The 2004 MLS Expansion Draft was held on November 19, 2004 and consisted of 10 rounds. The two new teams,
Chivas USA and
Real Salt Lake, drafted players from the other 10
Major League Soccer
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teams.
Existing MLS teams were allowed to protect 12 players on their senior roster, and players on the
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were exempt from the draft. Teams were allowed to leave no more than one Senior International player unprotected. After each player was selected, his team was allowed to remove one exposed player from their list. Teams were not able to lose more than three players.
Expansion Draft
Team-by-Team breakdown
Chicago Fire
*Withdrew
Evan Whitfield upon selection of
Andy Williams
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(2)
*Withdrew
Scott Buete
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Career
Coll ...
upon selection of
Orlando Perez
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Perez never played college soccer, but he was drafted twice in MLS, both times by coach Octavio Zambrano ...
(3)
*Reached maximum upon selection of
D.J. Countess
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He graduated from Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks, California.
Club career
Countess attended Universit ...
(4)
Colorado Rapids
*Withdrew
Seth Trembly upon selection of
Antonio de la Torre (9)
*Withdrew
Scott Vallow upon selection of
Jeff Stewart (19)
Columbus Crew
*Withdrew
David Testo upon selection of
Nelson Akwari
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(10)
*Draft ended upon selection of
Erick Scott (20)
D.C. United
*Withdrew
Ryan Nelsen upon selection of
Ezra Hendrickson (5)
*Withdrew
Troy Perkins upon selection of
Thiago Martins (17)
*Reached maximum upon selection of
Kevin Ara (18)
F.C. Dallas
*Withdrew
Philip Salyer
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Salyer played college soccer for the University of Maryland in the fall of 2000 and 2001, starti ...
upon selection of
Matt Behncke (14)
Kansas City Wizards
*Withdrew
Alex Zotinca
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upon selection of
Francisco Gomez (7)
*Withdrew
Igor Simutenkov upon selection of
Matt Taylor (11)
Los Angeles Galaxy
*Withdrew
Paul Broome upon selection of
Arturo Torres (1)
MetroStars
*Withdrew
Zach Wells upon selection of
Pablo Brenes
Pablo Andrés Brenes Quesada (born 4 August 1982) is a Costa Rican soccer player.
Club career
Brenes' first team in MLS was the MetroStars, whom he joined from Municipal Pérez Zeledón, Pérez Zeledón in Costa Rica, signing with the team on J ...
(6)
*Withdrew
Jonny Walker upon selection of
Craig Ziadie (13)
New England Revolution
*Withdrew
Joe Franchino upon selection of
Brian Kamler
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(8)
*Withdrew
Carlos Llamosa upon selection of
Rusty Pierce (16)
San Jose Earthquakes
*Withdrew
Jon Conway
Jon Conway (born May 6, 1977) is an American retired soccer goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach for Toronto FC.
Youth and college
Born in Media, Pennsylvania, as a youth, Conway played club soccer for the Lower Merion Gorillas, leading ...
upon selection of
Chris Brown
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(12)
*Withdrew
Wes Hart
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upon selection of
Jamil Walker (16)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2004 Mls Expansion Draft
Major League Soccer Expansion Draft
Draft