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New York City FC Submit Protected List for MLS Expansion Draft

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New York City FC have today submitted their Protected List ahead of Tuesday’s MLS Expansion Draft.


The draft will take place on Tuesday, December 12 at 2pm ET and LAFC will have five picks to help build out their roster for their inaugural season.


In addition to the 11 players listed below, Jonathan Lewis is exempt from selection, as a current member of Generation adidas, while James Sands cannot be taken due to his Homegrown status.


Note: Only a single player can be drafted from any one of the 22 MLS teams.


NYCFC Protected List


Alexander Callens


Jack Harrison


Yangel Herrera


Sean Johnson


Ronald Matarrita


Tommy McNamara


Maxi Moralez


Alexander Ring


Ben Sweat


David Villa


Rodney Wallace


Jonathan Lewis (Auto Protected – GA)


James Sands (Auto Protected – HG)



NYCFC Unprotected List


RJ Allen


Kwame Awuah


Miguel Camargo


Maxime Chanot


Shannon Gomez


Eirik Johansen


Mikey Lopez


Jefferson Mena


Sean Okoli


Andre Rawls


Khiry Shelton


John Stertzer


Andraz Struna


Ethan White



NYCFC.com will have news on the Expansion Draft as soon as it has been conducted on Tuesday afternoon.

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