The next big step in roster building for FC Cincinnati will take place early next month, with MLS announcing that the league's newest club, set to start play in 2019, would have its Expansion Draft on December 11.
A concept that may be foreign to those outside of the United States, the expansion draft will allow Cincinnati to draft five players from other MLS teams as they look to put together a roster for the club's initial season in the top flight.
Expansion has become a tradition in MLS and the expansion draft process is now considered a normal part of roster proceedings for clubs, but Cincinnati's draft will be somewhat more limited.