The list of eligible players for the 2022 MLS Expansion Draft was released on Thursday with a number of high-profile names available for selection by the league’s latest club, St. Louis CITY SC.
The Draft will take place on Friday at 7pm ET, with St. Louis CITY broadcasting the event live on their YouTube channel.
Read on to find out more about the Expansion Draft, rules, and which players are available for selection:
The MLS Expansion Draft is a mechanism by which new teams in the league can select up to five players from other teams to bolster their own roster.
Each team can only have up to one player selected from their roster by an expansion team before they’re removed from consideration, while clubs can choose to protect up to 12 players from the Draft. Teams will receive $50k General Allocation Money (GAM) in compensation should one of their players move in the Draft.
Once a club loses a player, it also makes them exempt from the next Expansion Draft, meaning Austin FC, Atlanta United, DC United, LAFC, and NYCFC are all safe from this year’s event after having players selected by Charlotte FC in 2021.
Expansion teams do not have to permanently sign selected players. Instead, they can choose to bargain them to other clubs in exchange for Allocation Money.
Afful, Harrison
Alcívar, Jordy
Armour, Adam
Corujo, Guzmán
Franco, Alan
Fuchs, Christian
Marks, George
McNeill, Quinn
Mora, Joseph
Reyna, Yordy
Santos, Koa
Shinyashiki, Andre
Sisniega, Pablo
Sobocinski, Jan
Zendejas, Adrían
Bornstein, Jonathan
Burks, Kendall
Herbers, Fabian
Ivanov, Stanislav
Richey, Spencer
Sekulić, Boris
Badji, Dominique
Blackett, Tyler
Cameron, Geoff
Cruz, Allan
Gaddis, Raymon
Kubo, Yuya
Louro, Evan
Markanich, Nicholas
Matarrita, Ronald
Moreno, Júnior
Nelson, John
Powell, Alvas
Beitashour, Steven
Esteves, Lucas
Gutiérrez, Felipe
Irwin, Clint
Markanich, Anthony
Mayaka, Philip
Moor, Drew
Warner, Collen
Wilson, Danny
Zardes, Gyasi
Anibaba, Jalil
Bush, Evan
Etienne Jr., Derrick
Hairston, Marlon
Hurtado, Erik
Igbekeme, James
Molino, Kevin
Santos, Pedro
Scott, Brady
Yeboah, Yaw
Bartlett, Lucas
Hernandez, Dominick
Jara, Franco
Nanu
Quignon, Facundo
Quiñónez, Joshué
Avila, B*to
Bajamich, Mateo
Cerén, Darwin
Corona, Joe
Hoffmann, Ian
Junqua, Sam
Lemoine, Nico
Nelson, Michael
Parker, Tim
Quintero, Darwin
Rodríguez, Memo
Thiaguinho
Valentin, Zarek
Zeca
Acosta, George
Corentin, Jean
Dos Santos, CJ
Gibbs, Kieran
Higuaín, Gonzalo
Jones, Joevin
Lowe, Damion
Mabika, Aimé
Marsman, Nick
Neville, Harvey
Pozuelo, Alejandro
Shea, Brek
Ulloa, Victor
Vassilev, Indiana
Espinoza, Roger
Fontàs, Andreu
Isimat-Mirin, Nicolas
McIntosh, Kendall
Melia, Tim
Rosell, Oriol
Shelton, Khiry
Sweat, Ben
Aguirre, Daniel
Cáceres, Martín
Costa, Douglas
DePuy, Nick
Gasper, Chase
Harvey, Carlos
Klinsmann, Jonathan
Kljestan, Sacha
Leerdam, Kelvin
Mutatu, Farai
Sánchez, Richard
Vázquez, Víctor
Villafaña, Jorge
Zavaleta, Eriq
Benítez, Alan
Danladi, Abu
Dibassy, Bakaye
Dick, Eric
Fisher, Oniel
González, Jonathan
Hansen, Niko
Hayes, Jacori
Kallman, Brent
Kibunguchy, Nabilai
McMaster, Justin
Métanire, Romain
Miller, Tyler
Montgomery, Callum
Oluwaseyi, Tanitoluwa
Rosales, Joseph
Trapp, Wil
Bassong, Zorhan
Breza, Sebastian
Camacho, Rudy
Corbo, Gabriele
Hamdi, Ahmed
Ibrahim, Sunusi
Johnsen, Bjørn
Ketterer, Logan
Kwizera, Jojea
Offor, Chinonso
Thorkelsson, Róbert
Wanyama, Victor
Anunga, Brian
Bauer, Josh
Bunbury, Teal
Castellanos, Roberto
Donasiyano, Irakoze
Haakenson, Luke
Loba, Aké Arnaud
Longmire, Ahmed
McCarty, Dax
Meredith, Bryan
Meyer, Will
Miller, Eric
Muyl, Alex
Panicco, Elliot
Piñeiro, Rodrigo
Washington, Taylor
Bell, Jonathan
Boateng, Emmanuel
Bou, Gustavo
DeLaGarza, A.J.
Diop, Clément
Edwards Jr., Earl
González, Omar
Jackson, Jacob
Kaptoum, Wilfrid
Kizza, Edward
Knighton, Brad
Maciel, Lucas
Makoun, Christian
Reveno, Ben
Spaulding, Ryan
Tajouri-Shradi, Ismael
Castellano, Jesús
Clark, Caden
Duncan, Kyle
Klimala, Patryk
LaCava, Jake
Long, Aaron
Marcucci, Anthony
Meara, Ryan
Ndam, Hassan
Nealis, Dylan
Nocita, Matthew
Sserwadda, Steven
Akindele, Tesho
Cartagena, Wilder
DeZart, Joey
Gioacchini, Nicholas
Grinwis, Adam
Lynn, Jack
Moutinho, João
Mulraney, Jake
Pato, Alexandre
Smith, Kyle
Urso, Júnior
Aremeyaw, Abasa
Bedoya, Alejandro
Bendik, Joe
Bueno, Jesús
Donovan, Chris
Portella, Gino
Bingham, David
Blanco, Sebastián
Bonilla, Pablo
Fochive, George
Fogaça, Nathan
Gutierrez, Diego
Loría, Marvin
Mabiala, Larrys
McGraw, Zac
Mora, Felipe
Rasmussen, Justin
Van Rankin, José
vom Steeg, Justin
Besler, Nick
Caldwell, Scott
Chang, Maikel
Gómez, Tomás
Halsey, Bret
Holt, Erik
Kappelhof, Johan
Menéndez, Jonathan
Rubín, Rubio
Silva, Marcelo
Wood, Bobby
Agren, Oskar
Asomani, George
Bersano, Matt
Gregus, Ján
Haji, Siad
Remedi, Eric
Salinas, Shea
Skahan, Jack
Thompson, Tommy
Adeniran, Samuel
Bruin, Will
Cissoko, Abdoulaye
Cleveland, Stefan
Medranda, Jimmy
Montero, Fredy
Ragen, Jackson
Rowe, Kelyn
Thomas, Andrew
Achara, Ifunanyachi
Auro Jr.
Bono, Alex
Chung, Kadin
Henry, Doneil
Ranjitsingh, Greg
Westberg, Quentin
Bikel, Janio
Cornelius, Derek
Cropper, Cody
Dájome, Cristian
Egbo, David
Godinho, Marcus
Gutiérrez, Cristián
Jungwirth, Florian
Martins, Luis
Nerwinski, Jake
Newton, Evan
Owusu, Leonard
Raposo, Ryan
Ricketts, Tosaint
Teibert, Russell
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