Major League Soccer will hold yet another draft Friday, with the first stage of the 2016 Re-Entry Draft set to kick off at 3 p.m. ET. All 22 teams, including expansion outfits Minnesota United and Atlanta United, will have a chance to add players who are out of contract or had their options declined.
Here is the list of players eligible for selection:
| Position | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| GK | Steve Clark | Columbus Crew SC |
| GK | Andrew Dykstra | D.C. United |
| GK | Jon Kempin | Sporting Kansas City |
| GK | Chris Konopka | Portland Timbers |
| GK | Patrick McLain | Chicago Fire |
| GK | Bryan Meredith | San Jose Earthquakes |
| DF | Chad Barson | Columbus Crew SC |
| DF | Eric Gehrig | Chicago Fire |
| DF | Chris Korb | D.C. United |
| DF | Chris Klute | Portland Timbers |
| DF | Leonardo | LA Galaxy |
| DF | Damion Lowe | Seattle Sounders |
| DF | Abdoulie Mansally | Houston Dynamo |
| DF | Jimmy Ockford | Seattle Sounders |
| DF | Karl Ouimette | New York Red Bulls |
| DF | Norberto Paparatto | FC Dallas |
| DF | Dylan Remick | Seattle Sounders |
| DF | Jordan Stewart | San Jose Earthquakes |
| DF | Jermaine Taylor | Portland Timbers |
| DF | Josh Williams | Toronto FC |
| MF | Kyle Bekker | Montreal Impact |
| MF | Razvan Cocis | Chicago Fire |
| MF | Michael Farfan | Seattle Sounders |
| MF | Leo Fernandes | Philadelphia Union |
| MF | Daniel Lovitz | Toronto FC |
| MF | Daigo Kobayashi | New England Revolution |
| MF | Cristian Maidana | Houston Dynamo |
| MF | Pedro Morales | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| MF | Steve Neumann | New England Revolution |
| MF | Sanna Nyassi | San Jose Earthquakes |
| MF | Pedro Ribeiro | Orlando City SC |
| MF | Mauro Rosales | FC Dallas |
| MF | Michael Stephens | Chicago Fire |
| MF | John Stertzer | Real Salt Lake |
| MF | Tony Taylor | New York City FC |
| FW | Conor Doyle | Colorado Rapids |
| FW | Olmes Garcia | Real Salt Lake |
| FW | Blas Perez | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| FW | Alvaro Saborio | D.C. United |
| FW | Devon Sandoval | Real Salt Lake |
| FW | Mark Sherrod | San Jose Earthquakes |
Teams that select players with declined options must take on the player at the same salary in that option year, while clubs must make out-of-contract players a bona fide offer.
In the second stage, set for next Friday, teams can negotiate new terms with their picks. That's the stage where the majority of selections are made.
Players are allowed to opt out of Stage 1 should they so choose, which was the case for Robbie Keane, Aurelien Collin, Erik Friberg, Zach Loyd, Patrice Bernier, and Ashtone Morgan.
