With its fifth and final pick of the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft, FC Cincinnati selected New York Red Bulls defender Hassan Ndam. For RBNY fans - and one suspects RBNY Sporting Director Denis Hamlett - it was a late blow to the hope that the Red Bulls might get out of the Expansion Draft without losing any players.
FCC’s first four picks - Darren Mattocks, Kei Kamara (instantly flipped out to Colorado Rapids for an international roster slot), Roland Lamah, and Eric Alexander (hi, Eric!) - were all MLS-experienced, start-now acquisitions.