2008 MLS Expansion Draft | |
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General information | |
Date(s) | November 26, 2008 |
Overview | |
Expansion team | Seattle Sounders FC |
Expansion season | 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.
# | Player | Position | Country | Previous club |
1 | Nate Jaqua | F | United States | Houston Dynamo |
2 | Nathan Sturgis | M | United States | Real Salt Lake |
3 | Jeff Parke | D | United States | New York Red Bulls |
4 | Jarrod Smith | F | New Zealand | Toronto FC |
5 | Khano Smith | M | Bermuda | New England Revolution |
6 | Peter Vagenas | M | United States | Los Angeles Galaxy |
7 | Tyson Wahl | D | United States | Kansas City Wizards |
8 | James Riley | D | United States | San Jose Earthquakes |
9 | Stephen King | M | United States | Chicago Fire |
10 | Brad Evans | M | United States | Columbus Crew |
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Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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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 | |
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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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 | ||
Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
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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 | ||
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