In 2018 Major League Soccer will expand to 23 teams, welcoming a second Los Angeles franchise in LAFC. One of the first official roster steps for new teams is the expansion draft. For LAFC, this will occur on Tuesday, December 12th, at 11 am. They will be able to select a total of five players from the list of unprotected players of the existing 22 MLS clubs, with no club being able to lose more than one player.
Each club will be able to protect 11 players from being selected by LAFC. In addition, all Generation Adidas and off-budget Homegrown players will be automatically protected.