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MLS SuperDraft 2020: List of players eligible for selection

This is the list of 141 college players hoping MLS teams choose them to sign pro contracts.

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Where is Keaton Parks? NYCFC coach Dome Torrent provides some answers

At the age of 17, Keaton Parks turned down a full scholarship offer from Southern Methodist University to embark on a European experience that ultimately led to the Portuguese giants, Benfica. The Frisco, Texas native signed his first professional contract with Varzim S.C. in Portugal before landing with the 36-time Primiera Liga champions.  In two […]

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MLS SuperDraft 2019: List of players eligible for selection

The 2019 Major League Soccer SuperDraft begins at 1 p.m. ET Friday in Chicago. Below is the full list of 206 players eligible for selection, provided by MLS. Read more about the draft and its rules here. You can watch the first two rounds live on Pro Soccer USA by clicking play on the video […]

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MLS Draft: Tucker Bone balances soccer dream, military commitment

Tucker Bone was never quite sure how far soccer could take him. He started kicking balls into goals in recreational leagues when he was 5 years old. At 9, he was playing competitively for a youth club near Granite Bay, Calif. “By the time I got into high school, it was realistic that I could play […]

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MLS SuperDraft prospect Tajon Buchanan motivated by past slights

They told him he wasn’t good enough for a school like Syracuse. They told him he needed to get his head out of the clouds and quit dreaming They told him he needed to lower his expectations. “Whenever I heard anybody tell me I just wasn’t good enough to get to Syracuse, it motivated me […]

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Centerback Callum Montgomery ready for MLS SuperDraft after years operating under the radar

Callum Montgomery knows what it feels like to be passed on. He didn’t come through an academy and ended up going to college for four years – and he says he needed every one of those years at UNC Charlotte to develop into the centerback he is today. “I came from a small town in […]

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MLS SuperDraft prospect JJ Williams eager to keep defying expectations at pro level

At 6-foot-4 and 200-plus pounds with speed, mobility and agility, JJ Williams perhaps could have been a star wide receiver for legendary college football coach Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide. Williams grew up in Montgomery, Ala., smack, dab in the middle of college football country, but he decided at a young age that he wanted […]

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MLS Combine Q&A: Getting to know Sergio Rivas

ORLANDO, Fla. — It wasn’t easy growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Sergio Rivas. The midfielder went to Seattle University to escape his surroundings and make the most of his dream of one day playing soccer. Rivas spoke recently with Pro Soccer USA about the 2019 MLS Player Combine and his time playing collegiate […]

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MLS Combine Q&A: Getting to know Andre Shinyashiki

ORLANDO, Fla. — After leading the nation with 28 goals during his last collegiate soccer season, Andre Shinyashiki isn’t worried about where he might possibly land in Major League Soccer. He just wants to play professionally. The former Denver University forward arrived late on Saturday to Orlando and played his first and only game on […]

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Winger Siad Haji eager to see hard work pay off during MLS Superdraft

There isn’t much Siad Haji remembers about when he first came to the United States. He remembers being sick on the plane – at about 4 years old, it was his first plane ride. Haji’s parents fled the civil war in Somalia to a refugee camp in Kenya, just outside the capital city of Nairobi, […]