | Mauro Díaz | Aaron Guillen (HGP) |
| Hernán Grana (INTL) | Carlos Gruezo (DP) (INTL) | Jesús Ferreira (HGP) |
| Atiba Harris (FA) | Jacori Hayes | Reggie Cannon (HGP) |
| Walker Hume | Matt Hedges | Adonijah Reid (GA) |
| Roland Lamah (INTL) | Ryan Hollingshead | |
| Javier Morales (FA) | Victor Ulloa | |
| Chris Seitz (FA) | Maxi Urruti | |

### Houston Dynamo

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Eric Alexander (FA) | Juan David Cabezas (INTL) | Tyler Deric (HGP) |
| Arturo Álvarez | Leonardo | Memo Rodríguez (HGP) |
| Jalil Anibaba | Alberth Elis (DP) (INTL) | Christian Lucatero (HGP) |
| DaMarcus Beasley (FA) | Adolfo Machado (INTL) | |
| Boniek García | Mauro Manotas | |
| Calle Brown | Tomás Martínez (DP) (INTL) | |
| Ricardo Clark (FA) | Romell Quioto (INTL) | |
| A. J. DeLaGarza (FA) | Dylan Remick | |
| José Escalante (INTL) | Erick Torres (DP) | |
| Kevin Garcia | Andrew Wenger | |
| Joe Holland (INTL) | Joe Willis | |
| Taylor Hunter | | |
| George Malki | | |
| Alex | | |
| Vicente Sánchez | | |
| Philippe Senderos (INTL) | | |
| Charlie Ward (INTL) | | |

### LA Galaxy

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Michaël Ciani (INTL) | Romain Alessandrini (DP) (INTL) | Robbie Rogers |
| Bradley Diallo (INTL) | João Pedro (INTL) | Hugo Arellano (HGP) |
| Clément Diop | Emmanuel Boateng | Jose Villarreal (HGP) |
| Jermaine Jones | Ashley Cole (INTL) | Raúl Mendiola (HGP) (INTL) |
| Rafael Garcia | Giovani dos Santos (DP) (INTL) | Jaime Villarreal (HGP) |
| Jon Kempin | Jonathan dos Santos (DP) (INTL) | Nathan Smith (HGP) |
| Ariel Lassiter | Baggio Hušidić | Bradford Jamieson IV (HGP) |
| Jack McInerney | Sebastian Lletget | Jack McBean (HGP) |
| Brian Rowe | David Romney | |
| Pele van Anholt (INTL) | Daniel Steres | |
| | Gyasi Zardes | |

### Minnesota United FC

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Bernardo Añor | Bobby Shuttleworth | Abu Danladi (GA) (INTL) |
| Justin Davis | Francisco Calvo (INTL) | Collin Martin (HGP) |
| Thomas De Villardi | Michael Boxall (INTL) | Harrison Heath (HGP) |
| Vadim Demidov (INTL) | Brent Kallman | |
| Joe Greenspan | Jérôme Thiesson (INTL) | |
| Miguel Ibarra | Marc Burch | |
| Ismaila Jome | Sam Cronin | |
| Alex Kapp | Kevin Molino | |
| José Leitón (INTL) | Ibson | |
| Patrick McLain | Ethan Finlay | |
| Sam Nicholson (INTL) | Christian Ramirez | |
| Rasmus Schüller (INTL) | | |
| Jermaine Taylor | | |
| Johan Venegas (INTL) | | |
| Kevin Venegas | | |
| Collen Warner | | |

### Montreal Impact

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Hernán Bernardello (INTL) | Ambroise Oyongo (INTL) | David Choinière (HGP) |
| Patrice Bernier | Evan Bush | Maxime Crépeau (HGP) |
| Deian Boldor (INTL) | Víctor Cabrera (INTL) | Louis Béland-Goyette (HGP) |
| Hassoun Camara | Laurent Ciman (INTL) | Anthony Jackson-Hamel (HGP) |
| Nick DePuy | Marco Donadel (INTL) | Shamit Shome (GA) |
| Shaun Francis (FA) | Chris Duvall | Ballou Tabla (HGP) |
| Eric Kronberg (FA) | Blerim Džemaili (DP) (INTL) | |
| Wandrille Lefèvre | Kyle Fisher | |
| Matteo Mancosu (INTL) | Daniel Lovitz | |
| Dominic Oduro | Ignacio Piatti (DP) (INTL) | |
| Andrés Romero (INTL) | Samuel Piette | |
| Michael Salazar | | |

