2021 MLS expansion draft

2021 MLS Expansion Draft
General information
Date(s)December 14, 2021
Overview
5 total selections in 5 rounds
Expansion teamsCharlotte FC
Expansion season2022
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Charlotte FC that was held on December 14, 2021. The list of exposed players was revealed on December 13, 2021.[1] The picks were made on December 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET with Charlotte selecting McKinze Gaines, Anton Walkes, Joseph Mora, Tristan Blackmon, and Ismael Tajouri-Shradi.[2]

Format

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Teams who had players selected in the 2020 MLS Expansion Draft are exempt. These teams are San Jose Earthquakes, New York Red Bulls, Nashville SC, LA Galaxy, and Orlando City SC. All other teams from the 2021 season are subject to the draft. These teams have 12 protection slots that they may apply to any draft eligible player on their senior, supplemental, and reserve rosters. Players who have not graduated from Generation Adidas, and homegrown players age 25 and under as of the end of the 2021 season are not eligible for the draft. Players with contracts expiring at the end of the season, designated players, and players with no-trade clauses are part of a team's roster and are eligible for the draft. In the case of player's with no-trade clauses, a team must use one of their protection slots for that player. If a team has a players selected in the draft, that team becomes exempt from any further picks in the draft. The expansion team, Charlotte FC was given 5 picks for the draft.[3]

Expansion Draft picks

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Pick MLS team Player Previous team Notes
1 Charlotte FC McKinze Gaines Austin FC
2 Anton Walkes Atlanta United FC
3 Joseph Mora D.C. United
4 Tristan Blackmon Los Angeles FC Traded to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for $475,000 of General Allocation Money.[4]
5 Ismael Tajouri-Shradi New York City FC Traded to Los Angeles FC in exchange for $400,000 of General Allocation Money.[5]

