December is the season for the holidays and MLS Drafts. After yesterday’s Expansion Draft, today the list of names for the upcoming Waiver Draft was released by the league. The Waiver Draft will be held today at 3:00 PM, and the list of players is in the link above. From the press release, “The Waiver Draft will consist of players who are not eligible for Re-Entry or Free Agency and are either out of contract and have not been issued a Genuine Offer or have not had their 2017 options exercised.”
The Philadelphia Union has listed the rights to five players in the Waiver Draft.