With the next round of Major League Soccer expansion about to become reality — Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC are set to begin their MLS lives with the 2017 season this spring — the league announced protected and unprotected player lists for each of the existing teams on Monday.
The expansion draft will take place Tuesday. It will be streamed live at 2 p.m. EST/1 p.m. CST on mlssoccer.com.
Here’s what the protected/unprotected list looks like for Columbus Crew SC:
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There are not too many surprises here, but a couple of notable choices.