| 2008 MLS Expansion Draft | |
| Date: | November 26, 2008 |
| Expansion Team: | Seattle Sounders FC |
| Expansion Season: | 2009 |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2009 |
The 2008 MLS Expansion Draft took place on November 26, 2008, and was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Seattle Sounders FC. They made 10 selections from a pool of players from the other 14 MLS clubs.
| Player | Position | Country | Previous club | |
| 1 | Nate Jaqua | F | Houston Dynamo | |
| 2 | Nathan Sturgis | M | Real Salt Lake | |
| 3 | Jeff Parke | D | New York Red Bulls | |
| 4 | Jarrod Smith | F | Toronto FC | |
| 5 | Khano Smith | M | New England Revolution | |
| 6 | Peter Vagenas | M | Los Angeles Galaxy | |
| 7 | Tyson Wahl | D | Kansas City Wizards | |
| 8 | James Riley | D | San Jose Earthquakes | |
| 9 | Stephen King | M | Chicago Fire | |
| 10 | Brad Evans | M | Columbus Crew | |
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
|---|---|---|
| Ray Burse | Kenny Cooper | Eric Avila |
| Andrew Daniels | Jeff Cunningham | Bruno Guarda |
| Duilio Davino | Dax McCarty | Josh Lambo |
| Michael Dello-Russo | Drew Moor | Brek Shea |
| Aaron Pitchkolan | Dominic Oduro | Anthony Wallace |
| Jeff Rowland | Pablo Ricchetti | |
| Victor Sikora | André Rocha | |
| Spencer Wadsworth | Darío Sala | |
| David Wagenfuhr | Marcelo Saragosa | |
| Jamie Watson | Adrian Serioux | |
| Chase Wileman | Blake Wagner | |
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
|---|---|---|
| Vardan Adzemian | David Beckham | Tristan Bowen |
| Charles Alamo | Edson Buddle | Israel Sesay |
| Ely Allen | Landon Donovan | |
| Jeremy Barlow | Sean Franklin | |
| Steve Cronin | Alan Gordon | |
| Eduardo Dominguez | Ante Jazic | |
| Joe Franchino | Bryan Jordan | |
| Michael Gavin | Eddie Lewis | |
| Jovan Kirovski | Brandon McDonald | |
| Chris Klein | Álvaro Pires | |
| Mike Munoz | Troy Roberts | |
| Mike Randolph | ||
| Josh Saunders | ||
| Josh Tudela | ||
| Peter Vagenas | ||
| Julian Valentin | ||
| Josh Wicks | ||
| Exposed | Protected | Exempt |
|---|---|---|
| Mikel Arce | Arturo Alvarez | |
| Jay Ayres | Joe Cannon | |
| John Cunliffe | Ryan Cochrane | |
| Eric Denton | Ramiro Corrales | |
| Gavin Glinton | Nick Garcia | |
| Ned Grabavoy | Jason Hernandez | |
| Kelly Gray | Darren Huckerby | |
| Michael Gustavson | Ryan Johnson | |
| Matt Hatzke | Francisco Lima | |
| Amir Lowery | Shea Salinas | |
| Ronnie O'Brien | Scott Sealy | |
| James Riley | ||
| Jamil Roberts | ||
| Adam Smarte | ||
| Davide Somma | ||
| Sina Shabany | ||