2017 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 Results

The MLS SuperDraft is upon us! The bad news is the Union traded away their first round spot (11th) to Chicago on August 3rd so we can pretend that pick from the Fire would be ours I guess? Anyway, below are the selections from the first round with separate articles for rounds two through four. Notable picks this round are the first two picks which belong to expansion sides Minnesota and Atlanta.

1.) Minnesota United: Abu Danladi (Forward, UCLA)

2.) Atlanta United: Miles Robinson (Defender, Syracuse)

3.) New York City FC: (From Chicago): Jonathan Lewis (Forward, Akron)

4.)Portland Timbers: (From Houston): Jeremy Ebobisse (Forward, Duke)

5.) Columbus Crew SC: Lalas Abubakar (Defender, Dayton)

6.) San Jose Earthquakes: Jackson Yueill (Midfielder, UCLA)

7.) Vancouver Whitecaps: Jacob Nerwinski (Defender, UConn)

8.) Atlanta United: Julian Gressel (Midfielder, Providence)

9.) Columbus Crew SC: Niko Hansen (Forward, New Mexico)

10.) Houston Dynamo: Joseph Holland (Midfielder, Hofstra)

11.) Chicago Fire: Daniel Johnson (Midfielder, Louisville)

12.) D.C. United: Chris Odoi-Atsam (Defender, Maryland College Park)

13.) Real Salt Lake: Reagan Dunk (Defender, Denver)

14.) Sporting Kansas City: Colton Storm (Defender, UNC-Chapel Hill)

15.) Colorado Rapids: Sam Hamilton (Defender, Denver)

16.) New York City FC(From Seattle): Kwame Awuah (Midfielder, UConn)

17.) New York Red Bulls: Zeiko Lewis (Forward, Boston College)

18.) FC Dallas: Jacori Hayes (Midfielder, Wake Forest

19.) Montreal Impact: Nick Depuy (Forward, UC Santa Barbara)

20.) New England Revolution: Brian Wright (Forward, Vermont)

21.) Toronto FC: Brandon Aubrey (Defender, Notre Dame)

22.) Seattle Sounders: Brian Nana-Sikam (Defender, Stanford)

That only took two hours! We’ll have the second round for you sometime in November!