Press Release

Eligible Player List Revealed for MLS Expansion Draft as San Diego FC to Select up to Five Players on Wednesday

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The event will be broadcast live on *SanDiegoFC.com* and locally in San Diego on FOX 5 beginning at 7:30 p.m. PT (10:30 p.m. ET)

NEW YORK (Tuesday, December 10, 2024) – Major League Soccer today released the list of players eligible for selection by San Diego FC in the 2024 MLS Expansion Draft. The 2024 MLS Expansion Draft will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. PT (10:30 p.m. ET) and will be produced and broadcast live on San Diego FC’s website, SanDiegoFC.com, and air locally in San Diego on FOX 5 (KSWB-TV). The broadcast will be hosted by MLS talent Matt Doyle, Andrew Wiebe, and Calen Carr and will feature guests from San Diego FC throughout the event.

For more information on San Diego’s Expansion Draft festivities, click HERE.

The offseason roster building events continue with the opening of Free Agency and the End-of-Year Waivers process on Thursday, Dec. 12, and Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Process on Friday, Dec. 13. Stage 2 of the Re-Entry Process will take place on Thursday, Dec. 19, and will be followed by MLS SuperDraft 2025 on Friday, Dec. 20.

More information on the 2024-25 Offseason Roster Building Events can be found HERE.

2024 MLS Expansion Draft

The 30th club in Major League Soccer, San Diego FC, will continue to build its inaugural season roster by selecting up to five players from the eligible player list. Twenty-nine teams were each allowed to protect 12 eligible players. San Diego will select up to five players from a total list of 354. All teams are eligible to have a player selected in the 2024 MLS Expansion Draft. Once a player is selected from a club’s unprotected roster, that club is removed from the remainder of the Expansion Draft and may not have a second player selected.

Expansion Draft Eligible Players (Alpha by last name)

Atlanta United

  • Luis Abram
  • Erik Centeno
  • Nicolas Firmino
  • Ronald Hernández
  • Franco Ibarra
  • Daniel RĂ­os
  • Xande Silva

Austin FC

  • Matt Bersano
  • Stefan Cleveland
  • Bryant Farkarlun
  • Ethan Finlay
  • Matt Hedges
  • Hector Jimenez
  • Zan Kolmanic
  • Alex Ring
  • Diego Rubio
  • Leo Väisänen
  • Jhojan Valencia

Charlotte FC

  • Ben Bender
  • Pep Biel
  • David Bingham
  • Hamady Diop
  • Jahlane Forbes
  • George Marks
  • Chituru Odunze
  • Jamie Paterson
  • JoĂŁo Pedro
  • Nick Scardina
  • Tyger Smalls
  • Karol Swiderski
  • Iuri Tavares
  • Idan Toklomati
  • Bill Tuiloma
  • Jere Uronen
  • JĂşnior Urso

Chicago Fire FC

  • Allan Arigoni
  • Rafael Czichos
  • Bryan Dowd
  • Jeffrey Gal
  • Chase Gasper
  • GastĂłn GimĂ©nez
  • Fabian Herbers
  • Ariel Lassiter
  • Wyatt Omsberg
  • Spencer Richey
  • Arnaud Souquet
  • Laurence Wootton

FC Cincinnati

  • London Aghedo
  • Joey Akpunonu
  • Yamil Asad
  • Corey Baird
  • Isaiah Foster
  • Nicholas Gioacchini
  • Nick Hagglund
  • Bret Halsey
  • Alec Kann
  • Kipp Keller
  • Evan Louro
  • Malik Pinto
  • Alvas Powell
  • Sergio Santos

Colorado Rapids

  • Lalas Abubakar
  • Ethan BandrĂ©
  • Remi Cabral
  • Daniel ChacĂłn
  • Omir Fernández
  • Nate Jones
  • Jonathan Lewis
  • Jasper Löffelsend
  • Andreas Maxsø

Columbus Crew

  • Evan Bush
  • Dylan Chambost
  • Nicholas Hagen
  • AndrĂ©s Herrera
  • DeJuan Jones
  • Derrick Jones
  • Alexandru Matan
  • Abraham Romero
  • Yaw Yeboah

