2009 MLS expansion draft

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2009 MLS Expansion Draft
General information
Date(s)November 25, 2009
Overview
Expansion team Philadelphia Union
Expansion season 2010
  2008
2010  

The 2009 MLS Expansion Draft took place on November 25, 2009, [1] and was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Philadelphia Union.

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Expansion Draft Results

#PlayerPositionCountryPrevious club
1 Jordan Harvey DFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Colorado Rapids
2 Andrew Jacobson MFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States D.C. United
3 Brad Knighton GKFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States New England Revolution
4 Sébastien Le Toux FFlag of France.svg  France Seattle Sounders FC
5 Stefani Miglioranzi MFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Los Angeles Galaxy
6 Alejandro Moreno FFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Columbus Crew
7 David Myrie DFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Chicago Fire
8 Shea Salinas MFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Jose Earthquakes
9 Shavar Thomas DFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Chivas USA
10 Nick Zimmerman MFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Red Bulls

Team-by-team breakdown

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Chicago Fire

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Mike Banner C. J. Brown Baggio Husidić
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Jon Busch
Calen Carr Wilman Conde
Stefan Dimitrov Justin Mapp
Andrew Dykstra Brian McBride
Peter Lowry Patrick Nyarko
David Myrie Marco Pappa
Chris Rolfe Logan Pause
Gonzalo Segares Dasan Robinson
Austin Washington John Thorrington
Daniel Woolard Tim Ward

Chivas USA

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Chukwudi Chijindu Jonathan Bornstein César Zamora
Jon Conway Justin Braun
Jim Curtin Yamith Cuesta
Kevin Harmse Jorge Flores
Ante Jazić Maykel Galindo
Dan Kennedy Sacha Kljestan
Eduardo Lillingston Michael Lahoud
Jesse Marsch Paulo Nagamura
Gerson Mayen Jesús Padilla
Lance Parker Maicon Santos
Ante Razov Zach Thornton
Marcelo Saragosa
Bojan Stepanović
Claudio Suárez
Carey Talley
Shavar Thomas
Mariano Trujillo
Sasha Victorine

Colorado Rapids

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Mehdi Ballouchy Julien Baudet Ciaran O'Brien
Preston Burpo Conor Casey Rob Valentino
Steward Ceus Colin Clark
Greg Dalby Omar Cummings
Facundo Diz Cory Gibbs
Ty Harden Kosuke Kimura
Jordan Harvey Nick LaBrocca
Michael Holody Pablo Mastroeni
Pat Noonan Drew Moor
Scott Palguta Matt Pickens
Jacob Peterson Jamie Smith
Ross Schunk

Columbus Crew

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Kevin Burns Guillermo Barros Schelotto Jed Zayner
Cory Elenio Eric Brunner
Jason Garey Brian Carroll
Alex Grendi Emmanuel Ekpo
Andy Gruenebaum Eddie Gaven
Frankie Hejduk William Hesmer
Andy Iro Steven Lenhart
Alejandro Moreno Chad Marshall
Gino Padula Adam Moffat
Duncan Oughton Danny O'Rourke
Emilio Rentería Robbie Rogers
Kenny Schoeni

DC United

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Ely Allen Marc Burch Bill Hamid
Brandon Barklage Fred
John DiRaimondo Dejan Jakovic
Luciano Emilio Julius James
Christian Gómez Jaime Moreno
David Habarugira Bryan Namoff
Andrew Jacobson Chris Pontius
Greg Janicki Santino Quaranta
Avery John Clyde Simms
Thabiso Khumalo Danny Szetela
Miloš Kočić Rodney Wallace
Devon McTavish
Ange N'Silu
Ty Shipalane
Lawson Vaughn
Josh Wicks

FC Dallas

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Ray Burse Jair Benítez Eric Avila
Pablo Ricchetti Marvin Chávez Bruno Guarda
André Rocha Jeff Cunningham Josh Lambo
Steve Purdy Kyle Davies Bryan Leyva
Darío Sala David Ferreira Perica Marošević
Daniel Torres Atiba Harris Brek Shea
Dave van den Bergh Daniel Hernández
Blake Wagner Ugo Ihemelu
Anthony Wallace George John
Dax McCarty
Heath Pearce

Houston Dynamo

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Wade Barrett Corey Ashe Daniel Cruz
Mike Chabala Bobby Boswell Tyler Deric
Ricardo Clark Geoff Cameron
Ryan Cochrane Brian Ching
John Michael Hayden Brad Davis
Luis Ángel Landín Tally Hall
Richard Mulrooney Andrew Hainault
Pat Onstad Stuart Holden
Eddie Robinson Brian Mullan
Abe Thompson Dominic Oduro
Erik Ustruck Cam Weaver
Craig Waibel

