Expansion Draft Preview: Which Minnesota United players could be selected?

Eric Hartline-USA TODAY SportsEach time a team enters the league, the get the change to poach players from other teams. Last year, as in this year’s edition, there will only be one team taking part. Two years ago when the Loons and Atlanta United were taking part, they had to fight each other for players and pick strategically. Having only one team involved means the Loons have less of a chance of losing a player, but will be compensated with allocation money if they do. This year’s draft, in keeping with MLS tradition for the Expansion draft, grants reprieves for the teams that lost players last year. That narrows the pool of teams from 23 to 18, with Seattle, Sporting KC, San Jose, Columbus, and Toronto getting to watch gleefully from the sidelines, their starting lineups left untouched.

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