Watch the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft today at 1 PM CT

The 2018 MLS Expansion Draft will be held at 1 pm CT today (Tuesday, December 11), streaming live in the YouTube player above. 

Click here for a full list of protected Chicago Fire players for today's draft. 

2018 MLS Expansion Draft process:

FC Cincinnati may select up to five players from the eligible MLS player pool. Only a single player can be drafted from any one club.

• Five rounds - FC Cincinnati can claim a single player from any one club
• Three minutes for each selection
• No timeouts
• No trades permitted during draft

Players and teams exempt from the draft:

• The five teams that had players selected by the LAFC in the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft exempt from the 2018 Expansion Draft:

<ul style="font-size:0.94em;margin-top:8px;"><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Columbus Crew SC</li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">San Jose Earthquakes</li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Seattle Sounders FC</li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Sporting Kansas City</li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Toronto FC</li></ul></li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Players automatically exempted from the 2018 Expansion Draft:
<ul style="font-size:0.94em;margin-top:8px;"><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Generation adidas players (who did not graduate at the end of the 2018 season)</li><li style="line-height:1.32em;margin-bottom:6px;">Homegrown Players on a club’s off-budget roster</li></ul></li></ul>

DESIGNATED PLAYERS are not automatically protected. If a Designated Player has a no trade clause in his contract, then the club must protect him in the Expansion Draft.

Players available for selection in 2018 Expansion Draft

Atlanta United

• Mikey Ambrose
• Jon Gallagher
• Jose Hernandez
• Mitch Hildebrandt
• Alec Kann
• Kevin Kratz
• Jeff Larentowicz
• Chris McCann
• Michael Parkhurst (Free Agent)
• Oliver Shannon
• Brandon Vazquez
• Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu
• Romario Williams
• Sal Zizzo (Free Agent)

Chicago Fire

• Jonathan Campbell
• Stefan Cleveland
• Elliot Collier
• Jorge Corrales
• Christian Dean
• Nicolas Del Grecco
• Alan Gordon (Free Agent)
• Nicolas Hasler
• Daniel Johnson
• Patrick McLain
• Yura Movsisyan
• Richard Sanchez
• Luis Solignac
• Brandon Vincent

Colorado Rapids

• Giles Barnes
• Johan Blomberg
• Yannick Boli
• Caleb Calvert
• Edgar Castillo
• Kip Colvey
• Mike Da Fonte
• Andrew Dykstra (Free Agent)
• Shkelzen Gashi
• Sam Hamilton
• Enzo Martinez
• Axel Sjoberg
• Danny Wilson

D.C. United

• Vytas
• Frederic Brillant
• Nick DeLeon
• Kevin Ellis
• Jared Jeffrey
• Dane Kelly
• Taylor Kemp
• Darren Mattocks
• Bruno Miranda
• Chris Odoi-Atsem
• Kofi Opare
• David Ousted
• Zoltan Stieber
• Travis Worra

FC Dallas

• Abel Aguilar
• Aníbal Chala
• Cristian Colman
• Maynor Figueroa
• Moises Hernandez
• Roland Lamah
• Marquinhos Pedroso
• Adonijah Reid
• Reto Ziegler
• Kyle Zobeck

Houston Dynamo

• Eric Alexander
• Arturo Alvarez (Free Agent)
• DaMarcus Beasley (Free Agent)
• Eric Bird
• Leonardo (Free Agent)
• Conor Donovan
• Boniek García
• Kevin Garcia
• Luis Gil
• Adolfo Machado
• Michael Nelson
• Dylan Remick
• Chris Seitz
• Philippe Senderos
• Mac Steeves
• Jared Watts
• Andrew Wenger

LAFC

• Steven Beitashour
• Tristan Blackmon
• Nico Czornomaz
• Danilo da Silva
• Benny Feilhaber (Free Agent)
• Jordan Harvey (Free Agent)
• Dejan Jakovic
• Luis Lopez
• Charlie Lyon
• Calum Mallace
• James Murphy
• Josh Perez
• Quillan Roberts
• Steeve Saint-Duc
• Marco Ureña

