2008 MLS expansion draft

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2008 MLS Expansion Draft
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Date(s)November 26, 2008
Overview
Expansion team Seattle Sounders FC
Expansion season 2009
  2007
2009  

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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Expansion Draft Results

#PlayerPositionCountryPrevious club
1 Nate Jaqua FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Dynamo
2 Nathan Sturgis MFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Real Salt Lake
3 Jeff Parke DFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Red Bulls
4 Jarrod Smith FFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Toronto FC
5 Khano Smith MFlag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda New England Revolution
6 Peter Vagenas MFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Galaxy
7 Tyson Wahl DFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kansas City Wizards
8 James Riley DFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Jose Earthquakes
9 Stephen King MFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Fire
10 Brad Evans MFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Columbus Crew

Team-by-team breakdown

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Chicago Fire

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Mike Banner Cuauhtémoc Blanco Patrick Nyarko
C. J. Brown Jon Busch
Calen Carr Wilman Conde, Jr.
Tomasz Frankowski Justin Mapp
Andy Herron Brian McBride
Kai Kasiguran Logan Pause
Tyler Kettering Dasan Robinson
Stephen King Chris Rolfe
Peter Lowry Gonzalo Segares
Líder Mármol Bakary Soumare
Nick Noble John Thorrington
Marco Pappa
Brandon Prideaux
Austin Washington
Daniel Woolard

Chivas USA

Exposed

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Kraig Chiles Bobby Burling
Jim Curtin Jonathan Bornstein
Dejair Justin Braun
Eric Ebert Alecko Eskandarian
Jorge Flores Maykel Galindo
Anthony Hamilton Atiba Harris
Dan Kennedy Sacha Kljestan
Gerson Mayen Jesse Marsch
Roberto Nurse Francisco Mendoza
Daniel Paladini Paulo Nagamura
Lance Parker Shavar Thomas
Ante Razov
Keith Savage
Claudio Suárez
Carey Talley
Zach Thornton
Lawson Vaughn
Sasha Victorine
Raphaël Wicky
Alex Zotinca

Colorado Rapids

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José Burciaga, Jr. Mehdi Ballouchy Nico Colaluca
Preston Burpo Conor Casey Ciaran O'Brien
Terry Cooke Colin Clark
Greg Dalby Bouna Coundoul
John DiRaimondo Omar Cummings
Facundo Erpen Cory Gibbs
Brian Grazier Christian Gómez
Jordan Harvey Ugo Ihemelu
Justin Hughes Nick LaBrocca
Stephen Keel Pablo Mastroeni
Kosuke Kimura Jacob Peterson
Tam McManus
Mike Petke
Kwame Sarkodie
Tim Ward
Cesar Zambrano

Columbus Crew

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Kevin Burns Guillermo Barros Schelotto Jed Zayner
Cory Elenio Brian Carroll
Brad Evans Emmanuel Ekpo
Jason Garey Frankie Hejduk
Eddie Gaven Will Hesmer
Andy Gruenebaum Andy Iro
Ezra Hendrickson Chad Marshall
George Josten Alejandro Moreno
Ryan Junge Danny O'Rourke
Steven Lenhart Gino Padula
Stefani Miglioranzi Robbie Rogers
Adam Moffat
Pat Noonan
Stanley Nyazamba
Duncan Oughton
Andrew Peterson
Ricardo Pierre-Louis
Brian Plotkin
Kenny Schoeni

DC United

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Jeff Carroll Marc Burch
Pat Carroll Luciano Emilio
Ryan Cordeiro Fred
Louis Crayton Iván Guerrero
Francis Doe Greg Janicki
Rod Dyachenko Thabiso Khumalo
Marcelo Gallardo Devon McTavish
Quavas Kirk Jaime Moreno
Ibrahim Koroma Bryan Namoff
Gonzalo Martínez Santino Quaranta
Domenic Mediate Clyde Simms
Ryan Miller
Ben Olsen
Gonzalo Peralta
Craig Thompson
James Thorpe
Joe Vide
Zach Wells
Mike Zaher

FC Dallas

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Ray Burse Kenny Cooper Eric Avila
Andrew Daniels Jeff Cunningham Bruno Guarda
Duilio Davino Dax McCarty Josh Lambo
Michael Dello-Russo Drew Moor Brek Shea
Aaron Pitchkolan Dominic Oduro Anthony Wallace
Jeff Rowland Pablo Ricchetti
Victor Sikora André Rocha
Spencer Wadsworth Darío Sala
David Wagenfuhr Marcelo Saragosa
Jamie Watson Adrian Serioux
Chase Wileman Blake Wagner

