SANDY, Utah (Monday, December 8, 2014) – Real Salt Lake has announced the 11 players on the club’s Protected Player list in advance of the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft, taking place this Wednesday, December 10. New York City FC and Orlando City SC will select 10 players each with no club losing more than two players to the expansion sides.

The following 11 RSL players will not be eligible for selection by NYCFC or Orlando City when Major League Soccer’s two newest clubs make their selections:

GK Nick Rimando

DF Tony Beltran

DF Chris Schuler

MF Kyle Beckerman

MF Luis Gil

MF Javier Morales

MF Luke Mulholland

FW Olmes Garcia

FW Sebastian Jaime

FW Joao Plata

FW Álvaro Saborío

In addition to those 11 players, FW Jordan Allen, GK Lalo Fernandez, DF Justen Glad and MF Sebastian Saucedo are protected thanks to their Homegrown Player status.

With the Protected Player list established, this means that the following players currently under contract with Real Salt Lake will be available for selection by NYCFC and Orlando City:

Goalkeepers: Jeff Attinella

Defenders: Carlos Salcedo, Chris Wingert

Midfielders: Ned Grabavoy, Cole Grossman, John Stertzer, Sebastian Velasquez

Forwards: Devon Sandoval

Real Salt Lake History in MLS Expansion Drafts

2006: Toronto FC – Jason Kreis selected (re-acquired by RSL in exchange for allocation money)

2007: San Jose Earthquakes – no RSL player selected

2008: Seattle Sounders FC – Nathan Sturgis selected

2009: Philadelphia Union – no RSL player selected (RSL traded Chris Seitz to Union in exchange for allocation money on eve of expansion draft)

2010: Portland Timbers/ Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Portland selected Robbie Findley and David Horst

2011: Montreal Impact – Collen Warner selected

*** Prior to its inaugural 2005 campaign, Real Salt Lake selected Andy Williams, D.J. Countess, Pablo Brenes, Brian Kamler, Nelson Akwari, Chris Brown, Matt Behncke, Rusty Pierce, Kevin Ara and Erick Scott in the 2004 MLS Expansion Draft on November 19, 2004.