Timbers, Whitecaps Make Picks In Expansion Draft; Timbers Trade Top Pick McCarty To DC United

Major League Soccer's two expansion franchises for the 2011 season -- the Portland Timbers and the Vancouver Whitecaps -- added more players to their roster Wednesday via an Expansion Draft.

However, the biggest news came after the draft took place as the Timbers, who had the first pick in each of the draft's ten rounds, traded their top pick, former FC Dallas midfielder Dax McCarty to the worst team in the league last season, DC United, in exchange for midfielder Rodney Wallace and the lowest of their fourth round picks in next month's MLS SuperDraft.

Here is a round-by-round recap of how the Expansion Draft unfolded.

ROUND 1
Portland selected FC Dallas midfielder Dax McCarty; FC Dallas then protected defender/midfielder Daniel Hernandez.

Vancouver selected Seattle Sounders midfielder Sanna Nyassi; the Sounders then protected defender Patrick Ianni.

ROUND 2
Portland selected Columbus Crew defender Eric Brunner; the Crew then protected midfielder Kevin Burns.

Vancouver selected FC Dallas forward/midfielder Atiba Harris; FC Dallas was then removed from the draft, as no MLS team could lose more than two players.

ROUND 3
Portland selected Columbus Crew midfielder Adam Moffat; the Crew were then removed from the draft.

Vancouver selected Seattle Sounders defender Nathan Sturgis; the Sounders were then removed from the draft.

ROUND 4
Portland selected Colorado Rapids defender/midfielder Anthony Wallace; the Rapids then protected midfielder Wells Thompson.

Vancouver selected Philadelphia Union midfielder Shea Salinas; the Union then protected goalkeeper Chris Seitz.

ROUND 5
Portland selected Real Salt Lake defender David Horst; RSL then protected midfielder Collen Warner.

Vancouver selected Chivas USA forward Alan Gordon; Chivas then protected defender Mariano Trujillo.

ROUND 6
Portland selected Real Salt Lake forward Robbie Findley; RSL was then removed from the draft.

Vancouver selected Toronto FC forward O'Brien White; Toronto then protected midfielder Julian de Guzman.

ROUND 7
Portland selected Chicago Fire midfielder Peter Lowry; the Fire then protected defender Dasan Robinson.

Vancouver selected Philadelphia Union forward Alejandro Moreno; the Union were then removed from the draft.

ROUND 8
Portland selected Chivas USA defender Jonathan Bornstein; Chivas was then removed from the draft

Vancouver selected San Jose Earthquakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon; the Earthquakes then protected defender Tim Ward

ROUND 9
Portland selected DC United defender Jordan Graye; DC United then protected midfielder Kurt Morsink

Vancouver selected Sporting Kansas City defender Jonathan Leathers; Sporting Kansas City then protected goalkeeper Eric Kronberg

ROUND 10
Portland selected San Jose Earthquakes midfielder/forward Arturo Alvarez; the Earthquakes were then removed from the draft

Vancouver selected Chicago Fire midfielder John Thorrington, ending the draft.