2021 MLS Expansion Draft
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2021 MLS Expansion Draft | |||||
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Date | December 14, 2021 | ||||
Expansion teams | Charlotte FC | ||||
Expansion season | 2022 | ||||
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The 2021 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Charlotte FC that was held on December 14, 2021. The list of exposed players was revealed on December 13, 2021.[1] The picks were made on December 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET with Charlotte selecting McKinze Gaines, Anton Walkes, Joseph Mora, Tristan Blackmon, and Ismael Tajouri-Shradi.[2]
Contents
- 1 Format
- 2 Expansion Draft picks
- 3 Team-by-team-breakdown
- 3.1 Atlanta United FC
- 3.2 Austin FC
- 3.3 Chicago Fire FC
- 3.4 FC Cincinnati
- 3.5 Colorado Rapids
- 3.6 Columbus Crew
- 3.7 D.C. United
- 3.8 FC Dallas
- 3.9 Houston Dynamo FC
- 3.10 Los Angeles FC
- 3.11 Inter Miami CF
- 3.12 Minnesota United FC
- 3.13 CF Montréal
- 3.14 New England Revolution
- 3.15 New York City FC
- 3.16 Philadelphia Union
- 3.17 Portland Timbers
- 3.18 Real Salt Lake
- 3.19 Seattle Sounders FC
- 3.20 Sporting Kansas City
- 3.21 Toronto FC
- 3.22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Format
The rules for the 2021 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer.[3]
- The five teams that had players selected by Austin FC during the 2020 MLS Expansion Draft will be exempt from the 2021 Expansion Draft: LA Galaxy, Nashville SC, New York Red Bulls, Orlando City SC, and San Jose Earthquakes.
- The other 22 returning MLS clubs that competed during the 2021 season can protect 12 players from their senior, supplemental, and reserve rosters.
- If a player's contract expires at the end of 2021, he will still be considered part of the club's roster.
- If a club protects a player, the club is not obligated to exercise the player's option. The club may renegotiate a new contract with the player as in previous years, subject to the CBA.
- Generation adidas players who have not been graduated at the end of the 2021 MLS season and homegrown players (ages 25 and under – born in or after 1996) on a club's Roster at the end of the 2021 MLS Season are automatically protected. Clubs do not have to use a protected slot on them.
- Designated players are not automatically protected (i.e., clubs must choose whether to protect such players and if such player is not protected, he will be available for selection in the Expansion Draft).
- If a player has a no-trade clause in his contract, his MLS club must protect him, and he will count as one of the 12 players who may be protected.
- Charlotte FC is allowed up to five selections.
- Once a team has a player selected by Charlotte FC, they can have no more players selected.
Expansion Draft picks
Pick | MLS team | Player | Previous team | Notes |
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1 | Charlotte FC | McKinze Gaines | Austin FC | |
2 | Anton Walkes | Atlanta United | ||
3 | Joseph Mora | D.C. United | ||
4 | Tristan Blackmon | Los Angeles FC | Traded to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for $475,000 of General Allocation Money.[4] | |
5 | Ismael Tajouri-Shradi | New York City FC | Traded to Los Angeles FC in exchange for $400,000 of General Allocation Money.[5] |
Team-by-team-breakdown
Atlanta United FC
Exposed |
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Mo Adams |
Mikey Ambrose |
Josh Bauer |
Jürgen Damm |
Alex DeJohn |
Ronald Hernández |
Emerson Hyndman |
Alec Kann |
Erik López |
Ben Lundgaard |
Jake Mulraney |
Amar Sejdič |
Erick Torres |
Anton Walkes |
Austin FC
Chicago Fire FC
Exposed |
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Robert Berić |
Francisco Calvo |
Elliot Collier |
Johan Kappelhof |
Kenneth Kronholm |
Álvaro Medrán |
Bobby Shuttleworth |
Luka Stojanović |
FC Cincinnati
Colorado Rapids
Exposed |
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Dominique Badji |
Steven Beitashour |
Clint Irwin |
Jeremy Kelly |
Nicolás Mezquida |
Drew Moor |
Younes Namli |
Andre Rawls |
Diego Rubio |
Collen Warner |
Columbus Crew
Exposed |
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Saad Abdul-Salaam |
Harrison Afful |
Evan Bush |
Eric Dick |
Waylon Francis |
Marlon Hairston |
Erik Hurtado |
Perry Kitchen |
Grant Lillard |
Kevin Molino |
Josh Williams |
Vito Wormgoor |
Bradley Wright-Phillips |
D.C. United
FC Dallas
Exposed |
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Bryan Acosta |
Bressan |
Caiser Gomes |
Phelipe Megiolaro |
Andrés Ricaurte |
Freddy Vargas |
Kyle Zobeck |
Houston Dynamo FC
Los Angeles FC
Inter Miami CF
Exposed |
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George Acosta |
Ventura Alvarado |
Dylan Castanheira |
Jay Chapman |
Sami Guediri |
Joevin Jones |
Kelvin Leerdam |
Blaise Matuidi |
John McCarthy |
Josh Penn |
Patrick Seagrist |
Ryan Shawcross |
Brek Shea |
Minnesota United FC
CF Montréal
Exposed |
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Sebastian Breza |
Rudy Camacho |
Bjørn Johnsen |
Mustafa Kizza |
Ismaël Koné |
Emanuel Maciel |
Aljaž Struna |
Ballou Tabla |
Róbert Thorkelsson |
Victor Wanyama |
New England Revolution
Exposed |
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Emmanuel Boateng |
Luis Caicedo |
Scott Caldwell |
A. J. DeLaGarza |
Earl Edwards Jr. |
Wilfrid Kaptoum |
Edward Kizza |
Brad Knighton |
Christian Mafla |
Arnor Traustason |
Collin Verfurth |
New York City FC
Philadelphia Union
Exposed |
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Matheus Davó |
Joe Bendik |
Jesús Bueno |
Cory Burke |
Aurelien Collin |
Stuart Findlay |
Ilsinho |
Matej Oravec |
Gino Portella |
Alvas Powell |
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
Exposed |
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Toni Datković |
Everton Luiz |
Douglas Martínez |
Justin Meram |
Ashtone Morgan |
Justin Portillo |
Noah Powder |
Andrew Putna |
Jeizon Ramírez |
Donny Toia |
Seattle Sounders FC
Exposed |
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Nicolas Benezet |
Will Bruin |
Abdoulaye Cissoko |
Stefan Cleveland |
Jordy Delem |
Fredy Montero |
Shane O'Neill |
Spencer Richey |
Kelyn Rowe |
Brad Smith |
Andrew Thomas |
Sporting Kansas City
Exposed |
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Amadou Dia |
Luís Martins |
Roberto Punčec |
Ilie Sánchez |
Graham Smith |
Toronto FC
Exposed |
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Nick DeLeon |
Dom Dwyer |
Tsubasa Endoh |
Omar Gonzalez |
Kemar Lawrence |
Patrick Mullins |
Kevin Silva |
Eriq Zavaleta |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Exposed |
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Bruno Gaspar |
Derek Cornelius |
David Egbo |
Janio Bikel |
Marcus Godinho |
Érik Godoy |
Florian Jungwirth |
Jasser Khmiri |
Evan Newton |
Leonard Owusu |
Tosaint Ricketts |
Andy Rose |
Russell Teibert |
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