The 2022 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team St. Louis City SC that was held on November 11, 2022. The list of exposed players was revealed on November 10, 2022. The picks were made on November 11, 2022, at 6:30 PM ET with St. Louis City SC selecting Nicholas Gioacchini, Indiana Vassilev, Jonathan Bell, John Nelson, and Jake LaCava.
Format Teams who had players selected in the 2021 MLS Expansion Draft were exempt. These teams were Austin FC, Atlanta United FC, D.C. United, Los Angeles FC, and New York City FC. All other teams from the 2022 season were subject to the draft. These teams had 12 protection slots that they may apply to any draft eligible player on their senior, and supplemental rosters. Players who have not graduated from Generation Adidas, and homegrown players age 25 and under as of the end of the 2022 season were not eligible for the draft. Players with contracts expiring at the end of the season, designated players, and players with no-trade clauses were part of a team's roster and were eligible for the draft. In the case of players with no-trade clauses, a team must use one of their protection slots for that player. A team that had a player selected in the draft became exempt from any further picks in the draft. The expansion team, St. Louis City SC was given 5 picks for the draft.
Expansion Draft picks PickMLS teamPlayerPrevious teamNotes 1 Nicholas Gioacchini Orlando City SC 2 Indiana Vassilev Inter Miami CF 3 Jonathan Bell New England Revolution 4 John Nelson FC Cincinnati 5 Jake LaCava New York Red Bulls Traded to Inter Miami CF in exchange for $150,000 of General Allocation Money.
Team-by-team-breakdown Charlotte FC ExposedHarrison AffulJordy AlcívarAdam ArmourGuzmán CorujoAlan FrancoChristian FuchsGeorge MarksQuinn McNeillJoseph MoraYordy ReynaKoa SantosAndre ShinyashikiPablo SisniegaJan SobocinskiAdrian Zendejas
Chicago Fire FC ExposedJonathan BornsteinKendall BurksFabian HerbersStanislav IvanovSpencer RicheyBoris Sekulić
FC Cincinnati ExposedDominique BadjiTyler BlackettGeoff CameronAllan CruzRaymon GaddisYuya KuboEvan LouroNicholas MarkanichRonald MatarritaJúnior MorenoAlvas Powell
Colorado Rapids ExposedSteven BeitashourLucas EstevesFelipe GutiérrezClint IrwinAnthony MarkanichPhilip MayakaDrew MoorCollen WarnerDanny WilsonGyasi Zardes
Columbus Crew ExposedJalil AnibabaEvan BushDerrick Etienne Jr.Marlon HairstonErik HurtadoJames IgbekemeKevin MolinoPedro SantosBrady ScottYaw Yeboah
FC Dallas ExposedLucas BartlettDominick HernandezFranco JaraNanuFacundo QuignonJoshué Quiñónez
Houston Dynamo FC ExposedBeto AvilaMateo BajamichDarwin CerénJoe CoronaSam JunquaNico LemoineMichael NelsonTim ParkerDarwin QuinteroMemo RodriguezThiaguinhoZarek ValentinZeca
Inter Miami CF ExposedGeorge AcostaCorentin JeanCJ Dos SantosKieran GibbsGonzalo HiguaínJoevin JonesAimé MabikaNick MarsmanHarvey NevilleAlejandro PozueloBrek SheaVictor Ulloa
Sporting Kansas City ExposedRoger EspinozaAndreu FontàsNicolas Isimat-MirinKendall McIntoshTim MeliaOriol RosellKhiry SheltonBen Sweat
Los Angeles Galaxy ExposedDaniel AguirreMartin CáceresDouglas CostaNick DePuyChase GasperCarlos HarveyJonathan KlinsmannSacha KljestanKelvin LeerdamFarai MutatuRichard SánchezVictor VásquezJorge VillafañaEriq Zavaleta
Minnesota United FC ExposedAlan BenítezAbu DanladiBakaye DibassyEric DickOniel FisherJonathan GonzálezNiko HansenJacori HayesBrent KallmanNabilai KibunguchyJustin McMasterRomain MétanireTyler MillerCallum MontgomeryTanitolua OluwaseyiJoseph RosalesWil Trapp
CF Montréal ExposedZorhan BassongSebastian BrezaRudy CamachoGabriele CorboAhmed HamdiSunusi IbrahimBjørn JohnsenLogan KettererJojea KwizeraChinonso OfforRóbert ThorkelssonVictor Wanyama
Nashville SC ExposedBrian AnungaJosh BauerTeal BunburyRoberto CastellanosIrakoze DonasiyanoLuke HaakensonAké Arnaud LobaAhmed LongmireDax McCartyBryan MeredithWill MeyerEric MillerAlex MuylElliot PaniccoRodrigo PiñeiroTaylor Washington
New England Revolution ExposedEmmanuel BoatengGustavo BouA. J. DeLaGarzaClément DiopEarl Edwards Jr.Omar GonzalezJacob JacksonWilfrid KaptoumEdward KizzaBrad KnightonLucas MacielChristian MakounBen RevenoRyan SpauldingIsmael Tajouri-Shradi
New York Red Bulls ExposedJesús CastellanoCaden ClarkKyle DuncanPatryk KlimalaAaron LongAnthony MarccucciRyan MearaHassan NdamDylan NealisMatthew NocitaSteven Sserwadda
Orlando City SC ExposedTesho AkindeleWilder CartagenaJoey DeZartAdam GrinwisJack LynnJoão MoutinhoJake MulraneyAlexandre PatoKyle SmithJúnior Urso
Philadelphia Union ExposedAbasa AremeyawAlejandro BedoyaJoe BendikJesús BuenoChris DonovanGino Portella
Portland Timbers ExposedDavid BinghamSebastian BlancoPablo BonillaGeorge FochiveNathan FogaçaDiego GutierrezMarvin LoríaLarrys MabialaZac McGrawFelipe MoraJustin RasmussenJosecarlos Van RankinJustin vom Steeg
Real Salt Lake ExposedNick BeslerScott CaldwellMaikel ChangTomás GómezBret HalseyErik HoltJohan KappelhofJonathan MenéndezRubio RubínMarcelo SilvaBobby Wood
San Jose Earthquakes ExposedOskar ÅgrenGeorge AsomaniMatt BersanoJan GregusSiad HajiEric RemediShea SalinasJack SkahanTommy Thompson
Seattle Sounders FC ExposedSamuel AdeniranWill BruinAbdoulaye CissokoStefan ClevelandJimmy MedrandaFredy MonteroJackson RagenKelyn RoweAndrew Thomas
Toronto FC ExposedIfunanyachi AcharaAuro Jr.Alex BonoKadin ChungDoneil HenryGreg RanjitsinghQuentin Westberg
Vancouver Whitecaps FC ExposedJanio BikelDerek CorneliusCody CropperCristian DájomeDavid EgboMarcus GodinhoCristián GutiérrezFlorian JungwirthLuis MartinsJake NerwinskiEvan NewtonLeonard OwusuRyan RaposoTosaint RickettsRussell Teibert
References
External links 2021 MLS Expansion Draft Rules