The task of restocking the roster has already begun for the Seattle Sounders, who announced a pair of signings on Thursday. The more high-profile of those signings is defender Waylon Francis, who the Sounders acquired from the Columbus Crew in exchange for $50,000 in Allocation Money. The Crew had declined the option on Francis’ contract that paid him a reported salary of $250,000 in 2017. The Sounders also announced the re-signing of backup goalkeeper Bryan Meredith.
“Waylon bolsters our already talented group of outside-backs, and his effectiveness in MLS over the past four seasons is well-known,” Sounders GM Garth Lagerwey said in a statement.