The Timbers' list of protected players ahead of the 2022 MLS Expansion Draft

On Friday, November 11, St. Louis City SC will take part in the 2022 MLS Expansion Draft, ahead of its inaugural season as the league's 29th team.

The draft will begin at 4pm PT and will be broadcast live on MLSsoccer.com, the MLS App, Twitter, and Twitch.

St. Louis can select up to five players from a list of 263 eligible players drawn from 23 teams (5 teams are exempt from the draft this year). Each team can protect 12 players and St. Louis can only pick one player from each team's unprotected players.

Timbers' protected players list                                                                                    

• Darion Asprilla 
• David Ayala     
• Claudio Bravo 
• Diego Chara    
• Yimmi Chara
• Aljaz Ivacic 
• Santiago Moreno
• Juan David Mosquera 
• Jaroslaw Niezgoda
• Christian Paredes
• Bill Tuiloma
• Dario Zuparic

Exempt (Homegrown)

• Blake Bodily 
• Tega Ikoba
• Hunter Sulte
• Eryk Williamson

Read the MLS press release here