Don Garber kicking things off at the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. (Kevin Kinkead for WVHooligan)

By: Geoff Reid

Last Thursday as we all know the yearly draft for the MLS took place and for once it was in a location close to yours truly so I thought I’d take a drive into Philadelphia and see what it was like and share the highlights. Now since the draft, almost every football and blog web site has covered their thoughts on all the picks and what teams had the best and worst, including this very site. While only time will tell to see the true winners and losers in this draft, I’m not going to give my thoughts on the picks, just give an account of the whole experience in general.

Certainly there was no front page news like you would see if the NFL draft was in town or anything like that, but walking through the Pennsylvania Convention Center area was quite remarkable with signs all over the place advertising the SuperDraft and the NSCAA Convention and I personally felt very much at home for the first time in this area seeing so many coaches, players and personnel who were here for football purposes only and having nothing to do with the Eagles, Phillies, or Flyers.

What was also very cool and I had absolutely no idea this was even taking place in Philadelphia either, was the WPS Draft and there were signs for the ballroom where that draft would take place the following day. Of course once I realized all this, it made perfect sense since the NSCAA was in town and I think that this will be the format in the future for years to come. It’s important for people of all ages and genres to come together and promote the game in this country for the greater good and I like the thought of the MLS helping out the WPS. We can already see this by some clubs sharing stadiums. Continue Reading…

Alexi Lalas and John Harkes give us their take on the draft.

Agree with most of what these two said. Agree with Lalas’ take on RSL too.

A good buddy of mine and now a new Sons of Ben member Kevin Kinkead was kind enough to take some photos of yesterday’s SuperDraft. I hope you enjoy them.

Danny Mwanga talks to the press. (Kevin Kinkead for WVHooligan.com)

The 2010 MLS SuperDraft is finally over. The dust has settled on another year’s draft and just as always there were some big winners and then there were some losers. I wanted to post this piece last night but I felt that I really needed to take a bit of time away from the draft to really give it an honest look.

Below are my team-by-team draft grades. I’ll start with the best and work my way down from there. Feel free to leave your grades below. Continue Reading…

Boy it’s been a long, long day here at WVH. The 2010 MLS SuperDraft is over and now it is time to take a short break. I was going to do some draft recaps tonight but expect them for the morning (though I may knock them out tonight, depends on a few things).

In other words, I’m tired! Thanks to those who decided to stop by for the live blog of the draft today. Duane Rollins of 24th Minute was super enough to get the ball rolling on the event today and kept it going until the final pick was made. Thanks again to Duane!

Anyways, I’ll have plenty of updates in the coming up including draft grades, photos, and some site updates.

- Drew

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