ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 16, 2019) - Ahead of the 2019 Major League Soccer (MLS) Expansion Draft, Orlando City SC has announced its protected player list. The list consists of 17 total protected players, with five of those automatically protected due to Homegrown or Generation adidas status.
At 5:30 p.m. ET, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC - who will both begin MLS play in 2020 - will each select up to five players through the Expansion Draft. No team may lose more than one player in the draft. Complete Expansion Draft rules can be found at the link here.
Orlando City SC 2019 Expansion Draft Protected List:
Danilo Acosta
Tesho Akindele
Josué Colmán
Dom Dwyer
Robin Jansson
Cam Lindley
Sebastián Méndez
Benji Michel
João Moutinho^
Chris Mueller
Nani
Mauricio Pereya
Uri Rosell
Mason Stajduhar
Ruan Teixeira
Santiago Patiño
Kamal Miller
*Homegrown Player (Auto Protected)
^Generation adidas Player (Auto Protected)
