MLS teams had the opportunity to sign one of 43 players offered up to the Waiver Draft on December 15, 2016 - and they all declined.
No selections were made in the 2016 Waiver Draft.
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) December 15, 2016
The New York Red Bulls' Shaun Wright-Phillips was on the list: like all the players available, he is now free to sign with any MLS team with which he can reach an agreement. Whether the 35-year-old still wants to play, and whether he'd be interested in playing for a team in MLS that doesn't have his brother Bradley on its roster: these are different questions.