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Whitecaps FC release expansion draft protected list

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VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC revealed today its protected player list for the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft on Wednesday (the event will be streamed live on MLSsoccer.com at 11 a.m. PT). 


The following 11 players will be protected, in addition to Homegrown players Sam Adekugbe, Marco Bustos, Marco Carducci, Caleb Clarke, Kianz Froese, Ethen Sampson, and Russell Teibert, as well as Generation adidas player Christian Dean, who are exempt from the draft. 


WHITECAPS FC PROTECTED PLAYERS:
1. Steven Beitashour (DF)
2. Jordan Harvey (DF)
3. Erik Hurtado (FW)
4. Gershon Koffie (MF)
5. Matias Laba (MF)
6. Johnny Leverón (DF)
7. Kekuta Manneh (FW)
8. Darren Mattocks (FW)
9. Pedro Morales (MF)
10. David Ousted (GK)
11. Kendall Waston (DF)


With a total of 19 Whitecaps FC players exempt from selection (11 protected players plus seven Homegrown and one Generation adidas player), nine Whitecaps FC members will be available for selection in the Expansion Draft. 


Orlando City SC and New York City FC will each select 10 players from the other 18 MLS clubs. Once a player has been claimed from a club’s non-protected roster, that club may move a player from its non-protected roster to its protected roster. If a club has two players claimed from the non-protected roster, that club will be eliminated from the expansion draft and may not lose any further players.


The complete Whitecaps FC list of protected players, Homegrown and Generation adidas members, and available players is as follows:

<strong>PROTECTED</strong>
<strong>EXEMPT</strong>
<strong>AVAILABLE</strong>
<p>Steven Beitashour (DF)<br> Jordan Harvey (DF)<br> Erik Hurtado (FW)<br> Gershon Koffie (MF)<br> Matias Laba (MF)<br> Johnny Leveron (DF)<br> Kekuta Manneh (FW)<br> Darren Mattocks (FW)<br> Pedro Morales (MF)<br> David Ousted (GK)<br> Kendall Waston (DF)</p>
<p>Sam Adekugbe (DF)<br> Marco Bustos (MF)<br> Marco Carducci (GK)<br> Caleb Clarke (FW)<br> Christian Dean (DF)<br> Kianz Froese (MF)<br> Ethen Sampson (DF)<br> Russell Teibert (MF)</p>
<p>Mehdi Ballouchy (MF)<br> Mamadou Diouf (FW)<br> Sebastian Fernandez (MF/FW)<br> Andre Lewis (MF)<br> Nicolas Mezquida (MF)<br> Carlyle Mitchell (DF)<br> Andy O&rsquo;Brien (DF)<br> Mauro Rosales (MF)<br> Paolo Tornaghi (GK)</p>

Complete list of available and protected players for the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft
CHICAGO FIRE

Available Players

Ianni, Patrick
Joya, Benji
Kinney, Steven
Nyassi, Sanna
Pongolle, Florent
Reynish, Kyle
Segares, Gonzalo
Soumare, Bakary
Cochrane, Greg
Fondy, Matthew
Franco, Marco
Jumper, Hunter
Kann, Alec
Ward, Grant 


Protected Players

Amarikwa, Quincy
Anangono, Juan
Cocis, Razvan
Earnshaw, Robert
Johnson, Sean
Larentowicz, Jeff
Magee, Mike
Monteiro de Lima, Alex
Nyarko, Patrick
Palmer, Lovel
Watson, Matt


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Pineda, Victor
Ritter, Chris
Shipp, Harry 


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

None


COLORADO RAPIDS

Available Players

Agbossoumonde, Gale
Buddle, Edson
Burch, Marc
Cascio, Tony
Castrillon, Geoffrey
Hill, Kamani
Imbongo, Dimitry
Martin, Jose Maria
Mullan, Brian
Mwanga, Danny
Piermayr, Thomas
Wynne, Marvell
Alvarez, Carlos
Berner, John
Eloundou, Charles
Neeskens, John
van de Casteele, Grant


Protected Players

Brown, Deshorn
Harrington, Michael
Irwin, Clint
Klute, Chris
Knight, Zat
LaBrocca, Nick
Moor, Drew
Powers, Dillon
Sanchez, Vicente
Torres, Gabriel
Watts, Jared 


