Nearly five dozen players will be available to MLS teams when the league conducts its offseason Waiver Draft Wednesday.
The players are those not eligible for Free Agency
or the Re-Entry Drafts and are either out of contract or their 2018 contract options were not picked up. Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Draft will be held Friday.
The list does not include
players whose options have been declined but their clubs have notified the league of their interest in re-signing them. In such circumstances teams are not required to waive these players. Waived
players not selected can negotiate with any teams.
Among the players available are L.A. Galaxy defender Jamie Villarreal and former U.S. international centerback
Oguchi Onyewu.
Teams will pick in reverse order of their finish during the 2017 season, taking into account postseason results, if any. The Galaxy will pick first.
Expansion club Los Angeles FC, which holds the No. 1 pick in the SuperDraft to be conducted next month, has been placed in the 23rd and last spot.
Here is the list of the 59 players
available:
| | Club | Player | | Atlanta United | Jeffrey Otoo | | Chicago Fire
| Joey Calistri | | Chicago Fire | Matej Dekovic | |
Chicago Fire | John Goosens | | Chicago Fire | Joao Meira | | Colorado Rapids | Joshua Gatt | | Colorado Rapids | Mekeil Williams |
| Columbus Crew SC | Marshall Hollingsworth | | Columbus Crew SC |
Abuchi Obinwa | | Columbus Crew SC | Rodrigo Saravia | | Columbus Crew SC
| Ben Swanson | | D.C. United | Julian Buescher | | D.C.
United | Eric Klenofsky | | D.C. United | Rob Vincent | |
FC Dallas | Eduardo Cortes | | FC Dallas | Luis Gonzalez | | FC Dallas | Hernan Grana | | Houston Dynamo | Calle Brown |
| Houston Dynamo | Jose Escalante | | Houston Dynamo | Joe Holland
| | Houston Dynamo | Taylor Hunter | | LA Galaxy | Bradley
Diallo | | LA Galaxy | Clement Diop | | LA Galaxy |
Nathan Smith | | LA Galaxy | Pele van Anholt | | LA Galaxy | Jaime Villarreal | | Minnesota United FC | Justin Davis | |
Minnesota United FC | Ismaila Jome | | Minnesota United FC | Kevin Venegas |
| New England Revolution | Josh Smith | | New York City FC | Miguel
Camargo | | New York City FC | Shannon Gomez | | New York City FC | Andraz Struna | | New York Red Bulls | Brandon Allen | | New York
Red Bulls | Gideon Baah | | New York Red Bulls | Arun Basuljevic | | New York Red Bulls | Zeiko Lewis | | New York Red Bulls | Dan Metzger
| | Orlando City SC | Hadji Barry | | Orlando City SC |
Devron Garcia | | Orlando City SC | Antonio Nocerino | | Philadelphia Union
| Aaron Jones | | Philadelphia Union | Oguchi Onyewu | |
Philadelphia Union | Ken Tribbett | | Philadelphia Union | Giliano Wijnaldum |
| Real Salt Lake | Reagan Dunk | | Real Salt Lake | Omar
Holness | | Real Salt Lake | Justin Schmidt | | Real Salt Lake | Chris Schuler | | Real Salt Lake | Ricardo Velazco | | San Jose
Earthquakes | Kip Colvey | | San Jose Earthquakes | Lindo Mfeka | | San Jose Earthquakes | Matheus Silva | | Sporting Kansas City | Cameron
Iwasa | | Sporting Kansas City | Cameron Porter | | Toronto FC | Brandon Aubrey | | Toronto FC | Sergio Camargo | | Vancouver
Whitecaps FC | Kyle Greig | | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Cole Seiler |
2017 MLS WAIVER DRAFT ORDER
| Draft Order | Team | | 1 | LA Galaxy
| | 2 | D.C. United | | 3 | Colorado Rapids |
| 4 | Minnesota United FC | | 5 | Orlando City SC |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | | 7 | Philadelphia Union | | 8 | New England Revolution | | 9 | Real Salt Lake | | 10 | FC Dallas | | 11 | San Jose Earthquakes | | 12 | Sporting Kansas City | | 13 | Atlanta United | | 14 | Chicago Fire | | 15 | New York Red Bulls | | 16 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | | 17 | Portland Timbers |
| 18 | New York City FC | | 19 | Houston Dynamo | | 20 | Columbus Crew SC | | 21 | Seattle Sounders FC | | 22 | Toronto FC | | 23 | Los Angeles Football Club |
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