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2008 MLS Expansion Draft

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Date
  
November 26, 2008

Expansion season
  
2009

Expansion team
  
Seattle Sounders FC

The 2008 MLS Expansion Draft took place on November 26, 2008, and was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Seattle Sounders FC. They made 10 selections from a pool of players from the other 14 MLS clubs.

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  • Only one player could be selected from each team. Four of the league's 14 current teams did not have a player selected.
  • Teams were allowed to protect 11 players from their 28-man rosters. Generation Adidas players were automatically protected, though players who are graduated from the program to the senior roster at the end of the 2008 season were not.
  • Teams with 4 or more international players were required to protect 3 of them. If a team had 3 or fewer international players, then it was required to protect all but one.
  • Any developmental players selected were required to be moved up to the senior roster for the 2009 season.

    • Team-by-team breakdown

    Source

    Toronto FC

    References

    2008 MLS Expansion Draft Wikipedia
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