Trying to navigate today’s MLS Draft? It’s not always easy. Here are some things you’ll want to know heading in, and maybe some things you never thought to ask.
Remind me again: What’s the draft?
The draft is where players who have finished their NCAA eligibility, or players who have ceded their college eligibility early, or players who MLS have deemed worthy of being on the list, can be selected by teams in reverse order of their finish.
Some of those players will already have signed contracts with MLS; others won’t have.
It hasn’t always just been college players.