LA Galaxy

• Servando Carrasco
• Michael Ciani
• Ashley Cole
• Tomas Hilliard-Arce
• Baggio Husidic (Free Agent)
• Perry Kitchen
• Ariel Lassiter
• João Pedro
• Chris Pontius
• Jorgen Skjelvik
• Brian Sylvestre
• Justin Vom Steeg
• Sheanon Williams (Free Agent)

Minnesota United FC

• Fernando Bob
• Marc Burch (Free Agent)
• Sam Cronin
• Luiz Fernando Maximiniano
• Alexi Gomez
• Ibson
• Alex Kapp
• Matt Lampson
• Carter Manley
• Eric Miller
• Wyatt Omsberg
• Bertrand Owundi
• Frantz Pangop
• Jerome Thiesson
• Johan Venegas
• Collen Warner (Free Agent)

Montreal Impact

• Quincy Amarikwa (Free Agent)
• Micheal Azira
• Rudy Camacho
• Zakaria Diallo
• Clement Diop
• Chris Duvall
• Rod Fanni
• Kyle Fisher
• Anthony Jackson-Hamel
• Matteo Mancosu
• Michael Petrasso
• Bacary Sagna
• Michael Salazar

New England Revolution

• Jalil Anibaba
• Cody Cropper
• Claude Dielna
• Guillermo Hauche
• Femi Hollinger-Janzen
• Brad Knighton
• Cristhian Machado
• Nicolas Samayoa
• Mark Segbers
• Gabriel Somi
• Chris Tierney (Free Agent)
• Brian Wright
• Wilfried Zahibo

New York City FC

• Saad Abdul-Salaam
• Eloi Amagat
• Kwame Awuah
• Daniel Bedoya
• Jo Inge Berget
• Jeff Caldwell
• Yangel Herrera
• Cedric Hountondji
• Sebastien Ibeagha
• Thomas McNamara
• Ebenezer Ofori
• Andre Rawls
• Brad Stuver
• David Villa
• Rodney Wallace (Free Agent)

New York Red Bulls

• Anatole Abang
• Vincent Bezecourt
• Aurelien Collin (Free Agent)
• Kyle Duncan
• Fidel Escobar
• Andreas Ivan
• Ethan Kutler
• Connor Lade
• Hassan Ndam
• Tommy Redding
• Carlos Rivas
• Marc Rzatkowski
• Florian Valot
• Brian White

Orlando City SC

• RJ Allen
• Joe Bendik
• Pierre Da Silva
• Earl Edwards Jr.
• Cristian Higuita
• Will Johnson
• Sacha Kljestan
• Richie Laryea
• Stefano Pinho
• Dillon Powers
• Tony Rocha
• Lamine Sané
• Chris Schuler (Free Agent)
• Jonathan Spector
• Scott Sutter
• Donny Toia

Philadelphia Union

• Warren Creavalle
• Borek Dockal
• Marcus Epps
• Fabinho
• Richard Marquez
• John McCarthy
• Jake McGuire
• Haris Medunjanin
• Kacper Przybylko
• Jay Simpson
• Josh Yaro

Portland Timbers

• Victor Arboleda
• Samuel Armenteros
• Dairon Asprilla
• Jack Barmby
• Julio Cascante
• Steve Clark
• Tomas Conechny
• Andres Flores
• Jake Gleeson (Free Agent)
• Modou Jadama
• Kendall McIntosh
• Roy Miller (Free Agent)
• Lawrence Olum
• Alvas Powell
• Liam Ridgewell
• Bill Tuiloma
• Zarek Valentin

Real Salt Lake

• Jordan Allen
• Shawn Barry
• Tony Beltran (Free Agent)
• Nick Besler
• Adam Henley
• David Horst (Free Agent)
• Alex Horwath
• Jacob Leeker
• Ricky López-Espin
• Luke Mulholland
• Sunday Stephen
• Taylor Peay
• Demar Phillips
• Andrew Putna
• Luis Silva
• Connor Sparrow

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

• Jose Aja
• Myer Bevan
• Marcel de Jong
• Roberto Dominguez
• Marvin Emnes
• Sean Franklin (Free Agent)
• Aly Ghazal
• Efrain Juarez
• Kei Kamara
• Stefan Marinovic
• Aaron Maund
• Jordon Mutch
• Brian Rowe
• Brek Shea (Free Agent)