2019 MLS expansion draft

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

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

{{Infobox expansion draft

| name = 2019 MLS Expansion Draft

| date = November 19, 2019{{cite web|title=Expansion Draft details for Inter Miami, Nashville SC set as they enter in 2020|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/09/19/expansion-draft-details-inter-miami-nashville-sc-set-they-enter-2020|work=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer|date=September 19, 2019|accessdate=September 19, 2019}}

| overall = 10

| rounds = 5

| expansion_teams = Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC

| expansion_season = 2020

| prev = 2018

| next = 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/10/06/expansion-priority-draft-inter-miami-wins-coin-flip-over-nashville-sc|title=Expansion Priority Draft: Inter Miami wins coin flip over Nashville SC|website=mlssoccer.com|publisher=MLS|date=October 6, 2019|accessdate=October 6, 2019}} Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on November 16, 2019.{{cite web|title=Expansion Draft details for Inter Miami, Nashville SC set as they enter in 2020|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/09/19/expansion-draft-details-inter-miami-nashville-sc-set-they-enter-2020|work=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer|date=September 19, 2019|accessdate=September 19, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/11/16/2019-mls-expansion-draft-official-list-players-eligible-selection|title=2019 MLS Expansion Draft: Official list of players eligible for selection|website=mlssoccer.com|publisher=MLS|date=November 16, 2019|accessdate=November 16, 2019}}

Format

The rules for the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer.{{cite web|title=Expansion Draft details for Inter Miami, Nashville SC set as they enter in 2020|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/09/19/expansion-draft-details-inter-miami-nashville-sc-set-they-enter-2020|work=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer|date=September 19, 2019|accessdate=September 19, 2019}}

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: #f7b5cd"| Inter Miami CF

| Ben Sweat

| New York City FC

|

2

| style="background: #ede939"| Nashville SC

| Abu Danladi

| Minnesota United FC

|

3

| style="background: #f7b5cd"| Inter Miami CF

| Alvas Powell

| FC Cincinnati

|

4

| style="background: #ede939"| Nashville SC

| Zarek Valentin

| Portland Timbers

| Traded to the Houston Dynamo in exchange for Joe Willis.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/11/19/miami-nashville-trades-following-mls-expansion-draft|title=Catch up on all the trades following the MLS Expansion Draft|website=mlssoccer.com|publisher=MLS|date=November 19, 2019|accessdate=November 19, 2019}}

5

| style="background: #f7b5cd"| Inter Miami CF

| Lee Nguyen

| Los Angeles FC

|

6

| style="background: #ede939"| Nashville SC

| Jalil Anibaba

| New England Revolution

|

7

| style="background: #f7b5cd"| Inter Miami CF

| Luis Argudo

| Columbus Crew SC

|

8

| style="background: #ede939"| Nashville SC

| Brandon Vazquez

| Atlanta United FC

| Traded to FC Cincinnati in exchange for $150,000 in Targeted Allocation Money.

9

| style="background: #f7b5cd"| Inter Miami CF

| Bryan Meredith

| Seattle Sounders FC

|

10

| style="background: #ede939"| Nashville SC

| Jimmy Medranda

| Sporting Kansas City

|

  • Note: The order of selections was determined in the MLS Expansion Priority Draft on October 6, 2019.

=Affected post-draft trades=

{{empty section|date=September 2019}}

Team-by-team-breakdown

=[[Atlanta United FC]]=

=[[Chicago Fire FC|Chicago Fire]]=

=[[FC Cincinnati]]=

=[[Colorado Rapids]]=

{{updated|November 16, 2019}}

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Exposed
Tim Howard
Niki Jackson
Kofi Opare
Abdul Rwatubyaye
Axel Sjöberg
Danny Wilson

=[[Columbus Crew SC]]=

=[[Los Angeles FC]]=

=[[LA Galaxy]]=

=[[Minnesota United FC]]=

=[[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]]=

=[[New England Revolution]]=

{{updated|November 16, 2019}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Exposed
Juan Agudelo
style="background: #ede939"|Jalil Anibaba
Juan Fernando Caicedo
Edgar Castillo
Cody Cropper
Brad Knighton
Michael Mancienne
Brian Wright

=[[New York City FC]]=

=[[Orlando City SC]]=

=[[Philadelphia Union]]=

{{updated|November 16, 2019}}

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Exposed
R. J. Allen
Fabinho
Joe Bendik
Aurélien Collin
Warren Creavalle
Marco Fabián
Olivier Mbaizo
Haris Medunjanin
Michee Ngalina

=[[Portland Timbers]]=

{{updated|November 16, 2019}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Exposed
Dairon Asprilla
Jeff Attinella
Tomás Conechny
Claude Dielna
Andrés Flores
Aljaž Ivačič
Modou Jadama
Kendall McIntosh
Andy Polo
style="background: #ede939"|Zarek Valentin
Renzo Zambrano

=[[Real Salt Lake]]=

{{updated|November 16, 2019}}

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Exposed
Tony Beltran
Alex Horwath
Luke Mulholland
Joao Plata
Justin Portillo
Nick Rimando
Kelyn Rowe
Pablo Enrique Ruíz

=[[San Jose Earthquakes]]=

=[[Seattle Sounders FC]]=

=[[Sporting Kansas City]]=

{{updated|November 16, 2019}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Exposed
Botond Baráth
Eric Dick
Benny Feilhaber
Andreu Fontàs
Nicolas Hasler
style="background: #ede939"|Jimmy Medranda
Krisztián Németh
Seth Sinovic
Rodney Wallace
Gedion Zelalem

=[[Toronto FC]]=

References