MLS Philadelphia Union

Major League Soccer Announces Players Available for Selection in Expansion Draft Tuesday

Published on December 12, 2016 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Philadelphia Union News Release


CHESTER, Pa.- Major League Soccer today announced the list of players available for selection in the 2016 Expansion Draft. The Expansion Draft will provide an opportunity for expansion clubs Atlanta United and Minnesota United FC to select up to five players each from the list of 259 available players. Atlanta United will have the first selection in the Expansion Draft.

The 2016 Expansion Draft will be streamed live on MLSsoccer.com, tomorrow, December 13, beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Each current MLS club had the opportunity to protect 11 players from their 2016 roster. Generation adidas players (who did not graduate at the end of the 2016 season) and Homegrown Players on a club's off-budget roster are automatically protected and do not count against a team's 11 protected roster spots. Designated Players are not automatically protected. If a Designated Player has a no trade clause in his contract, then the club must protect him in the Expansion Draft.

Once one player has been selected from a team's unprotected roster, that team may not lose any further players (all additional players from that team become ineligible for selection).

Players protected from the expansion draft from the Philadelphia Union are the following, including players who are automatically protected: Roland Alberg, Eric Ayuk, Alejandro Bedoya, Andre Blake, Warren Creavalle, Fabinho, Fabian Herbers (Generation adidas), Ilsinho, Derrick Jones (Homegrown Player), Richie Marquez, Chris Pontius, Keegan Rosenberry, CJ Sapong, Auston Trusty (Homegrown Player) and Josh Yaro (Generation adidas).

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