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MLS announces available players for selection in 2017 Expansion Draft

NEW YORK – Major League Soccer today announced the list of players available for selection in the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft. The Los Angeles Football Club will have the opportunity to select up to five players during the Expansion Draft as they prepare for their 2018 debut. A list of 309 players are available.

The 2017 MLS Expansion Draft will be covered live on MLSsoccer.com on Tuesday, Dec. 12, beginning at 11 a.m. PT.

Each current MLS club protected 11 players from their 2017 roster. Generation adidas players (who did not graduate at the end of the 2017 season) and Homegrown Players on a club’s off-budget roster are automatically protected and do not count against a team’s 11 protected roster spots.