Draft MLS expansion for Charlotte FC ahead of the 2022 open season

Charlotte FC went away with three players and $900k in allocations to be used in squad building following the Open Draft held on Tuesday. It’s been a strong run for a team that is just over two months away from its first official game at DC United on February 26.

The team has been busy with lineups, with sporting director Zoran Krneta and new coach Miguel Angel Ramirez scouring the continent – and globally – for players to build their squad (updated list). under). They had the chance to add five new names from their pool of 258 players not covered by their MLS teams (see full list below).

But in addition to adding players to its roster, Charlotte FC also utilizes the draft to acquire assets and cash (allocations) by selecting and then trading the players who are on the wishlist of other clubs. Those deals are required to happen after the Extended Draft, but it’s a transaction that has become a fixture of recent expansion drafts.

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Charlotte FC’s Open Draft Selection

* = Players traded after Expansion Draft

* Charlotte trades Tristan Blackmon for Vancouver Whitecaps for $500,000 in Generla Allocation tiền

** Charlotte trades Ismael Tajouri-Shradi for LAFC for $400,000 in General Allocation

Charlotte FC 2022 Lineups

Updated as of December 14

• Goalkeeper (1): Pablo Sisniega
• Defender (7): Adam Armor, Christian Fuchs, Corujo Guzman, Jaylin Lindsey, Joseph Mora, Jan Sobocinski, Anton Walkes
• Midfielder (4): Jordy Alcivar, Brandt Bronico, Riley McGree, Sergio Ruiz
• Striker (2): McKinze Gaines, Vinicius Mello

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How the Draft MLS Expansion Works

Under league rules, five clubs are exempt from exposing their roster to the Open Draft, as they lost players in last year’s edition to Austin FC. Those five clubs are LA Galaxy; Nashville SC; NY Red Bulls; City of Orlando; and the San Jose Earthquake.

The rest of the 22 MLS teams can only defend up to 12 players, revealing the rest can be selected by Charlotte in the Open Draft (complete the rules here).

Charlotte FC can only select a single player from any team’s unprotected list. And any team that has a declared player from their roster will be given $50,000 in general allotment from the league as compensation.

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Players Eligible in Extended Drafts (Unprotected List)

The following 258 players were not covered by their team and were available for selection by Charlotte FC in the December 14 Open Draft (bold and asterisk indicate player selected by Charlotte FC):

Atlanta United (14)

• Mo Adams
• Mikey Ambrose
• Joshua Bauer
• Jurgen Damm
• Alex De John
• Ronald Hernandez
• Emerson Hyndman
• Alec Kann
• Erik Lopez
• Ben Lundgaard
• Jake Mulraney
• Amar Sejdic
• Erick Torres
• Anton Walker *

Austin FC (14)

• McKinze Gaines *
• Jon Gallagher
• Danny Hoesen
• Hector Jimenez
• Freddy Kleemann
• Kekuta Manneh
• William Pulisic
• Aaron Schoenfeld
• Brady Scott
• Ulises Segura
• Aedan Stanley
• Jared Stroud
• Ben Sweat
• Andrew Tarbell

Chicago Fire (8)

• Robert Beric
• Francisco Calvo
• Elliot Collier
• Johan Kappelhof
• Kenneth Kronholm
• Alvaro Medran
• Bobby Shuttleworth
• Luka Stojanovic

FC Cincinnati (14)

• Edgar Castillo
• Allan Cruz
• Chris Duvall
• Jonas Fjeldberg
• Avionne Flanagan
• Joseph-Claude Gyau
• Yuya Kubo
• Ben Lundt
• Kamohelo Mokotjo
• Caleb Stanko
• Przemyslaw Tyton
• Florian Valot
• Maikel van der Werff
• Kenneth Vermeer

Colorado Rapids (10)

• Dominique Badji
• Steven Beitashour
• Clint Irwin
• Jeremy Kelly
• Nicolas Mezquida
• Drew Moor
• Younes Namli
• Andre Rawls
• Diego Rubio
• Collen Warner

Columbus Crew (13)

• Saad Abdul-Salaam
• Harrison Afful
• Evan Bush
• Eric Dick
• Waylon Francis
• Marlon Hairston
• Erik Hurtado
• Perry’s Kitchen
• Grant Lillard
• Kevin Molino
• Joshua Williams
• Vito Wormgoor
• Bradley Wright-Phillips

FC Dallas (7)

• Bryan Acosta
• Bressan
• Caiser Sergio Gomes
• Phelipe Megiolaro
• Andres Ricaurte
• Freddy Vargas
• Kyle Zobeck

DC United (15)

