With the SuperDraft complete, the drafting portion of the offseason transitions into the draft-grading portion. In Will Parchman's grades, the Sounders 2017 class was given a decent B-.
Building an MLS roster requires a sound strategy amidst murky rules and regulations. Colin Etnire of Centerline Soccer has worked on bringing this strategy into graph form, which revealed that teams need to succeed in three salary phases: near the minimum salary threshold, just above DP salary threshold, and super sized DP deals.
NASL:
The rumblings around Southern California's future NASL involvement have been gaining steam, and this past week brought more credence to those rumors.