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Armstrong, Davy
Calvert, Caleb
O'Neill, Shane
Serna, Dillon 


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection
Hairston, Marlon 


COLUMBUS CREW SC

Available Players

Arrieta, Jairo
Gehrig, Eric
Paladini, Daniel
Speas, Ben
Sweat, Ben
Viana, Agustin
Wahl, Tyson
Baiden, Kingsley
Bedell, Adam
George, Kevan
Schoenfeld, Aaron
Stuver, Brad


Protected Players

Clark, Steven
Finlay, Ethan
Francis, Waylon
Gall, Romain
Higuain, Federico
Jimenez, Hector
Kamara, Kei
Meram, Justin
Parkhurst, Michael
Pogatetz, Emmanuel
Tchani, Tony


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Barson, Chad
Friedman, Ross
Lampson, Matt
Trapp, Wil
Walker, Matt
Wiet, Mattew


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection
None


D.C. UNITED
Available Players

Arnaud, Davy
Attakora, Nana
Caskey, Alex
Doyle, Conor
Driver, Andrew
Dykstra, Andrew (GK)
Estrada, David
Jeffrey, Jared
Johnson, Eddie
Korb, Chris
McNamara, Thomas
Neal, Lewis
Opare, Kofi
Parke, Jeff
Porter, Kyle


Protected Players

Boswell, Bobby
DeLeon, Nick
Espindola, Fabian
Franklin, Sean
Hamid, Bill
Kitchen, Perry
Pontius, Chris
Rolfe, Chris
Silva, Luis
Birnbaum, Steven
Kemp, Taylor


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Martin, Collin
Robinson, Jalen
Seaton, Michael
Shanosky, Conner


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection
None


FC DALLAS
Available Players

Benitez, Jair
Cabrera, Walter
Escobar, Andres
Fernandez, Raul
John, George
Keel, Stephen
Luccin, Peter
Moffat, Adam
Texeira, David
Thomas, Hendry
Span, Brian
Walker, Nicholas


Protected Players

Akindele, Tesho
Castillo, Fabian
Diaz, Mauro
Hedges, Matt
Hollingshead, Ryan
Kennedy, Dan
Loyd, Zach
Pereira, Michel
Perez, Blas
Seitz, Chris
Watson, JeVaughn


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Acosta, Kellyn
Craft, Coy
Garcia, Danny
Gonzalez, Jesse
Hernandez, Moises
Top, Jonathan
Ulloa, Victor


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection
Zimmerman, Walker


HOUSTON DYNAMO
Available Players

Ashe, Corey
Carrasco, Servando
Cummings, Omar
Horst, David
Inkoom, Samuel
Ownby, Brian
Arena, Anthony
Lisch, Michael
Sherrod, Mark
Willis, Joe


Protected Players

Barnes, Giles
Beasley, DaMarcus
Boniek Garcia, Oscar
Bruin, Will
Clark, Ricardo
Davis, Brad
Deric, Tyler
Garrido, Luis
Lopez, Alexander
Sarkodie, Kofi
Taylor, Jermaine


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Salazar, Bryan


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

Cochran, AJ
Johnson, Jason


SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Available Players

Bieler, Claudio
Claros, Jorge
Gruenebaum, Andy
Kronberg, Eric
Olum, Lawrence
Peterson, Jacob
Rodriguez Dovale, Antonio
Steuble, Martin
Zizzo, Sal
Duke, Christian
Kafari, Michael
Munoz, Victor
Saad, Soony


Protected Players

Anor, Bernardo
Besler, Matthew
Dwyer, Dom
Feilhaber, Benny
Juliao, Igor
Myers, Chance
Nagamura, Paulo
Opara, Ike
Sinovic, Seth
Zusi, Graham
Medranda, Jimmy


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Ellis, Kevin
Kempin, Jon
Palmer-Brown, Erik


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

Lopez, Mikey


LA GALAXY
Available Players

Dunivant, Todd
Gargan, Dan
Gordon, Alan
Perk Brian
Riley, James
Walker, Kenney
Garcia, Rafael
Rowe, Brian
Rugg, Charlie
Venter, Kyle


