Expansion drafts used to be a regular thing in indoor soccer, but the Major Arena Soccer League’s draft to begin stocking its new Lehigh Valley franchise was the first such exercise in nearly 20 years.
These drafts, meant to stock new clubs with experienced players from existing clubs, have fallen by the wayside as indoor players have become less interested in picking up their lives and moving from one team to another on someone else’s whim. The last one that I have found, which took place in 2007, was a strange exercise for which records are incomplete. (If you have the results of the 2007 MISL Expansion Draft, send them my way.)
Below are the results of every expansion draft I have been able to find in various league and team records. Documented additions and corrections are always welcome.
| The new Lehigh Valley Spirits were allowed to draft one player from each of the existing MASL clubs. | |||
| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| Lehigh Valley Spirits | Jairo Guevara | F | Baltimore |
| Lehigh Valley Spirits | William Banahene | G | Milwaukee |
| Lehigh Valley Spirits | John Gates | D | St.Louis |
| Lehigh Valley Spirits | David Stankovic | M | Kansas City |
| Lehigh Valley Spirits | Douglas Lima | M | Tacoma |
| Lehigh Valley Spirits | Ben Suddeth | D | Empire |
| Lehigh Valley Spirits | Steven Teixeira | M | Utica |
| Lehigh Valley Spirits | Nilton de Andrade | M | San Diego |
| This draft was intended to stock the new Monterrey La Raza, New Jersey Ironmen and Orlando Sharks, but teams were permitted to trade picks. Records are incomplete. | |||
| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| Philadelphia KiXX* | Aaron Susi | F | California |
| Detroit Ignition# | Chad Dombrowski | D | Milwaukee Wave |
| Orlando Sharks | Jonathan Steele | F | Baltimore Blast |
| Philadelphia KiXX* | Matt Schmidt | D | Milwaukee Wave |
| Detroit Ignition$ | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Orlando Sharks | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Philadelphia KiXX* | Gaston Pernia | D | Chicago Storm |
| California Cougars** | Chris Handsor | F | Chicago Storm |
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Philadelphia KiXX* | Angel Rivillo | M | Milwaukee Wave |
| California Cougars** | Gordon Chin | M | Baltimore |
| New Jersey Ironmen | Osni Neto | M | Serbian White Eagles |
| *Pick acquired from Monterrey #Pick from New Jersey through California $It is unclear how Detroit acquired this pick, or who they selected. **It is unclear how California acquired these picks. |
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| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| Detroit Ignition | Sanaldo | G | Baltimore |
| Detroit Ignition | Ricardinho | F | California |
| Detroit Ignition | Hewerton Moreira | F | Milwaukee |
| Detroit Ignition | Matt Johnson | D | Chicago |
| Detroit Ignition | Carlos Farias | F | St. Louis |
| Detroit Ignition | Joel Bailey | F | Baltimore |
| Detroit Ignition | Jonathan Greenfield | D | Milwaukee |
| Detroit Ignition | Jim Larkin | G | California |
| Detroit Ignition | Joey Gjertsen | F | St. Louis |
| Detroit Ignition | Don D’Ambra | F | Philadelphia |
| Detroit Ignition | Ze Roberto | M | Philadelphia |
| Detroit Ignition | Ryan Mack | M | Philadelphia |
| Detroit Ignition | Novi Marojevic | M | Chicago |
| Detroit Ignition | Drew Callahan | D | St. Louis |
| Detroit Ignition | Kyt Selaidopoulos | M | Milwaukee |
| Detroit Ignition | Carlos Garcia | F | Baltimore |
| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| California Cougars | Marco Lopez | M/F | St. Louis |
| California Cougars | Brian Rowland | G | Baltimore |
| California Cougars | Ricardinho | M/F | Milwaukee |
| California Cougars | Vlatko Andonovski | D | Kansas City |
