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Another Expansion Draft come and gone. Yet again a Columbus Crew SC player was selected.
The @ColumbusCrewSC have lost the maximum number of players possible in MLS expansion drafts. 16 players over 11 drafts.#CrewSC: Quality like no other
— Matt Bernhardt (@bernhardtsoccer) December 12, 2017
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Los Angeles Football Club today added five players to the team’s new roster through the 2017 Expansion Draft. The Black & Gold nearly made it through without losing any players, but with the fourth pick, LAFC selected left back Jukka Raitala.
With the 4th pick in the 2017 Expansion Draft, #LAFC selects Jukka Raitala from @ColumbusCrewSChttps://t.co/oWz1C4fTrw pic.twitter.com/pp2jv8YuCT
— LAFC (@LAFC) December 12, 2017
Crew SC head coach Gregg Berhalter signed Raitala in December of 2016 as a Discovery Signing. In his lone season in Columbus, the Finnish fullback made 28 appearances (20 starts), recording two assists.
Raitala also played twice in the Black & Gold’s run to the Eastern Conference Final, making one start.
With the Expansion Draft complete, the Major League Soccer trade window opens and the league’s free agency begins.
Massive Report will be on top of all the coverage if Crew SC make any more moves.