NEW YORK - With less than a month until the start of the 2008 regular season on March 29 and 30, the rosters of Major League Soccer's 14 teams are taking shape for First Kick. All 14 teams met League-mandated roster compliance rules on Monday evening. MLS will hold a waiver draft this afternoon at 3 p.m. ET.
MLS teams no longer hold the right of first refusal for any players the club has waived. If a player is not selected in the waiver draft, he may renegotiate a contract and sign with the team that is the first to submit a formal request for the player.
The Waiver Draft order and a complete list of players available in the waiver draft are included below. Teams may still make changes to their rosters, but from this point forward must remain compliant with the following rules:
• no more than 18 players on the Senior Roster
• no more than 10 players on the Developmental Roster
• team salary budget must be equal to or less than the cap set forth by the League
For an overview of the 2008 MLS Rules and Regulations, which pertain to rosters and competition format you may log on to www.mlsnet.com and go to the About MLS section at the bottom of the home page.
Waiver Draft Order
1. San Jose Earthquakes
2. Toronto FC
3. Real Salt Lake
4. Los Angeles Galaxy
5. Colorado Rapids
6. Columbus Crew
7. New York Red Bulls
8. FC Dallas
9. Chivas USA
10. D.C. United
11. Kansas City Wizards
12. Chicago Fire
13. New England Revolution
14. Houston Dynamo
Players Available in Today's Draft (last club in parentheses)
Nicholas Addlery (D.C. United)
Celestine Babayaro (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Kyle Brown (Real Salt Lake)
Jose Cancela (Colorado Rapids)
Tim Conway (Chicago Fire)
Jeff Curtin (Chicago Fire)
Floyd Franks (Chicago Fire)
Sandy Gbandi (FC Dallas)
Kelly Gray (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Duke Hashimoto (Real Salt Lake)
Chase Hilgenbrinck (Colorado Rapids)
Scott Jones (FC Dallas)
Richie Kotschau (Real Salt Lake)
Chris Lancos (Real Salt Lake)
Kyle Martino (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Jerson Monteiro (D.C. United)
Jay Nolly (D.C. United)
Andrei Pacheco (Columbus Crew)
Rusty Pierce (Columbus Crew)
Brandon Prideaux (Colorado Rapids)
Ryan Raybould (Kansas City Wizards)
Jordan Russolillo (Chicago Fire)
Kenny Stamatopolus (Toronto FC)
Osei Telesford (Chicago Fire)
Jacob Thomas (Columbus Crew)
Ricardo Virtuoso (Columbus Crew)
Clifton Wilmes (Colorado Rapids)
