Edson Buddle and Danny O'Rourke headline the available list for the upcoming expansion draft, as Bruce Arena decided to protect Mike Magee and Elie Ikangu instead. Marvell Wynne's graduation from Generation Adidas forced the club to protect him as one of the 11, as he would have been immune to the draft otherwise. Metro can lose at most one player to Mo Johnston's Toronto.

Unprotected list: Michael Behonick, Edson Buddle, Blake Camp, Peter Canero, Taylor Graham, Chris Henderson, Steve Jolley, Shawn Kuykendall, Jerrod Laventure, Mark Lisi, Tony Meola, Danny O'Rourke, Joe Vide, John Wolyniec.

Notably absent is Jordan Cila, who has retired.