The 2024 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team San Diego FC that was held on December 11, 2024. The list of eligible players was revealed on December 10, 2024, which included 354 players from the 29 other MLS teams. San Diego FC selected five players in the draft.
The draft was conducted live at the Mission Valley shopping mall adjacent to San Diego FC's apparel store. It was streamed online and televised on KSWB.
Format All 29 teams from the 2024 season were subject to the draft. San Diego had five selections in the expansion draft. Once a player was chosen from any of the 29 teams, that team could not have another player chosen. That team also received $50,000 in general allocation money, unless the club is eligible for compensation allocation per the CBA due to bona fide offers to free agents. Each team had 12 protection slots that they may apply to any draft eligible player on their senior, and supplemental rosters. Generation Adidas players in slots 21–24 of a teams roster, and homegrown under the age of 25 as of the end of the 2024 season were not eligible for the draft. Players with contracts expiring at the end of the season, were part of a team's roster and were eligible for the draft. If the team had an option on the player's contract and protects the player, the team was not obligated to exercise that option after the draft. In the case of players with no-trade clauses, a team must have used one of their protection slots for that player. Teams must have protected one less player in international slots than there were recently on their roster (i.e. 4 players on international slots, 3 players must have been protected). The list of eligible players was released on December 10, 2024. The draft was shown on San Diego FC's website and a local channel in San Diego.
Expansion draft picks PickMLS teamPlayerPrevious teamNotes 1 Heine Gikling Bruseth Orlando City 2 Hamady Diop Charlotte FC 3 Jasper Löffelsend Colorado Rapids 4 Hosei Kijima St. Louis City Traded to D.C. United in exchange for $400,000 in general allocation money 5 Thiago Andrade New York City
Team-by-team-breakdown Atlanta United FC ExposedLuis AbramErik CentenoNicolas FirminoRonald HernándezFranco IbarraDaniel RíosXande Silva
Austin FC ExposedMatt BersanoStefan ClevelandJimmy FarkarlunEthan FinlayMatt HedgesHector JiménezŽan KolmaničAlexander RingDiego RubioLeo VäisänenJhojan Valencia
Charlotte FC ExposedBen BenderDavid BinghamJahlane ForbesGeorge MarksPep BielChituru OdunzeJamie PatersonJoão PedroNick ScardinaTyger SmallsKarol SwiderskiIuri TavaresIdan ToklomatiBill TuilomaJere UronenJúnior Urso
Chicago Fire FC ExposedAllan ArigoniRafael CzichosBryan DowdJeffrey GalChase GasperGastón GiménezFabian HerbersAriel LassiterWyatt OmsbergSpencer RicheyArnaud SouquetLaurence Wootton
FC Cincinnati ExposedLondon AghedoJoey AkpunonuYamil AsadCorey BairdIsaiah FosterNicholas GioacchiniNick HagglundBret HalseyAlec KannKipp KellerEvan LouroMalik PintoAlvas PowellSérgio Santos
Colorado Rapids ExposedLalas AbubakarEthan BandréRemi CabralDaniel ChacónOmir FernandezNate JonesJonathan LewisAndreas Maxsø
Columbus Crew ExposedEvan BushDylan ChambostNicholas HagenAndrés HerreraDeJuan JonesDerrick JonesAlexandru MățanAbraham RomeroYaw Yeboah
FC Dallas ExposedEugene AnsahPaul ArriolaHerbert EndeleyLiam FraserOmar GonzalezAsier IllarramendiGeovane JesusSam JunquaAmet KorçaSebastian LletgetJimmy MaurerIsaiah ParkerTomas PondecaRuanCarl SaintéEma Twumasi
D.C. United ExposedAlex BonoRussell CanouseNathan CrockfordCristian DájomeMateusz KlichPedro SantosChristopher McVeyTyler MillerMartín RodríguezHayden SargisLuis Zamudio