Protected Players

Da Silva, Leonardo
DeLaGarza, AJ
Gonzalez, Omar
Husidic, Baggio
Ishizaki, Stefan
Keane, Robbie
Meyer, Tommy
Pereira, Vitor (Juninho)
Penedo, Jaime
Rogers, Robbie
Sarvas, Marcelo


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Jamieson, Bradford
McBean, Jack
Mendiola, Raul
Sorto, Oscar
Villarreal, Jose
Zardes, Gyasi


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

Hoffman, Chandler


MONTREAL IMPACT
Available Players

Bissue, James
Danso, Mamadou
Ferrari, Matteo
Gonzalez, Santiago
Krol, Krzysztof
Lopez Rodriguez, Adrian
Nakajima-Ferran, Issey
Pearce, Heath
Perkins, Troy
Soriola, Gege
Larrea, Gorka
Toia, Donny


Protected Players

Bernier, Patrice
Bush, Evan
Camara, Hassoun
Camponholi Martins, Felipe
Duka, Dilly
Mallace, Calum
Mapp, Justin
McInerney, Jack
Piatti, Ignacio
Romero, Andres
Smith, Blake


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Beland-Goyette, Louis
Crepeau, Maxime
Gagnon-Lapare, Jeremy
Jackson-Hamel, Anthony
Lefevre, Wandrille
Messoudi, Zakaria
Ouimette, Karl
Tissot, Maxim


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

Miller, Eric


NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Available Players

Barnes, Darrius
Bengston, Jerry
Dorman, Andy
Fagundez, Diego
Knighton, Brad
McCarthy, Stephen
Nasco, Joe
Soares, AJ
Taylor, Tony
Akpan, Andre
Jackson, Larry
Joseph, Shalrie
Mullins, Patrick
Neumann, Steven
Sanchez, Jossimar
Smith, Donne
Soffner, Luis
Sundly, Alec


Protected Players

Alston, Kevin
Bunbury, Teal
Davies, Charlie
Farrell, Andrew
Goncalves, Jose Julio
Jones, Jermaine
Kobayashi, Daigo
Nguyen, Lee
Rowe, Kelyn
Shuttleworth, Robert
Tierney, Chris


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Caldwell, Scott


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

None


NEW YORK RED BULLS
Available Players

Cahill, Tim
Convey, Bobby
Eckersley, Richard
Henry, Thierry
Kimura, Kosuke
Lozano, Armando
Luyindula, Peguy
Perrinelle, Damien
Sekagya, Ibrahim
Sene, Saer
Bover-Izquerdo, Ruben
Bustamante, Michael
Obekop, Marius
Stevenson, Eric


Protected Players

Alexander, Eric
Bitolo, Oyongo
Christianson, Ian
Duvall, Chris
McCarty, Dax
Meara, Ryan
Miller, Roy
Olave, Jamison
Robles, Luis
Sam, Lloyd
Wright-Phillips, Bradley


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Castano, Santiago
Lade, Connor
Miazga, Matt


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

None


Philadelphia Union
Available Players

Berry, Austin
Brown, Brian
Bone, Corben
Carreiro, Fred
Carroll, Brian
Casey, Conor
Cruz, Danny
Hoppenot, Antoine
Lahoud, Michael
M'Bohli, Rais
MacMath, Zac
Fernandes, Leo
Marquez, Richard
Ribeiro, Pedro
Wheeler, Aaron


Protected Players

Edu, Maurice
Fabinho
Gaddis, Raymon
LeToux, Sebastian
Maidana, Cristian
Nogueira, Vincent
Sapong, CJ
Valdes, Carlos
Wenger, Andrew
Williams, Sheanon
White, Ethan


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Hernandez, Cristhian
McLaughlin, Jimmy
Pfeffer, Zachary


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

Blake, Andre


Portland Timbers
Available Players

Alhassan, Kalif
Fernandez, Gaston
Jewsbury, Jack
Kah, Pa Modou
McKenzie, Rauwshan
O'Rourke, Danny
Paparatto, Norberto
Ricketts, Donovan
Villafana, Jorge
Fochive, George
Gallego, Bryan
Gleeson, Jake
Nanchoff, Michael
Peay, Taylor
Weber, Andrew


