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LAFC Protects 12 Players Ahead Of 2019 MLS Expansion Draft And Full Eligible Player List Announced

LAFC Protects 12 Players Ahead Of Expansion Draft

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LAFC announced today that the Club has protected 12 players in advance of the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 19.


The following LAFC players will not be eligible for selection by Nashville SC or Inter Miami FC during the Expansion Draft:


GK Pablo Sisniega
DEF Tristan Blackmon
DEF Diego Palacios
DEF Eddie Segura
DEF Walker Zimmerman
MID Eduard Atuesta
MID Latif Blessing
MID Mark-Anthony Kaye
FWD Adama Diomande
FWD Brian Rodriguez
FWD Diego Rossi
FWD Carlos Vela


Earlier today, MLS released the list of 222 players available for selection in the draft. Expansion clubs Nashville SC and Inter Miami CF will have the opportunity to select up to five players each from the eligible player list.


The Expansion Draft eligible player list includes players from 19 MLS clubs. D.C. United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, New York Red Bulls, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are exempt, having had a player selected in the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft. 


MLS Homegrown Players ages 25 and under (those born during or after 1994), as well as Generation adidas players that did not graduate from the program following the 2019 season are automatically protected, therefore clubs did not need to use one of their 12 selections to protect them.


Once a player has been claimed from a club's list of eligible players, Nashville SC and Inter Miami may no longer select players from that club's list.


Complete rules and information for the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft are available here.


PLAYERS AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION IN 2019 MLS EXPANSION DRAFT

