Expansion Drafts through the Years

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by BirdsonFire, Dec 3, 2011.

  1. BirdsonFire

    BirdsonFire Member

    May 9, 2008
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    2011 Draft
    Montreal Impact
    1 Brian Ching
    2 Zarek Valentin
    3 Justin Mapp
    4 Bobby Burling
    5 Jeb Brovsky
    6 Collen Warner
    7 Josh Gardner
    8 Sanna Nyassi
    9 James Riley
    10 Seth Sinovic

    2010 Draft
    Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC
    1 Dax McCarty
    2 Sanna Nyassi
    3 Eric Brunner
    4 Atiba Harris
    5 Adam Moffat
    6 Nathan Sturgis
    7 Anthony Wallace
    8 Shea Salinas
    9 David Horst
    10 Alan Gordon
    11 Robbie Findley
    12 O'Brian White
    13 Peter Lowry
    14 Alejandro Moreno
    15 Jonathan Bornstein
    16 Joe Cannon
    17 Jordan Graye
    18 Jonathan Leathers
    19 Arturo Alvarez
    20 John Thorrington

    2009 Draft
    Philadelphia Union
    1 Jordan Harvey
    2 Andrew Jacobson
    3 Brad Knighton
    4 Sebastien LeToux
    5 Stefani Miglioranzi
    6 Alejandro Moreno
    7 David Myrie
    8 Shea Salinas
    9 Shavar Thomas
    10 Nick Zimmerman

    2008 Draft
    Seattle Sounders FC
    1 Nate Jaqua
    2 Nathan Sturgis
    3 Jeff Parke
    4 Jarrod Smith
    5 Khano Smith
    6 Peter Vagenas
    7 Tyson Wahl
    8 James Riley
    9 Stephen King
    10 Brad Evans

    2007 Draft
    San Jose Earthquakes
    1 Ryan Cochrane
    2 Clarence Goodson
    3 Ned Grabavoy
    4 James Riley
    5 Joe Vide
    6 Ivan Guerrero
    7 Brian Carroll
    8 Jason Hernandez
    9 Gavin Glinton
    10 Chriz Pozniak

    2006 Draft
    Toronto FC
    1 Paulo Nagamura
    2 Danny O'Rourke
    3 Jose Cancela
    4 Adrian Serioux
    5 Nate Jaqua
    6 Rod Dyachenko
    7 Jason Kreis
    8 Tim Regan
    9 Ritchie Kotschau
    10 Will Hesmer

    2004 Draft
    C.D. Chivas and Real Salt Lake
    1 Arturo Torres
    2 Andy Williams
    3 Orlando Perez
    4 DJ Countess
    5 Ezra Hendrickson
    6 Pablo Brenes
    7 Francisco Gomez
    8 Brian Kamler
    9 Antonio de la Torre
    10 Nelson Akwari
    11 Matt Taylor
    12 Chris Brown
    13 Craig Ziadie
    14 Matt Behncke
    15 Jamil Walker
    16 Rusty Pierce
    17 Thiago Martins
    18 Kevin Ara
    19 Jeff Stewart
    20 Erick Scott

    1997 Draft
    Chicago Fire and Miami Fusion
    1 Danny Pena
    2 David Vaudreuil
    3 Kevin Hartman
    4 John Maessner
    5 Manny Lagos
    6 Kris Kelderman
    7 Jason Farrell
    8 Joey Martinez
    9 Jorge Salcedo
    10 Jeff Cassar
    11 Zach Thornton
    12 Nelson Vargas
    13 Francis Okaroh
    14 Cle Kooiman
    15 Diego Gutierrez
    16 Ramiro Corrales
    17 Andrew Lewis
    18 Matt Kmosko
    19 Brian Bates
    20 Scott Budnick
    21 AJ Wood
    22 Wade Webber
    23 Steve Patterson
    24 Bryan Taylor
     
  2. BirdsonFire

    BirdsonFire Member

    May 9, 2008
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Multiple Picks
    James Riley ('11, '08, 07)
    Sanna Nyassi ('11, 10)
    Shea Salinas ('10, '09)
    Alejandro Moreno ('10, '09)
    Nathan Sturgis ('10, '08)
     
  3. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I haven't checked the rest of the list but you forgot

    It would be interesting to look at how many seasons each player had as a regular (with any MLS team) after being picked in the expansion draft. I'm not sure how one would define regular, maybe somewhere between 20-25 games / year, minimum.
     
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  4. BirdsonFire

    BirdsonFire Member

    May 9, 2008
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Thanks. I knew I was too lazy in checking the multiples.

    There are some misses in there. And there are some studs. Some are not protected due to the cost of their contract, some are picked because they are cheap, others are picked based on what they can bring on the field.
     

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