Colorado Rapids Soccer Club has announced its list of 11 protected players in advance of the 2017 Major League Soccer Expansion Draft set to take place on Tuesday, December 12 at 12 p.m. MT.

The Expansion Draft will be held to give expansion side LAFC an opportunity to select up to five players.

All MLS clubs may protect 11 players from their 2017 roster. Once one player has been claimed from a club’s non-protected list, that club is removed from the Expansion Draft and may not lose any further players.

Generation adidas players and off-budget Homegrown Players are automatically exempt from selection and do not need to be protected, while Designated Players are not automatically protected.

Protected Players

Stefan Aigner

Micheal Azira

Dominique Badji

Nana Boateng

Shkëlzen Gashi

Marlon Hairston

Tim Howard

Zac MacMath

Eric Miller

Axel Sjöberg

Jared Watts

Homegrown Players exempt from selection

Caleb Calvert

Kortne Ford

Ricardo Perez

Dillon Serna

Available Players