FC Dallas

  • Eugene Ansah
  • Paul Arriola
  • Herbert Endeley
  • Liam Fraser
  • Omar Gonzalez
  • Asier Illarramendi
  • Geovane Jesus
  • Sam Junqua
  • Amet Korça
  • Sebastian Lletget
  • Jimmy Maurer
  • Isaiah Parker
  • Tomas Pondeca
  • Ruan
  • Carl SaintĂ©
  • Ema Twumasi

D.C. United

  • Alex Bono
  • Russell Canouse
  • Nathan Crockford
  • Cristian Dájome
  • Mateusz Klich
  • Christopher McVey
  • Tyler Miller
  • MartĂ­n RodrĂ­guez
  • Pedro Santos
  • Hayden Sargis
  • Luis Zamudio

Houston Dynamo FC

  • Exon ArzĂş
  • Ethan Bartlow
  • Latif Blessing
  • Steve Clark
  • Sebastián Ferreira
  • McKinze Gaines
  • Ján Greguš
  • HĂ©ctor Herrera
  • Sebastian Kowalczyk
  • JĂşnior Moreno
  • Tate Schmitt
  • Gabe Segal
  • Brad Smith
  • Daniel Steres
  • Ousmane Sylla
  • Jefferson Valverde

Sporting Kansas City

  • Robert Castellanos
  • Danny Flores
  • Andreu FontĂ s
  • Tim Melia
  • Alan Pulido
  • Nemanja Radoja
  • Chris Rindov
  • Johnny Russell
  • Dániel SallĂłi
  • Khiry Shelton
  • RĂ©mi Walter

LA Galaxy

  • Aaron Bibout
  • Miguel Berry
  • GastĂłn Brugman
  • MartĂ­n Cáceres
  • Diego FagĂşndez
  • Tucker Lepley
  • Isaiah Parente
  • Brady Scott
  • Gino Vivi
  • Maya Yoshida
  • Eriq Zavaleta

LAFC

  • Eduard Atuesta
  • Maxime Chanot
  • Lorenzo Dellavalle
  • Thomas Hasal
  • Kei Kamara
  • Luis Mueller
  • Tommy Musto
  • Lewis O'Brien
  • David Ochoa
  • Diego Rosales
  • Ilie Sánchez
  • Marlon Santos
  • Eddie Segura
  • Carlos Vela

Inter Miami CF

  • Leo Afonso
  • CJ Dos Santos
  • Nicolás Freire
  • Julian Gressel
  • Cole Jensen
  • Sergii Kryvtsov
  • Franco Negri
  • Emerson RodrĂ­guez
  • MatĂ­as Rojas
  • Ryan Sailor
  • Lawson Sunderland
  • Oscar Ustari
  • Marcelo Weigandt

Minnesota United FC

  • Jordan Adebayo-Smith
  • Hugo Bacharach
  • Alejandro Bran
  • Ethan Bristow
  • Derek Dodson
  • Morris Duggan
  • Franco Fragapane
  • Clint Irwin
  • Matúš KmeĹĄ
  • Anthony Markanich
  • LoĂŻc Mesanvi
  • Moses Nyeman
  • Teemu Pukki
  • Samuel Shashoua
  • Alec Smir
  • DJ Taylor
  • Wil Trapp
  • Zarek Valentin

CF Montréal

  • Matias CĂłccaro
  • Gabriele Corbo
  • Grayson Doody
  • Raheem Edwards
  • Ilias Iliadis
  • Logan Ketterer
  • Lassi Lappalainen
  • Josef MartĂ­nez
  • Matteo Schiavoni
  • JoaquĂ­n Sosa
  • Robert Thorkelsson
  • Victor Wanyama

Nashville SC

  • Forster Ajago
  • Brian Anunga
  • Teal Bunbury
  • Sean Davis
  • Anibal Godoy
  • Brent Kallman
  • Randall Leal
  • Jack Maher
  • Woobens Pacius
  • Elliot Panicco
  • Amar Sejdić
  • Joey Skinner
  • Taylor Washington
  • Dru Yearwood

