MLS Expansion Draft: Full list of protected players
Nascent sides Atlanta United and Minnesota United FC will bolster their rosters through the MLS Expansion Draft on Tuesday, and Monday, they both learned which players will be available to poach from the other clubs in the league.
Every side released a list of 11 players who cannot be selected in the Expansion Draft, and with such a finite number of protected slots, there are a host of talented names available to the league's two newest teams.
Chicago Fire
Protected players: David Accam, Arturo Alvarez, Jonathan Campbell, Mchael De Leeuw, John Goosens, John Kappelhoff, Matt Lampson, Joao Meira, Matt Polster, Luis Solignac, Brandon Vincent
Notable unprotected players: Nick LaBrocca, Michael Stephens, Eric Gehrig
Colorado Rapids
Protected players: Michael Azira, Sam Cronin, Kevin Doyle, Shkelzen Gashi, Marlon Hairston, Tim Howard, Zac MacMath, Eric Miller, Dillon Powers, Axel Sjoberg, Dominique Badji
Notable unprotected players: Jermaine Jones, Sebastian Le Toux, Marco Pappa
Columbus Crew
Protected players: Harrison Afful, Ethan Finlay, Federico Higuain, Adam Jahn, Hector Jimenez, Ola Kamara, Justin Meram, Nicolai Naess, Zack Steffen, Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp
Notable unprotected players: Corey Ashe, Mohammed Saied, Tyson Wahl
D.C. United
Protected players: Luciano Acosta, Steve Birnbaum, Nick DeLeon, Bill Hamid, Taylor Kemp, Patrick Mullins, Lamar Neagle, Patrick Nyarko, Lloyd Sam, Marcelo Sarvas, Rob Vincent
Notable unprotected players: Bobby Boswell, Sean Franklin, Chris Rolfe
FC Dallas
Protected players: Kellyn Acosta, Tesho Akindele, Michael Barrios, Mauro Diaz, Maynor Figueroa, Carlos Gruezo, Matt Hedges, Ryan Hollingshead, Victor Ulloa, Maximiliano Urruti, Walker Zimmerman
Notable unprotected players: Atiba Harris, Zach Loyd, Mauro Rosales
Houston Dynamo
Protected players: Eric Alexander, Jalil Anibaba, Will Bruin, Ricardo Clark, Jose Escalante, Mauro Manotas, Boniek Garcia, Alex Monteiro, Erick Torres, Andrew Wenger, Joe Willis
Notable unprotected players: DaMarcus Beasley, Cristian Maidana, Raul Rodriguez
LA Galaxy
Protected players: Emmanuel Boateng, Ashley Cole, AJ DeLaGarza, Clement Diop, Giovani Dos Santos, Sebastian Lletget, Robbie Rogers, Brian Rowe, Daniel Steres, Jelle Van Damme, Gyasi Zardes
Notable unprotected players: Leonardo, Alan Gordon, Dan Kennedy, Mike Magee
Montreal Impact
Protected players: Hernan Bernandello, Ambroise Oyongo, Evan Bush, Victor Cabrera, Hassoun Camara, Laurent Ciman, Marco Donadel, Matteo Mancosu, Ignacio Piatti, Andres Romero, Johan Venegas
Notable unprotected players: Patrice Bernier, Dominic Oduro, Harry Shipp
New England Revolution
Protected players: Juan Agudelo, Teal Bunbury, Cody Cropper, Diego Fagundez, Andrew Farrell, Kei Kamara, Gershon Koffe, Xavier Kouassi, Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe, Chris Tierney
Notable unprotected players: Jose Goncalves, Bobby Shuttleworth, JeVaughn Watson
New York City FC
Protected players: RJ Allen, Frederic Brilliant, Maxime Chanot, Mix Diskerud, Sean Johnson, Mikey Lopez, Ronald Matarrita, Thomas McNamara, Andrea Pirlo, Khiry Shelton, David Villa
Notable unprotected players: Federico Bravo, Josh Saunders, Eirik Johansen
New York Red Bulls
Protected players: Ryan Meara, Luis Robles, Aurelien Collin, Kemar Lawrence, Dax McCarty, Sacha Kljestan, Felipe, Mike Grella, Daniel Royer; Bradley Wright-Phillips, Gonzalo Veron
Notable unprotected players: Gideon Baah, Ronald Zubar, Sal Zizzo, Damien Perrinelle
Orlando City
Protected players: Jose Aja, Joe Bendik, Christian Higuita, Kaka, Cyle Larin, Kevin Molino, Antonio Nocerino, Matias Perez Garcia, Rafael Ramos, Carlos Augusto Rivas, Brek Shea
Notable unprotected players: Seb Hines, Julio Baptista, Bryan Rochez
Philadelphia Union
Protected players: Roland Alberg, Eric Ayuk, Alejandro Bedoya, Andre Blake, Warren Creavalle, Fabinho, Richard Marquez, Ilson, Chris Pontius, Keegan Rosenberry, CJ Sapong
Notable unprotected players: Maurice Edu, Ray Gaddis, Charlie Davies
Portland Timbers
Protected players: Fanendo Adi, Vytautas Andriuskevicius, Gbenga Arokoyo, Diego Chara, Jake Gleeson, Darren Mattocks, Lucas Melano, Darlington Nagbe, Alvas Powell, Liam Ridgewell, Diego Valeri
Notable unprotected players: Nick Besler, Nat Borchers, Jack McInerney
Real Salt Lake
Protected players: Kyle Beckerman, Tony Beltran, Juan Manuel Martinez, Aaron Maund, Yura Movsisyan, Luke Mulholland, Stephan Sunday, Demar Phillips, Joao Plata, Nick Rimando, Chris Schuler
Notable unprotected players: Javier Morales, Jamison Olave, Chris Wingert
San Jose Earthquakes
Protected players: Fatai Alashe, Victor Bernardez, David Bingham, Cordell Cato, Darwin Ceren, Simon Dawkins, Anibal Godoy, Andres Imperiale, Shea Salinas, Kofi Sarkodie, Chris Wondolowski
Notable unprotected players: Quincy Amarikwa, Clarence Goodson, Marvell Wynne
Seattle Sounders
Protected players: Tony Alfaro, Ozzie Alonso, Clint Dempsey, Brad Evans, Stefan Frei, Joevin Jones, Nicolas Lodeiro, Chad Marshall, Tyler Miller, Cristian Roldan, Roman Torres
Notable unprotected players: Erik Friberg, Andreas Ivanschitz, Nelson Valdez
Sporting Kansas City
Protected players: Saad Abdul-Salaam, Matt Besler, Dom Dwyer, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber, Jimmy Medranda, Tim Melia, Soni Mustivar, Ike Opara, Diego Rubio, Graham Zusi
Notable unprotected players: Justin Mapp, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic
Toronto FC
Protected players: Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Armando Cooper, Marky Delgado, Tsubasa Endoh, Sebastian Giovinco, Nick Hagglund, Drew Moor, Justin Morrow, Jonathan Osorio, Eriq Zavaleta
Notable unprotected players: Clint Irwin, Steven Beitashour, Will Johnson
Vancouver Whitecaps
Protected players: Christian Bolanos, Christian Dean, Jordan Harvey, Erik Hurtado, Andrew Jacobson, Matias Laba, Kekuta Manneh, Nicolas Mezquida, David Ousted, Tim Parker, Kendall Waston.
Notable unprotected players: Giles Barnes, Masato Kudo, Cristian Techera