Things to know: Nashville SC's MLS Expansion Draft event plans announced

Drake Hills | The Tennessean

New Major League Soccer outfit Nashville SC announced Wednesday its plans to host a public event for the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft leaning into the 2020 season.

The club will welcome all on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at Ole Red Nashville in downtown for the five-pick process. Doors are scheduled to open at 4:00 p.m. CT ahead of the Expansion Draft, which will begin at 4:30 p.m and conclude at 5:30.

Nashville SC's front office staff will be present and participating in the draft, while its competitor, Inter Miami CF, will do the same at its own location. The two clubs will alternate for five picks, starting with Inter Miami.

Miami won the first selection via coin toss in the MLS Expansion Priority Draft, which took place Oct. 6 in New York City. During that process, Miami also won the no. 1 selection in January's MLS SuperDraft, an event for clubs to select amateur players. The Expansion Draft lift, which will be announced Nov. 16, consists of veteran MLS players.

Nashville and Miami will alternate selecting players from all but five MLS clubs: D.C. United, New York Red Bulls, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

The five are exempt from conceding player selections due to their participation in the 2018 MLS Expansion, when FC Cincinnati selected players from their respective corps.

Nashville's first selection will be its first-ever MLS drafted player in club history. In January, the club is set to select second overall and 28th overall in the first two rounds of the SuperDraft.

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