NEW YORK (October 17, 2019) – Major League Soccer today announced the dates and updated details for the 2019 postseason roster mechanisms as current MLS clubs and MLS expansion clubs alike make crucial decisions about their 2020 rosters.

Following a 10-week roster freeze, MLS clubs will have the opportunity to participate in a two-and-a-half-day trade window that opens on Nov. 11 (1 p.m. ET), the day after 2019 MLS Cup, and closes on Nov. 13 (8 p.m. ET). The expanded window this season provides MLS clubs an additional two days to complete transactions prior to a blackout period whereby clubs may no longer make roster moves in anticipation of the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft.

On Nov. 19, the 2019 Expansion Draft will air live on MLSsoccer.com beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET and consist of Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC selecting five players each from the eligible player list.

MLS today confirmed that the full list of players eligible for selection in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft will be released on Nov. 16, at 10 a.m. ET, three days prior to the draft. The five MLS clubs that had a player selected in the 2018 Expansion Draft will be exempt from losing a player this year, while the remaining 19 MLS clubs will this year have the opportunity to protect up to 12 players from their draft-eligible roster.

More information about the 2019 Expansion Draft and eligible-player lists can be found here.

Following the Expansion Draft, clubs will have an additional two days to make final determinations on their rosters prior to a Nov. 21 option exercise deadline.

On Nov. 22, MLS Communications will release the list of players eligible for each of the postseason roster mechanisms, including the End-of-Year Waivers, Free Agency, and the Re-Entry Process.

The details and dates for each of the postseason roster mechanisms follow below.