Orlando City SC and New York City FC officially have the list of 240 players they will choose from when the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft gets underway on Wednesday afternoon, December 10 (2 pm ET).
The other 18 MLS clubs unveiled their protected lists on Monday as well as those players that will be unprotected and exposed for selection in the Expansion Draft. All Generation adidas and select Homegrown players received automatic protection.
Of the names available to both teams, the Designated Players immediately stand out: Eddie Johnson (D.C. United), Claudio Bieler (Sporting KC), Rais Mbolhi (Philadelphia Union) and Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls).
There are plenty of other established MLS players in the group like Mauro Rosales (Vancouver), Kenny Cooper (Seattle), Jackson (Toronto), Dominic Oduro (Toronto), Mavell Wynne (Colorado), Jairo Arrieta (Columbus), Davy Arnaud (DC), Corey Ashe (Houston), Alan Gordon (LA), AJ Soares (New England), Peguy Luyindula (NY Red Bulls), Conor Casey (Philadelphia), and goalkeepers Jon Busch (San Jose), Troy Perkins (Montreal) and 2013 Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year Donovan Ricketts (Portland).
Some of the surprise names available are younger talents like Homegrown players Ben Speas (Columbus) and Diego Fagundez (New England) or newer names like Seattle playoff starter Michael Azira, dependable Vancouver starter Sebastian Fernandez or New England rookie Patrick Mullins, who helped set up a goal at MLS Cup 2014 on Sunday.
Jason Kreis, head coach of New York City FC, might be tempted to pluck from among 12 of his former players at Real Salt Lake, including veteran names like Ned Grabavoy, Chris Wingert and Robbie Findley or up-and-coming Mexican youth international Carlos Salcedo.
Any one team can only lose a maximum of two players in the Expansion Draft. In addition, once a player has been claimed from a club’s non-protected list, that club may then move to protect an unprotected player.
11 Protected
Quincy Amarikwa
Juan Luis Anangono (Int'l)
Razvan Cocis (Int'l)
Robert Earnshaw (Int'l)
Sean Johnson
Jeff Larentowicz
Mike Magee
Alex
Patrick Nyarko
Lovel Palmer
Matt Watson
Automatically Protected<br>
Victor Pineda (Homegrown)<br>
Chris Ritter (Homegrown)<br>
Harrison Shipp (Homegrown)</td><td>
Patrick Ianni<br>
Benji Joya<br>
Steven Kinney<br>
Sanna Nyassi<br>
Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Int'l)<br>
Kyle Reynish<br>
Gonzalo Segares<br>
Bakary Soumare<br>
Greg Cochrane<br>
Matthew Fondy<br>
Marco Franco<br>
Hunter Jumper<br>
Alec Kann<br>
Grant Ward (Int'l)</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td><img alt=" " src="//league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/436</em>200x200.png" style="height: 85px; width: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Deshorn Brown (Int'l)<br>
Michael Harrington<br>
Clint Irwin<br>
Chris Klute<br>
Zat Knight (Int'l)<br>
Nick LaBrocca<br>
Drew Moor<br>
Dillon Powers<br>
Vicente Sanchez (Int'l)<br>
Gabriel Torres (Int'l)<br>
Jared Watts
Automatically Protected<br>
Davy Armstrong (Homegrown)<br>
Caleb Calvert (Homegrown)<br>
Marlon Hairston (Generation adidas)<br>
Shane O'Neill (Homegrown)<br>
Dillon Serna (Homegrown)</td><td>
Gale Agbossoumonde<br>
Edson Buddle<br>
Marc Burch<br>
Tony Cascio<br>
Geoffrey Castillion (Int'l)<br>
Kamani Hill<br>
