2004 MLS expansion draft explained

2004 MLS Expansion Draft
Date:November 19, 2004
Expansion Season:2005
Prev:1997
Next:2006

The 2004 MLS Expansion Draft was held on November 19, 2004 and consisted of 10 rounds. The two new teams, Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake, drafted players from the other 10 Major League Soccer teams.[1]

Existing MLS teams were allowed to protect 12 players on their senior roster, and players on the developmental roster were exempt from the draft. Teams were allowed to leave no more than one Senior International player unprotected. After each player was selected, his team was allowed to remove one exposed player from their list. Teams were not able to lose more than three players.

Expansion Draft

PickSelecting TeamPlayerPositionPrevious Team
1 M Los Angeles Galaxy
2 M Chicago Fire
3 D Chicago Fire
4 GK Chicago Fire
5 D D.C. United
6 M MetroStars
7 M Kansas City Wizards
8 M New England Revolution
9 D Colorado Rapids
10 D Columbus Crew
11 F Kansas City Wizards
12 M San Jose Earthquakes
13 D MetroStars
14 D F.C. Dallas
15 M San Jose Earthquakes
16 D New England Revolution
17 F D.C. United
18 M D.C. United
19 D Colorado Rapids
20 F Columbus Crew

Team-by-Team breakdown

Chicago Fire

ExposedProtectedExempt
Alexandre Boucicaut (M)C.J. Brown (D)Denny Clanton (D)
Scott Buete (M)Chris Armas (M)Leonard Griffin (D)
D.J. Countess (GK)Jim Curtin (D)Matt Pickens (GK)
Orlando Perez (D)Kelly Gray (D)Craig Capano (M)
Henry Ring (GK)Damani Ralph (F)
Dipsy Selolwane (F)Ante Razov (F)
Evan Whitfield (D)Nate Jaqua (F)
Andy Williams (M)Logan Pause (M)
Jesse Marsch (M)
Justin Mapp (M)
Zach Thornton (GK)
Andy Herron (F)

Colorado Rapids

ExposedProtectedExempt
Antonio de la Torre (D)Joe Cannon (GK)Ricky Lewis (D)
Daryl Powell (M)Alberto Delgado (F)Jordan Cila (F)
Joey DiGiamarino (M)Ritchie Kotschau (D)Byron Foss (GK)
Jeff Stewart (D)Nat Borchers (D)Michael Erush (M)
Seth Trembly (M)Kyle Beckerman (M)Gary Sullivan (D)
Scott Vallow (GK)Jean Philippe Peguero (F)
Rey Ángel Martínez (F)
Chris Henderson (M)
Mark Chung (M)
Matt Crawford (M)
Pablo Mastroeni (D)
Zizi Roberts (F)

Columbus Crew

ExposedProtectedExempt
Nelson Akwari (D)Jon Busch (GK)Devin Barclay (F)
Eric Denton (D)Frankie Hejduk (D)Danny Szetela (M)
Stephen Herdsman (D)Robin Fraser (D)Michael Ritch (F)
Matt Jordan (GK)Simon Elliott (M)Jamal Sutton (F)
Manny Lagos (M)Duncan Oughton (M)
Brian Maisonneuve (M)Jeff Cunningham (F)
Erick Scott (F)Edson Buddle (F)
David Testo (M)Chad Marshall (D)
Dante Washington (F)Ross Paule (M)
Chris Wingert (D)
Tony Sanneh (M)
Kyle Martino (M)

D.C. United

ExposedProtectedExempt
Kevin Ara (M)Brian Carroll (M)David Stokes (D)
Ezra Hendrickson (D)Joshua Gros (M)Jason Thompson (F)
Tim Lawson (M)Brandon Prideaux (D)Nana Kuffour (M)
Thiago Martins (F)Nick Rimando (GK)Freddy Adu (M)
Ryan Nelsen (D)Alecko Eskandarian (F)
Troy Perkins (GK)Mike Petke (D)
Eliseo Quintanilla (M)Christian Gómez (M)
Earnie Stewart (M)Ben Olsen (M)
Dema Kovalenko (M)
Santino Quaranta (F)
Bryan Namoff (D)
Jaime Moreno (F)

