The 2019 MLS Expansion Draft is taking place on Tuesday, November 19, at 5:30 p.m. ET and each MLS club was required to release their list of protected players on Friday, November 15. Here is the list that the Colorado Rapids came up with.
Protected Players:
Automatically Protected (All Homegrown Players):
Players Available for Selection:
Logistical Notes
Jonathan Lewis has apparently graduated from the Generation adidas program—though no one seems to know how a player actually completes the program—which is why the club had to include him on the protected list.