Dimitry Imbongo (Int'l)<br>
Jose Mari (Int'l)<br>
Brian Mullan<br>
Danny Mwanga<br>
Thomas Piermayr (Int'l)<br>
Marvell Wynne<br>
Carlos Alvarez<br>
John Berner<br>
Charles Eloundou (Int'l)<br>
John Neeskens<br>
Grant van de Casteele</td></tr><tr><td><img alt=" " src="http://www.thecrew.com/sites/columbus/files/Columbus%20Crew%20Soccer%20Club%202015%20Badge.jpg" style="height: 85px; width: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Steve Clark<br>
Ethan Finlay<br>
Waylon Francis (Int'l)<br>
Romain Gall<br>
Federico Higuain<br>
Hector Jimenez<br>
Kei Kamara<br>
Justin Meram<br>
Michael Parkhurst<br>
Emmanuel Pogatetz (Int'l)<br>
Tony Tchani
Automatically Protected<br>
Chad Barson (Homegrown)<br>
Ross Friedman (Homegrown)<br>
Matt Lampson (Homegrown)<br>
Wil Trapp (Homegrown)<br>
Matt Walker (Homegrown)<br>
Matt Wiet (Homegrown)</td><td>
Jairo Arrieta<br>
Eric Gehrig<br>
Daniel Paladini<br>
Ben Speas<br>
Ben Sweat<br>
Agustin Viana<br>
Tyson Wahl<br>
Kingsley Baiden (Int'l)<br>
Adam Bedell<br>
Kevan George<br>
Aaron Schoenfeld<br>
Brad Stuver</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/dc</em>150.png" style="width: 85px; height: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Bobby Boswell<br>
Nick DeLeon<br>
Fabian Espindola<br>
Sean Franklin<br>
Bill Hamid<br>
Perry Kitchen<br>
Chris Pontius<br>
Chris Rolfe<br>
Luis Silva<br>
Steve Birnbaum<br>
Taylor Kemp
Automatically Protected<br>
Collin Martin (Homegrown)<br>
Jalen Robinson (Homegrown)<br>
Michael Seaton (Homegrown)<br>
Conor Shanosky (Homegrown)</td><td>
Davy Arnaud<br>
Nana Attakora<br>
Alex Caskey<br>
Conor Doyle<br>
Andrew Driver<br>
Jared Jeffrey<br>
Eddie Johnson<br>
Chris Korb<br>
Thomas McNamara<br>
Lewis Neal<br>
Kofi Opare<br>
Jeff Parke<br>
Kyle Porter (Int'l)<br>
Andrew Dykstra<br>
David Estrada</td></tr><tr><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/1903</em>200x200.png" style="width: 85px; height: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Fabian Castillo (Int'l)<br>
Mauro Diaz (Int'l)<br>
Matt Hedges<br>
Ryan Hollingshead<br>
Dan Kennedy<br>
Zach Loyd<br>
Michel (Int'l)<br>
Blas Perez<br>
Chris Seitz<br>
JeVaughn Watson<br>
Tesho Akindele
Automatically Protected<br>
Kellyn Acosta (Homegrown)<br>
Coy Craft (Homegrown)<br>
Danny Garcia (Homegrown)<br>
Jesse Gonzalez (Homegrown)<br>
Moises Hernandez (Homegrown)<br>
Jonathan Top (Homegrown)<br>
Victor Ulloa (Homegrown)<br>
Walker Zimmerman (Generation adidas)</td><td>
Jair Benitez<br>
Walter Cabrera (Int'l)<br>
Andres Escobar (Int'l)<br>
Raul Fernandez (Int'l)<br>
George John<br>
Stephen Keel<br>
Peter Luccin (Int'l)<br>
Adam Moffat<br>
David Texeira (Int'l)<br>
Hendry Thomas<br>
Brian Span<br>
Nicholas Walker (Int'l)</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/1897</em>200x200.png" style="width: 85px; height: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Giles Barnes<br>
DaMarcus Beasley<br>
Oscar Boniek Garcia<br>
Will Bruin<br>
Ricardo Clark<br>
Brad Davis<br>
Tyler Deric<br>
Luis Garrido (Int'l)<br>
Alex Lopez (Int'l)<br>
Kofi Sarkodie<br>
Jermaine Taylor
Automatically Protected<br>
AJ Cochran (Generation adidas)<br>
Jason Johnson (Generation adidas)<br>
Bryan Salazar (Homegrown)</td><td>
Corey Ashe<br>
Servando Carrasco<br>
Omar Cummings<br>
David Horst<br>
Samuel Inkoom (Int'l)<br>
Brian Ownby<br>
Anthony Arena<br>
Michael Lisch<br>
Mark Sherrod<br>
