Whitecaps FC Expansion Draft Protected List

December 8, 2014 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC News Release

VANCOUVER, BC - Vancouver Whitecaps FC revealed today the list of 11 players who will be ineligible for selection during the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft on Wednesday, December 10. The draft will be streamed live at 11 a.m. PT on MLSsoccer.com.

In addition, Homegrown players Sam Adekugbe, Marco Bustos, Marco Carducci, Caleb Clarke, Kianz Froese, Ethen Sampson, and Russell Teibert, as well as Generation adidas player Christian Dean are exempt from the draft.

With a total of 19 Whitecaps FC players exempt from selection (11 protected players plus seven Homegrown and one Generation adidas player), nine Whitecaps FC members will be available for selection in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft.

Orlando City SC and New York City FC will each select 10 players from the other 18 MLS clubs. Once a player has been claimed from a club's non-protected roster, that club may move a player from its non-protected roster to its protected roster. If a club has two players claimed from the non-protected roster, that club will be eliminated from the expansion draft and may not lose any further players.

The complete Whitecaps FC list of protected players, Homegrown and Generation adidas members, and available players is as follows:

Whitecaps FC Protected Players:

1. Steven Beitashour (DF)

2. Jordan Harvey (DF)

3. Erik Hurtado (FW)

4. Gershon Koffie (MF)

5. Matias Laba (MF)

6. Johnny LeverÃ"n (DF)

7. Kekuta Manneh (FW)

8. Darren Mattocks (FW)

9. Pedro Morales (MF)

10. David Ousted (GK)

11. Kendall Waston (DF)

Homegrown Players (exempt from selection):

1. Sam Adekugbe (DF)

2. Marco Bustos (MF)

3. Marco Carducci (GK)

4. Caleb Clarke (FW)

5. Kianz Froese (MF)

6. Ethen Sampson (DF)

7. Russell Teibert (MF)

Generation adidas Player (exempt from selection):

1.Christian Dean (DF)

Available Players:

1. Mehdi Ballouchy (MF)

2. Mamadou Diouf (FW)

3. Sebastián Fernández (MF/FW)

4. Andre Lewis (MF)

5. Nicolás Mezquida (MF)

6. Carlyle Mitchell (DF)

7. Andy O'Brien (DF)

8. Mauro Rosales (MF)

9. Paolo Tornaghi (GK)

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