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MLS Expansion Draft: Full list of protected players

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Nascent sides Atlanta United and Minnesota United FC will bolster their rosters through the MLS Expansion Draft on Tuesday, and Monday, they both learned which players will be available to poach from the other clubs in the league.

Every side released a list of 11 players who cannot be selected in the Expansion Draft, and with such a finite number of protected slots, there are a host of talented names available to the league's two newest teams.

Chicago Fire

Protected players: David Accam, Arturo Alvarez, Jonathan Campbell, Mchael De Leeuw, John Goosens, John Kappelhoff, Matt Lampson, Joao Meira, Matt Polster, Luis Solignac, Brandon Vincent

Notable unprotected players: Nick LaBrocca, Michael Stephens, Eric Gehrig

Colorado Rapids

Protected players: Michael Azira, Sam Cronin, Kevin Doyle, Shkelzen Gashi, Marlon Hairston, Tim Howard, Zac MacMath, Eric Miller, Dillon Powers, Axel Sjoberg, Dominique Badji

Notable unprotected players: Jermaine Jones, Sebastian Le Toux, Marco Pappa

Columbus Crew

Protected players: Harrison Afful, Ethan Finlay, Federico Higuain, Adam Jahn, Hector Jimenez, Ola Kamara, Justin Meram, Nicolai Naess, Zack Steffen, Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp

Notable unprotected players: Corey Ashe, Mohammed Saied, Tyson Wahl

D.C. United

Protected players: Luciano Acosta, Steve Birnbaum, Nick DeLeon, Bill Hamid, Taylor Kemp, Patrick Mullins, Lamar Neagle, Patrick Nyarko, Lloyd Sam, Marcelo Sarvas, Rob Vincent

Notable unprotected players: Bobby Boswell, Sean Franklin, Chris Rolfe

FC Dallas

Protected players: Kellyn Acosta, Tesho Akindele, Michael Barrios, Mauro Diaz, Maynor Figueroa, Carlos Gruezo, Matt Hedges, Ryan Hollingshead, Victor Ulloa, Maximiliano Urruti, Walker Zimmerman

Notable unprotected players: Atiba Harris, Zach Loyd, Mauro Rosales

Houston Dynamo

Protected players: Eric Alexander, Jalil Anibaba, Will Bruin, Ricardo Clark, Jose Escalante, Mauro Manotas, Boniek Garcia, Alex Monteiro, Erick Torres, Andrew Wenger, Joe Willis

Notable unprotected players: DaMarcus Beasley, Cristian Maidana, Raul Rodriguez

LA Galaxy

Protected players: Emmanuel Boateng, Ashley Cole, AJ DeLaGarza, Clement Diop, Giovani Dos Santos, Sebastian Lletget, Robbie Rogers, Brian Rowe, Daniel Steres, Jelle Van Damme, Gyasi Zardes

Notable unprotected players: Leonardo, Alan Gordon, Dan Kennedy, Mike Magee

Montreal Impact

Protected players: Hernan Bernandello, Ambroise Oyongo, Evan Bush, Victor Cabrera, Hassoun Camara, Laurent Ciman, Marco Donadel, Matteo Mancosu, Ignacio Piatti, Andres Romero, Johan Venegas

Notable unprotected players: Patrice Bernier, Dominic Oduro, Harry Shipp

New England Revolution

Protected players: Juan Agudelo, Teal Bunbury, Cody Cropper, Diego Fagundez, Andrew Farrell, Kei Kamara, Gershon Koffe, Xavier Kouassi, Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe, Chris Tierney

Notable unprotected players: Jose Goncalves, Bobby Shuttleworth, JeVaughn Watson

New York City FC

Protected players: RJ Allen, Frederic Brilliant, Maxime Chanot, Mix Diskerud, Sean Johnson, Mikey Lopez, Ronald Matarrita, Thomas McNamara, Andrea Pirlo, Khiry Shelton, David Villa

Notable unprotected players: Federico Bravo, Josh Saunders, Eirik Johansen

New York Red Bulls

Protected players: Ryan Meara, Luis Robles, Aurelien Collin, Kemar Lawrence, Dax McCarty, Sacha Kljestan, Felipe, Mike Grella, Daniel Royer; Bradley Wright-Phillips, Gonzalo Veron

Notable unprotected players: Gideon Baah, Ronald Zubar, Sal Zizzo, Damien Perrinelle

Orlando City

Protected players: Jose Aja, Joe Bendik, Christian Higuita, Kaka, Cyle Larin, Kevin Molino, Antonio Nocerino, Matias Perez Garcia, Rafael Ramos, Carlos Augusto Rivas, Brek Shea

Notable unprotected players: Seb Hines, Julio Baptista, Bryan Rochez

Philadelphia Union

Protected players: Roland Alberg, Eric Ayuk, Alejandro Bedoya, Andre Blake, Warren Creavalle, Fabinho, Richard Marquez, Ilson, Chris Pontius, Keegan Rosenberry, CJ Sapong

Notable unprotected players: Maurice Edu, Ray Gaddis, Charlie Davies

Portland Timbers

Protected players: Fanendo Adi, Vytautas Andriuskevicius, Gbenga Arokoyo, Diego Chara, Jake Gleeson, Darren Mattocks, Lucas Melano, Darlington Nagbe, Alvas Powell, Liam Ridgewell, Diego Valeri

Notable unprotected players: Nick Besler, Nat Borchers, Jack McInerney

Real Salt Lake

Protected players: Kyle Beckerman, Tony Beltran, Juan Manuel Martinez, Aaron Maund, Yura Movsisyan, Luke Mulholland, Stephan Sunday, Demar Phillips, Joao Plata, Nick Rimando, Chris Schuler

Notable unprotected players: Javier Morales, Jamison Olave, Chris Wingert

San Jose Earthquakes

Protected players: Fatai Alashe, Victor Bernardez, David Bingham, Cordell Cato, Darwin Ceren, Simon Dawkins, Anibal Godoy, Andres Imperiale, Shea Salinas, Kofi Sarkodie, Chris Wondolowski

Notable unprotected players: Quincy Amarikwa, Clarence Goodson, Marvell Wynne

Seattle Sounders

Protected players: Tony Alfaro, Ozzie Alonso, Clint Dempsey, Brad Evans, Stefan Frei, Joevin Jones, Nicolas Lodeiro, Chad Marshall, Tyler Miller, Cristian Roldan, Roman Torres

Notable unprotected players: Erik Friberg, Andreas Ivanschitz, Nelson Valdez

Sporting Kansas City

Protected players: Saad Abdul-Salaam, Matt Besler, Dom Dwyer, Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber, Jimmy Medranda, Tim Melia, Soni Mustivar, Ike Opara, Diego Rubio, Graham Zusi

Notable unprotected players: Justin Mapp, Chance Myers, Seth Sinovic

Toronto FC

Protected players: Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Armando Cooper, Marky Delgado, Tsubasa Endoh, Sebastian Giovinco, Nick Hagglund, Drew Moor, Justin Morrow, Jonathan Osorio, Eriq Zavaleta

Notable unprotected players: Clint Irwin, Steven Beitashour, Will Johnson

Vancouver Whitecaps

Protected players: Christian Bolanos, Christian Dean, Jordan Harvey, Erik Hurtado, Andrew Jacobson, Matias Laba, Kekuta Manneh, Nicolas Mezquida, David Ousted, Tim Parker, Kendall Waston.

Notable unprotected players: Giles Barnes, Masato Kudo, Cristian Techera

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