The MetroStars today waived defender Mark Semioli in advance of the MLS Waiver Draft, which will take place this upcoming Monday, November 19 via a league-wide conference call.

The playes will be placed in the waiver draft, the results of which will be available late Monday afternoon.

The MetroStars hold the seventh pick in the draft, which gives teams an opportunity to pick no more than one waived player from other league teams. Teams may pass on selecting a player if they so choose.

Semioli, 33, is a six-year veteran of Major League Soccer who has played for the Los Angeles Galaxy and the MetroStars. He joined the MetroStars on June 16, 1997 in a trade with the Galaxy in exchange for a second round pick in the 1998 draft.

The Stanford graduate holds career league totals of 121 games played, 9,055 minutes, seven goals, and three assists for 17 points. He has played in 81 games as a Metro, with four goals and one assist for nine total points.