2019 MLS Expansion Draft | |
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General information | |
Date(s) | November 19, 2019 [1] |
Overview | |
10 total selections in 5 rounds | |
Expansion teams | Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC |
Expansion season | 2020 |
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. [2] Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on November 16, 2019. [1] [3]
The rules for the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer. [1]
Pick | MLS Team | Player | Previous Team | Trade Notes |
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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. [4] |
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. [4] |
9 | Inter Miami CF | Bryan Meredith | Seattle Sounders FC | |
10 | Nashville SC | Jimmy Medranda | Sporting Kansas City | |
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Exposed |
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Diego Campos |
Stefan Cleveland |
Elliot Collier |
Marcelo |
Nicolás Gaitán |
Cristian Martínez |
Amando Moreno |
Nemanja Nikolić |
David Ousted |
Richard Sánchez |
Bastian Schweinsteiger |
Exposed |
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Tim Howard |
Niki Jackson |
Kofi Opare |
Abdul Rwatubyaye |
Axel Sjöberg |
Danny Wilson |
Exposed |
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Favio Álvarez |
Uriel Antuna |
Servando Carrasco |
Emil Cuello |
Tomas Hilliard-Arce |
Zlatan Ibrahimović |
Perry Kitchen |
Matt Lampson |
João Pedro |
Juninho |
Chris Pontius |
Jørgen Skjelvik |
Diedie Traore |
Exposed |
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Zachary Brault-Guillard |
Omar Browne |
Evan Bush |
Rudy Camacho |
Jorge Corrales |
Rod Fanni |
Anthony Jackson-Hamel |
Ken Krolicki |
Bacary Sagna |
Amar Sejdič |
Maximiliano Urruti |
Jeisson Vargas |
Exposed |
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Juan Agudelo |
Jalil Anibaba |
Juan Fernando Caicedo |
Edgar Castillo |
Cody Cropper |
Brad Knighton |
Michael Mancienne |
Brian Wright |
Exposed |
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Luis Barraza |
Dan Bedoya |
Jeff Caldwell |
Sebastien Ibeagha |
Gary Mackay-Steven |
Jesús Medina |
Eric Miller |
Abdi Mohamed |
Ebenezer Ofori |
Tony Rocha |
Brad Stuver |
Ben Sweat |
Juan Pablo Torres |
Exposed |
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Carlos Ascues |
Alex DeJohn |
Adam Grinwis |
Cristian Higuita |
Will Johnson |
Sacha Kljestan |
Shane O'Neill |
Dillon Powers |
Greg Ranjitsingh |
Robinho |
Brian Rowe |
Lamine Sané |
Kyle Smith |
Exposed |
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R. J. Allen |
Fabinho |
Joe Bendik |
Aurélien Collin |
Warren Creavalle |
Marco Fabián |
Olivier Mbaizo |
Haris Medunjanin |
Michee Ngalina |
Exposed |
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Dairon Asprilla |
Jeff Attinella |
Tomás Conechny |
Claude Dielna |
Andrés Flores |
Aljaž Ivačič |
Modou Jadama |
Kendall McIntosh |
Andy Polo |
Zarek Valentin |
Renzo Zambrano |
Exposed |
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Tony Beltran |
Alex Horwath |
Luke Mulholland |
Joao Plata |
Justin Portillo |
Nick Rimando |
Kelyn Rowe |
Pablo Enrique Ruíz |
Exposed |
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François Affolter |
Matt Bersano |
Eric Calvillo |
Harold Cummings |
Luis Felipe Fernandes |
Carlos Fierro |
Marcos López |
Paul Marie |
Jimmy Ockford |
Kevin Partida |
Andrew Tarbell |
Exposed |
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Saad Abdul-Salaam |
Will Bruin |
Jonathan Campbell |
Emanuel Cecchini |
Justin Dhillon |
Chad Marshall |
Bryan Meredith |
Víctor Rodríguez |
Alex Roldan |
Harry Shipp |
Luis Silva |
Román Torres |
Exposed |
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Botond Baráth |
Eric Dick |
Benny Feilhaber |
Andreu Fontàs |
Nicolas Hasler |
Jimmy Medranda |
Krisztián Németh |
Seth Sinovic |
Rodney Wallace |
Gedion Zelalem |
Exposed |
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Jon Bakero |
Nicolas Benezet |
Laurent Ciman |
Tsubasa Endoh |
Drew Moor |
Ashtone Morgan |
Justin Morrow |
Patrick Mullins |
Caleb Patterson-Sewell |
Ryan Telfer |
Eriq Zavaleta |
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