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MLS Expansion Draft 2016: What it means for the New York Red Bulls, part 1

In which we consider who RBNY has to protect and who might be automatically protected under the official rules of the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft.

MLS has officially revealed the terms of the 2016 Expansion Draft, and they are much as tipped by Grant Wahl for Sports Illustrated.

But with the official announcement comes an official set of rules, and the ability to start to speculate as to how this year's participation in the bi-annual MLS Expansion Grab-Bag will affect the New York Red Bulls.

First and foremost, as had been reported by Wahl, no club can lose more than one player in the draft.