The 2020 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Austin FC that was held on December 15, 2020. The list of players available for selection was released on December 14, 2020.
Format Teams who had players selected in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft are exempt. These teams were Atlanta United FC, FC Cincinnati, Columbus Crew, Los Angeles FC, Minnesota United FC, New England Revolution, New York City FC, Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC, and Sporting Kansas City. All other teams returning from the 2020 season were subject to the draft. These teams had 12 protection slots that they could 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 2020 season were not eligible for the draft. Players with contracts expiring at the end of the season, designated players, and players with no-trade clauses were part of a team's roster and were eligible for the draft. In the case of player's with no-trade clauses, a team had to use one of their protection slots for that player. If a team had a players selected in the draft, that team became exempt from any further picks in the draft. The expansion team, Austin FC was given 5 picks for the draft.
Expansion Draft picks PickMLS teamPlayerPrevious teamNotes 1 Danny HoesenSan Jose Earthquakes 2Jared StroudNew York Red Bulls 3Brady ScottNashville SC 4Joe CoronaLA GalaxyRights were acquired by Houston Dynamo FC in Stage Two of the MLS Re-Entry Draft 5Kamal MillerOrlando City SCTraded to Montreal Impact for $225,000 in General Allocation Money and a 2021 1st round pick (11th overall)
Team-by-team-breakdown Chicago Fire FC
ExposedMicheal AziraBrandt BronicoElliot CollierJohan KappelhofKenneth KronholmWyatt OmsbergC. J. SapongBoris SekulićConnor Sparrow
Colorado Rapids
ExposedSteven BeitashourNicolas BenezetNiki JacksonNicolás MezquidaDrew MoorAndre RawlsCollen Warner
FC Dallas
ExposedFrancis AtuaheneNkosi BurgessSantiago MosqueraReto ZieglerKyle Zobeck
D.C. United
ExposedMohammed AbuFrédéric BrillantEarl Edwards Jr.Oniel FisherFelipe MartinsYordy ReynaGelmin RivasChris SeitzAxel Sjöberg
Houston Dynamo FC
ExposedKyle AdamsJosé BizamaVíctor CabreraCody CropperMaynor FigueroaAlejandro FuenmayorBoniek GarcíaNico LemoineMauro ManotasTomás MartínezRonaldo PeñaMichael SalazarAljaž StrunaWilfried Zahibo
LA Galaxy
ExposedDavid BinghamJoe CoronaEmil CuelloRolf FeltscherYony GonzálezGiancarlo GonzálezEmiliano InsúaPerry KitchenJørgen SkjelvikJustin Vom SteegGordon Wild
Inter Miami CF
ExposedGeorge AcostaJuan AgudeloMikey AmbroseJay ChapmanA. J. DeLaGarzaFederico HiguaínJerome KiesewetterChristian MakounAlvas PowellJairo QuinterosLuis RoblesBrek SheaWil TrappDenso Ulysse
Montreal Impact
ExposedRudy CamachoJorge CorralesClément DiopRod FanniAnthony Jackson-HamelBojan KrkićOrji OkwonkwoJukka RaitalaSteeven SabaShamit ShomeMaximiliano Urruti
Nashville SC
ExposedDavid AccamJalil AnibabaDominique BadjiBrayan BeckelesC. J. CochranAbu DanladiTanner DieterichLuke HaakensonMatt LaGrassaCameron LancasterEric MillerMiguel NazaritElliot PaniccoBrady ScottKen TribbettTaylor WashingtonAlan Winn
New York Red Bulls
ExposedMandela EgboDavid JensenChris LemaKendall McIntoshRyan MearaSean NealisJason PendantMarc RzatkowskiPatrick SeagristJared StroudAmro TarekSamuel Tetteh
Orlando City SC
ExposedMatheus AiásTesho AkindeleAlexander AlvaradoJosué ColmánAlex DeJohnJoey DeZartDom DwyerKamal MillerSantiago PatiñoRobinhoOriol RosellBrian RoweKyle Smith
Philadelphia Union
ExposedJoe BendikAurélien CollinWarren CreavalleIlsinhoMichee NgalinaMatej OravecAndrew Wooten
Real Salt Lake
ExposedAlvin JonesZac MacMathAshtone MorganLuke MulhollandNedum OnuohaJustin PortilloAndrew PutnaGiuseppe Rossi
San Jose Earthquakes
ExposedMatt BersanoEric CalvilloLuis Felipe FernandesDanny HoesenGuram KashiaPaul MarieValeri QazaishviliJack Skahan
Toronto FC
ExposedLaurent CimanTsubasa EndohTony GallacherErickson GallardoJustin MorrowPatrick MullinsPablo PiattiKevin SilvaEriq Zavaleta
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
ExposedDerek CorneliusJasser KhmiriBryan MeredithDavid MilinkovićFredy MonteroAndy Rose
References
External links 2020 MLS Expansion Draft