Joe Willis</td></tr><tr><td><img alt=" " src="//league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/1230</em>200x200.png" style="height: 85px; width: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Leonardo (Int'l)<br>
AJ DeLaGarza<br>
Omar Gonzalez<br>
Baggio Husidic<br>
Stefan Ishizaki (Int'l)<br>
Robbie Keane<br>
Tommy Meyer<br>
Juninho<br>
Jaime Penedo (Int'l)<br>
Robbie Rogers<br>
Marcelo Sarvas
Automatically Protected<br>
Chandler Hoffman (Generation adidas)<br>
Bradford Jamieson (Homegrown)<br>
Jack McBean (Homegrown)<br>
Raul Mendiola (Homegrown)<br>
Oscar Sorto (Homegrown)<br>
Jose Villarreal (Homegrown)<br>
Gyasi Zardes (Homegrown)</td><td>
Todd Dunivant<br>
Dan Gargan<br>
Alan Gordon<br>
Brian Perk<br>
James Riley<br>
Kenney Walker<br>
Rafael Garcia<br>
Brian Rowe<br>
Charlie Rugg<br>
Kyle Venter</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/1616</em>200x200_0.png" style="width: 85px; height: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Patrice Bernier<br>
Evan Bush<br>
Hassoun Camara (Int'l)<br>
Felipe Martins (Int'l)<br>
Dilly Duka<br>
Calum Mallace<br>
Justin Mapp<br>
Jack McInerney<br>
Ignacio Piatti (Int'l)<br>
Andres Romero (Int'l)<br>
Blake Smith
Automatically Protected<br>
Louis Beland-Goyette (Homegrown)<br>
Maxime Crepeau (Homegrown)<br>
Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare (Homegrown)<br>
Anthony Jackson-Hamel (Homegrown)<br>
Wandrille Lefevre (Homegrown)<br>
Zakaria Messoudi (Homegrown)<br>
Eric Miller (Generation adidas)<br>
Karl Ouimette (Homegrown)<br>
Maxim Tissot (Homegrown)</td><td>
James Bissue (Int'l)<br>
Futty Danso<br>
Matteo Ferrari (Int'l)<br>
Santiago Gonzalez (Int'l)<br>
Krzysztof Krol (Int'l)<br>
Adrian Lopez Rodriguez (Int'l)<br>
Issey Nakajima-Farran<br>
Heath Pearce<br>
Troy Perkins<br>
Gege Soriola (Int'l)<br>
Gorka Larrea (Int'l)<br>
Donny Toia</td></tr><tr><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/928</em>200x200_0.png" style="font-size: 10px; width: 85px; height: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Kevin Alston<br>
Teal Bunbury<br>
Charlie Davies<br>
Andrew Farrell<br>
Jose Goncalves (Int'l)<br>
Jermaine Jones<br>
Daigo Kobayashi (Int'l)<br>
Lee Nguyen<br>
Kelyn Rowe<br>
Bobby Shuttleworth<br>
Chris Tierney
Automatically Protected<br>
Scott Caldwell (Homegrown)</td><td>
Darrius Barnes<br>
Jerry Bengtson (Int'l)<br>
Andy Dorman<br>
Diego Fagundez<br>
Brad Knighton<br>
Stephen McCarthy<br>
Joe Nasco<br>
AJ Soares<br>
Tony Taylor<br>
Andre Akpan<br>
Larry Jackson<br>
Shalrie Joseph<br>
Patrick Mullins<br>
Steve Neumann<br>
Jossimar Sanchez<br>
Donnie Smith<br>
Luis Soffner<br>
Alec Sundly</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td><img alt=" " src="//league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/prp-newyork_150.png" style="height: 85px; width: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Eric Alexander<br>
Dax McCarty<br>
Ryan Meara<br>
Roy Miller<br>
Jamison Olave<br>
Luis Robles<br>
Sam Lloyd (Int'l)<br>
Bradley Wright-Phillips (Int'l)<br>
Ambroise Oyongo (Int'l)<br>
Ian Christianson<br>
Chris Duvall
Automatically Protected<br>
Santiago Castano (Homegrown)<br>
Connor Lade (Homegrown)<br>
Matt Miazga (Homegrown)</td><td>
Tim Cahill<br>
Bobby Convey<br>
Richard Eckersley (Int'l)<br>
Thierry Henry (Int'l)<br>
Kosuke Kimura<br>
Armando Lozano (Int'l)<br>
Peguy Luyindula<br>
Damien Perrinelle (Int'l)<br>
Ibrahim Sekagya<br>