<strong>MLS Club</strong>
<strong>Player Name</strong>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Mikey Ambrose</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Jon Gallagher</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Jose Hernandez</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Alec Kann</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Kevin Kratz</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Jeff Larentowicz</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Justin Meram</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Brendan Moore</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Luiz Fernando</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Michael Parkhurst</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Dion Pereira</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Florentin Pogba</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Brek Shea</p>
<p>&nbsp;Atlanta United</p>
<p>Brandon Vazquez</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>Diego Campos</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>Stefan Cleveland</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>Elliot Collier</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>Marcelo</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>Nicolas Gaitan</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>Cristian Martinez</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>Amando Moreno</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>Nemanja Nikolic</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>David Ousted</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>Richard Sanchez</p>
<p>&nbsp;Chicago Fire</p>
<p>Bastian Schweinsteiger</p>
<p>&nbsp;Colorado Rapids</p>
<p>Tim Howard</p>
<p>&nbsp;Colorado Rapids</p>
<p>Niki Jackson</p>
<p>&nbsp;Colorado Rapids</p>
<p>Kofi Opare</p>
<p>&nbsp;Colorado Rapids</p>
<p>Abdul Rwatubyaye</p>
<p>&nbsp;Colorado Rapids</p>
<p>Axel Sjoberg</p>
<p>&nbsp;Colorado Rapids</p>
<p>Danny Wilson</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Luis Argudo</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Ricardo Clark</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Waylon Francis</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>David Guzman</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Federico Higuain</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Hector Jimenez</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Jon Kempin</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Ben Lundgaard</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Connor Maloney</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Youness Mokhtar</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Edward Opoku</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Eduardo Sosa</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Josh Williams</p>
<p>&nbsp;Columbus Crew SC</p>
<p>Romario Williams</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Fanendo Adi</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Nazmi Albadawi</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Corben Bone</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Hassan Ndam</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Logan Gdula</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Jimmy Hague</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Justin Hoyte</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Roland Lamah</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Forrest Lasso</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Emmanuel Ledesma</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Ben Lundt</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Kekuta Manneh</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Darren Mattocks</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Jimmy McLaughlin</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Alvas Powell</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Caleb Stanko</p>
<p>&nbsp;FC Cincinnati</p>
<p>Przemyslaw Tyton</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
<p>Lamar Batista</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Steven Beitashour</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Danilo Silva</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Phillip Ejimadu</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Mohamed El-Munir</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Alejandro Guido</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Jordan Harvey</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Dejan Jakovic</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Tyler Miller</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Lee Nguyen</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Adrien Perez</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Javier Perez</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Josh Perez</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Peter-Lee Vassell</p>
<p>&nbsp;Los Angeles Football Club</p>
<p>Rodolfo Zelaya</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Favio Alvarez</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Uriel Antuna</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Servando Carrasco</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Emil Cuello</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Tomas Hilliard-Arce</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Zlatan Ibrahimovic</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Perry Kitchen</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Matt Lampson</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Joao Pedro</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Juninho</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Chris Pontius</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Jorgen Skjelvik</p>
<p>&nbsp;LA Galaxy</p>
<p>Diedie Traore</p>
<p>&nbsp;League Pool GK</p>
<p>Charlie Lyon</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Abu Danladi</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Ethan Finlay</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Marlon Hairston</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Miguel Ibarra</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Brent Kallman</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Carter Manley</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Wilfried Moimbe-Tahrat</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Ally Ng'anzi</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Lawrence Olum</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Wyatt Omsberg</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Angelo Rodriguez</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Rasmus Schuller</p>
<p>&nbsp;Minnesota United FC</p>
<p>Bobby Shuttleworth</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Zachary Brault-Guillard</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Omar Browne</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Evan Bush</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Rudy Camacho</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Jorge Corrales</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Rod Fanni</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Anthony Jackson-Hamel</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Ken Krolicki</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Bacary Sagna</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Amar Sejdic</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Maximiliano Urruti</p>
<p>&nbsp;Montreal Impact</p>
<p>Jeisson Vargas</p>
<p>&nbsp;New England Revolution</p>
<p>Juan Agudelo</p>
<p>&nbsp;New England Revolution</p>
<p>Jalil Anibaba</p>
<p>&nbsp;New England Revolution</p>
<p>Juan Caicedo</p>
<p>&nbsp;New England Revolution</p>
<p>Edgar Castillo</p>
<p>&nbsp;New England Revolution</p>
<p>Cody Cropper</p>
<p>&nbsp;New England Revolution</p>
<p>Brad Knighton</p>
<p>&nbsp;New England Revolution</p>
<p>Michael Mancienne</p>
<p>&nbsp;New England Revolution</p>
<p>Brian Wright</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Luis Barraza</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Daniel Bedoya</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Jeff Caldwell</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Sebastien Ibeagha</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Gary Mackay-Steven</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Jesus Medina</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Eric Miller</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Abdi Mohamed</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Ebenezer Ofori</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Tony Rocha</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Brad Stuver</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Ben Sweat</p>
<p>&nbsp;New York City FC</p>
<p>Juan Pablo Torres</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Carlos Ascues</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Alex De John</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Adam Grinwis</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Cristian Higuita</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Will Johnson</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Sacha Kljestan</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Shane O'Neill</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Dillon Powers</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Greg Ranjitsingh</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Robinho</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Brian Rowe</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Lamine Sane</p>
<p>&nbsp;Orlando City SC</p>
<p>Kyle Smith</p>
<p>&nbsp;Philadelphia Union</p>
<p>RJ Allen</p>
<p>&nbsp;Philadelphia Union</p>
<p>Fabinho</p>
<p>&nbsp;Philadelphia Union</p>
<p>Joe Bendik</p>
<p>&nbsp;Philadelphia Union</p>
<p>Aurelien Collin</p>
<p>&nbsp;Philadelphia Union</p>
<p>Warren Creavalle</p>
<p>&nbsp;Philadelphia Union</p>
<p>Marco Fabian</p>
<p>&nbsp;Philadelphia Union</p>
<p>Olivier Mbaizo</p>
<p>&nbsp;Philadelphia Union</p>
<p>Haris Medunjanin</p>
<p>&nbsp;Philadelphia Union</p>
<p>Michee Ngalina</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Dairon Asprilla</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Jeff Attinella</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Tomas Conechny</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Claude Dielna</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Andres Flores</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Aljaz Ivacic</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Modou Jadama</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Kendall McIntosh</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Andy Polo</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Zarek Valentin</p>
<p>&nbsp;Portland Timbers</p>
<p>Renzo Zambrano</p>
<p>&nbsp;Real Salt Lake</p>
<p>Tony Beltran</p>
<p>&nbsp;Real Salt Lake</p>
<p>Alex Horwath</p>
<p>&nbsp;Real Salt Lake</p>
<p>Luke Mulholland</p>
<p>&nbsp;Real Salt Lake</p>
<p>Joao Plata</p>
<p>&nbsp;Real Salt Lake</p>
<p>Justin Portillo</p>
<p>&nbsp;Real Salt Lake</p>
<p>Nick Rimando</p>
<p>&nbsp;Real Salt Lake</p>
<p>Kelyn Rowe</p>
<p>&nbsp;Real Salt Lake</p>
<p>Pablo Ruiz</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Francois Affolter</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Matt Bersano</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Eric Calvillo</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Harold Cummings</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Luis Felipe</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Carlos Fierro</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Marcos Lopez</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Paul Marie</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Jimmy Ockford</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Kevin Partida</p>
<p>&nbsp;San Jose Earthquakes</p>
<p>Andrew Tarbell</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Saad Abdul-Salaam</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Will Bruin</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Jonathan Campbell</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Emanuel Cecchini</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Justin Dhillon</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Chad Marshall</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Bryan Meredith</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Victor Rodriguez</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Alex Roldan</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Harry Shipp</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Luis Silva</p>
<p>&nbsp;Seattle Sounders FC</p>
<p>Roman Torres</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sporting Kansas City</p>
<p>Botond Barath</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sporting Kansas City</p>
<p>Eric Dick</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sporting Kansas City</p>
<p>Benny Feilhaber</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sporting Kansas City</p>
<p>Andreu Fontas</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sporting Kansas City</p>
<p>Nicolas Hasler</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sporting Kansas City</p>
<p>Jimmy Medranda</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sporting Kansas City</p>
<p>Krisztian Nemeth</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sporting Kansas City</p>
<p>Seth Sinovic</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sporting Kansas City</p>
<p>Rodney Wallace</p>
<p>&nbsp;Sporting Kansas City</p>
<p>Gedion Zelalem</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Jon Bakero</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Nicolas Benezet</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Laurent Ciman</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Tsubasa Endoh</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Drew Moor</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Ashtone Morgan</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Justin Morrow</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Patrick Mullins</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Caleb Patterson-Sewell</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Ryan Telfer</p>
<p>&nbsp;Toronto FC</p>
<p>Eriq Zavaleta</p>