2014 MLS Expansion Draft

2014 MLS Expansion Draft
Date December 10, 2014
Expansion teams New York City FC
Orlando City SC
Expansion season 2015

The 2014 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion teams New York City FC and Orlando City SC. As determined by a "Priority Draft" conducted September 24, 2014, Orlando City SC selected first.

The draft was conducted by conference call at 2:00 pm EST (UTC-5) on December 10, 2014.[1]

Format

  • Existing teams were allowed to protect 11 players from their rosters. Generation Adidas players and Homegrown Players on supplemental rosters were automatically protected, though players who graduated from the program to the senior roster at the end of the 2014 season were not.[2]
  • Once a player was claimed from a club’s non-protected roster, that club was allowed to move a player from its non-protected roster to its protected roster.[3]
  • Once two players were claimed from a team’s non-protected roster, that team was eliminated from the expansion draft and not allowed to lose any further players.[4]

Draft

Pick

MLS Team

Player

Previous Team

1Orlando City SCDonovan RickettsPortland Timbers
2New York City FCNed GrabavoyReal Salt Lake
3Orlando City SCTony CascioColorado Rapids
4New York City FCPatrick MullinsNew England Revolution
5Orlando City SCJalil AnibabaSeattle Sounders FC
6New York City FCJason HernandezSan Jose Earthquakes
7Orlando City SCPedro RibeiroPhiladelphia Union
8New York City FCDaniel LovitzToronto FC
9Orlando City SCLewis NealD.C. United
10New York City FCTony TaylorNew England Revolution
11Orlando City SCJairo ArrietaColumbus Crew
12New York City FCMehdi BallouchyVancouver Whitecaps FC
13Orlando City SCHeath PearceMontreal Impact
14New York City FCGeorge JohnFC Dallas
15Orlando City SCDanny MwangaColorado Rapids
16New York City FCTommy McNamaraD.C. United
17Orlando City SCMark SherrodHouston Dynamo
18New York City FCSal ZizzoSporting Kansas City
19Orlando City SCEric GehrigColumbus Crew
20New York City FCChris WingertReal Salt Lake

Five teams lost two players in the draft: Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, New England Revolution, and Real Salt Lake. Three teams did not lose any players: Chicago Fire, LA Galaxy, and New York Red Bulls. The remaining teams lost one player each.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/12/09/mls-expansion-draft-listen-live-new-york-city-fc-orlando-city-sc-build-out-r
  2. ↑ "Orlando City take top picks in 2015 Expansion Draft, MLS SuperDraft; NYCFC atop Allocation Ranking". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ↑ http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/2014-expansion-draft-rules
  4. ↑ http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/2014-expansion-draft-rules
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