SEATTLE — On a hot day last summer, Alex Roldan was packing his bags at his parents’ California home preparing for a senior college soccer season in Seattle that would shape his professional destiny. Peering out at a front driveway basketball hoop, he described a fierce sports relationship with his older brother, Cristian, a […]
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Gonzaga’s Ben White becomes final player taken in MLS SuperDraft
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”3″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Defender Ben White from Gonzaga was the final player taken in the MLS SuperDraft on Sunday — the league’s last major event before preseason camps open. Toronto FC selected White 92nd overall, concluding the third and fourth rounds held via conference call that […]
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Why the often-derided MLS SuperDraft isn’t going anywhere
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”3″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] PHILADELPHIA – Every January, the technical staffs of MLS clubs start the new year by gathering for the league’s combine and SuperDraft process. And every January, the process is accompanied by a chorus of news articles and columns documenting the draft’s decline, its diminishing […]
PHILADELPHIA ― With chanting supporters in the draft room, LAFC made Joao Moutinho the club’s first Major Soccer League SuperDraft selection. The Generation adidas defender played just a single season at Akron, where he started in all 24 matches for the Zips. His grandfather was among the friends, coaches and family members he thanked immediately […]
PHILADELPHIA – Orlando City SC went into the 2018 MLS Superdraft on Friday with a single pick in the first two rounds and had one player in mind to bolster the attack. When Chris Mueller remained on the draft board after the first five selections, the Lions grabbed their preferred pick at No. 6. “It’s […]
PHILADELPHIA — With the MLS SuperDraft in Philadelphia, the home supporters showed up not expecting to see much movement from the Union. The Union had no picks in the first or second round and there was little chatter of Jim Curtin attempting to move into making a selection. That changed in the middle of the […]
Here are the 23 players taken in the first-round of the MLS SuperDraft on Friday, Jan. 19. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”3″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
PHILADELPHIA — Three of the top collegiate players in the United States are heading to Los Angeles to begin their Major League Soccer careers, but they won’t all suit up in the same colors. In a move that went against most mock drafts, LAFC selected Akron defender Joao Moutinho over Stanford’s Tomas Hilliard-Arce as the […]
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2018 MLS SuperDraft: Akron’s Joao Moutinho goes No. 1
Akron’s Joao Moutinho was selected Friday by Los Angeles FC with the No. 1 overall pick in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The day also featured a major trade: The Philadelphia Union acquired forward Davis Accam from Chicago for $1.2 million in allocation money. Moutinho, 19, turned heads at the MLS combine. Last season […]