2004 MLS Expansion Draft Information & 2004 MLS Expansion Draft Links at HealthHaven.com

Date	November 19, 2004
Expansion Teams	Chivas USA; Real Salt Lake
Expansion Season	2005
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The 2004 MLS Expansion Draft was held on November 19, 2004, and consisted of 10 rounds. The two new teams, C.D. Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake, drafted players from the other 10 Major League Soccer teams.

Existing MLS teams are allowed to protect 12 players on their senior roster, and players on the developmental roster are exempt from the draft. Teams are allowed to leave no more than one Senior International player unprotected. After each player is selected, his team is allowed to remove one exposed player from their list, and teams are not able to lose more than three players.

[edit] Expansion Draft

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
1	Arturo Torres (M)	C.D. Chivas USA	Los Angeles Galaxy	Loyola Marymount
2	Andy Williams (M)	Real Salt Lake	Chicago Fire	University of Rhode Island
3	Orlando Perez (D)	C.D. Chivas USA	Chicago Fire
4	D.J. Countess (GK)	Real Salt Lake	Chicago Fire	UCLA
5	Ezra Hendrickson (D)	C.D. Chivas USA	D.C. United	Drake University
6	Pablo Brenes (M)	Real Salt Lake	MetroStars
7	Francisco Gomez (M)	C.D. Chivas USA	Kansas City Wizards
8	Brian Kamler (M)	Real Salt Lake	New England Revolution	Creighton University
9	Antonio de la Torre (D)	C.D. Chivas USA	Colorado Rapids
10	Nelson Akwari (D)	Real Salt Lake	Columbus Crew	UCLA
11	Matt Taylor (F)	C.D. Chivas USA	Kansas City Wizards	UCLA
12	Chris Brown (M)	Real Salt Lake	San Jose Earthquakes	University of Portland
13	Craig Ziadie (D)	C.D. Chivas USA	MetroStars	University of Richmond
14	Matt Behncke (D)	Real Salt Lake	F.C. Dallas	Princeton University
15	Jamil Walker (M)	C.D. Chivas USA	San Jose Earthquakes	Santa Clara University
16	Rusty Pierce (D)	Real Salt Lake	New England Revolution	UNC-Greensboro
17	Thiago Martins (F)	C.D. Chivas USA	D.C. United	UC Santa Barbara
18	Kevin Ara (M)	Real Salt Lake	D.C. United	Harvard University
19	Jeff Stewart (D)	C.D. Chivas USA	Colorado Rapids	Santa Clara University
20	Erick Scott (F)	Real Salt Lake	Columbus Crew

[edit] Team-by Team breakdown

[edit] Chicago Fire

Exposed	Protected	Exempt
Alexandre Boucicaut (M)	C.J. Brown (D)	Denny Clanton (D)
Scott Buete (M)	Chris Armas (M)	Leonard Griffin (D)
D.J. Countess (GK)	Jim Curtin (D)	Matt Pickens (GK)
Orlando Perez (D)	Kelly Gray (D)	Craig Capano (M)
Henry Ring (GK)	Damani Ralph (F)
Dipsy Selolwane (F)	Ante Razov (F)
Evan Whitfield (D)	Nate Jaqua (F)
Andy Williams (M)	Logan Pause (M)
	Jesse Marsch (M)
	Justin Mapp (M)
	Zach Thornton (GK)
	Andy Herron (F)

Withdrew Evan Whitfield upon selection of Andy Williams (2)
Withdrew Scott Buete upon selection of Orlando Perez (3)
Reached maximum upon selection of D.J. Countess (4)

[edit] Colorado Rapids

Exposed	Protected	Exempt
Antonio de la Torre (D)	Joe Cannon (GK)	Ricky Lewis (D)
Daryl Powell (M)	Alberto Delgado (F)	Jordan Cila (F)
Joey DiGiamarino (M)	Ritchie Kotschau (D)	Byron Foss (GK)
Jeff Stewart (D)	Nat Borchers (D)	Michael Erush (M)
Seth Trembly (M)	Kyle Beckerman (M)	Gary Sullivan (D)
Scott Vallow (GK)	Jean Philippe Peguero (F)
	Rey Angel Martinez (F)
	Chris Henderson (M)
	Mark Chung (M)
	Matt Crawford (M)
	Pablo Mastroeni (D)
	Zizi Roberts (F)

Withdrew Sean Trembly upon selection of Antonio de la Torre (9)
Withdrew Scott Vallow upon selection of Jeff Stewart (19)

[edit] Columbus Crew

Exposed	Protected	Exempt
Nelson Akwari (D)	Jon Busch (GK)	Devin Barclay (F)
Eric Denton (D)	Frankie Hejduk (D)	Danny Szetela (M)
Stephen Herdsman (D)	Robin Fraser (D)	Michael Ritch (F)
Matt Jordan (GK)	Simon Elliott (M)	Jamal Sutton (F)
Manny Lagos (M)	Duncan Oughton (M)
Brian Maisonneuve (M)	Jeff Cunningham (F)
Erick Scott (F)	Edson Buddle (F)
David Testo (M)	Chad Marshall (D)
Dante Washington (F)	Ross Paule (M)
	Chris Wingert (D)
	Tony Sanneh (M)
	Kyle Martino (M)

Withdrew David Testo upon selection of Nelson Akwari (10)
Draft ended upon selection of Erick Scott (20)

