HARRISON, N.J., (December 10, 2014) – No players from the New York Red Bulls were selected in the 2015 MLS expansion draft on Wednesday afternoon. The draft, which was broadcast live on the MLSSoccer.com, took place to help the league’s new franchises, Orlando City SC and NYC FC, fill out their rosters. Both new clubs utilized all 10 rounds of the draft to add MLS talent to their rosters.
Next up in the MLS off season will be the re-entry draft, for players that have league experience but are not currently under contract. The first stage of the re-entry draft will take place on Friday afternoon.
Expansion Draft Rundown
Orlando City
- Donovan Ricketts (POR), POR protects Jorge Villafana
- Tony Cascio (COL), COL protects Marc Burch
- Jalil Anibaba (SEA), SEA protects Zach Scott
- Pedro Ribeiro (PHI, PHI protects Michael Lahoud
- Lewis Neal (D.C.), D.C. protects Davy Arnaud
- Jairo Arrieta (CLB), CLB protects Ben Speas
- Heath Pearce (MTL), MTL protects Donny Toia
- Danny Mwanga (COL), COL is out of the draft
- Mark Sherrod (HOU), HOU protects Joe Willis
- Eric Gerhig (CLB), CLB is out of the draft
NYC FC
- Ned Grabavoy (RSL), RSL protects Carlos Salcedo
- Patrick Mullins (NE), NE protects Steve Neumann
- Jason Hernandez (SJ), SJ protects Ty Harden
- Daniel Lovitz (TOR), TOR protects Mark Bloom
- Tony Taylor (NE), NE is out of the draft
- Medhi Ballouchy (VAN), VAN protects Nicolas Mezquida
- George John (FC DALLAS), DALLAS protects Stephen Keel
- Tommy McNamara (D.C.), D.C. is out of the draft
- Sal Zizzo (KC), KC protects Jake Peterson
- Chris Wingert (RSL), End of Draft