Houston Dynamo FC ExposedExon ArzúEthan BartlowLatif BlessingSteve ClarkSebastian FerreiraMcKinze GainesJán GregušHéctor HerreraSebastian KowalczykJúnior MorenoTate SchmittGabriel SegalBrad SmithDaniel SteresOusmane SyllaJefferson Valverde
Inter Miami CF ExposedLeo AfonsoCJ Dos SantosNicolás FreireJulian GresselCole JensenSergii KryvtsovFranco NegriEmerson RodríguezMatías RojasRyan SailorLawson SunderlandOscar UstariMarcelo Weigandt
Sporting Kansas City ExposedRobert CastellanosDanny FloresAndreu FontàsTim MeliaAlan PulidoNemanja RadojaChris RindovJohnny RussellDániel SallóiKhiry SheltonRémi Walter
Los Angeles Galaxy ExposedAaron BiboutMiguel BerryGastón BrugmanMartín CáceresDiego FagúndezTucker LepleyIsaiah ParenteBrady ScottGino ViviMaya YoshidaEriq Zavaleta
Los Angeles FC ExposedEduard AtuestaMaxime ChanotLorenzo DallavalleThomas HasalKei KamaraLuis MuellerTommy MustoLewis O'BrienDavid OchoaDiego RosalesIlie SánchezMarlon SantosEddie SeguraCarlos Vela
Minnesota United FC ExposedJordan Adebayo-SmithHugo BacharachAlejandro BranEthan BristowDerek DodsonMorris DugganFranco FragapaneClint IrwinMatúš KmeťAnthony MarkanichLoïc MesanviMoses NyemanTeemu PukkiSamuel ShashouaAlec SmirD. J. TaylorWil TrappZarek Valentin
CF Montréal ExposedMatías CóccaroGabriele CorboGrayson DoodyRaheem EdwardsIlias IliadisLogan KettererLassi LappalainenJosef MartínezMatteo SchiavoniJoaquín SosaRobert ThorkelssonVictor Wanyama
Nashville SC ExposedForster AjagoBrian AnungaTeal BunburySean DavisAníbal GodoyBrent KallmanRandall LealJack MaherWoobens PaciusElliot PaniccoAmar SejdićJoey SkinnerTaylor WashingtonDru Yearwood
New England Revolution ExposedXavier ArreagaJoshua BolmaNacho GilTommy McNamaraJonathan MensahTim ParkerRyan SpauldingBobby Wood
New York City FC ExposedMonsef BakrarRio Hope-GundThiago MartinsJovan MijatovićMaxi MoralezBirk RisaTomás RomeroStrahinja Tanasijević
New York Red Bulls ExposedCory BurkeKyle DuncanDennis GjengaarElias ManoelRyan MearaJuan MinaAidan O'ConnorMohammed SofoDante Vanzeir
Orlando City SC ExposedDavid BrekaloGastón GonzálezJeorgio KocevskiNicolás LodeiroJack LynnFelipe MartinsCarlos MercadoLuis MurielAbdi SalimKyle SmithMason StajduharYutaro Tsukada
Philadelphia Union ExposedSamuel AdeniranAlejandro BedoyaJamir BerdecioChris DonovanJack ElliottLeon FlachIsaiah LeFloreJoquín Torres
Portland Timbers ExposedMiguel AraujoDiego CharáMarvin LoríaZachery McGrawEric MillerTrey MuseCristhian ParedesMason ToyeEryk WilliamsonDario Župarić
Real Salt Lake ExposedMatthew BellKevin BonillaAndrew BrodyLachlan BrookJavain BrownNoel CaliskanMaikel ChangMatt CrooksTomás GómezErik HoltBertin JacquessonKevon LambertZac MacMathRubio RubínBenji MichelIlijah PaulMarcelo Silva
San Jose Earthquakes ExposedCarlos AkapoTanner BeasonVítor CostaJeremy EbobisseCarlos GruezoJacob JacksonPreston JuddJT MarcinkowskiPaul MarieAlfredo MoralesAmahl PellegrinoJamar RickettsTommy ThompsonWilliam YarbroughJackson Yueill
Seattle Sounders FC ExposedJonathan BellBraudílio RodriguesJoão PauloDanny MusovskiNathanRaúl RuidíazAlbert Rusnák
St. Louis City SC ExposedNjabulo BlomJake Girdwood-ReichKyle HiebertJohn KleinBen LundtJake NerwinskiJoakim NilssonChristian OlivaresTomáš OstrákSelmir PidroCélio PompeuJayden ReidNökkvi ThórissonAkil WattsMichael WentzelJosh Yaro
Toronto FC ExposedNathaniel EdwardsDeybi FloresLorenzo InsigneAimé MabikaCassius MailulaShane O'NeillPrince OwusuJordan PerruzzaRaoul PetrettaGreg RanjitsinghSigurd RostedCharlie Sharp
Vancouver Whitecaps FC ExposedJoe BendikGiuseppe BovalinaNicolas Fleuriau ChateauBelal HalbouniLevonte JohnsonDamir KreilachLuís MartinsJ.C. NgandoFafà PicaultRyan RaposoAlessandro SchöpfYohei TakaokaBjørn Utvik
References
External links 2024 MLS Expansion Draft Rules