[edit] D.C. United

Exposed	Protected	Exempt
Kevin Ara (M)	Brian Carroll (M)	David Stokes (D)
Ezra Hendrickson (D)	Joshua Gros (M)	Jason Thompson (F)
Tim Lawson (M)	Brandon Prideaux (D)	Nana Kuffour (M)
Thiago Martins (F)	Nick Rimando (GK)	Freddy Adu (M)
Ryan Nelsen (D)	Alecko Eskandarian (F)
Troy Perkins (GK)	Mike Petke (D)
Eliseo Quintanilla (M)	Christian Gómez (M)
Earnie Stewart (M)	Ben Olsen (M)
	Dema Kovalenko (M)
	Santino Quaranta (F)
	Bryan Namoff (D)
	Jaime Moreno (F)

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)

[edit] F.C. Dallas

Exposed	Protected	Exempt
Matt Behncke (D)	Jeff Cassar (GK)	Clarence Goodson (D)
Scott Garlick (GK)	Cory Gibbs (D)	David Wagenfuhr (D)
Ty Maurin (M)	Carey Talley (D)	Ramon Nunez (M)
Toni Nhleko (F)	Chris Gbandi (D)
Óscar Pareja (M)	Steve Jolley (D)
Philip Salyer (D)	Ronnie O'Brien (M)
	Edward Johnson (F)
	Brad Davis (M)
	Milton Reyes (D)
	Eric Quill (M)
	Simo Valakari (M)
	Bobby Rhine (M)

Withdrew Philip Salyer upon selection of Matt Behncke (14)

[edit] Kansas City Wizards

Exposed	Protected	Exempt
Francisco Gomez (M)	Nick Garcia (D)	Taylor Graham (D)
Tony Meola (GK)	Shavar Thomas (D)	Justin Detter (F)
Preki (M)	Kerry Zavagnin (M)	Will Hesmer (GK)
Igor Simutenkov (F)	Jose Burciaga Jr. (D)	Khari Stephenson (M)
Matt Taylor (F)	Diego Gutierrez (M)	Brian Roberts (D)
Alex Zotinca (D)	Diego Walsh (M)
	Jimmy Conrad (D)
	Jack Jewsbury (M)
	Josh Wolff (F)
	Chris Klein (M)
	Davy Arnaud (F)
	Bo Oshoniyi (GK)

Withdrew Alex Zotinca upon selection of Francisco Gomez (7)
Withdrew Igor Simutenkov upon selection of Matt Taylor (11)

[edit] Los Angeles Galaxy

Exposed	Protected	Exempt
Paul Broome (D)	Ryan Suarez (D)	Josh Gardner (M)
Dan Popik (GK)	Chris Albright (D)	Guillermo Gonzalez (M)
Marcelo Saragosa (M)	Peter Vagenas (M)	Ned Grabavoy (M)
Arturo Torres (M)	Jovan Kirovski (F)	Alan Gordon (F)
	Sasha Victorine (M)	Scot Thompson (D)
	Cobi Jones (M)	Chris Aloisi (D)
	Tyrone Marshall (D)
	Alejandro Moreno (F)
	Carlos Ruíz (F)
	Kevin Hartman (GK)
	Danny Califf (D)
	Joseph Ngwenya (F)

Withdrew Paul Broome upon selection of Arturo Torres (1)

[edit] MetroStars

Exposed	Protected	Exempt
Pablo Brenes (M)	Ricardo Clark (M)	Kenny Arena (D)
Sergio Galvan Rey (F)	Chris Leitch (D)	Michael Bradley (M)
Tim Regan (D)	John Wolyniec (F)	Gilberto Flores (M)
Joselito Vaca (M)	Mike Magee (F)	Seth Stammler (D)
Jonny Walker (GK)	Mark Lisi (M)
Zach Wells (GK)	Jeff Parke (D)
Craig Ziadie (D)	Cornell Glen (F)
	Fabian Taylor (F)
	Amado Guevara (M)
	Eddie Pope (D)
	Eddie Gaven (M)
	Tenywa Bonseu (D)

Withdrew Zach Wells upon selection of Pablo Brenes (6)
Withdrew Jonny Walker upon selection of Craig Ziadie (13)

[edit] New England Revolution

Exposed	Protected	Exempt
Adin Brown (GK)	Matt Reis (GK)	Luke Vercollone (M)
Joe Franchino (D)	Clint Dempsey (M)	Perek Belleh (F)
Brian Kamler (M)	Avery John (D)	Bobby Thompson (M)
Steve Howey (D)	Jay Heaps (D)	Andy Dorman (M)
Carlos Llamosa (D)	Jose Cancela (M)
Joe-Max Moore (F)	Pat Noonan (F)
Rusty Pierce (D)	Steve Ralston (M)
	Richie Baker (M)
	Taylor Twellman (F)
	Shalrie Joseph (D)
	Marshall Leonard (D)
	Felix Brillant (F)

Withdrew Joe Franchino upon selection of Brian Kamler (8)
Withdrew Carlos Llamosa upon selection of Rusty Pierce (16)

[edit] San Jose Earthquakes

Exposed	Protected	Exempt
Jeff Agoos (D)	Eddie Robinson (D)	Arturo Alvarez (M)
Chris Brown (F)	Ramiro Corrales (M)	Roger Levesque (F)
Jon Conway (GK)	Ian Russell (M)	Ryan Cochrane (D)
Ronnie Ekelund (M)	Richard Mulrooney (M)	Tighe Dombrowski (M)
Wes Hart (D)	Brian Mullan (M)	Steve Cronin (GK)
Chris Roner (D)	Landon Donovan (F)
Jamil Walker (M)	Dwayne De Rosario (F)
	Craig Waibel (D)
	Todd Dunivant (D)
	Pat Onstad (GK)
	Troy Dayak (D)
	Brian Ching (F)

Withdrew Jon Conway upon selection of Chris Brown (12)
Withdrew Wes Hart upon selection of Jamil Walker (16)

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