2020 MLS expansion draft
The 2020 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Austin FC that was held on December 15, 2020. The list of players available for selection was released on December 14, 2020.Format
Teams who had players selected in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft are exempt. These teams were Atlanta United FC, FC Cincinnati, Columbus Crew, Los Angeles FC, Minnesota United FC, New England Revolution, New York City FC, Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC, and Sporting Kansas City. All other teams returning from the 2020 season were subject to the draft. These teams had 12 protection slots that they could apply to any draft eligible player on their senior, supplemental, and reserve rosters. Players who have not graduated from Generation Adidas, and homegrown players age 25 and under as of the end of the 2020 season were not eligible for the draft. Players with contracts expiring at the end of the season, designated players, and players with no-trade clauses were part of a team's roster and were eligible for the draft. In the case of player's with no-trade clauses, a team had to use one of their protection slots for that player. If a team had a players selected in the draft, that team became exempt from any further picks in the draft. The expansion team, Austin FC was given 5 picks for the draft.Expansion Draft picks
Team-by-team-breakdown
| Exposed |
| Micheal Azira |
| Brandt Bronico |
| Elliot Collier |
| Johan Kappelhof |
| Kenneth Kronholm |
| Wyatt Omsberg |
| C. J. Sapong |
| Boris Sekulić |
| Connor Sparrow |
| Exposed |
| Steven Beitashour |
| Nicolas Benezet |
| Niki Jackson |
| Nicolás Mezquida |
| Drew Moor |
| Andre Rawls |
| Collen Warner |
| Exposed |
| Francis Atuahene |
| Nkosi Burgess |
| Santiago Mosquera |
| Reto Ziegler |
| Kyle Zobeck |
| Exposed |
| Mohammed Abu |
| Frédéric Brillant |
| Earl Edwards Jr. |
| Oniel Fisher |
| Felipe Martins |
| Yordy Reyna |
| Gelmin Rivas |
| Chris Seitz |
| Axel Sjöberg |
| Exposed |
| Kyle Adams |
| José Bizama |
| Víctor Cabrera |
| Cody Cropper |
| Maynor Figueroa |
| Alejandro Fuenmayor |
| Boniek García |
| Nico Lemoine |
| Mauro Manotas |
| Tomás Martínez |
| Ronaldo Peña |
| Michael Salazar |
| Aljaž Struna |
| Wilfried Zahibo |
| Exposed |
| David Bingham |
| Joe Corona |
| Emil Cuello |
| Rolf Feltscher |
| Yony González |
| Giancarlo González |
| Emiliano Insúa |
| Perry Kitchen |
| Jørgen Skjelvik |
| Justin Vom Steeg |
| Gordon Wild |
| Exposed |
| George Acosta |
| Juan Agudelo |
| Mikey Ambrose |
| Jay Chapman |
| A. J. DeLaGarza |
| Federico Higuaín |
| Jerome Kiesewetter |
| Christian Makoun |
| Alvas Powell |
| Jairo Quinteros |
| Luis Robles |
| Brek Shea |
| Wil Trapp |
| Denso Ulysse |
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| Exposed |
| Rudy Camacho |
| Jorge Corrales |
| Clément Diop |
| Rod Fanni |
| Anthony Jackson-Hamel |
| Bojan Krkić |
| Orji Okwonkwo |
| Jukka Raitala |
| Steeven Saba |
| Shamit Shome |
| Maximiliano Urruti |
| Exposed |
| David Accam |
| Jalil Anibaba |
| Dominique Badji |
| Brayan Beckeles |
| C. J. Cochran |
| Abu Danladi |
| Tanner Dieterich |
| Luke Haakenson |
| Matt LaGrassa |
| Cameron Lancaster |
| Eric Miller |
| Miguel Nazarit |
| Elliot Panicco |
| Brady Scott |
| Ken Tribbett |
| Taylor Washington |
| Alan Winn |
| Exposed |
| Mandela Egbo |
| David Jensen |
| Chris Lema |
| Kendall McIntosh |
| Ryan Meara |
| Sean Nealis |
| Jason Pendant |
| Marc Rzatkowski |
| Patrick Seagrist |
| Jared Stroud |
| Amro Tarek |
| Samuel Tetteh |
| Exposed |
| Matheus Aiás |
| Tesho Akindele |
| Alexander Alvarado |
| Josué Colmán |
| Alex DeJohn |
| Joey DeZart |
| Dom Dwyer |
| Kamal Miller |
| Santiago Patiño |
| Robinho |
| Oriol Rosell |
| Brian Rowe |
| Kyle Smith |
| Exposed |
| Joe Bendik |
| Aurélien Collin |
| Warren Creavalle |
| Ilsinho |
| Michee Ngalina |
| Matej Oravec |
| Andrew Wooten |
| Exposed |
| Alvin Jones |
| Zac MacMath |
| Ashtone Morgan |
| Luke Mulholland |
| Nedum Onuoha |
| Justin Portillo |
| Andrew Putna |
| Giuseppe Rossi |
| Exposed |
| Matt Bersano |
| Eric Calvillo |
| Luis Felipe Fernandes |
| Danny Hoesen |
| Guram Kashia |
| Paul Marie |
| Valeri Qazaishvili |
| Jack Skahan |
| Exposed |
| Laurent Ciman |
| Tsubasa Endoh |
| Tony Gallacher |
| Erickson Gallardo |
| Justin Morrow |
| Patrick Mullins |
| Pablo Piatti |
| Kevin Silva |
| Eriq Zavaleta |
| Exposed |
| Derek Cornelius |
| Jasser Khmiri |
| Bryan Meredith |
| David Milinković |
| Fredy Montero |
| Andy Rose |