RSL announces protected list for MLS Expansion Draft

Steven Bisig-USA TODAY SportsIn what’s not usually a Saturday-morning affair, Real Salt Lake has announced their protected list for this year’s iteration of the MLS Expansion Draft.

There are no real surprises here — except one or two for me, which we’ll touch on in a moment.

Andrew Putna

Nedum Onuoha

Donny Toia

Damir Kreilach

Everton Luiz

Sam Johnson

Douglas Martinez

The players who cannot be picked consist of the following, which is where surprises came for me:

Luis Arriaga

Corey Baird

Justen Glad

Aaron Herrera

Erik Holt

David Ochoa

Tate Schmitt

Julian Vazquez

In the last iteration of the Expansion Draft, Glad and Saucedo had to protected, as neither had a homegrown player roster designation, given their…