VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced on Monday the list of 11 protected players for this year’s MLS Expansion Draft, which will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. PT.
In addition to the 11 protected players, the ‘Caps also have eight players who are exempt from the Expansion Draft due to their Homegrown status or in the case of recently-acquired Andy Rose, his contract not beginning until 2019.
The club also confirmed on Monday that striker Kei Kamara will not be returning for the 2019 season. Kamara has opted out of free agency and opted into Friday’s MLS Re-Entry Draft. He is also eligible to be selected in the Expansion Draft.
“Kei was an important part of the team last year and we're thankful for his time at the club,” said head coach Marc Dos Santos. “We evaluated what we want in this position for next season, while also keeping in mind the medium and long term. We are looking for characteristics that are very specific as a whole. We wish Kei all the best.”
Expansion side FC Cincinnati can select up to five players from the eligible pool. Once one player has been claimed from a club’s non-protected roster, that club is eliminated from the Expansion Draft and may not lose any further players. The five teams who had players selected by Los Angeles Football Club during the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft are exempt from the 2018 Expansion Draft: Columbus Crew SC, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Sporting Kansas City, and Toronto FC.
FC Cincinnati’s Expansion Draft selections will be announced live at 11 a.m. PT during a selection show on MLSsoccer.com.
Whitecaps FC Protected Players:
1. Anthony Blondell (FW)
2. Brett Levis (LB)
3. Victor “PC” Giro (LB)
4. Doneil Henry (CB)
5. Erik Hurtado (FW)
6. Zac MacMath (GK)
7. Felipe Martins (CM)
8. Jake Nerwinski (RB)
9. Yordy Reyna (AM)
10. Cristian Techera (W)
11. Kendall Waston (CB)
Whitecaps FC maintain Techera’s MLS rights after extending a bona fide offer
Automatically Protected Players:
1. Theo Bair (FW) – Homegrown
2. Michael Baldisimo (CM) – Homegrown
3. Simon Colyn (AM) – Homegrown
4. Maxime Crépeau (GK) – Homegrown
5. Sean Melvin (GK) – Homegrown
6. David Norman Jr. (CM) – Homegrown
7. Andy Rose (CM) – 2019 signing
8. Russell Teibert (CM) – Homegrown
Unprotected Players:
1. Jose Aja (CB) 1
2. Myer Bevan (FW) 1
3. Marcel de Jong (LB)
4. Roberto Dominguez (CB) 1
5. Marvin Emnes (W) 1
6. Sean Franklin (RB) 2
7. Aly Ghazal (CM) 1
8. Efraín Juárez (CM)
9. Kei Kamara (FW) 2
10. Stefan Marinovic (GK) 1
11. Aaron Maund (CB) 1
12. Jordon Mutch (CM) 1
13. Brian Rowe (GK) 2
14. Brek Shea (W) 1
1 2019 option was not exercised
2 Out of contract
PLAYERS AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION IN 2018 MLS EXPANSION DRAFT
* indicates the player is eligible for Free Agency
<strong>Club</strong> |
<strong>Player</strong> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Mikey Ambrose</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Jon Gallagher</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>José Hernández</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Mitch Hildebrandt</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Alec Kann</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Kevin Kratz</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Jeff Larentowicz</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Chris McCann</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Michael Parkhurst*</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Oliver Shannon</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Brandon Vazquez</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Romario Williams</p> |
<p>Atlanta United</p> |
<p>Sal Zizzo*</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Jonathan Campbell</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Stefan Cleveland</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Elliot Collier</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Jorge Corrales</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Christian Dean</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Nicolas Del Grecco</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Alan Gordon*</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Nicolas Hasler</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Daniel Johnson</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Patrick McLain</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Yura Movsisyan</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Richard Sanchez</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Luis Solignac</p> |
<p>Chicago Fire</p> |
<p>Brandon Vincent</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Giles Barnes</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Johan Blomberg</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Yannick Boli</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Caleb Calvert</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Edgar Castillo</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Kip Colvey</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Mike Da Fonte</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Andrew Dykstra*</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Shkëlzen Gashi</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Sam Hamilton</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Enzo Martinez</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Axel Sjöberg</p> |
<p>Colorado Rapids</p> |
<p>Danny Wilson</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Vytas Andriuškevičius</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Frederic Brillant</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Nick DeLeon</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Kevin Ellis</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Jared Jeffrey</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Dane Kelly</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Taylor Kemp</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Darren Mattocks</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Bruno Miranda</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Chris Odoi-Atsem</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Kofi Opare</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>David Ousted</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Zoltan Stieber</p> |
<p>D.C. United</p> |
<p>Travis Worra</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Abel Aguilar</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Anibal Chala</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Cristian Colmán</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Maynor Figueroa</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Moises Hernandez</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Roland Lamah</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Marquinhos Pedroso</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Adonijah Reid</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Reto Ziegler</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Kyle Zobeck</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Eric Alexander</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Arturo Alvarez*</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>DaMarcus Beasley*</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Eric Bird</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Leonardo*</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Conor Donovan</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Boniek García</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Kevin Garcia</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Luis Gil</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Adolfo Machado</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Michael Nelson</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Dylan Remick</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Chris Seitz</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Philippe Senderos</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Mac Steeves</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Jared Watts</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo</p> |
<p>Andrew Wenger</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Steven Beitashour</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Tristan Blackmon</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Nico Czornomaz</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Danilo da Silva</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Benny Feilhaber*</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Jordan Harvey*</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Dejan Jaković</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Luis López</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Charlie Lyon</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Calum Mallace</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>James Murphy</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Josh Perez</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Quillan Roberts</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Steeve Saint-Duc</p> |
<p>LAFC</p> |
<p>Marco Ureña</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Servando Carrasco</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Michael Ciani</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Ashley Cole</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Tomas Hilliard-Arce</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Baggio Hušidić*</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Perry Kitchen</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Ariel Lassiter</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>João Pedro</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Chris Pontius</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Jorgen Skjelvik</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Brian Sylvestre</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Justin Vom Steeg</p> |