Protected Players

Adi, Fanendo
Borchers, Nat
Chara, Diego
Johnson, Will
Nagbe, Darlington
Powell, Alvas
Ridgewell, Liam
Urruti, Maximiliano
Valeri, Diego
Wallace, Rodney
Zemanski, Ben


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Evans, Steven


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

Tshuma, Ntokozo (Schillo)


REAL SALT LAKE
Available Players

Attinella, Jeff
Balchan, Rich
Findley, Robbie
Grabavoy, Ned
Grossman, Cole
Mansally, Abdoulie
Wingert, Chris
Maund, Aaron
Salcedo, Carlos
Sandoval, Devon
Stertzer, John
Velasquez, Sebastian


Protected Players

Beckerman, Kyle
Beltran, Tony
Garcia, Olmes
Gil, Luis
Jaime, Sebastian
Morales, Javier
Mulholland, Luke
Plata, Joao
Rimando, Nick
Saborio, Alvaro
Schuler, Chris


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Allen, Jordan
Fernandez, Eduardo (GK)
Glad, Justen
Lopez, Benjamin


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

None


SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Available Players

Barklage, Brandon
Busch, Jon
Djalo, Yannick
Fucito, Mike
Gorlitz, Andreas
Harris, Atiba
Harden, Ty
Hernandez, Jason
Pierazzi, Jean Baptiste
Pintos, Pablo
Stephenson, Khari
Cato, Cordell
Jahn, Adam
Knutsen, Billy
Meredith, Bryan
Muller, Thomas
Schuler, Billy
Tyrpak, Kristopher


Protected Players

Bernardez, Victor
Bingham, David
Cronin, Sam
Francis, Shaun
Goodson, Clarence
Koval, JJ
Lenhart, Steven
Perez Garcia, Matias
Salinas, Shea
Stewart, Jordan
Wondolowski, Chris


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Thompson, Tommy


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

None


SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
Available Players

Anibaba, Jalil
Azira, Michael
Bowen, Tristan
Cooper, Kenny
Ford, Josh
Gonzalez, Leonardo
Long, Aaron
Ockford, Jimmy
Parsemain, Kevin
Remick, Dylan
Scott, Zacharias
Weaver, Cam


Protected Players

Alonso, Osvaldo
Barrett, Chad
Dempsey, Clint
Evans, Brad
Frei, Stefan
Marshall, Chad
Martins, Obafemi
Neagle, Lamar
Pappa, Marco
Pineda, Gonzalo
Rose, Andy


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Kovar, Aaron
Okoli, Sean
Yedlin, DeAndre


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

Lowe, Damion


TORONTO FC
Available Players

Bloom, Mark
Caldwell, Steven
DeRosario, Dwayne
Dike, Bright
Goncalves, Jackson
Hall, Jeremy
Konopka, Chris
Oduro, Dominic
Orr, Bradley
Wiedeman, Andrew
Lovitz, Daniel
Richter, Ryan


Protected Players

Bekker, Kyle
Bendik, Joe
Bradley, Michael
Creavalle, Warren
Defoe, Jermaine
Hagglund, Nick
Moore, Luke
Morrow, Justin
Oliveira Souza, Gilberto
Osorio, Jonathan
Warner, Collen


Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Aparicio, Manuel
Delgado, Marco
Hamilton, Jordan
Henry, Doneil
Manella, Chris
Morgan, Ashtone
Roberts, Quillan


Generation adidas Players exempt from selection

None


VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
Available Players

Ballouchy, Mehdi
Diouf, Mamadou
Fernandez, Sebastian
Mezquida, Nicolas
Mitchell, Carlyle
O'Brien, Andy
Rosales, Mauro
Tornaghi, Paolo
Lewis, Andre


Protected Players

Beitashour, Steven
Harvey, Jordan
Hurtado, Erik
Koffie, Gershon
Laba, Matias
Leveron, Johnny
Manneh, Kekuta
Mattocks, Darren
Morales, Pedro
Ousted, David
Waston, Kendall


Homegrown Players (exempt from selection)

Adekugbe, Samuel
Alderson, Bryce
Carducci, Marco
Clarke, Caleb
Froese, Kianz
Sampson, Ethen
Teibert, Russell


Generation adidas Players (exempt from selection)

Dean, Christian


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