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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
As a former first-round pick, FC Dallas head coach Luchi Gonzalez knows how important it is for players to be drafted and get a chance in the big leagues. It is why Gonzalez is coming into the draft with a very optimistic viewpoint, amidst news that the draft combine could be scrapped in the coming years, […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Major League Soccer is unique among American pro sports in many ways, including the offering of Homegrown Player deals. The Homegrown program allows teams to offer contracts to young players from their areas who have spent time with their academy. Teams get first claim to these players and do not have to […]