It seems like a very simple question, but like most things MLS, it becomes very complicated the more you think about it.
I asked the staff here at Brotherly Game that question a couple months back and then once I got confirmation from MLS that there was going to be an Expansion Draft this year, I posed it again. The rules are simple:
- Pick eleven players to protect from Minnesota United FC and Atlanta United.
- Generation adidas and players signed via the Homegrown Player mechanism are exempt
For our exercise, we excluded Andre Blake, Josh Yaro, and Fabian Herbers due to their Generation adidas status and Derrick Jones and Auston Trusty due to their status as Homegrown Players.