### New England Revolution

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Benjamin Angoua (INTL) | Juan Agudelo | Scott Caldwell (HGP) |
| Femi Hollinger-Janzen | Teal Bunbury | Zachary Herivaux (HGP) |
| Brad Knighton (FA) | Cody Cropper | |
| Daigo Kobayashi | Antonio Delamea Mlinar (INTL) | |
| Xavier Kouassi (INTL) | Claude Dielna (INTL) | |
| Donnie Smith | Diego Fagúndez | |
| Joshua Smith | Andrew Farrell | |
| Chris Tierney | Gershon Koffie (INTL) | |
| Matt Turner | Krisztián Németh (INTL) | |
| Je-Vaughn Watson | Lee Nguyen | |
| London Woodberry | Kelyn Rowe | |
| Brian Wright | | |

### New York City FC

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| R. J. Allen | Alexander Callens (INTL) | Jonathan Lewis (GA) |
| Kwame Awuah | Jack Harrison | James Sands (HGP) |
| Miguel Camargo (INTL) | Yangel Herrera (INTL) | Andrea Pirlo |
| Maxime Chanot (INTL) | Sean Johnson | |
| Shannon Gomez | Rónald Matarrita | |
| Eirik Johansen | Tommy McNamara | |
| Mikey Lopez | Maximiliano Moralez (DP) (INTL) | |
| Jefferson Mena (INTL) | Alexander Ring (INTL) | |
| Sean Okoli | Ben Sweat | |
| John Stertzer | David Villa (DP) (INTL) | |
| Andraž Struna (INTL) | Rodney Wallace | |
| Ethan White | | |

### New York Red Bulls

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Anatole Abang (INTL) | Felipe | Tyler Adams (HGP) |
| Gideon Baah (INTL) | Fidel Escobar (INTL) | Sean Davis (HGP) |
| Vincent Bezecourt (INTL) | Sacha Kljestan (DP) | Derrick Etienne (HGP) |
| Aurélien Collin (INTL) | Kemar Lawrence (INTL) | Arun Basuljevic (HGP) |
| Dilly Duka (FA) | Aaron Long | Alex Muyl (HGP) |
| Mike Grella | Ryan Meara | Evan Louro (HGP) |
| Muhamed Keita (INTL) | Michael Amir Murillo (INTL) | Brandon Allen (HGP) |
| Connor Lade | Luis Robles | |
| Zeiko Lewis (INTL) | Daniel Royer (INTL) | |
| Dan Metzger | Gonzalo Verón (INTL) | |
| Hassan Ndam (INTL) | Bradley Wright-Phillips (DP) | |
| Damien Perrinelle (INTL) | | |
| Sal Zizzo (FA) | | |

### Orlando City SC

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Kevin Alston | José Aja (INTL) | Richie Laryea (GA) (INTL) |
| Giles Barnes (FA) | Joe Bendik | Tommy Redding (HGP) |
| Hadji Barry | Dom Dwyer | Mason Stajduhar (HGP) |
| Servando Carrasco | Cristian Higuita | Kaká |
| Pierre da Silva | Will Johnson | |
| Conor Donovan | Cyle Larin | |
| Earl Edwards Jr. | Carlos Rivas (DP) | |
| Devron García (INTL) | Jonathan Spector | |
| PC (INTL) | Scott Sutter (INTL) | |
| Seb Hines | Donny Toia | |
| Antonio Nocerino | Yoshimar Yotún (DP) (INTL) | |
| Léo Pereira (INTL) | | |
| Dillon Powers | | |
| Rafael Ramos | | |
| Tony Rocha | | |
| Josh Saunders (FA) | | |

