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FC Dallas Announces its 12 Protected Players Ahead of 2021 MLS Expansion Draft

The 2021 Expansion Draft is nearly here for Charlotte FC and their options are pretty decent. Like 22 other clubs (five were exempt for losing players last year in Austin FC’s draft), FC Dallas has revealed the list of players that they are protecting ahead of tomorrow’s draft.

FC Dallas Expansion Draft List

Protected Players (12): Matt Hedges, Nicky Hernandez, Ryan Hollingshead, Franco Jara, José Martínez, Jimmy Maurer, Johnny Nelson, Jáder Obrian, Facundo Quignon, Szabolcs Schön, Nkosi Tafari and Ema Twumasi.

Automatically Protected Players (12): Edwin Cerrillo, Justin Che, Kalil ElMedkhar, Jesús Ferreira, Eddie Munjoma, Ricardo Pepi, Paxton Pomykal, Beni Redu017eiu0107, Thomas Roberts, Dante Sealy, Brandon Servania and Collin Smith.