May

15

Re-Drafting The Draft: 2009 Edition


This is a little project I’ve been working on. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be re-doing the last three SuperDrafts. I thought it would be interesting to take what we know now and put it against those previous drafts to see what would be different if the clubs had to redo those picks…[continue reading]

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Jan
19

Inside The SuperDraft Is Back


Gosh I love this series. It’s absolutely one of the best video series that MLSSoccer.com does each year. Enjoy.

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Jan

12

2012 MLS SuperDraft: Andrew Wenger Goes No. 1


After some back and forth this morning, the Montreal Impact held on to their number one pick and took Duke defender/midfielder Andrew Wenger. Wenger should come in right away and be a starter for this expansion club. The 2011 Hermann Trophy winner can play literally any where on the field. As much as me and…[continue reading]

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Jan
11

Mock Draft: FC Dallas Style


Another link from a story I did for FC Dallas this week. And yes, another mock draft. Here are a few names that I could see the red stripes selecting tomorrow with their lone pick. Let’s see if I get one of these right this year though with this news, the club could be looking…[continue reading]

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Jan

11

WVH 2012 MLS Draft – Final Mock Edition


Oh SuperDraft Eve. You have to love the excitement surrounding a draft. So many things can happen though between now and tomorrow afternoon. Teams will be wheeling and dealing all night in hopes of either moving up in the draft, finding some decent talent outside the draft in a trade, or just hoping that the…[continue reading]

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Jan
09

“I don’t know how long it stays like that," he said. "I think at some point most of the players in our league will come out of academies but that might be 10 years from now, 20 years from now. For now I think we’re still going to get the majority of our player pool from the draft and the international player market.”
~ Don Garber, MLS Commissioner

So 10 to 20 years huh? Interesting. One has to hope that the academies can really do what we all think they will and be the main source of talent for teams. It’s working – slow and steady – we just have to remain patient with it.

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Jan

09

MLS Team Needs Before 2012 SuperDraft


Thursday’s SuperDraft will be here before we know it. I’ll be fairly busy with the day job over the next day and a half but I did want to get this up today. With one final day of the Combine, teams are hoping to fill as many holes in this draft as they possibly can.…[continue reading]

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Jan

06

MLS Combine Rosters Released


The MLS Combine starts this afternoon and the four teams have been released. Below is where everyone will be playing with this weekend. adiZero Coach: Barlow Last First Pos. School/Note Meara Ryan GK Fordham Singh Shawn LB UCLA Rodriguez Charles CB Charlotte Bates Mykell RB Santa Calra Maund Aaron CB ND Walker Kenney DM Louisville…[continue reading]

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Jan

05

MLS Heavily Pursuing Junior Flores


It isn’t every day that a bright young player like Junior Flores comes around. Major League Soccer knows it and is trying desperately to add him to their 2012 Generation adidas class. Reports from the Washington Post say that the league has already offered Flores a lucrative GA contract, one likely to be on the…[continue reading]

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Jan

04

UNC’s Martinez Signs GA Deal, Schuler To Sweden


The Generation adidas class for 2012 is nearly complete. UNC midfielder Enzo Martinez has signed his GA deal with the league but his former Tar Heel teammate Billy Schuler declined his offer from the league to go to Europe. Reports out of Sweden say that Hammarby IF (yes, Greg Berhalter’s new club) is close to…[continue reading]

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