Major League Soccer Unveils Available Player List Ahead of Expansion Draft
December 8, 2014 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Columbus Crew SC News Release
Major League Soccer unveiled the available player list ahead of Wednesday's MLS Expansion Draft as new members Orlando City SC and New York City FC build their rosters for 2015.
Columbus Crew SC's protected, exposed and exempt lists are as follows:
Protected
Exposed
GK Steve Clark GK Brad Stuver
DEF Waylon Francis DEF Eric Gehrig*
DEF Michael Parkhurst DEF Tyson Wahl
DEF Emanuel Pogatetz DEF Ben Sweat
MID Tony Tchani MID Daniel Paladini*
MID Hector Jimenez MID Ben Speas
MID Romain Gall MID Agustin Viana*
MID Ethan Finlay MID Kingsley "Fifi" Baiden*
MID Justin Meram MID Kevan George
FWD Federico Higuan - n FWD Jairo Arrieta*
FWD Kei Kamara FWD Adam Bedell
FWD Aaron Schoenfeld
Exempt: GK Matt Lampson (HGP), DEF Ross Friedman* (HGP), DEF Matt Wiet* (HGP), DEF Chad Barson (HGP), MID Wil Trapp (HGP), MID Matt Walker* (HGP)
*Denotes players not on the current Crew SC roster.
Midfielders Ben Swanson (HGP) and Mohammed Saied are exempt as they will be added to the Crew SC roster on January 1, 2015.
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