The 2008 MLS Expansion Draft took place on November 26, 2008, and was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Seattle Sounders FC. They made 10 selections from a pool of players from the other 14 MLS clubs.
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Only one player could be selected from each team. Four of the league's 14 current teams did not have a player selected. Teams were allowed to protect 11 players from their 28-man rosters. Generation Adidas players were automatically protected, though players who are graduated from the program to the senior roster at the end of the 2008 season were not. Teams with 4 or more international players were required to protect 3 of them. If a team had 3 or fewer international players, then it was required to protect all but one. Any developmental players selected were required to be moved up to the senior roster for the 2009 season.
Expansion Draft Results #PlayerPositionCountryPrevious club1Nate JaquaFHouston Dynamo2Nathan SturgisMReal Salt Lake3Jeff ParkeDNew York Red Bulls4Jarrod SmithFToronto FC5Khano SmithMNew England Revolution6Peter VagenasMLos Angeles Galaxy7Tyson WahlDKansas City Wizards8James RileyDSan Jose Earthquakes9Stephen KingMChicago Fire10Brad EvansMColumbus Crew
Team-by-team breakdown
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Chicago Fire ExposedProtectedExemptMike BannerCuauhtémoc BlancoPatrick NyarkoC. J. BrownJon BuschCalen CarrWilman Conde, Jr.Tomasz FrankowskiJustin MappAndy HerronBrian McBrideKai KasiguranLogan PauseTyler KetteringDasan RobinsonStephen KingChris RolfePeter LowryGonzalo SegaresLíder MármolBakary SoumareNick NobleJohn ThorringtonMarco PappaBrandon PrideauxAustin WashingtonDaniel Woolard
Chivas USA ExposedProtectedExemptKraig ChilesBobby BurlingJim CurtinJonathan BornsteinDejairJustin BraunEric EbertAlecko EskandarianJorge FloresMaykel GalindoAnthony HamiltonAtiba HarrisDan KennedySacha KljestanGerson MayenJesse MarschRoberto NurseFrancisco MendozaDaniel PaladiniPaulo NagamuraLance ParkerShavar ThomasAnte RazovKeith SavageClaudio SuárezCarey TalleyZach ThorntonLawson VaughnSasha VictorineRaphaël WickyAlex Zotinca
Colorado Rapids ExposedProtectedExemptJosé Burciaga, Jr.Mehdi BallouchyNico ColalucaPreston BurpoConor CaseyCiaran O'BrienTerry CookeColin ClarkGreg DalbyBouna CoundoulJohn DiRaimondoOmar CummingsFacundo ErpenCory GibbsBrian GrazierChristian GómezJordan HarveyUgo IhemeluJustin HughesNick LaBroccaStephen KeelPablo MastroeniKosuke KimuraJacob PetersonTam McManusMike PetkeKwame SarkodieTim WardCesar Zambrano
Columbus Crew ExposedProtectedExemptKevin BurnsGuillermo Barros SchelottoJed ZaynerCory ElenioBrian CarrollBrad EvansEmmanuel EkpoJason GareyFrankie HejdukEddie GavenWill HesmerAndy GruenebaumAndy IroEzra HendricksonChad MarshallGeorge JostenAlejandro MorenoRyan JungeDanny O'RourkeSteven LenhartGino PadulaStefani MiglioranziRobbie RogersAdam MoffatPat NoonanStanley NyazambaDuncan OughtonAndrew PetersonRicardo Pierre-LouisBrian PlotkinKenny Schoeni
DC United ExposedProtectedExemptJeff CarrollMarc BurchPat CarrollLuciano EmilioRyan CordeiroFredLouis CraytonIván GuerreroFrancis DoeGreg JanickiRod DyachenkoThabiso KhumaloMarcelo GallardoDevon McTavishQuavas KirkJaime MorenoIbrahim KoromaBryan NamoffGonzalo MartínezSantino QuarantaDomenic MediateClyde SimmsRyan MillerBen OlsenGonzalo PeraltaCraig ThompsonJames ThorpeJoe VideZach WellsMike Zaher
