SANDY, Utah (Monday, December 12, 2016) – Real Salt Lake has announced the 11 players on the club’s Protected Player list in advance of the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft, taking place this Tuesday, December 12. Minnesota United and Atlanta United will select five players each with no club losing more than one player to the expansion sides.
The following 11 RSL players will not be eligible for selection by Minnesota and Atlanta when Major League Soccer’s two newest clubs make their selections:
GK Nick Rimando
DF Tony Beltran
DF Aaron Maund
DF Demar Phillips
DF Chris Schuler
MF Kyle Beckerman
MF Luke Mulholland
MF Sunday Stephen
FW Yura Movsisyan
FW Joao Plata
*FW Juan Manuel Martinez
- MLS rules require clubs to make available a number of international players equal to their total number of international players minus three.