| California Cougars | Kevin Sloan | F | Philadelphia |
| California Cougars | Rene Rivas | D | Cleveland |
| California Cougars | Andy Rosenband | F | Chicago |
| California Cougars | Nevio Pizzolitto | D | Baltimore |
| California Cougars | Bourama Kante | D | Kansas City |
| California Cougars | Antonio Sutton | F | Cleveland |
| California Cougars | Marco Coria | M | Kansas City |
| California Cougars | Matt Caution | D | St. Louis |
| California Cougars | Pat White | D | Milwaukee |
| California Cougars | Jorge Valle | F | Chicago |
| California Cougars | Alejandro Moreno | F | Baltimore |
| California Cougars | Myles Stoddard | F | Cleveland |
| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| Chicago Storm | Ibrahim Kante | D | Baltimore |
| Chicago Storm | Sandre Naumoski | M | Kansas City |
| Chicago Storm | Andy Guastaferro | M | Philadelphia |
| Chicago Storm | Mark Rowland | F | Dallas |
| Chicago Storm | Jose Alvarado | D | Dallas |
| Chicago Storm | Fernando Errecalde | M | St. Louis |
| Chicago Storm | Kevin Sakuda | D | San Diego |
| Chicago Storm | Dan Green | G | Milwaukee |
| Chicago Storm | Dewan Bader | D | Baltimore |
| Chicago Storm | Phil Presser | D | Kansas City |
| Chicago Storm | Matthew Stewart | M | Milwaukee |
| Chicago Storm | Craig Scheer | M | Kansas City |
| Chicago Storm | Mauricio Vincello | D | Philadelphia |
| Chicago Storm | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar | M | Philadelphia |
| Chicago Storm | Ryan Futagaki | M | Milwaukee |
| Chicago Storm | Hector Marinaro | F | Cleveland |
| As a new team, Monterrey received the first five picks in the draft, while St. Louis, which was returning from a hiatus, joined the proceedings on the sixth pick. | |||
| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| Monterrey Fury | Martin Dugas | M | Milwaukee |
| Monterrey Fury | Armando Valdivia | M | Dallas |
| Monterrey Fury | Sinisa Alebic | D | Milwaukee |
| Monterrey Fury | Gary DePalma | M | Philadelphia |
| Monterrey Fury | Martin Nash | M | Milwaukee |
| St. Louis Steamers | Craig Scheer | D | Baltimore |
| Monterrey Fury | Juan De La O | G | Dallas |
| St. Louis Steamers | Dewan Bader | D | Baltimore |
| Monterrey Fury | Kiley Couch | D | Cleveland |
| St. Louis Steamers | Erik Kuster | F | Kansas City |
| Monterrey Fury | Antonio Sutton | F | Dallas |
| St. Louis Steamers | Steve Butcher | F | Cleveland |
| Monterrey Fury | Aaron Susi | F | San Diego |
| St. Louis Steamers | Matt Caution | F | Kansas City |
| Monterrey Fury | Alejandro Cardenas | D | San Diego |
| St. Louis Steamers | Jeremy Aldrich | D | Milwaukee |
| Monterrey Fury | Clovis Simas | F | Kansas City |
| St. Louis Steamers | Danny Santoro | M | Baltimore |
| Monterrey Fury | Anthony Farace | M | San Diego |
| St. Louis Steamers | Sterling Wescott | M | San Diego |
| Monterrey Fury | Joe Mattachione | D | Cleveland |
| St. Louis Steamers | Cesidio Colasante | M | Philadelphia |
| Monterrey Fury | Ryan Trout | F | San Diego |
| St. Louis Steamers | Daniel Barber | M | Baltimore |
| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Omid Namazi | D | Baltimore |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Rudy Pikuzinski | F | Buffalo |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Matt Brienes | M | Canton |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Tony Bono | M | Chicago |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Steve Provan | M | Cincinnati |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Chris Handsor | M | Cleveland |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Omar Dalombo | M | Detroit |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Scott Henderson | D | Harrisburg |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Brett Phillips | G | Kansas City |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Larry Julius | D | Milwaukee |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Greg Sczurek | F | St. Louis |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Brian Thiel | D | Tampa Bay |