Team-by-team-breakdown

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Exposed
Mo Adams
Mikey Ambrose
Josh Bauer
Jürgen Damm
Alex DeJohn
Ronald Hernández
Emerson Hyndman
Alec Kann
Erik López
Ben Lundgaard
Jake Mulraney
Amar Sejdič
Erick Torres
Anton Walkes
Exposed
McKinze Gaines
Jon Gallagher
Danny Hoesen
Hector Jiménez
Freddy Kleemann
Kekuta Manneh
Will Pulisic
Aaron Schoenfeld
Brady Scott
Ulises Segura
Aedan Stanley
Jared Stroud
Ben Sweat
Andrew Tarbell
Exposed
Robert Berić
Francisco Calvo
Elliot Collier
Johan Kappelhof
Kenneth Kronholm
Álvaro Medrán
Bobby Shuttleworth
Luka Stojanović
Exposed
Edgar Castillo
Allan Cruz
Chris Duvall
Jonas Fjeldberg
Avionne Flanagan
Joe Gyau
Yuya Kubo
Ben Lundt
Kamohelo Mokotjo
Caleb Stanko
Przemysław Tytoń
Florian Valot
Maikel van der Werff
Kenneth Vermeer
Exposed
Dominique Badji
Steven Beitashour
Clint Irwin
Jeremy Kelly
Nicolás Mezquida
Drew Moor
Younes Namli
Andre Rawls
Diego Rubio
Collen Warner
Exposed
Saad Abdul-Salaam
Harrison Afful
Evan Bush
Eric Dick
Waylon Francis
Marlon Hairston
Erik Hurtado
Perry Kitchen
Grant Lillard
Kevin Molino
Josh Williams
Vito Wormgoor
Bradley Wright-Phillips
Exposed
Ramón Ábila
Yamil Asad
Jovanny Bolívar
Frédéric Brillant
Michael DeShields
Jon Kempin
Felipe
Joseph Mora
Júnior Moreno
Chris Odoi-Atsem
Yordy Reyna
Chris Seitz
Drew Skundrich
Kimarni Smith
Erik Sorga
Exposed
Bryan Acosta
Bressan
Caiser Gomes
Phelipe Megiolaro
Andrés Ricaurte
Freddy Vargas
Kyle Zobeck
Exposed
Mateo Bajamich
José Bizama
Darwin Cerén
Joe Corona
Maynor Figueroa
Alejandro Fuenmayor
Boniek García
Ian Hoffmann
Ariel Lassiter
Nico Lemoine
Marko Marić
Kyle Morton
Michael Nelson
Darwin Quintero
Maximiliano Urruti
Exposed
Jamal Blackman
Tristan Blackmon
Daniel Crisostomo
Raheem Edwards
Julian Gaines
Francisco Ginella
Jordan Harvey
Sebastien Ibeagha
Cal Jennings
Danny Musovski
Michee Ngalina
Alvaro Quezada
Diego Rossi
Mohamed Traore
Exposed
George Acosta
Ventura Alvarado
Dylan Castanheira
Jay Chapman
Sami Guediri
Joevin Jones
Kelvin Leerdam
Blaise Matuidi
John McCarthy
Josh Penn
Patrick Seagrist
Ryan Shawcross
Brek Shea
Exposed
Fanendo Adi
Juan Agudelo
Osvaldo Alonso
Noah Billingsley
Thomás Chacón
Ethan Finlay
Ján Greguš
Niko Hansen
Brent Kallman
Nabilai Kibunguchy
Justin McMaster
Romain Métanire
Callum Montgomery
Jukka Raitala
Joseph Rosales
DJ Taylor
Adrian Zendejas
Exposed
Sebastian Breza
Rudy Camacho
Bjørn Johnsen
Mustafa Kizza
Ismaël Koné
Emanuel Maciel
Aljaž Struna
Ballou Tabla
Róbert Thorkelsson
Victor Wanyama
Exposed
Emmanuel Boateng
Luis Caicedo
Scott Caldwell
A. J. DeLaGarza
Earl Edwards Jr.
Wilfrid Kaptoum
Edward Kizza
Brad Knighton
Christian Mafla
Arnor Traustason
Collin Verfurth
Exposed
Malte Amundsen
Vuk Latinovich
Jesús Medina
Alexandru Mitriță
Cody Mizell
Maximiliano Moralez
Tony Rocha
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi
Guðmundur Þórarinsson
Anton Tinnerholm
Juan Pablo Torres
Gedion Zelalem
Exposed
Matheus Davó
Joe Bendik
Jesús Bueno
Cory Burke
Aurelien Collin
Stuart Findlay
Ilsinho
Matej Oravec
Gino Portella
Alvas Powell
Exposed
Jeff Attinella
Pablo Bonilla
Steve Clark
George Fochive
Jorge Gonzalez
Aljaž Ivačič
Ismaila Jome
Larrys Mabiala
Zac McGraw
Manny Perez
Andy Polo
Diego Valeri
Josecarlos Van Rankin
Renzo Zambrano
Exposed
Toni Datković
Everton Luiz
Douglas Martínez
Justin Meram
Ashtone Morgan
Justin Portillo
Noah Powder
Andrew Putna
Jeizon Ramírez
Donny Toia
Exposed
Nicolas Benezet
Will Bruin
Abdoulaye Cissoko
Stefan Cleveland
Jordy Delem
Fredy Montero
Shane O'Neill
Spencer Richey
Kelyn Rowe
Brad Smith
Andrew Thomas
Exposed
Amadou Dia
Luís Martins
Roberto Punčec
Ilie Sánchez
Graham Smith
Exposed
Nick DeLeon
Dom Dwyer
Tsubasa Endoh
Omar Gonzalez
Kemar Lawrence
Patrick Mullins
Kevin Silva
Eriq Zavaleta
Exposed
Bruno Gaspar
Derek Cornelius
David Egbo
Janio Bikel
Marcus Godinho
Érik Godoy
Florian Jungwirth
Jasser Khmiri
Evan Newton
Leonard Owusu
Tosaint Ricketts
Andy Rose
Russell Teibert

References

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  1. ^ "2021 MLS Expansion Draft Eligible Player List". mlssoccer.com. December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 Expansion Draft results: Charlotte FC makes picks ahead of inaugural season". mlssoccer.com. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 MLS Expansion Draft Rules & Procedures". mlssoccer.com. November 19, 2021. Archived from the original on November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Jonathan Sigal (December 14, 2021). "Vancouver Whitecaps acquire defender Tristan Blackmon in Expansion Draft trade". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "LAFC land forward Ismael Tajouri-Shradi via Expansion Draft trade". mlssoccer.com. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
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