2017 MLS expansion draft

{{Short description|Player draft for MLS teams}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox expansion draft

| name = 2017 MLS Expansion Draft

| date = December 12, 2017 {{cite web|title=2017 MLS Expansion Draft set for December 12; LAFC to have five picks|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/11/14/2017-mls-expansion-draft-set-december-12-lafc-have-five-picks|publisher=MLSsoccer.com|accessdate=15 November 2017}}

| expansion_team = Los Angeles FC

| expansion_season = 2018

| prev = 2016

| next = 2018

}}

The 2017 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Los Angeles FC held on December 12, 2017. Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on December 10, 2017.{{cite web|title=2017 MLS Expansion Draft set for December 12; LAFC to have five picks|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/11/14/2017-mls-expansion-draft-set-december-12-lafc-have-five-picks|publisher=MLSsoccer.com|accessdate=15 November 2017}}

Format

The rules for the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/11/13/mls-expansion-draft-rules-procedure |title=MLS Expansion Draft: Rules & Procedure |location=MLS}}

  • Existing teams are allowed to protect 11 players from their Senior, Supplemental and Reserve Roster. Generation Adidas players and Homegrown Players on supplemental rosters are automatically protected and exempt from the expansion draft. Though players who graduated from the Generation Adidas program to the senior roster at the end of the 2017 season are not exempt.
  • Only one player may be claimed from each club’s non-protected roster, that team is then eliminated from the expansion draft and not allowed to lose any further players.
  • The expansion draft will last 5 rounds totaling 5 players to be drafted.

Expansion Draft Picks

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Pick

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MLS Team

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Player

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Previous Team

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Trade Notes

1

| style="background: #C39E6D" rowspan="5"| {{colored link|black|Los Angeles FC}}

| Tyler Miller

| Seattle Sounders FC

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2

| Latif Blessing

| Sporting Kansas City

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3

| Marco Ureña (INTL)

| San Jose Earthquakes

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4

| Jukka Raitala (INTL)

| Columbus Crew SC

|rowspan=2| Traded to Montreal Impact in exchange for Laurent Ciman.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/12/12/lafc-acquire-laurent-ciman-impact-draftees-edwards-raitala |title=LAFC acquire Laurent Ciman from Impact for draftees Edwards, Raitala |location=MLS}}

5

| Raheem Edwards

| Toronto FC

Affected Post-Draft Trades

  • This section will show any publicized details of trades made regarding players involved in the expansion draft.

Team-by-team-breakdown

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| style="background: #C39E6D"| Selected by Los Angeles FC

(DP) - Designated Player
(FA) - Free agent
(GA) - Generation Adidas
(HGP) - Homegrown player
(INTL) - International player

=[[Atlanta United FC]]=

{{updated|December 10, 2017}} {{cite web|title=2017 MLS Expansion Draft protected and unprotected lists|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/12/10/2017-mls-expansion-draft-protected-and-unprotected-lists|publisher=MLSsoccer.com|accessdate=December 11, 2017}}

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Exposed

! Protected

! Exempt

Mikey Ambrose

| Miguel Almirón (DP) (INTL)

| Andrew Carleton (HGP)

Yamil Asad (INTL)

| Carlos Carmona (INTL)

| Chris Goslin (HGP)

Mark Bloom

| Greg Garza

| Miles Robinson (GA)

Bobby Boswell (FA)

| Leandro González Pírez (INTL)

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Kevin Kratz

| Julian Gressel (INTL)

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Jeff Larentowicz (FA)

| Brad Guzan

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Zach Loyd (FA)

| Alec Kann

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Chris McCann

| Josef Martínez (DP) (INTL)

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Tyrone Mears

| Michael Parkhurst

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Kévin Oliveira (INTL)

| Brandon Vazquez

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Jeffrey Otoo (INTL)

| Héctor Villalba (DP) (INTL)

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Tyler Pasher (INTL)

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Jacob Peterson

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Kyle Reynish (FA)

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Anton Walkes (INTL)

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Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu

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Romario Williams (INTL)

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=[[Seattle Sounders FC]]=

=[[Sporting Kansas City]]=

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=[[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]]=

References