Given Minnesota United’s pared-down roster, the Loons have left few players available for MLS expansion franchise FC Cincinnati to select in Tuesday’s draft.

With only 16 rostered players, including three exempt based on MLS rules, that leaves only second-year defenders Wyatt Omsberg and Carter Manley available for FC Cincinnati to select. The Loons said Nov. 26 they’ve extended a contract offer to defender Eric Miller of Woodbury, but that has not come to a resolution, so he, too, could be selected by Cincinnati.

The protected players are: goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth, defenders Francisco Calvo, Michael Boxall, Brent Kallman; midfielders Darwin Quintero, Romario Ibarra, Kevin Molino, Ethan Finlay, Miguel Ibarra, Rasmus Schuller; and forward Angelo Rodriguez.

MLS rules make forwards Abu Danladi and Mason Toye exempt based on signing Generation Adidas contracts before they were SuperDraft picks in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Midfielder Collin Martin is off the list because he’s on a homegrown contract.