Saer Sene (Int'l)<br>
Ruben Bover (Int'l)<br>
Michael Bustamante<br>
Marius Obekop (Int'l)<br>
Eric Stevenson</td></tr><tr><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/5513</em>200x200.png" style="font-size: 10px; width: 85px; height: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Maurice Edu<br>
Fabinho (Int'l)<br>
Sebastian LeToux<br>
Cristian Maidana (Int'l)<br>
Vincent Nogueira (Int'l)<br>
CJ Sapong<br>
Carlos Valdes (Int'l)<br>
Andrew Wenger<br>
Sheanon Williams<br>
Ethan White<br>
Raymon Gaddis
Automatically Protected<br>
Andre Blake (Int'l / Generation adidas)<br>
Cristhian Hernandez (Int'l / Homegrown)<br>
Jimmy McLaughlin (Homegrown)<br>
Zach Pfeffer (Homegrown)</td><td>
Austin Berry<br>
Brian Brown (Int'l)<br>
Corben Bone<br>
Fred<br>
Brian Carroll<br>
Conor Casey<br>
Danny Cruz<br>
Antoine Hoppenot<br>
Michael Lahoud<br>
Rais Mbohli (Int'l)<br>
Zac MacMath<br>
Leo Fernandes<br>
Richard Marquez<br>
Pedro Ribeiro (Int'l)<br>
Aaron Wheeler</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/1581</em>200x200.png" style="font-size: 10px; width: 85px; height: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Fanendo Adi (Int'l)<br>
Nat Borchers<br>
Diego Chara<br>
Will Johnson<br>
Darlington Nagbe<br>
Liam Ridgewell (Int'l)<br>
Maxi Urruti (Int'l)<br>
Diego Valeri<br>
Rodney Wallace<br>
Ben Zemanski<br>
Alvas Powell
Automatically Protected<br>
Steven Evans (Homegrown)<br>
Schillo Tshuma (Int'l / Generation adidas)</td><td>
Kalif Alhassan<br>
Gaston Fernandez (Int'l)<br>
Jack Jewsbury<br>
Pa Modou Kah (Int'l)<br>
Rauwshan McKenzie<br>
Danny O'Rourke<br>
Norberto Paparatto (Int'l)<br>
Donovan Ricketts<br>
Jorge Villafana<br>
George Fochive<br>
Bryan Gallego<br>
Jake Gleeson<br>
Michael Nanchoff<br>
Taylor Peay<br>
Andrew Weber</td></tr><tr><td><img alt=" " src="//league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/1899</em>200x200.png" style="height: 85px; width: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Kyle Beckerman<br>
Tony Beltran<br>
Olmes Garcia<br>
Luis Gil<br>
Sebastian Jaime (Int'l)<br>
Javier Morales<br>
Luke Mulholland (Int'l)<br>
Joao Plata (Int'l)<br>
Nick Rimando<br>
Alvaro Saborio<br>
Chris Schuler
Automatically Protected<br>
Jordan Allen (Homegrown)<br>
Eduardo Fernandez (Homegrown)<br>
Justen Glad (Homegrown)<br>
Benjamin Lopez (Homegrown</td><td>
Jeff Attinella<br>
Rich Balchan<br>
Robbie Findley<br>
Ned Grabavoy<br>
Cole Grossman<br>
Abdoulie Mansally<br>
Chris Wingert<br>
Aaron Maund<br>
Carlos Salcedo (Int'l)<br>
Devon Sandoval<br>
John Stertzer<br>
Sebastian Velasquez</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/SJEQ</em>Logo_200.png" style="width: 85px; height: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Victor Bernardez<br>
David Bingham<br>
Sam Cronin<br>
Shaun Francis (Int'l)<br>
Clarence Goodson<br>
Steven Lenhart<br>
Matias Perez Garcia (Int'l)<br>
Shea Salinas<br>
Jordan Stewart (Int'l)<br>
Chris Wondolowski<br>
JJ Koval
Automatically Protected<br>
Tommy Thompson (Homegrown)</td><td>
Brandon Barklage<br>
Jon Busch<br>
Yannick Djalo (Int'l)<br>
Mike Fucito<br>
Andreas Gorlitz (Int'l)<br>
Atiba Harris<br>
Ty Harden<br>
Jason Hernandez<br>
Jean Baptiste Pierazzi (Int'l)<br>
Pablo Pintos (Int'l)<br>
Khari Stephenson<br>
Cordell Cato<br>
Adam Jahn<br>
Billy Knutsen<br>
Bryan Meredith<br>
Thomas Muller<br>
Billy Schuler<br>
