This afternoon, the 20 current MLS franchises released their protected and unprotected player lists ahead of tomorrow’s Expansion Draft for new 2017 sides Atlanta United and Minnesota United.
For New York City FC, the list wasn’t boiling over with surprises. But from where we sit, there was definitely one:
NYCFC PROTECTED PLAYERS
1. Sean Johnson
2. RJ Allen
3. Maxime Chanot
4. Frederic Brillant
5. Ronald Matarrita
6. Mix Diskerud!
7. Andrea Pirlo
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