CHICAGO — Every year Nelson Rodriguez has been in charge of the Chicago Fire, he’s made a trade in the first round on draft day. And Friday, when the Fire played host for the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, Rodriguez made it four straight years. The Fire traded down once, then traded away two picks to finish […]
When the New York Red Bulls released their list of unprotected players, it became clear what was going to be on the club’s offseason wish list. New York needed defensive depth, at both centerback and fullback. With four picks in Friday’s MLS SuperDraft, two acquired in draft-day trades, Red Bulls sporting director Denis Hamlett believes […]
The LA Galaxy decided to bolster its attack Friday during the first two rounds of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft in Chicago. The Galaxy selected midfielder Emil Cuello from Southern Methodist University with the 19th overall pick and Oregon State forward Don Tchilao with pick No. 36. The Galaxy initially had the 12th pick overall in […]
CHICAGO — D.C. United selected Creighton defender Akeem Ward with the 14th overall pick Friday in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. A local player, Ward moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Vienna, Va., at 5 years old. He spent the majority of his life growing up in the Washington, D.C., area and played for development academy Bethesda […]
CHICAGO — It was a relatively low-pressure kind of day at the MLS SuperDraft for Sporting Kansas City. Head coach Peter Vermes has said he’s fairly content with the club’s roster heading into 2019. Still, the team had a No. 21 pick Friday and landed Florida Gulf Coast defender Kamar Mariott, who was not present […]
The Vancouver Whitecaps acquired some much-needed depth in the back by drafting Georgetown University centerback Brendan McDonough in the second round (35th overall) of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft on Friday. The 22-year-old McDonough made 56 starts in 63 appearances at Georgetown, collecting two goals and two assists while serving as captain in the last two […]
CHICAGO — Kamal Miller had four ties he could have picked Friday morning while getting ready for the MLS SuperDraft. In a “game-time decision,” he chose the purple one. Miller said his family told him purple made him look the best. It was the right call. The 6-foot Canadian centerback was selected by Orlando City […]
Will Rose City be a better fit for Claude Dielna? New England, where Dielna has spent the last year and a half as a central defender for the Revolution, certainly wasn’t a good one. The Athletic reports the Portland Timbers, the reigning MLS Cup runners-up, are working to acquire the French defender who didn’t even make […]
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Watch: 2019 MLS SuperDraft, all selections in first two rounds
The 2019 Major League Soccer SuperDraft began at 1 p.m. ET at McCormick Place in Chicago. A total of 206 players were eligible for selection in the draft. Expansion side FC Cincinnati used its No. 1 overall pick to select UCLA midfielder Frankie Amaya. Watch the first two rounds live in the video above. Below […]
Midfielder Marlon Hairston is on his way to the Lone Star State. The Houston Dynamo sent $175,000 in General Allocation Money — $125,000 in 2019 and $50,000 in 2020 – to the Colorado Rapids for the rights to the 24 year-old midfielder on Friday. Hairston entered the league in 2014 and has made 95 appearances, all of […]