Five Major League Soccer clubs that had a player selected in the 2017 Los Angeles Football Club expansion draft will be exempted from FC Cincinnati's expansion draft next month.

FC Cincinnati's Dec. 11 expansion draft will see the club make five selections from the rosters of existing MLS teams, but Seattle Sounders FC, Sporting Kansas City, San Jose Earthquakes, Columbus Crew SC and Toronto FC – all clubs that had a player selected by LAFC last year – won't have to give players up to FC Cincinnati, MLS officials confirmed in a Friday news release.

As compensation for what's being widely perceived as reduced options in its draft, FC Cincinnati will receive an undisclosed amount of allocation money, league officials said in the release.

"Since 2014, each round of expansion has involved two incoming clubs selecting players from the eligible player list, therefore, for the purpose of the Expansion Draft, LAFC and FC Cincinnati are considered a single round of expansion," officials stated in the news release. "While the two expansion clubs are selecting players in successive years, for competitive consistency, current MLS teams that had players selected by LAFC in the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft will be exempt from the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft, however, LAFC players will be eligible for selection by FC Cincinnati."

MLS on Friday morning confirmed additional details regarding FC Cincinnati's expansion draft, including the timeline for offseason personnel decisions and windows.

FC Cincinnati's draft "selection show" will be broadcast Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. on MLSSoccer.com.

Important dates in the pre-expansion draft MLS calendar, and other dates:

• Nov. 26 – Option-exercise deadline: Clubs no longer competing in MLS Cup playoffs must notify league office of players whose options they are exercising and players receiving bona fide offers.

• Nov. 30 – Option-exercise deadline for teams not competing in MLS Cup final.

• Dec. 9 (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) – Half-day trade window: Four-hour window to sign and trade players from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rosters will then freeze for FC Cincinnati's expansion draft as of 1 p.m.

• Dec. 9 (noon) – Option-exercise deadline for MLS Cup finalists.

• Dec. 11 (2 p.m.) – FC Cincinnati expansion draft.

• Dec. 11 (3 p.m.) – Free agency begins.

• Dec. 12 – MLS waiver draft.

• Dec. 14 – MLS stage one waiver draft.

• Dec. 20 – MLS stage two waiver draft.