Next Wednesday the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft will help stock new clubs Nashville SC and Inter Miami with a few roster players for the 2020 MLS season. Today Orlando City announced the club’s protected list of players who are not eligible for selection in that process, with Generation Adidas and Homegrown Players being automatically protected.
Here are the players who we know cannot be swept up by either of the league’s two new teams:
- Tesho Akindele
- Josué Colmán
- Robin Jansson
- Cam Lindley*
- Sebastián Méndez
- Benji Michel*
- João Moutinho^
- Chris Mueller
- Nani
- Mauricio Pereya
- Uri Rosell
- Ruan Teixeira
- Santiago Patiño
- Kamal Miller
*Homegrown Player
^Generation adidas Player
Here are the players who are eligible to be selected by Nashville or Miami next Wednesday:
- Carlos Ascues
- Alex De John
- Adam Grinwis
- Greg Ranjitsingh
- Robinho
- Lamine Sane
- Kyle Smith
There aren’t too many surprises on either list.