In advance of releasing the list of players it will be protecting from the 2016 Expansion Draft, the New York Red Bulls issued a statement clarifying the status of several players who had featured on the club's 2016 MLS roster.
The real news in the release was the identity of players out of contract: Damien Perrinelle, Aurelien Collin, Kyle Reynish, and Shaun Wright-Phillips are all heading into the off-season without active MLS contracts. Ryan Meara was also on the out-of-contract list, but has been re-signed to a multi-year deal by RBNY.