The club's current centerbacks include homegrown player Tommy Redding, Jose Aja, David Mateos and Conor Donovan. Redding has been called "the future of the club" many times by different members of the coaching staff but is only 19 years old. Aja, a strong Uruguayan defender, is on a six-month loan that ends in Decembers but is expected to renegotiate a contract with the club. Spanish veteran Mateos was inconsistent in 2016 and left unprotected in the recent expansion draft, though he was not selected by either 2017 expansion team. Donovan, 20, continued his development with Orlando City B this year.