Down a goalkeeper for at least a few more weeks and apparently seeing some unexpected value, the Seattle Sounders sent $50,000 in General Allocation Money to the Chicago Fire in order to select Stanford’s Andrew Thomas in a special waiver draft on Friday. He had pre-signed a MLS contract and was immediately added to the first-team roster.
“After a strong career at Stanford, we see Andrew as a goalkeeper that we think can develop and help us out down the road,” Sounders FC General Manager & President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey said in a team release.