| Philadelphia KiXX | Jimmy McGeough | M | Wichita |
| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| Indianapolis Twisters | Beronie Richardson | D | Detroit |
| Indianapolis Twisters | Arturo Velazco | D | Mexico |
| Indianapolis Twisters | Mariano Bollella | M | Mexico |
| Indianapolis Twisters | Joel Shanker | M | Detroit |
| Indianapolis Twisters | Samuel Jeronimo | F | Mexico |
| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| Tampa Bay Terror | Jon Parry | F | Baltimore |
| Tampa Bay Terror | Mike Britton | D | Buffalo |
| Tampa Bay Terror | James Danaher | F | Canton |
| Tampa Bay Terror | Juan Carranza | F | Chicago |
| Tampa Bay Terror | Phil Wolf | D | Cincinnati |
| Tampa Bay Terror | Bill Andracki | G | Cleveland |
| Tampa Bay Terror | Brian Thiel | D | Detroit |
| Tampa Bay Terror | Doug Petras | G | Harrisburg |
| Tampa Bay Terror | Jeff Rogers | F | Kansas City |
| Tampa Bay Terror | Larry Julius | D | Milwaukee |
| Tampa Bay Terror | Scott McDoniel | F | St. Louis |
| Tampa Bay Terror | John Garvey | F | Wichita |
| This draft stocked the new Buffalo and Baltimore clubs, as well as the Cleveland and Wichita teams that joined from the MSL after its demise. | |||
| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| Buffalo Blizzard | Mike Gosselin | D | Canton |
| Baltimore Spirit | Tim Ernst | F | Detroit |
| Cleveland Crunch | Mark Thomas | F | Kansas City |
| Wichita Wings | Jay White | D | Detroit |
| Buffalo Blizzard | Russ Prince | G | Chicago |
| Baltimore Spirit | Bobby Joe Esposito | F | Kansas City |
| Cleveland Crunch | Victor Jakovljevic | M | Milwaukee |
| Wichita Wings | Victor Fernandez | D | Chicago |
| Buffalo Blizzard | Chuck Codd | D | Chicago |
| Baltimore Spirit | Kyle Boschen | D | Harrisburg |
| Cleveland Crunch | Scott Cannon | D | Harrisburg |
| Wichita Wings | Lee Tschantret | F | Harrisburg |
| Buffalo Blizzard | Mike DiNunzio | D | Canton |
| Baltimore Spirit | Chris Duke | D | Kansas City |
| Cleveland Crunch | Victor Quni | F | Detroit |
| Wichita Wings | Charlie Morgan | D | Kansas City |
| Buffalo Blizzard | Doug Swanson | D | Canton |
| Baltimore Spirit | Nassim Olabi | F | Denver |
| Cleveland Crunch | David Vaudreuil | M | Harrisburg |
| Wichita Wings | LeBaron Holliman | F | St. Louis |
| Buffalo Blizzard | Greg Ayers | F | Dayton |
| Baltimore Spirit | Scott Henderson | D | Dayton |
| Cleveland Crunch | Lee Rogers | D | Milwaukee |
| Wichita Wings | Felipe Hernandez | G | Milwaukee |
| Buffalo Blizzard | Ko Thanadabouth | D | Chicago |
| Baltimore Spirit | Roger Chavez | F | Denver |
| Cleveland Crunch | Tim Tyma | D | Denver |
| Wichita Wings | Doug Landefeld | M | Detroit |
| Buffalo Blizzard | Mike Fox | F | Milwaukee |
| Baltimore Spirit | Fahmi El-Shami | F | Dayton |
| Cleveland Crunch | Marcelo Carrera | F | Canton |
| Wichita Wings | Alex Umansky | F | Denver |
| Buffalo Blizzard | Jon Gardner | D | Dayton |
| Baltimore Spirit | Steve Hayes | D | St. Louis |
| Cleveland Crunch | Tom Brown | G | St. Louis |
| Wichita Wings | Art Kramer | F | St. Louis |
| The new Cleveland Crunch franchise was allowed to draft one player from each of the existing MISL clubs. | |||
| Expansion Team | Player | Pos. | From |
| Cleveland Crunch | Iain Fraser | D | Kansas City |
| Cleveland Crunch | Fernando Clavijo | D | Los Angeles |
| Cleveland Crunch | Bernie James | D | Tacoma |
| Cleveland Crunch | Victor Moreland | D | Wichita |
| Cleveland Crunch | Michael King | M | Dallas |
| Cleveland Crunch | Mike Sweeney | M | Baltimore |
| Cleveland Crunch | Paul Wright | F | San Diego |