Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC Each Select 10 Players in 2010 MLS Expansion Draft
November 24, 2010 - Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
NEW YORK (Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010) ¬" Major League Soccer held its 2010 Expansion Draft today for the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, who begin MLS play in 2011. Each team selected 10 players from among nearly 200 available players unprotected by Major League Soccer clubs.
Four teams did not have a player selected: Houston Dynamo, LA Galaxy, New England Revolution, and New York Red Bulls. Eight teams had two players selected, while four teams had just one player taken in the Expansion Draft.
Below is a complete list of players selected in this year's draft.
2010 MLS Expansion Draft Selections
(listed in order of selection)
Pick Selcted by Player Position Former Club
1 Portland Dax McCarty Midfielder FC Dallas
2 Vancouver Sanna Nyassi Midfielder Seattle Sounders FC
3 Portland Eric Brunner Defender Columbus Crew
4 Vancouver Atiba Harris Forward/Midfielder FC Dallas
5 Portland Adam Moffat Midfielder Columbus Crew
6 Vancouver Nathan Sturgis Defender Seattle Sounders FC
7 Portland Anthony Wallace Defender/Midfielder Colorado Rapids
8 Vancouver Shea Salinas Midfielder Philadelphia Union
9 Portland David Horst Defender Real Salt Lake
10 Vancouver Alan Gordon Forward Chivas USA
11 Portland Robbie Findley Forward Real Salt Lake
12 Vancouver O'Brian White Forward Toronto FC
13 Portland Peter Lowry Midfielder Chicago Fire
14 Vancouver Alejandro Moreno Forward Philadelphia Union
15 Portland Jonathan Bornstein Defender Chivas USA
16 Vancouver Joe Cannon Goalkeeper San Jose Earthquakes
17 Portland Jordan Graye Defender D.C. United
18 Vancouver Jonathan Leathers Defender Sporting Kansas City
19 Portland Arturo Alvarez Forward/Midfielder San Jose Earthquakes
20 Vancouver John Thorrington Midfielder Chicago Fire
Portland Timbers Expansion Draft Selections
(listed in alphabetical order)
Player Position Former Club
Arturo Alvarez Forward/Midfielder San Jose Earthquakes
Eric Brunner Defender Columbus Crew
Jonathan Bornstein Defender Chivas USA
Robbie Findley Forward Real Salt Lake
Jordan Graye Defender D.C. United
David Horst Defender Real Salt Lake
Peter Lowry Midfielder Chicago Fire
Dax McCarty Midfielder FC Dallas
Adam Moffat Midfielder Columbus Crew
Anthony Wallace Defender/Midfielder Colorado Rapids
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Expansion Draft Selections
(listed in alphabetical order)
Player Position Former Club
Joe Cannon Goalkeeper San Jose Earthquakes
Alan Gordon Forward Chivas USA
Atiba Harris Forward/Midfielder FC Dallas
Jonathan Leathers Defender Sporting Kansas City
Alejandro Moreno Forward Philadelphia Union
Sanna Nyassi Midfielder Seattle Sounders FC
Shea Salinas Midfielder Philadelphia Union
Nathan Sturgis Defender Seattle Sounders FC
John Thorrington Midfielder Chicago Fire
O'Brian White Forward Toronto FC
Major League Soccer Stories from November 24, 2010
- Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC Each Select 10 Players in 2010 MLS Expansion Draft - MLS
- Timbers Add Eight Through Draft, Trades - Portland Timbers
- Chivas USA Re-Acquires Alan Gordon and Adds Alejandro Moreno in Trade with Vancouver - Club Deportivo Chivas USA
- Sounders FC Acquires O'Brian White from Vancouver - Seattle Sounders FC
- Rapids Complete Trades with MLS Expansion Clubs - Colorado Rapids
- Whitecaps FC Select Ten Players in MLS 2010 Expansion Draft - Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- Real Salt Lake Acquires Arturo Alvarez Via Trade with Portland - Real Salt Lake
- Timbers Complete Trades with Colorado, Salt Lake - Portland Timbers
- Chicago Fire Release Players Collins John and Krzysztof Krol - Chicago Fire FC
- Sounders FC Loses Two in Expansion Draft - Seattle Sounders FC
- D.C. United Acquires Midfielder Dax McCarty - D.C. United
- Timbers Acquire Defender/Midfielder Rodney Wallace from D.C. United - Portland Timbers
- Earthquakes Midfielder Arturo Alvarez and Goalkeeper Joe Cannon Selected in 2010 MLS Expansion Draft - San Jose Earthquakes
- Chicago Fire Midfielders John Thorrington and Peter Lowry Selected in 2010 MLS Expansion Draft - Chicago Fire FC
- Jordan Graye Selected by Portland in MLS Expansion Draft - D.C. United
- Timbers Select 10 Players in MLS Expansion Draft - Portland Timbers
- Sporting Kansas City Defender Jonathan Leathers Selected by Vancouver in Expansion Draft - Sporting Kansas City
- Earthquakes 2010 Holiday Pack on Sale Now - San Jose Earthquakes
- Dynamo Turn Black Friday into Orange Friday with Special Discounts - Houston Dynamo FC
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