FC Dallas ExposedProtectedExemptRay BurseKenny CooperEric AvilaAndrew DanielsJeff CunninghamBruno GuardaDuilio DavinoDax McCartyJosh LamboMichael Dello-RussoDrew MoorBrek SheaAaron PitchkolanDominic OduroAnthony WallaceJeff RowlandPablo RicchettiVictor SikoraAndré RochaSpencer WadsworthDarío SalaDavid WagenfuhrMarcelo SaragosaJamie WatsonAdrian SeriouxChase WilemanBlake Wagner
Houston Dynamo ExposedProtectedExemptJohnny AlcarazBobby BoswellCorey AsheGeoff CameronWade BarrettBrian ChingKyle BrownRicardo ClarkTony CaigBrad DavisMike ChabalaDwayne De RosarioNick HatzkeStuart HoldenJohn Michael HaydenKei KamaraPatrick IanniGuy-Roland KpeneNate JaquaBrian MullanRichard MulrooneyEddie RobinsonPat OnstadErik UstruckCraig WaibelCorbin WallerChris WondolowskiStephen Wondolowski
Kansas City Wizards ExposedProtectedExemptKevin HartmanDavy ArnaudRoger EspinozaAaron HohlbeinJimmy ConradChance MyersMichael KrausAdam CristmanEric KronbergHerculez GomezMatt MarquessMichael HarringtonRauwshan McKenzieJack JewsburyKurt MorsinkJon LeathersBoris PardoClaudio LópezIván TrujilloCarlos MarinelliNelson PizarroKevin SouterRyan PoreJosh WolffAbe ThompsonTyson WahlLance Watson
Los Angeles Galaxy ExposedProtectedExemptVardan AdzemianDavid BeckhamTristan BowenCharles AlamoEdson BuddleIsrael SesayEly AllenLandon DonovanJeremy BarlowSean FranklinSteve CroninAlan GordonEduardo DominguezAnte JazicJoe FranchinoBryan JordanMichael GavinEddie LewisJovan KirovskiBrandon McDonaldChris KleinÁlvaro PiresMike MunozTroy RobertsMike RandolphJosh SaundersJosh TudelaPeter VagenasJulian ValentinJosh Wicks
New England Revolution ExposedProtectedExemptJosé AnguloChris AlbrightAmaechi IgweGabriel BadillaKheli DubeRob ValentinoSam BrillJay HeapsMauricio CastroShalrie JosephArgenis FernándezJeff LarentowiczGary FloodKenny MansallyJoe GermaneseSainey NyassiBrad KnightonMichael ParkhurstBrandon ManzonelliSteve RalstonPat PhelanMatt ReisKhano SmithTaylor TwellmanWells ThompsonChris TierneyBrandon TylerDoug Warren
New York Red Bulls ExposedProtectedExemptDanleigh BormanJuan Pablo ÁngelTerry BossDanny CeperoAndrew BoyensJon ConwayGabriel CicheroKevin GoldthwaiteÓscar EcheverryMacoumba KandjiJohn GilkersonDane RichardsDiego JimenezJorge RojasGordon KljestanLuke SassanoChris LeitchSeth StammlerMike MageeSiniša UbiparipovićMatthew MbutaDave van den BerghCarlos MendesMike PalacioJeff ParkeCaleb Patterson-SewellJuan PietravalloDavid RothSainey TourayJohn Wolyniec
Real Salt Lake ExposedProtectedExemptNikolas BesagnoKyle BeckermanTony BeltranKenny CutlerNat BorchersAlex NimoKenny DeucharFabián EspíndolaChris SeitzDavid HorstRobbie FindleyIan JoyWill JohnsonDustin KirbyJavier MoralesDema KovalenkoYura MovsisyanClint MathisJámison OlaveTino NúñezNick RimandoKevin ReimanRobbie RussellKyle ReynishChris WingertNathan SturgisBrennan TennelleAndy Williams
San Jose Earthquakes ExposedProtectedExemptMikel ArceArturo AlvarezJay AyresJoe CannonJohn CunliffeRyan CochraneEric DentonRamiro CorralesGavin GlintonNick GarciaNed GrabavoyJason HernandezKelly GrayDarren HuckerbyMichael GustavsonRyan JohnsonMatt HatzkeFrancisco LimaAmir LoweryShea SalinasRonnie O'BrienScott SealyJames RileyJamil RobertsAdam SmarteDavide SommaSina Shabany
Toronto FC ExposedProtectedExemptNana AttakoraChad BarrettFuad IbrahimKilian ElkinsonJim BrennanHunter FreemanDanny DichioGabe GalaTodd DunivantDerek GaudetBrian EdwardsJoey MeloAmado GuevaraRohan RickettsKevin HarmseTyler RosenlundJulius JamesCarlos RuizTyrone MarshallJarrod SmithCarl RobinsonJohann SmithMarvell WynneGreg SuttonMarco Vélez