### Philadelphia Union

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Roland Alberg (INTL) | Alejandro Bedoya (DP) | Adam Najem (HGP) |
| Eric Ayuk (INTL) | Andre Blake (INTL) | Derrick Jones (HGP) |
| Warren Creavalle | Jack Elliott (INTL) | Auston Trusty (HGP) |
| Charlie Davies | Marcus Epps | Joshua Yaro (GA) (INTL) |
| Maurice Edu (DP) | Fabinho | Brian Carroll |
| Ray Gaddis | Fabian Herbers | |
| Aaron Jones (INTL) | Haris Medunjanin (INTL) | |
| Richie Marquez | Ilsinho (INTL) | |
| John McCarthy | Fafà Picault | |
| Jake McGuire | Keegan Rosenberry | |
| Oguchi Onyewu | C. J. Sapong | |
| Chris Pontius (FA) | | |
| Jay Simpson (INTL) | | |
| Ken Tribbett | | |
| Giliano Wijnaldum (INTL) | | |

### Portland Timbers

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Victor Arboleda (INTL) | Fanendo Adi (DP) | Jeremy Ebobisse (GA) |
| Gbenga Arokoyo (INTL) | Vytas | Marco Farfan (HGP) |
| Jeff Attinella | Dairon Asprilla | |
| Jack Barmby (INTL) | Sebastián Blanco (DP) (INTL) | |
| Rennico Clarke (INTL) | Diego Chará | |
| Jake Gleeson | David Guzmán (INTL) | |
| Kendall McIntosh | Larrys Mabiala (INTL) | |
| Lucas Melano (INTL) | Darlington Nagbe | |
| Roy Miller | Alvas Powell | |
| Chance Myers | Liam Ridgewell | |
| Amobi Okugo | Diego Valeri (DP) | |
| Lawrence Olum | | |
| Bill Tuiloma (INTL) | | |
| Zarek Valentin | | |
| Ben Zemanski (FA) | | |

### Real Salt Lake

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Chad Barrett (FA) | Kyle Beckerman | Danilo Acosta (HGP) |
| Tony Beltran | Justen Glad (HGP) | Jordan Allen (HGP) |
| Nick Besler | David Horst | José Hernández (HGP) (INTL) |
| Reagan Dunk | Luke Mulholland | Brooks Lennon (HGP) |
| Omar Holness (INTL) | Joao Plata | Ricardo Velazco (HGP) |
| Yura Movsisyan (DP) | Nick Rimando | |
| Stephen Sunday | Albert Rusnák (DP) (INTL) | |
| Demar Phillips (INTL) | Sebastian Saucedo | |
| Justin Schmidt | Jefferson Savarino (DP) (INTL) | |
| Chris Schuler (FA) | Luis Silva | |
| Connor Sparrow | Marcelo Silva (INTL) | |
| Matt Van Oekel | | |
| Chris Wingert (FA) | | |

### San Jose Earthquakes

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| François Affolter (INTL) | Fatai Alashe | Tommy Thompson (HGP) |
| Quincy Amarikwa | David Bingham | Nick Lima (HGP) |
| Leandro Barrera (INTL) | Darwin Cerén | Jackson Yueill (GA) |
| Víctor Bernárdez | Aníbal Godoy (INTL) | Marvell Wynne |
| Matt Bersano | Danny Hoesen (INTL) | |
| Cordell Cato | Jahmir Hyka (INTL) | |
| Kip Colvey | Florian Jungwirth (INTL) | |
| Harold Cummings (INTL) | Vako (DP) (INTL) | |
| Simon Dawkins (DP) (INTL) | Shea Salinas | |
| Andrés Imperiale (INTL) | Andrew Tarbell | |
| Lindo Mfeka (INTL) | Chris Wondolowski (DP) | |
| Marc Pelosi | | |
| Kofi Sarkodie | | |
| Matheus Silva (INTL) | | |
| Marco Ureña (INTL) | | |

