The2018 MLS Expansion Draft was a specialdraft for theMajor League Soccer expansion teamFC Cincinnati that was held on December 11, 2018. Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on December 10, 2018.^[2]

The rules for the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer.^[2][3]

• The five teams that had players selected byLos Angeles FC during the2017 MLS Expansion Draft were exempt from the 2018 Expansion Draft:Seattle Sounders FC,Sporting Kansas City,San Jose Earthquakes,Columbus Crew SC, andToronto FC.
• Existing teams were allowed to protect 11 players from their Senior, Supplemental, and Reserve Roster.Generation Adidas players and Homegrown Players on supplemental rosters were automatically protected and exempt from the expansion draft, though players who graduated from theGeneration Adidas program to the senior roster at the end of the 2018 season were not exempt.
• If the player's contract expired at the end of 2018, he was considered part of the club's Senior Roster. (This includes players who have had their options declined.)
• Only one player might have been claimed from each club's non-protected roster; that team was not allowed to lose any further players.
• The expansion draft lasted five rounds, totaling five players to be drafted.

Here are all the players left non-protected on each MLS team's roster. FC Cincinnati's picks are marked with✔.

• Major League Soccer expansion draft
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• FC Cincinnati
• December 2018 sports events in the United States

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