Just days (Dec. 12) after MLS Cup the Seattle Sounders are likely to lose a player in the Expansion Draft. While Los Angeles FC will only boost their roster by taking five players, the Sounders are a deep, great squad. They cannot protect everyone.
In deciding who to protect Jeremiah and I took into account contract status for next year, as best we know, as well as likely “no trade clauses.” For the most part the list of protected players was easy. The four Homegrown Players were automatically protected (Jordan Morris, Henry Wingo, Aaron Kovar, Seyi Adekoya).