F.C. Dallas

ExposedProtectedExempt
Matt Behncke (D)Jeff Cassar (GK)Clarence Goodson (D)
Scott Garlick (GK)Cory Gibbs (D)David Wagenfuhr (D)
Ty Maurin (M)Carey Talley (D)Ramón Núñez (M)
Toni Nhleko (F)Chris Gbandi (D)
Óscar Pareja (M)Steve Jolley (D)
Philip Salyer (D)Ronnie O'Brien (M)
Edward Johnson (F)
Brad Davis (M)
Milton Reyes (D)
Eric Quill (M)
Simo Valakari (M)
Bobby Rhine (M)

Kansas City Wizards

ExposedProtectedExempt
Francisco Gomez (M)Nick Garcia (D)Taylor Graham (D)
Tony Meola (GK)Shavar Thomas (D)Justin Detter (F)
Preki (M)Kerry Zavagnin (M)Will Hesmer (GK)
Igor Simutenkov (F)Jose Burciaga Jr. (D)Khari Stephenson (M)
Matt Taylor (F)Diego Gutierrez (M)Brian Roberts (D)
Alex Zotinca (D)Diego Walsh (M)
Jimmy Conrad (D)
Jack Jewsbury (M)
Josh Wolff (F)
Chris Klein (M)
Davy Arnaud (F)
Bo Oshoniyi (GK)

Los Angeles Galaxy

ExposedProtectedExempt
Paul Broome (D)Ryan Suarez (D)Josh Gardner (M)
Dan Popik (GK)Chris Albright (D)Guillermo Gonzalez (M)
Marcelo Saragosa (M)Peter Vagenas (M)Ned Grabavoy (M)
Arturo Torres (M)Jovan Kirovski (F)Alan Gordon (F)
Sasha Victorine (M)Scot Thompson (D)
Cobi Jones (M)Chris Aloisi (D)
Tyrone Marshall (D)
Alejandro Moreno (F)
Carlos Ruíz (F)
Kevin Hartman (GK)
Danny Califf (D)
Joseph Ngwenya (F)

MetroStars

ExposedProtectedExempt
Pablo Brenes (M)Ricardo Clark (M)Kenny Arena (D)
Sergio Galvan Rey (F)Chris Leitch (D)Michael Bradley (M)
Tim Regan (D)John Wolyniec (F)Gilberto Flores (M)
Joselito Vaca (M)Mike Magee (F)Seth Stammler (D)
Jonny Walker (GK)Mark Lisi (M)
Zach Wells (GK)Jeff Parke (D)
Craig Ziadie (D)Cornell Glen (F)
Fabian Taylor (F)
Amado Guevara (M)
Eddie Pope (D)
Eddie Gaven (M)
Tenywa Bonseu (D)

New England Revolution

ExposedProtectedExempt
Adin Brown (GK)Matt Reis (GK)Luke Vercollone (M)
Joe Franchino (D)Clint Dempsey (M)Perek Belleh (F)
Brian Kamler (M)Avery John (D)Bobby Thompson (M)
Steve Howey (D)Jay Heaps (D)Andy Dorman (M)
Carlos Llamosa (D)José Cancela (M)
Joe-Max Moore (F)Pat Noonan (F)
Rusty Pierce (D)Steve Ralston (M)
Richie Baker (M)
Taylor Twellman (F)
Shalrie Joseph (D)
Marshall Leonard (D)
Félix Brillant (F)

San Jose Earthquakes

ExposedProtectedExempt
Jeff Agoos (D)Eddie Robinson (D)Arturo Alvarez (M)
Chris Brown (F)Ramiro Corrales (M)Roger Levesque (F)
Jon Conway (GK)Ian Russell (M)Ryan Cochrane (D)
Ronnie Ekelund (M)Richard Mulrooney (M)Tighe Dombrowski (M)
Wes Hart (D)Brian Mullan (M)Steve Cronin (GK)
Chris Roner (D)Landon Donovan (F)
Jamil Walker (M)Dwayne De Rosario (F)
Craig Waibel (D)
Todd Dunivant (D)
Pat Onstad (GK)
Troy Dayak (D)
Brian Ching (F)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN.