Editing 2004 MLS expansion draft

{{Short description|Player draft for MLS teams}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name             = 2004 MLS Expansion Draft
| date             = November 19, 2004
| expansion_teams  = {{Plainlist|
* [[Chivas USA]]
* [[Real Salt Lake]]
}} 
| expansion_season = [[2005 Major League Soccer season|2005]]
| prev             = [[1997 MLS Expansion Draft|1997]]
| next             = [[2006 MLS Expansion Draft|2006]]
}}
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]] teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/316935/mls-expansion-draft-results|title = Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN}}</ref>

Existing MLS teams were allowed to protect 12 players on their senior roster, and players on the [[developmental roster]] 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==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="width:5%" |Pick
!style="width:23%" | Selecting Team
!style="width:25%" | Player
!style="width:10%" | Position
!style="width:35%" | Previous Team
|-
|1 || [[Chivas USA]] || [[Arturo Torres (soccer, born 1980)|Arturo Torres]] || M || [[Los Angeles Galaxy]]
|-
|2 || [[Real Salt Lake]] || [[Andy Williams (soccer)|Andy Williams]] || M || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]]
|-
|3 || [[Chivas USA]] || [[Orlando Perez]] || D || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]]
|-
|4 || [[Real Salt Lake]] || [[D.J. Countess]] || GK || [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]]
|-
|5 || [[Chivas USA]] || [[Ezra Hendrickson]] || D || [[D.C. United]]
|-
|6 || [[Real Salt Lake]] || [[Pablo Brenes]] || M || [[MetroStars]]
|-
|7 || [[Chivas USA]] || [[Francisco Gomez (soccer player)|Francisco Gomez]] || M || [[Kansas City Wizards]]
|-
|8 || [[Real Salt Lake]] || [[Brian Kamler]] || M || [[New England Revolution]]
|-
|9 || [[Chivas USA]] || [[Antonio de la Torre (footballer, born 1977)|Antonio de la Torre]] || D || [[Colorado Rapids]]
|-
|10 || [[Real Salt Lake]] || [[Nelson Akwari]] || D || [[Columbus Crew]]
|-
|11 || [[Chivas USA]] || [[Matt Taylor (American soccer player)|Matt Taylor]] || F || [[Kansas City Wizards]]
|-
|12 || [[Real Salt Lake]] || [[Chris Brown (soccer, born 1977)|Chris Brown]] || M || [[San Jose Earthquakes]]
|-
|13 || [[Chivas USA]] || [[Craig Ziadie]] || D || [[MetroStars]]
|-
|14 || [[Real Salt Lake]] || [[Matt Behncke]] || D || [[F.C. Dallas]]
|-
|15 || [[Chivas USA]] || [[Jamil Walker]] || M || [[San Jose Earthquakes]]
|-
|16 || [[Real Salt Lake]] || [[Rusty Pierce]] || D || [[New England Revolution]]
|-
|17 || [[Chivas USA]] || [[Thiago Martins (footballer, born 1976)|Thiago Martins]] || F || [[D.C. United]]
|-
|18 || [[Real Salt Lake]] || [[Kevin Ara]] || M || [[D.C. United]]
|-
|19 || [[Chivas USA]] || [[Jeff Stewart (soccer player)|Jeff Stewart]] || D || [[Colorado Rapids]]
|-
|20 || [[Real Salt Lake]] || [[Erick Scott]] || F || [[Columbus Crew]]
|}

==Team-by-Team breakdown==

===Chicago Fire===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
!style="width:25%"|
Exempt
|-
|[[Alexandre Boucicaut]] (M)||[[C.J. Brown]] (D)||[[Denny Clanton]] (D)
|-
|[[Scott Buete]] (M)||[[Chris Armas]] (M)||[[Leonard Griffin (soccer)|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 (soccer)|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 (soccer)|Andy Williams]] (2)
*Withdrew [[Scott Buete]] upon selection of [[Orlando Perez]] (3)
*Reached maximum upon selection of [[D.J. Countess]] (4)

===Colorado Rapids===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
!style="width:25%"|
Exempt
|-
|[[Antonio de la Torre (actor)|Antonio de la Torre]] (D)||[[Joe Cannon (soccer)|Joe Cannon]] (GK)||[[Ricky Lewis]] (D)
|-
|[[Daryl Powell]] (M)||[[Alberto Delgado Pérez|Alberto Delgado]] (F)||[[Jordan Cila]] (F)
|-
|[[Joey DiGiamarino]] (M)||[[Ritchie Kotschau]] (D)||[[Byron Foss]] (GK)
|-
|[[Jeff Stewart (soccer player)|Jeff Stewart]] (D)||[[Nat Borchers]] (D)||[[Michael Erush]] (M)
|-
|[[Seth Trembly]] (M)||[[Kyle Beckerman]] (M)||[[Gary Sullivan (soccer)|Gary Sullivan]] (D)
|-
|[[Scott Vallow]] (GK)||[[Jean Philippe Peguero]] (F)||
|-
|||[[Rey Ángel Martínez]] (F)||
|-
|||[[Chris Henderson]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Mark Chung]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Matt Crawford]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Pablo Mastroeni]] (D)||
|-
|||[[Zizi Roberts]] (F)||
|}

*Withdrew [[Seth Trembly]] upon selection of [[Antonio de la Torre (actor)|Antonio de la Torre]] (9)
*Withdrew [[Scott Vallow]] upon selection of [[Jeff Stewart (soccer player)|Jeff Stewart]] (19)

===Columbus Crew===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
!style="width:25%"|
Exempt
|-
|[[Nelson Akwari]] (D)||[[Jon Busch]] (GK)||[[Devin Barclay]] (F)
|-
|[[Eric Denton (soccer)|Eric Denton]] (D)||[[Frankie Hejduk]] (D)||[[Danny Szetela]] (M)
|-
|[[Stephen Herdsman]] (D)||[[Robin Fraser]] (D)||[[Michael Ritch (soccer)|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)

===D.C. United===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
!style="width:25%"|
Exempt
|-
|[[Kevin Ara]] (M)||[[Brian Carroll]] (M)||[[David Stokes (soccer)|David Stokes]] (D)
|-
|[[Ezra Hendrickson]] (D)||[[Joshua Gros]] (M)||[[Jason Thompson (soccer)|Jason Thompson]] (F)
|-
|Tim Lawson (M)||[[Brandon Prideaux]] (D)||[[Nana Kuffour]] (M)
|-
|[[Thiago Martins (footballer, born 1976)|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 (footballer, born 1974)|Jaime Moreno]] (F)||
|}

*Withdrew [[Ryan Nelsen]] upon selection of [[Ezra Hendrickson]] (5)
*Withdrew [[Troy Perkins]] upon selection of [[Thiago Martins (footballer, born 1976)|Thiago Martins]] (17)
*Reached maximum upon selection of [[Kevin Ara]] (18)

===F.C. Dallas===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
!style="width:25%"|
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)||[[Ramón Núñez]] (M)
|-
|[[Toni Nhleko]] (F)||[[Chris Gbandi]] (D)||
|-
|[[Óscar Pareja]] (M)||[[Steve Jolley]] (D)||
|-
|[[Philip Salyer]] (D)||[[Ronnie O'Brien]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Eddie Johnson (American soccer player)|Edward Johnson]] (F)||
|-
|||[[Brad Davis (soccer)|Brad Davis]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Milton Reyes]] (D)||
|-
|||[[Eric Quill]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Simo Valakari]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Bobby Rhine]] (M)||
|}

*Withdrew [[Philip Salyer]] upon selection of [[Matt Behncke]] (14)

===Kansas City Wizards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
!style="width:25%"|
Exempt
|-
|[[Francisco Gomez (soccer player)|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 (American soccer player)|Matt Taylor]] (F)||[[Diego Gutiérrez (soccer, born 1972)|Diego Gutierrez]] (M)||[[Brian Roberts (soccer)|Brian Roberts]] (D)
|-
|[[Alex Zotinca]] (D)||[[Diego Walsh]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Jimmy Conrad]] (D)||
|-
|||[[Jack Jewsbury]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Josh Wolff]] (F)||
|-
|||[[Chris Klein (soccer)|Chris Klein]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Davy Arnaud]] (F)||
|-
|||[[Bo Oshoniyi]] (GK)||
|}