Houston Dynamo

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Johnny Alcaraz Bobby Boswell
Corey Ashe Geoff Cameron
Wade Barrett Brian Ching
Kyle Brown Ricardo Clark
Tony Caig Brad Davis
Mike Chabala Dwayne De Rosario
Nick Hatzke Stuart Holden
John Michael Hayden Kei Kamara
Patrick Ianni Guy-Roland Kpene
Nate Jaqua Brian Mullan
Richard Mulrooney Eddie Robinson
Pat Onstad
Erik Ustruck
Craig Waibel
Corbin Waller
Chris Wondolowski
Stephen Wondolowski

Kansas City Wizards

Exposed

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Kevin Hartman Davy Arnaud Roger Espinoza
Aaron Hohlbein Jimmy Conrad Chance Myers
Michael Kraus Adam Cristman
Eric Kronberg Herculez Gomez
Matt Marquess Michael Harrington
Rauwshan McKenzie Jack Jewsbury
Kurt Morsink Jon Leathers
Boris Pardo Claudio López
Iván Trujillo Carlos Marinelli
Nelson Pizarro Kevin Souter
Ryan Pore Josh Wolff
Abe Thompson
Tyson Wahl
Lance Watson

Los Angeles Galaxy

Exposed

Protected

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Vardan Adzemian David Beckham Tristan Bowen
Charles Alamo Edson Buddle Israel Sesay
Ely Allen Landon Donovan
Jeremy Barlow Sean Franklin
Steve Cronin Alan Gordon
Eduardo Dominguez Ante Jazic
Joe Franchino Bryan Jordan
Michael Gavin Eddie Lewis
Jovan Kirovski Brandon McDonald
Chris Klein Álvaro Pires
Mike Munoz Troy Roberts
Mike Randolph
Josh Saunders
Josh Tudela
Peter Vagenas
Julian Valentin
Josh Wicks

New England Revolution

Exposed

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José Angulo Chris Albright Amaechi Igwe
Gabriel Badilla Kheli Dube Rob Valentino
Sam Brill Jay Heaps
Mauricio Castro Shalrie Joseph
Argenis Fernández Jeff Larentowicz
Gary Flood Kenny Mansally
Joe Germanese Sainey Nyassi
Brad Knighton Michael Parkhurst
Brandon Manzonelli Steve Ralston
Pat Phelan Matt Reis
Khano Smith Taylor Twellman
Wells Thompson
Chris Tierney
Brandon Tyler
Doug Warren

New York Red Bulls

Exposed

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Danleigh Borman Juan Pablo Ángel
Terry Boss Danny Cepero
Andrew Boyens Jon Conway
Gabriel Cichero Kevin Goldthwaite
Óscar Echeverry Macoumba Kandji
John Gilkerson Dane Richards
Diego Jimenez Jorge Rojas
Gordon Kljestan Luke Sassano
Chris Leitch Seth Stammler
Mike Magee Siniša Ubiparipović
Matthew Mbuta Dave van den Bergh
Carlos Mendes
Mike Palacio
Jeff Parke
Caleb Patterson-Sewell
Juan Pietravallo
David Roth
Sainey Touray
John Wolyniec

Real Salt Lake

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Nikolas Besagno Kyle Beckerman Tony Beltran
Kenny Cutler Nat Borchers Alex Nimo
Kenny Deuchar Fabián Espíndola Chris Seitz
David Horst Robbie Findley
Ian Joy Will Johnson
Dustin Kirby Javier Morales
Dema Kovalenko Yura Movsisyan
Clint Mathis Jámison Olave
Tino Núñez Nick Rimando
Kevin Reiman Robbie Russell
Kyle Reynish Chris Wingert
Nathan Sturgis
Brennan Tennelle
Andy Williams

San Jose Earthquakes

Exposed

Protected

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Mikel Arce Arturo Alvarez
Jay Ayres Joe Cannon
John Cunliffe Ryan Cochrane
Eric Denton Ramiro Corrales
Gavin Glinton Nick Garcia
Ned Grabavoy Jason Hernandez
Kelly Gray Darren Huckerby
Michael Gustavson Ryan Johnson
Matt Hatzke Francisco Lima
Amir Lowery Shea Salinas
Ronnie O'Brien Scott Sealy
James Riley
Jamil Roberts
Adam Smarte
Davide Somma
Sina Shabany

Toronto FC

Exposed

Protected

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Nana Attakora Chad Barrett Fuad Ibrahim
Kilian Elkinson Jim Brennan
Hunter Freeman Danny Dichio
Gabe Gala Todd Dunivant
Derek Gaudet Brian Edwards
Joey Melo Amado Guevara
Rohan Ricketts Kevin Harmse
Tyler Rosenlund Julius James
Carlos Ruiz Tyrone Marshall
Jarrod Smith Carl Robinson
Johann Smith Marvell Wynne
Greg Sutton
Marco Vélez

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