New England Revolution

  • Xavier Arreaga
  • Joshua Bolma
  • Nacho Gil
  • Nick Lima
  • Tommy McNamara
  • Jonathan Mensah
  • Tim Parker
  • Ryan Spaulding
  • Bobby Wood

New York City FC

  • Thiago Andrade
  • Monsef Bakrar
  • Rio Hope-Gund
  • Thiago Martins
  • Jovan Mijatović
  • Maxi Moralez
  • Birk Risa
  • Tomás Romero
  • Strahinja Tanasijević

New York Red Bulls

  • Cory Burke
  • Kyle Duncan
  • Dennis Gjengaar
  • Elias Manoel
  • Ryan Meara
  • Juan Mina
  • Aidan O'Connor
  • Mohammed Sofo
  • Dante Vanzeir

Orlando City SC

  • David Brekalo
  • Heine Gikling Bruseth
  • GastĂłn González
  • Jeorgio Kocevski
  • Nicolás Lodeiro
  • Jack Lynn
  • Felipe Martins
  • Carlos Mercado
  • Luis Muriel
  • Abdi Salim
  • Kyle Smith
  • Mason Stajduhar
  • Yutaro Tsukada

Philadelphia Union

  • Sam Adeniran
  • Alejandro Bedoya
  • Jamir Berdecio
  • Chris Donovan
  • Jack Elliott
  • Leon Flach
  • Isaiah LeFlore
  • JoaquĂ­n Torres

Portland Timbers

  • Miguel Araujo
  • Diego Chará
  • Marvin LorĂ­a
  • Zac McGraw
  • Eric Miller
  • Trey Muse
  • Cristhian Paredes
  • Mason Toye
  • Eryk Williamson
  • Dario Ĺ˝uparić

Real Salt Lake

  • Matthew Bell
  • Kevin Bonilla
  • Andrew Brody
  • Lachlan Brook
  • Javain Brown
  • Noel Caliskan
  • Maikel Chang
  • Matt Crooks
  • Tomás GĂłmez
  • Erik Holt
  • Bertin Jacquesson
  • Kevon Lambert
  • Zac MacMath
  • Benji Michel
  • Ilijah Paul
  • Rubio RubĂ­n
  • Marcelo Silva

San Jose Earthquakes

  • Carlos Akapo
  • Tanner Beason
  • VĂ­tor Costa
  • Jeremy Ebobisse
  • Carlos Gruezo
  • Jacob Jackson
  • Preston Judd
  • JT Marcinkowski
  • Paul Marie
  • Alfredo Morales
  • Amahl Pellegrino
  • Jamar Ricketts
  • Tommy Thompson
  • William Yarbrough
  • Jackson Yueill

Seattle Sounders FC

  • Jonathan Bell
  • Danny Musovski
  • Nathan
  • JoĂŁo Paulo
  • BraudĂ­lio Rodrigues
  • RaĂşl RuidĂ­az
  • Albert Rusnák

St. Louis CITY SC

  • Njabulo Blom
  • Jake Girdwood-Reich
  • Kyle Hiebert
  • Hosei Kijima
  • John Klein
  • Ben Lundt
  • Jake Nerwinski
  • Joakim Nilsson
  • Christian Olivares
  • Tomáš Ostrák
  • Selmir Pidro
  • CĂ©lio Pompeu
  • Jayden Reid
  • Nökkvi ThĂłrisson
  • Akil Watts
  • Michael Wentzel
  • Josh Yaro

Toronto FC

  • Nathaniel Edwards
  • Deybi Flores
  • Lorenzo Insigne
  • AimĂ© Mabika
  • Cassius Mailula
  • Shane O'Neill
  • Prince Owusu
  • Jordan Perruzza
  • Raoul Petretta
  • Greg Ranjitsingh
  • Sigurd Rosted
  • Charlie Sharp

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

  • Joe Bendik
  • Giuseppe Bovalina
  • Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau
  • Belal Halbouni
  • Levonte Johnson
  • Damir Kreilach
  • LuĂ­s Martins
  • J.C. Ngando
  • FafĂ  Picault
  • Ryan Raposo
  • Alessandro Schöpf
  • Yohei Takaoka
  • Bjørn Utvik