<p>LA Galaxy</p> |
<p>Sheanon Williams*</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Fernando Bob</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Marc Burch*</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Sam Cronin</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Luiz Fernando Maximiniano</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Alexi Gómez</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Ibson</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Alex Kapp</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Matt Lampson</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Carter Manley</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Eric Miller</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Wyatt Omsberg</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Bertrand Owundi</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Frantz Pangop</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Jerome Thiesson</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Johan Venegas</p> |
<p>Minnesota United FC</p> |
<p>Collen Warner*</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Quincy Amarikwa*</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Micheal Azira</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Rudy Camacho</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Zakaria Diallo</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Clement Diop</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Chris Duvall</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Rod Fanni</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Kyle Fisher</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Anthony Jackson-Hamel</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Matteo Mancosu</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Michael Petrasso</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Bacary Sagna</p> |
<p>Montreal Impact</p> |
<p>Michael Salazar</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Jalil Anibaba</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Cody Cropper</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Claude Dielna</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Guillermo Hauche</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Femi Hollinger-Janzen</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Brad Knighton</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Cristhian Machado</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Nicolas Samayoa</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Mark Segbers</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Gabriel Somi</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Chris Tierney*</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Brian Wright</p> |
<p>New England Revolution</p> |
<p>Wilfried Zahibo</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Saad Abdul-Salaam</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Eloi Amagat</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Kwame Awuah</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Daniel Bedoya</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Jo Inge Berget</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Jeff Caldwell</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Yangel Herrera</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Cedric Hountondji</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Sebastien Ibeagha</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Thomas McNamara</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Ebenezer Ofori</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Andre Rawls</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Brad Stuver</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>David Villa</p> |
<p>New York City FC</p> |
<p>Rodney Wallace*</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Anatole Abang</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Vincent Bezecourt</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Aurelien Collin*</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Kyle Duncan</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Fidel Escobar</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Andreas Ivan</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Ethan Kutler</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Connor Lade</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Hassan Ndam</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Tommy Redding</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Carlos Rivas</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Marc Rzatkowski</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Florian Valot</p> |
<p>New York Red Bulls</p> |
<p>Brian White</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>RJ Allen</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Joe Bendik</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Pierre Da Silva</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Earl Edwards Jr.</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Cristian Higuita</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Will Johnson</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Sacha Kljestan</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Richie Laryea</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Stefano Pinho</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Dillon Powers</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Tony Rocha</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Lamine Sané</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Chris Schuler*</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Jonathan Spector</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Scott Sutter</p> |
<p>Orlando City SC</p> |
<p>Donny Toia</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>Warren Creavalle</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>Bořek Dočkal</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>Marcus Epps</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>Fabinho</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>Richard Marquez</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>John McCarthy</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>Jake McGuire</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>Haris Medunjanin</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>Kacper Przybylko</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>Jay Simpson</p> |
<p>Philadelphia Union</p> |
<p>Josh Yaro</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Victor Arboleda</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Samuel Armenteros</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Dairon Asprilla</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Jack Barmby</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Julio Cascante</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Steve Clark</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Tomas Conechny</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Andrés Flores</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Jake Gleeson*</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Modou Jadama</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Kendall McIntosh</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Roy Miller*</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Lawrence Olum</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Alvas Powell</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Liam Ridgewell</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Bill Tuiloma</p> |
<p>Portland Timbers</p> |
<p>Zarek Valentin</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Jordan Allen</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Shawn Barry</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Tony Beltran*</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Nick Besler</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Adam Henley</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>David Horst*</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Alex Horwath</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Jacob Leeker</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Ricky Lopez-Espin</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Luke Mulholland</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Sunday Stephen</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Taylor Peay</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Demar Phillips</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Andrew Putna</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Luis Silva</p> |
<p>Real Salt Lake</p> |
<p>Connor Sparrow</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Jose Aja</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Myer Bevan</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Marcel de Jong</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Roberto Dominguez</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Marvin Emnes</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Sean Franklin*</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Aly Ghazal</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Efraín Juárez</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Kei Kamara</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Stefan Marinovic</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Aaron Maund</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Jordon Mutch</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Brian Rowe</p> |
<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</p> |
<p>Brek Shea*</p> |