Kansas City Wizards

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Matt Besler Davy Arnaud Roger Espinoza
Adam Cristman Jimmy Conrad Chance Myers
Herculez Gomez Michael Harrington
Kevin Hartman Zoltán Hercegfalvi
Santiago Hirsig Jack Jewsbury
Aaron Hohlbein Kei Kamara
Michael Kraus Jonathan Leathers
Eric Kronberg Claudio López
Matt Marquess Kevin Souter
Rauwshan McKenzie Josh Wolff
Kurt Morsink Graham Zusi
Boris Pardo
Lance Watson

Los Angeles Galaxy

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Todd Dunivant David Beckham Tristan Bowen
Alecko Eskandarian Gregg Berhalter Israel Sesay
Alan Gordon Chris Birchall
Leonard Griffin Edson Buddle
Bryan Jordan A. J. DeLaGarza
Jovan Kirovski Landon Donovan
Chris Klein Sean Franklin
Eddie Lewis Omar Gonzalez
Yohance Marshall Dema Kovalenko
Stefani Miglioranzi Mike Magee
Kyle Patterson Donovan Ricketts
Tony Sanneh
Josh Saunders
Julian Valentin

New England Revolution

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Chris Albright Kevin Alston Nico Colaluca
Stephane Assengue Darrius Barnes
Gabriel Badilla Kheli Dube
Mauricio Castro Shalrie Joseph
Jay Heaps Jeff Larentowicz
Amaechi Igwe Kenny Mansally
Edgaras Jankauskas Sainey Nyassi
Brad Knighton Emmanuel Osei
Pat Phelan Steve Ralston
Bobby Shuttleworth Matt Reis
Wells Thompson Taylor Twellman
Chris Tierney
Michael Videira

New York Red Bulls

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Andrew Boyens Juan Pablo Ángel Giorgi Chirgadze
Danny Cepero Danleigh Borman
Walter Garcia Bouna Coundoul
Leo Krupnik Kevin Goldthwaite
Matthew Mbuta Jeremy Hall
Mike Petke Carlos Johnson
Jorge Rojas Macoumba Kandji
Luke Sassano Carlos Mendes
Siniša Ubiparipović Ernst Öbster
John Wolyniec Dane Richards
Nick Zimmerman Seth Stammler

Real Salt Lake

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Jean Alexandre Kyle Beckerman Alex Nimo
Pablo Campos Tony Beltran
Raphael Cox Nat Borchers
Rachid El Khalifi Fabián Espíndola
Nelson González Robbie Findley
Ned Grabavoy Will Johnson
David Horst Javier Morales
Clint Mathis Jámison Olave
Yura Movsisyan Nick Rimando
Tino Nuñez Chris Seitz
Kyle Reynish Chris Wingert
Robbie Russell
Andy Williams

San Jose Earthquakes

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Quincy Amarikwa Arturo Alvarez
Bobby Convey Bobby Burling
Simon Elliott Joe Cannon
Mike Graczyk Ramiro Corrales
Darren Huckerby Cornell Glen
Aaron Pitchkolan Jason Hernandez
António Ribeiro Ryan Johnson
Jamil Roberts Chris Leitch
Shea Salinas André Luiz
Andrew Weber Brandon McDonald
Chris Wondolowski Ramón Sánchez
Mike Zaher

Seattle Sounders FC

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Terry Boss Osvaldo Alonso
Evan Brown Brad Evans
Chris Eylander Leonardo González
Michael Fucito Jhon Kennedy Hurtado
Taylor Graham Patrick Ianni
Stephen King Nate Jaqua
Sébastien Le Toux Kasey Keller
Roger Levesque Freddie Ljungberg
Lamar Neagle Tyrone Marshall
Sanna Nyassi Fredy Montero
James Riley Steve Zakuani
Zach Scott
Nathan Sturgis
Peter Vagenas
Tyson Wahl

Toronto FC

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Brian Edwards Nana Attakora Stefan Frei
Gabe Gala Chad Barrett Fuad Ibrahim
Nick Garcia Jim Brennan
Ali Gerba Sam Cronin
Amado Guevara Julian de Guzman
Lesly Fellinga Dwayne De Rosario
Carl Robinson Emmanuel Gómez
Pablo Vitti Amadou Sanyang
Adrian Serioux
O'Brian White
Marvell Wynne

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