### Seattle Sounders FC

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Tony Alfaro | Will Bruin | Aaron Kovar (HGP) |
| Osvaldo Alonso (DP) | Clint Dempsey (DP) | Seyi Adekoya (HGP) |
| Jordy Delem (INTL) | Stefan Frei | Jordan Morris (HGP) |
| Brad Evans (FA) | Kelvin Leerdam (INTL) | Henry Wingo (HGP) |
| Oniel Fisher | Nicolás Lodeiro (DP) (INTL) | |
| Joevin Jones (INTL) | Chad Marshall | |
| Calum Mallace | Víctor Rodríguez (INTL) | |
| Zach Mathers | Cristian Roldan | |
| Bryan Meredith | Gustav Svensson (INTL) | |
| Tyler Miller | Nouhou Tolo (INTL) | |
| Lamar Neagle (FA) | Román Torres (INTL) | |
| Harry Shipp | | |

### Sporting Kansas City

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Saad Abdul-Salaam | Matt Besler | Kevin Ellis (HGP) |
| Kharlton Belmar | Roger Espinoza (DP) | Gianluca Busio (HGP) |
| Latif Blessing | Benny Feilhaber | Erik Palmer-Brown (HGP) |
| Amer Didic | Gerso Fernandes (DP) | Dániel Sallói (HGP) (INTL) |
| Andrew Dykstra | Cristian Lobato (INTL) | |
| Cameron Iwasa | Jimmy Medranda | |
| Kenwyne Jones | Tim Melia | |
| Soni Mustivar (INTL) | James Musa (INTL) | |
| Cameron Porter | Ike Opara | |
| Diego Rubio | Ilie Sánchez | |
| Soony Saad | Graham Zusi (DP) | |
| Seth Sinovic | | |
| Colton Storm | | |
| Alex Tambakis | | |
| Adrian Zendejas | | |

### Toronto FC

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Øyvind Alseth (INTL) | Jozy Altidore (DP) | Jay Chapman (HGP) |
| Brandon Aubrey | Alex Bono | Jordan Hamilton (HGP) |
| Steven Beitashour (FA) | Michael Bradley (DP) | Ashtone Morgan (HGP) |
| Benoît Cheyrou (INTL) | Marky Delgado | Sergio Camargo (HGP) |
| Armando Cooper (INTL) | Sebastian Giovinco (DP) (INTL) | Ben Spencer (HGP) |
| Raheem Edwards | Nick Hagglund | |
| Tsubasa Endoh (INTL) | Chris Mavinga (INTL) | |
| Nicolas Hasler (INTL) | Justin Morrow | |
| Jason Hernandez (FA) | Jonathan Osorio | |
| Clint Irwin | Víctor Vázquez (INTL) | |
| Drew Moor (FA) | Eriq Zavaleta | |
| Mark Pais | | |
| Tosaint Ricketts | | |

### Vancouver Whitecaps FC

    As of December 10, 2017
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
| Christian Bolaños (INTL) | Ali Ghazal (INTL) | Sam Adekugbe (HGP) |
| Marcel de Jong | Erik Hurtado | Marco Bustos (HGP) |
| David Edgar | Kei Kamara (DP) | Alphonso Davies (HGP) |
| Deybi Flores (INTL) | Stefan Marinovic (INTL) | Ben McKendry (HGP) |
| Kyle Greig | Nicolás Mezquida (INTL) | Russell Teibert (HGP) |
| Jordan Harvey (FA) | Fredy Montero (DP) | |
| Bernie Ibini-Isei (INTL) | Jake Nerwinski | |
| Nosa Igiebor (INTL) | Tim Parker | |
| Andrew Jacobson (FA) | Yordy Reyna (INTL) | |
| Matías Laba (INTL) | Tony Tchani | |
| Brett Levis | Kendall Waston (INTL) | |
| Aaron Maund | | |
| David Ousted (INTL) | | |
| Spencer Richey | | |
| Mauro Rosales | | |
| Cole Seiler | | |
| Brek Shea (DP) | | |
| Cristian Techera (INTL) | | |
| Sheanon Williams | | |