Here are the 14 players Inter Miami left unprotected for Friday’s MLS Expansion Draft

Inter Miami announced its list of protected and available players for the 2022 MLS Expansion Draft, which is being held Friday night for new club Saint Louis CITY SC.

Among the Miami players who were made available for selection: Nick Marsman, Kieran Gibbs, Damion Lowe, Aime Mabika, Alejandro Pozuelo, Victor Ulloa and Indiana Vassilev.

Saint Louis can select up to five players from the league list of 263 players, and just one from each team. Five teams are exempt from losing players after having players selected by Charlotte FC in the 2021 draft: Austin FC, Atlanta United, D.C. United, Los Angeles FC, and New York City FC.

Teams are allowed to protect 12 players, while “homegrown” and generation adidas players are automatically protected.

Inter Miami protected players: Leandro González Pirez (on loan with River Plate in Argentina), Chris McVey, Ryan Sailor, DeAndre Yedlin, Gregore, Jean Mota, Rodolfo Pizarro (on loan with Monterrey in Mexico), Robert Taylor, Leonardo Campana, Ariel Lassiter, Robbie Robinson, Emerson Rodriguez

Automatically protected homegrown players: Drake Callender, Noah Allen, Ian Fray, Edison Azcona, Bryce Duke, Felipe Valencia.

Available for selection: CJ Dos Santos, Marsman, Gibbs, Joevin Jones, Lowe, Mabika, Harvey Neville, Brek Shea, George Acosta, Pozuelo (out of contract), Ulloa, Vassilev, Corentin Jean, and Gonzalo Higuaín (retired).

Inter Miami may appeal MLS decision on Fountas racism charge

Inter Miami coach Phil Neville said he is “disappointed” with MLS findings in the probe into allegations that D.C. United player Taxi Fountas used a racist slur against an Inter Miami player. The league found Miami’s charge “credible” and Fountas’ denial “not credible” but could not independently prove the allegation so no punishment was issued.

Miami defender Aime Mabika said he heard Fountas direct a slur at defender Damion Lowe after Lowe and Fountas had an altercation during a Sept. 18 game.

“I trust my players,” Neville said. “I feel as if racism is such an important topic and a subject that we can’t hide away from, that we can’t sweep under the table. I still to this day back my players, that the racism happened on that pitch.”

Neville said the club is in talks with MLS to see if the decision can be challenged.