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2020 MLS Re-Entry Draft

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2020 MLS Re-Entry Draft
General information
Date(s)
  • Stage 1: December 17, 2020
  • Stage 2: December 22, 2020
Overview
LeagueMajor League Soccer
Teams27
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The 2020 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 17, 2020 (Stage 1) and December 22, 2020 (Stage 2). All 27 Major League Soccer clubs were eligible to participate. The priority order for the MLS Re-Entry Draft was reverse order of playoff finish in 2020, taking into account their regular season finish. The 2021 expansion team, Austin FC, received the last overall selection.

Available to all teams in Stage 1 of the Re-Entry draft were:

  • Clubs must exercise the option for, or extend a Bona Fide Offer to, all players selected in Stage One and may not select their own draft-eligible players. Players with option years left on their contract will automatically be added to the drafting club's roster.
  • Should a player reject the Bona Fide Offer, the drafting club will hold the Right of First Refusal for that player in MLS.

Players who were not selected in Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Draft were made available in Stage 2. Clubs selecting players in Stage 2 were able to negotiate a new salary with the player. If a selected player was not under contract, the selecting club was required to make a genuine offer to the player within seven days subject to League Office approval.

Players who were unselected after Stage 2 were made available to any MLS club on a first-come, first-served basis.

Teams also had the option of passing on their selection.

Stage One

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The first stage of the 2020 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 17, 2020.Teams select in the reverse order of their finish during the 2020 season, taking into account playoff performance.[1] Three players were selected in the first stage.[2]

Round 1

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Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team
1 Atlanta United FC[S1 trade 1] Andrew Gutman D FC Cincinnati
2 Houston Dynamo PASS
3 D.C. United PASS
4 FC Cincinnati[S1 trade 2] PASS
5 Chicago Fire PASS
6 Real Salt Lake PASS
7 LA Galaxy PASS
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC PASS
9 Inter Miami CF PASS
10 Montreal Impact PASS
11 San Jose Earthquakes PASS
12 New York Red Bulls PASS
13 Los Angeles FC Raheem Edwards D/MF Minnesota United FC
14 Colorado Rapids PASS
15 Portland Timbers PASS
16 New York City FC PASS
17 Toronto FC PASS
18 Philadelphia Union PASS
19 Nashville SC PASS
20 FC Dallas PASS
21 Orlando City SC PASS
22 Sporting Kansas City Kendall McIntosh GK New York Red Bulls
23 New England Revolution PASS
24 Minnesota United FC PASS
25 Seattle Sounders FC PASS
26 Columbus Crew PASS
27 Austin FC PASS

Round 2

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Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team
28 Atlanta United FC PASS
29 Los Angeles FC PASS
30 Sporting Kansas City PASS

Stage One trades

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  1. ^ #1: FC Cincinnati → Atlanta United. December 17, 2019: Atlanta United FC acquired the #1 selection in Stage One of the 2020 Re-Entry Draft from FC Cincinnati in exchange for the #4 selection in Stage One of the 2019 Re-Entry Draft and $75,000 in general allocation money[ref 1]
  2. ^ #1: Atlanta United → FC Cincinnati. December 17, 2019: FC Cincinnati acquired the #4 selection in Stage One of the 2020 Re-Entry Draft and $75,000 in general allocation money from Atlanta United FC in exchange for the #1 selection in Stage One of the 2019 Re-Entry Draft[ref 1]

Stage Two

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The second stage of the 2020 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on Tuesday, December 22, 2020.

Round 1

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Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team
1 FC Cincinnati PASS
2 Houston Dynamo Joe Corona MF Austin FC
3 D.C. United Adrien Perez FW Los Angeles FC
4 Atlanta United FC PASS
5 Chicago Fire PASS
6 Real Salt Lake PASS
7 LA Galaxy PASS
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC PASS
9 Inter Miami CF PASS
10 Montreal Impact PASS
11 San Jose Earthquakes PASS
12 New York Red Bulls PASS
13 Los Angeles FC PASS
14 Colorado Rapids PASS
15 Portland Timbers PASS
16 New York City FC PASS
17 Toronto FC PASS
18 Philadelphia Union PASS
19 Nashville SC PASS
20 FC Dallas PASS
21 Orlando City SC PASS
22 Sporting Kansas City PASS
23 New England Revolution PASS
24 Minnesota United FC PASS
25 Seattle Sounders FC PASS
26 Columbus Crew Eric Dick GK Sporting Kansas City
27 Austin FC PASS

Round 2

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Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team
28 Houston Dynamo PASS
29 D.C. United PASS
30 Columbus Crew PASS

After the Second Stage concluded, teams were allowed to select players who were on their own roster in 2020.[3]

Round 3

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Pick # Drafting Team Player Position Former Team
31 Minnesota United FC Luis Amarilla FW Minnesota United FC
32 Sporting Kansas City Felipe Gutierrez MF Sporting Kansas City

References

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  1. ^ "2020 MLS Re-Entry Process: Rules & Procedure". Major League Soccer. November 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Bogert, Tom (December 17, 2020). "Three players selected in Stage One of 2020 MLS Re-Entry Draft". Major League Soccer.
  3. ^ Bogert, Tom (December 22, 2020). "Joe Corona headlines three selected in Stage Two of the MLS Re-Entry Draft". Major League Soccer.
  1. ^ a b "Atlanta acquires No. 1 pick in Re-Entry Draft" (Press release). Atlanta United. December 17, 2020.