In what’s not usually a Saturday-morning affair, Real Salt Lake has announced their protected list for this year’s iteration of the MLS Expansion Draft.
There are no real surprises here — except one or two for me, which we’ll touch on in a moment.
- Andrew Putna
- Nedum Onuoha
- Donny Toia
- Damir Kreilach
- Everton Luiz
- Sam Johnson
- Douglas Martinez
The players who cannot be picked consist of the following, which is where surprises came for me:
- Luis Arriaga
- Corey Baird
- Justen Glad
- Aaron Herrera
- Erik Holt
- David Ochoa
- Tate Schmitt
- Julian Vazquez
In the last iteration of the Expansion Draft, Glad and Saucedo had to protected, as neither had a homegrown player roster designation, given their place on the senior roster and the lack of such a designation in available quasi-official rosters.