Bust out your notebooks everyone, classroom is in session.
OK, not really.
But there’s a lot going on this week in Major League Soccer so I thought it’d be a good time to explain some of the various mechanisms in play, including Free Agency, the MLS Re-Entry Draft, and the MLS Waiver Draft.
Here goes nothing.
FREE AGENCY
This will be Major League Soccer’s first foray into Free Agency, but it’s really quite simple.
Here’s who’s eligible:
“Players 28 and older with eight years of MLS service who are out of contract, or have not had their option exercised.