Kristopher Tyrpak</td></tr><tr><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/3500</em>200x200.png" style="width: 85px; height: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Osvaldo Alonso<br>
Chad Barrett<br>
Clint Dempsey<br>
Brad Evans<br>
Stefan Frei<br>
Chad Marshall<br>
Obafemi Martins<br>
Lamar Neagle<br>
Marco Pappa (Int'l)<br>
Gonzalo Pineda (Int'l)<br>
Andy Rose
Automatically Protected<br>
Aaron Kovar (Homegrown)<br>
Damion Lowe (Int'l / Generation adidas)<br>
Sean Okoli (Homegrown)<br>
DeAndre Yedlin (Homegrown)</td><td>
Jalil Anibaba<br>
Tristan Bowen<br>
Kenny Cooper<br>
Leo Gonzalez<br>
Kevin Parsemain (Int'l)<br>
Zach Scott<br>
Cam Weaver<br>
Michael Azira<br>
Josh Ford<br>
Aaron Long<br>
Jimmy Ockford<br>
Dylan Remick</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield<em>thumbs/sportingkc</em>logo.png" style="width: 90px; height: 100px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Bernardo Anor (Int'l)<br>
Matt Besler<br>
Dom Dwyer<br>
Benny Feilhaber<br>
Igor Juliao (Int'l)<br>
Chance Myers<br>
Paulo Nagamura<br>
Ike Opara<br>
Seth Sinovic<br>
Graham Zusi<br>
Jimmy Medranda (Int'l)
Automatically Protected<br>
Kevin Ellis (Homegrown)<br>
Jon Kempin (Homegrown)<br>
Mikey Lopez (Generation adidas)<br>
Erik Palmer-Brown (Homegrown)</td><td>
Claudio Bieler (Int'l)<br>
Jorge Claros (Int'l)<br>
Andy Gruenebaum<br>
Eric Kronberg<br>
Lawrence Olum<br>
Jacob Peterson<br>
Toni Dovale (Int'l)<br>
Martin Steuble (Int'l)<br>
Sal Zizzo<br>
Christian Duke<br>
Michael Kafari<br>
Victor Munoz (Int'l)<br>
Soony Saad</td></tr><tr><td><img alt=" " src="//league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/prp-toronto_150.png" style="height: 85px; width: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Kyle Bekker<br>
Joe Bendik<br>
Michael Bradley<br>
Warren Creavalle<br>
Jermaine Defoe (Int'l)<br>
Luke Moore (Int'l)<br>
Justin Morrow<br>
Gilberto (Int'l)<br>
Jonathan Osorio<br>
Collen Warner<br>
Nick Hagglund
Automatically Protected<br>
Manuel Aparicio (Homegrown)<br>
Marky Delgado (Homegrown)<br>
Jordan Hamilton (Homegrown)<br>
Doneil Henry (Homegrown)<br>
Chris Manella (Homegrown)<br>
Ashtone Morgan (Homegrown)<br>
Quillan Roberts (Homegrown)</td><td>
Mark Bloom<br>
Steven Caldwell (Int'l)<br>
Dwayne De Rosario<br>
Bright Dike<br>
Jackson Goncalves (Int'l)<br>
Jeremy Hall<br>
Chris Konopka<br>
Dominic Oduro<br>
Bradley Orr (Int'l)<br>
Andrew Wiedeman<br>
Daniel Lovitz<br>
Ryan Richter</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td><img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/imagefield_thumbs/1708.png" style="width: 85px; height: 85px;"></td><td>
11 Protected<br>
Steven Beitashour<br>
Jordan Harvey<br>
Erik Hurtado<br>
Gershon Koffie<br>
Matias Laba (Int'l)<br>
Johnny Leveron (Int'l)<br>
Kekuta Manneh<br>
Darren Mattocks<br>
Pedro Morales (Int'l)<br>
David Ousted (Int'l)<br>
Kendall Waston (Int'l)
Automatically Protected<br>
Samuel Adekugbe (Homegrown)<br>
Bryce Alderson (Homegrown)<br>
Marco Carducci (Homegrown)<br>
Caleb Clarke (Homegrown)<br>
Christian Dean (Generation adidas)<br>
Kianz Froese (Homegrown)<br>
Ethen Sampson (Int'l / Homegrown)<br>
Russell Teibert (Homegrown)</td><td>
Mehdi Ballouchy<br>
Mamadou Diouf (Int'l)<br>
Sebastian Fernandez (Int'l)<br>
Gabriel Mezquida (Int'l)<br>
Carlyle Mitchell (Int'l)<br>
Andy O'Brien (Int'l)<br>
Mauro Rosales<br>
Paolo Tornaghi<br>
Andre Lewis (Int'l)</td></tr></tbody></table>
