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Orlando City SC Announces 2019 MLS Expansion Draft Protected List

Protected list 2019

ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 16, 2019) - Ahead of the 2019 Major League Soccer (MLS) Expansion Draft, Orlando City SC has announced its protected player list. The list consists of 17 total protected players, with five of those automatically protected due to Homegrown or Generation adidas status. 


At 5:30 p.m. ET, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC - who will both begin MLS play in 2020 - will each select up to five players through the Expansion Draft. No team may lose more than one player in the draft. Complete Expansion Draft rules can be found at the link here


Orlando City SC 2019 Expansion Draft Protected List:

Danilo Acosta


Tesho Akindele


Josué Colmán


Dom Dwyer


Robin Jansson


Cam Lindley


Sebastián Méndez


Benji Michel


João Moutinho^


Chris Mueller


Nani


Mauricio Pereya


Uri Rosell


Mason Stajduhar


Ruan Teixeira


Santiago Patiño


Kamal Miller


*Homegrown Player (Auto Protected)
^Generation adidas Player (Auto Protected)