*Withdrew [[Alex Zotinca]] upon selection of [[Francisco Gomez (soccer player)|Francisco Gomez]] (7)
*Withdrew [[Igor Simutenkov]] upon selection of [[Matt Taylor (American soccer player)|Matt Taylor]] (11)

===Los Angeles Galaxy===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
!style="width:25%"|
Exempt
|-
|[[Paul Broome]] (D)||[[Ryan Suarez]] (D)||[[Josh Gardner (soccer)|Josh Gardner]] (M)
|-
|[[Dan Popik]] (GK)||[[Chris Albright]] (D)||[[Guillermo Gonzalez (soccer)|Guillermo Gonzalez]] (M)
|-
|[[Marcelo Saragosa]] (M)||[[Peter Vagenas]] (M)||[[Ned Grabavoy]] (M)
|-
|[[Arturo Torres (soccer, born 1980)|Arturo Torres]] (M)||[[Jovan Kirovski]] (F)||[[Alan Gordon (soccer)|Alan Gordon]] (F)
|-
|||[[Sasha Victorine]] (M)||[[Scot Thompson]] (D)
|-
|||[[Cobi Jones]] (M)||[[Chris Aloisi]] (D)
|-
|||[[Tyrone Marshall]] (D)||
|-
|||[[Alejandro Moreno]] (F)||
|-
|||[[Carlos Ruiz (Guatemalan footballer)|Carlos Ruíz]] (F)||
|-
|||[[Kevin Hartman]] (GK)||
|-
|||[[Danny Califf]] (D)||
|-
|||[[Joseph Ngwenya]] (F)||
|-
|}

*Withdrew [[Paul Broome]] upon selection of [[Arturo Torres (soccer, born 1980)|Arturo Torres]] (1)

===MetroStars===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
!style="width:25%"|
Exempt
|-
|[[Pablo Brenes]] (M)||[[Ricardo Clark]] (M)||[[Kenny Arena]] (D)
|-
|[[Sergio Galvan Rey]] (F)||[[Chris Leitch]] (D)||[[Michael Bradley (soccer)|Michael Bradley]] (M)
|-
|[[Tim Regan]] (D)||[[John Wolyniec]] (F)||[[Gilberto Flores]] (M)
|-
|[[Joselito Vaca]] (M)||[[Mike Magee (soccer)|Mike Magee]] (F)||[[Seth Stammler]] (D)
|-
|[[Jonny Walker (soccer)|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 (soccer)|Jonny Walker]] upon selection of [[Craig Ziadie]] (13)

===New England Revolution===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
!style="width:25%"|
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 (soccer)|Bobby Thompson]] (M)
|-
|[[Steve Howey (footballer)|Steve Howey]] (D)||[[Jay Heaps]] (D)||[[Andy Dorman]] (M)
|-
|[[Carlos Llamosa]] (D)||[[José Cancela]] (M)||
|-
|[[Joe-Max Moore]] (F)||[[Pat Noonan]] (F)||
|-
|[[Rusty Pierce]] (D)||[[Steve Ralston]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Richie Baker (Irish footballer)|Richie Baker]] (M)||
|-
|||[[Taylor Twellman]] (F)||
|-
|||[[Shalrie Joseph]] (D)||
|-
|||[[Marshall Leonard]] (D)||
|-
|||[[Félix Brillant]] (F)||
|-
|}

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

===San Jose Earthquakes===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:23%"|
Exposed
!style="width:25%"|
Protected
!style="width:25%"|
Exempt
|-
|[[Jeff Agoos]] (D)||[[Eddie Robinson (soccer)|Eddie Robinson]] (D)||[[Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985)|Arturo Alvarez]] (M)
|-
|[[Chris Brown (soccer, born 1977)|Chris Brown]] (F)||[[Ramiro Corrales]] (M)||[[Roger Levesque]] (F)
|-
|[[Jon Conway]] (GK)||[[Ian Russell (soccer)|Ian Russell]] (M)||[[Ryan Cochrane (soccer)|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 (soccer, born 1977)|Chris Brown]] (12)
*Withdrew [[Wes Hart]] upon selection of [[Jamil Walker]] (16)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Major League Soccer}}
{{MLS drafts}}

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[[Category:2004 Major League Soccer season|Draft]]
[[Category:November 2004 sports events in the United States|MLS Expansion Draft]]