Defender Scott Sutter had two decent years with Orlando City, starting 51 games on the back line for a poor team and scoring four goals while assisting on six more. Orlando opted not to pick up the 32-year-old’s option, which ostensibly meant his time in Central Florida was over. But Sutter has shown enough quality in two years that other MLS teams expressed an interest in signing him, and though Sutter did not qualify for the league’s re-entry draft because he has played fewer than three seasons in MLS, it seemed he would have a chance to land somewhere in today’s waiver draft.



Only Sutter’s name was not included in the list of available players. A caveat in the waiver rules means Sutter won’t have a chance to be selected by other teams in the waiver draft today, which is set for 4 p.m. Nor will his teammate Jonathan Spector, a former U.S. men’s national team defender. It is just another example of the ways MLS limits the rights of players...