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Atlanta gets No. 1 pick in Expansion Draft, Minnesota tops in SuperDraft

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Video via MLS: MLS Expansion Priority Draft (2:07)

Watch as Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC participate in the MLS Expansion priority draft ahead of the 2017 MLS Season. (2:07)

NEW YORK -- MLS expansion teams Atlanta United and Minnesota United completed the Expansion Priority Draft on Sunday, with Atlanta getting the No. 1 pick in the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft and Minnesota the top spot in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.

Atlanta won a coin toss and chose priority in the 2016 Expansion Draft. Minnesota then took priority in the MLS SuperDraft.

The teams will begin play in 2017. The expansion draft is Dec. 13, with each team able to add five players.