Sporting Kansas City unveiled the 12 players (plus Homegrowns) they are protecting for Tuesday’s MLS Expansion Draft between Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC. The fan and pundit reactions have been strong, but let’s provide a little context.
Below we’ll break down who was out of contract, who has years left on their contract (or has option years) and what each player made in 2019 (as we don’t know the 2020 numbers yet).
We’ll start with those out of contract.
These two make complete sense. They are both unlikely to return either due to international status (Hasler) or injury and contract size (Wallace).