The 2019 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion teams Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC that was held on November 19, 2019. On October 6, 2019, Inter Miami CF won the coin toss for the Expansion Priority Draft, and chose to select first in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft. Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on November 16, 2019.
Format The rules for the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer.
The five teams that had players selected by FC Cincinnati during the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft will be exempt from the 2019 Expansion Draft: D.C. United, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, and New York Red Bulls. Existing teams that are not exempt will be allowed to protect 12 players from their Roster. If a player is selected from a team, that team will no longer be available for selection. The expansion draft lasts five rounds, totaling ten players to be drafted. No trades are permitted during the draft.
Expansion Draft picks PickMLS TeamPlayerPrevious TeamTrade Notes 1 Inter Miami CF Ben Sweat New York City FC 2 Nashville SC Abu Danladi Minnesota United FC 3 Inter Miami CF Alvas Powell FC Cincinnati 4 Nashville SC Zarek Valentin Portland Timbers Traded to the Houston Dynamo in exchange for Joe Willis. 5 Inter Miami CF Lee Nguyen Los Angeles FC 6 Nashville SC Jalil Anibaba New England Revolution 7 Inter Miami CF Luis Argudo Columbus Crew SC 8 Nashville SC Brandon Vazquez Atlanta United FC Traded to FC Cincinnati in exchange for $150,000 in Targeted Allocation Money. 9 Inter Miami CF Bryan Meredith Seattle Sounders FC 10 Nashville SC Jimmy Medranda Sporting Kansas City
Note: The order of selections was determined in the MLS Expansion Priority Draft on October 6, 2019.
Affected post-draft trades
Team-by-team-breakdown Atlanta United FC
ExposedMikey AmbroseJon GallagherJosé HernándezAlec KannKevin KratzJeff LarentowiczJustin MeramBrendan MooreLuiz FernandoMichael ParkhurstDion PereiraFlorentin PogbaBrek SheaBrandon Vazquez
Chicago Fire
ExposedDiego CamposStefan ClevelandElliot CollierMarceloNicolás GaitánCristian MartínezAmando MorenoNemanja NikolićDavid OustedRichard SánchezBastian Schweinsteiger
FC Cincinnati
ExposedFanendo AdiNazmi AlbadawiCorben BoneHassan NdamLogan GdulaJimmy HagueJustin HoyteRoland LamahForrest LassoEmmanuel LedesmaBen LundtKekuta MannehDarren MattocksJimmy McLaughlinAlvas PowellCaleb StankoPrzemysław Tytoń
Colorado Rapids
ExposedTim HowardNiki JacksonKofi OpareAbdul RwatubyayeAxel SjöbergDanny Wilson
Columbus Crew SC
ExposedLuis ArgudoRicardo ClarkWaylon FrancisDavid GuzmánFederico HiguaínHector JiménezJon KempinBen LundgaardConnor MaloneyYouness MokhtarEdward OpokuEduardo SosaJosh WilliamsRomario Williams
Los Angeles FC
ExposedLamar BatistaSteven BeitashourDanilo SilvaPhillip EjimaduMohamed El MonirAlejandro GuidoJordan HarveyDejan JakovicTyler MillerLee NguyenAdrien PerezJavier PérezJoshua PérezPeter-Lee VassellRodolfo Zelaya
LA Galaxy
ExposedFavio ÁlvarezUriel AntunaServando CarrascoEmil CuelloTomas Hilliard-ArceZlatan IbrahimovićPerry KitchenMatt LampsonJoão PedroJuninhoChris PontiusJørgen SkjelvikDiedie Traore
Minnesota United FC
ExposedAbu DanladiEthan FinlayMarlon HairstonMiguel IbarraBrent KallmanCarter ManleyWilfried MoimbéAlly Hamis Ng'anziLawrence OlumWyatt OmsbergÁngelo RodríguezRasmus SchüllerBobby Shuttleworth
Montreal Impact
ExposedZachary Brault-GuillardOmar BrowneEvan BushRudy CamachoJorge CorralesRod FanniAnthony Jackson-HamelKen KrolickiBacary SagnaAmar SejdičMaximiliano UrrutiJeisson Vargas
New England Revolution
ExposedJuan AgudeloJalil AnibabaJuan Fernando CaicedoEdgar CastilloCody CropperBrad KnightonMichael MancienneBrian Wright
New York City FC
ExposedLuis BarrazaDan BedoyaJeff CaldwellSebastien IbeaghaGary Mackay-StevenJesús MedinaEric MillerAbdi MohamedEbenezer OforiTony RochaBrad StuverBen SweatJuan Pablo Torres
Orlando City SC
ExposedCarlos AscuesAlex DeJohnAdam GrinwisCristian HiguitaWill JohnsonSacha KljestanShane O'NeillDillon PowersGreg RanjitsinghRobinhoBrian RoweLamine SanéKyle Smith
Philadelphia Union
ExposedR. J. AllenFabinhoJoe BendikAurélien CollinWarren CreavalleMarco FabiánOlivier MbaizoHaris MedunjaninMichee Ngalina
Portland Timbers
ExposedDairon AsprillaJeff AttinellaTomás ConechnyClaude DielnaAndrés FloresAljaž IvačičModou JadamaKendall McIntoshAndy PoloZarek ValentinRenzo Zambrano
Real Salt Lake
ExposedTony BeltranAlex HorwathLuke MulhollandJoao PlataJustin PortilloNick RimandoKelyn RowePablo Enrique Ruíz
San Jose Earthquakes
ExposedFrançois AffolterMatt BersanoEric CalvilloHarold CummingsLuis Felipe FernandesCarlos FierroMarcos LópezPaul MarieJimmy OckfordKevin PartidaAndrew Tarbell
Seattle Sounders FC
ExposedSaad Abdul-SalaamWill BruinJonathan CampbellEmanuel CecchiniJustin DhillonChad MarshallBryan MeredithVíctor RodríguezAlex RoldanHarry ShippLuis SilvaRomán Torres
Sporting Kansas City
ExposedBotond BaráthEric DickBenny FeilhaberAndreu FontàsNicolas HaslerJimmy MedrandaKrisztián NémethSeth SinovicRodney WallaceGedion Zelalem
Toronto FC
ExposedJon BakeroNicolas BenezetLaurent CimanTsubasa EndohDrew MoorAshtone MorganJustin MorrowPatrick MullinsCaleb Patterson-SewellRyan TelferEriq Zavaleta
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