The phrase "unavailable players" refers to the people who are not able to participate or join in an activity or event. They could be unable to join for various reasons such as illness, injury, or prior commitments. Full definition
To add insult to injury both Laurent Koscielny and Saed Kolasinac limped off the pitch to double our quota of unavailable players. (justarsenal.com)
That made it all the more interesting when 5Dimes posted odds for two previously unavailable players — Chargers DE Jeremiah Attaochu and Bears DT Will Sutton. (sportsinsights.com)
Setting aside all blind feelings of Juventus fanaticism and, equally, all irrationally cynical brooding, the prospects of facing Real Madrid on April 3 in Turin were — even before the injuries — inauspicious at best, given the suspensions of Medhi Benatia and Miralem Pjanic, the already - plagued fitness of the Bianconeri (including unavailable players like Federico Bernardeschi and Juan Cuadrado, i.e. the depth and insurance in attack). (blackwhitereadallover.com)