• Ramon Abila
• Yamil Asad
• Jovanny Bolivar
• Frederic Brillant
• Michael DeShields
• Jon Kempin
• Felipe Martins
• Joseph Mora *
• Junior Moreno
• Chris Odoi-Atsem
• Yordy Reyna
• Chris Seitz
• Drew Skundrich
• Kimarni Smith
• Erik Sorga

Houston Dynamo (15)

• Mateo Bajamich
• Jose Bizama
• Darwin Ceren
• Joe Corona
• Maynor Figueroa
• Alejandro Fuenmayor
• Oscar Garcia
• Ian Hoffmann
• Ariel Lassiter
• Nico Lemoine
• Marko Maric
• Kyle Morton
• Michael Nelson
• Darwin Quintero
• Maximiliano Urruti

Kansas Sports City (5)

• Amadou Dia
• Luis Martins
• Roberto Puncec
• Ilie Sanchez
• Graham Smith

LAFC (14)

• Jamal Blackman
• Tristan Blackmon *
• Daniel Crisostomo
• Raheem Edwards
• Julian Gaines
• Francisco Ginella
• Jordan Harvey
• Sebastien Ibeagha
• Caleb Jennings
• Danny Musovski
• Michael Ngalina
• Alvaro Quezada
• Diego Rossi
• Mohamed Traore

Inter Miami (13)

• George Acosta
• Ventura Alvarado
• Dylan Castanheira
• Jay Chapman
• Sami Guediri
• Joevin Jones
• Kelvin Leerdam
• Blaise Matuidi
• John McCarthy
• Joshua Penn
• Patrick Seagrist
• Ryan Shawcross
• Brek Shea

Minnesota United FC (17)

• Fanendo Adi
• Juan Agudelo
• Osvaldo Alonso
• Noah Billingsley
• Thomas Chacon
• Ethan Finlay
• Jan Gregus
• Niko Hansen
• Brent Kallman
• Nabi Kibunguchy
• Justin McMaster
• Romain Metanire
• Callum Montgomery
• Jukka Raitala
• Joseph Rosales
• DJ Taylor
• Adrian Zendejas

CF Montreal (10)

• Sebastian Breza
• Rudy Camacho
• Bjorn Johnsen
• Mustafa Kizza
• Ismael Kone
• Emanuel Maciel
• Aljaz Struna
• Ballou Tabla
• Robert Thorkelsson
• Victor Wanyama

New England Revolution (11)

• Emmanuel Boateng
• Luis Caicedo
• Scott Caldwell
• AJ DeLaGarza
• Count Edwards Jr.
• Wilfrid Kaptoum
• Edward Kizza
• Brad Knighton
• Christian Mafla
• Arnor Traustason
• Colin Verfurth

New York City FC (12)

• Malte Amundsen
• Vuk Latinovich
• Jesus Medina
• Alexandru Mitrita
• Cody Mizell
• Maximiliano Moralez
• Tony Rocha
• Ismael Tajouri-Shradi *
• Gudmundur Thorarinsson
• Anton Tinnerholm
• Juan Pablo Torres
• Gedion Zelalem

Philadelphia Union (10)

• Matheus Davos
• Joe Bendik
• Jesus Bueno
• Cory Burke
• Aurelien Collin
• Stuart Findlay
• Ilsinho
• Matej Oravec
• Gino Portella
• Alvas Powell

Portland Wood (14)

• Jeff Attinella
• Pablo Bonilla
• Steve Clark
• George Fochive
• Jorge Gonzalez
• Aljaz Ivacic
• Ismaila Jome
• Larrys Mabiala
• Zac McGraw
• Manny Perez
• Andy Polo
• Diego Valeri
• Josecarlos Van Rankin
• Renzo Zambrano

Real Salt Lake (10)

• Toni Datkovic
• Everton Luiz
• Douglas Martinez
• Justin Meram
• Ashtone Morgan
• Justin Portillo
• Noah powder
• Andrew Putna
• Jeizon Ramirez
• Donny Toia

Seattle Sounders (11)

• Nicolas Benezet
• Will Bruin
• Abdoulaye Cissoko
• Stefan Cleveland
• Jordy Delem
• Fredy Montero
• Shane O’Neill
• Spencer Richey
• Kelly Rowe
• Brad Smith
• Andrew Thomas

Toronto FC (8)

• Nick DeLeon
• Dom Dwyer
• Tsubasa Endoh
• Omar Gonzalez
• Kemar Lawrence
• Patrick Mullins
• Kevin Silva
• Eriq Zavaleta

Vancouver Whitecaps (13)

• Bruno Gaspar
• Derek Cornelius
• David Egbo
• Janio Bikel
• Marcus Godinho
• Erik Godoy
• Florian Jungwirth
• Jasser Khmiri
• Evan Newton
• Leonard Owusu
• Tosaint Ricketts
• Andy Rose
• Russell Teibert