The 2021 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Charlotte FC that was held on December 14, 2021. The list of exposed players was revealed on December 13, 2021. The picks were made on December 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET with Charlotte selecting McKinze Gaines, Anton Walkes, Joseph Mora, Tristan Blackmon, and Ismael Tajouri-Shradi.
Format Teams who had players selected in the 2020 MLS Expansion Draft are exempt. These teams are San Jose Earthquakes, New York Red Bulls, Nashville SC, LA Galaxy, and Orlando City SC. All other teams from the 2021 season are subject to the draft. These teams have 12 protection slots that they may apply to any draft eligible player on their senior, supplemental, and reserve rosters. Players who have not graduated from Generation Adidas, and homegrown players age 25 and under as of the end of the 2021 season are not eligible for the draft. Players with contracts expiring at the end of the season, designated players, and players with no-trade clauses are part of a team's roster and are eligible for the draft. In the case of player's with no-trade clauses, a team must use one of their protection slots for that player. If a team has a players selected in the draft, that team becomes exempt from any further picks in the draft. The expansion team, Charlotte FC was given 5 picks for the draft.
Expansion Draft picks PickMLS teamPlayerPrevious teamNotes 1 McKinze Gaines Austin FC 2 Anton Walkes Atlanta United FC 3 Joseph Mora D.C. United 4 Tristan Blackmon Los Angeles FC Traded to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for $475,000 of General Allocation Money. 5 Ismael Tajouri-Shradi New York City FC Traded to Los Angeles FC in exchange for $400,000 of General Allocation Money.
Team-by-team-breakdown Atlanta United FC ExposedMo AdamsMikey AmbroseJosh BauerJürgen DammAlex DeJohnRonald HernándezEmerson HyndmanAlec KannErik LópezBen LundgaardJake MulraneyAmar SejdičErick Torres
Austin FC ExposedJon GallagherDanny HoesenHector JiménezFreddy KleemannKekuta MannehWill PulisicAaron SchoenfeldBrady ScottUlises SeguraAedan StanleyJared StroudBen SweatAndrew Tarbell
Chicago Fire FC ExposedRobert BerićFrancisco CalvoElliot CollierJohan KappelhofKenneth KronholmÁlvaro MedránBobby ShuttleworthLuka Stojanović
FC Cincinnati ExposedEdgar CastilloAllan CruzChris DuvallJonas FjeldbergAvionne FlanaganJoe GyauYuya KuboBen LundtKamohelo MokotjoCaleb StankoPrzemysław TytońFlorian ValotMaikel van der WerffKenneth Vermeer
Colorado Rapids ExposedDominique BadjiSteven BeitashourClint IrwinJeremy KellyNicolás MezquidaDrew MoorYounes NamliAndre RawlsDiego RubioCollen Warner
Columbus Crew ExposedSaad Abdul-SalaamHarrison AffulEvan BushEric DickWaylon FrancisMarlon HairstonErik HurtadoPerry KitchenGrant LillardKevin MolinoJosh WilliamsVito WormgoorBradley Wright-Phillips
D.C. United ExposedRamón ÁbilaYamil AsadJovanny BolívarFrédéric BrillantMichael DeShieldsJon KempinFelipeJúnior MorenoChris Odoi-AtsemYordy ReynaChris SeitzDrew SkundrichKimarni SmithErik Sorga
FC Dallas ExposedBryan AcostaBressanCaiser GomesPhelipe MegiolaroAndrés RicaurteFreddy VargasKyle Zobeck
Houston Dynamo FC ExposedMateo BajamichJosé BizamaDarwin CerénJoe CoronaMaynor FigueroaAlejandro FuenmayorBoniek GarcíaIan HoffmannAriel LassiterNico LemoineMarko MarićKyle MortonMichael NelsonDarwin QuinteroMaximiliano Urruti
Los Angeles FC ExposedJamal BlackmanDaniel CrisostomoRaheem EdwardsJulian GainesFrancisco GinellaJordan HarveySebastien IbeaghaCal JenningsDanny MusovskiMichee NgalinaAlvaro QuezadaDiego RossiMohamed Traore
Inter Miami CF ExposedGeorge AcostaVentura AlvaradoDylan CastanheiraJay ChapmanSami GuediriJoevin JonesKelvin LeerdamBlaise MatuidiJohn McCarthyJosh PennPatrick SeagristRyan ShawcrossBrek Shea
Minnesota United FC ExposedFanendo AdiJuan AgudeloOsvaldo AlonsoNoah BillingsleyThomás ChacónEthan FinlayJán GregušNiko HansenBrent KallmanNabilai KibunguchyJustin McMasterRomain MétanireCallum MontgomeryJukka RaitalaJoseph RosalesDJ TaylorAdrian Zendejas
CF Montréal ExposedSebastian BrezaRudy CamachoBjørn JohnsenMustafa KizzaIsmaël KonéEmanuel MacielAljaž StrunaBallou TablaRóbert ThorkelssonVictor Wanyama
New England Revolution ExposedEmmanuel BoatengLuis CaicedoScott CaldwellA. J. DeLaGarzaEarl Edwards Jr.Wilfrid KaptoumEdward KizzaBrad KnightonChristian MaflaArnor TraustasonCollin Verfurth
New York City FC ExposedMalte AmundsenVuk LatinovichJesús MedinaAlexandru MitrițăCody MizellMaximiliano MoralezTony RochaGuðmundur ÞórarinssonAnton TinnerholmJuan Pablo TorresGedion Zelalem
Philadelphia Union ExposedMatheus DavóJoe BendikJesús BuenoCory BurkeAurelien CollinStuart FindlayIlsinhoMatej OravecGino PortellaAlvas Powell
Portland Timbers ExposedJeff AttinellaPablo BonillaSteve ClarkGeorge FochiveJorge GonzalezAljaž IvačičIsmaila JomeLarrys MabialaZac McGrawManny PerezAndy PoloDiego ValeriJosecarlos Van RankinRenzo Zambrano
Real Salt Lake ExposedToni DatkovićEverton LuizDouglas MartínezJustin MeramAshtone MorganJustin PortilloNoah PowderAndrew PutnaJeizon RamírezDonny Toia
Seattle Sounders FC ExposedNicolas BenezetWill BruinAbdoulaye CissokoStefan ClevelandJordy DelemFredy MonteroShane O'NeillSpencer RicheyKelyn RoweBrad SmithAndrew Thomas
Sporting Kansas City ExposedAmadou DiaLuís MartinsRoberto PunčecIlie SánchezGraham Smith
Toronto FC ExposedNick DeLeonDom DwyerTsubasa EndohOmar GonzalezKemar LawrencePatrick MullinsKevin SilvaEriq Zavaleta
Vancouver Whitecaps FC ExposedBruno GasparDerek CorneliusDavid EgboJanio BikelMarcus GodinhoÉrik GodoyFlorian JungwirthJasser KhmiriEvan NewtonLeonard OwusuTosaint RickettsAndy RoseRussell Teibert
References
External links 2021 MLS Expansion Draft Rules