The first and most important thing to note about the MLS Expansion Draft is that the selecting teams - the Uniteds of Atlanta and Minnesota - can only pick five players each, and no existing MLS roster can give up more than one player.
So only one name can be potentially be lost from the list of players the New York Red Bulls is offering as tribute to the league's relentless growth. Still, RBNY has put together a pretty good squad and it was only able to protect 11 players, plus the six automatically protected by the league's gracious decision to permit Homegrown Players an exemption from the expansion grab-bag.