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Orlando City SC selects Cyle Larin with first overall pick in 2015 MLS SuperDraft

1/15/2015

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PHILADELPHIA (Thursday, January 15, 2015) – With the first draft selection in their club’s history, the expansion Orlando City SC chose Generation adidas forward Cyle Larin with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft presented by adidas, held Thursday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

 
Larin becomes the second player out of the University of Connecticut selected with the first overall pick in as many years, and the third overall in the school’s history.


The second expansion club beginning play in 2015 in Major League Soccer, New York City FC, selected Oregon State University product Khiry Shelton with the second pick in the draft with their inaugural selection.


The University of Connecticut was one of two schools with two players selected in the first round, as Sergio Campbell was taken at No. 19 by Columbus Crew SC. Syracuse University also had two players selected in the opening 21 picks, both by Toronto FC (Alex Bono, No. 6; Skylar Thomas, No. 11).

 

Larin, who is a member of the Canadian U-20 national team currently competing at the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship in Jamaica, was one of five members of the Generation adidas class, all selected within the first 22 picks overall, with two selected in the opening three picks. Romario Williams, out of the University of Central Florida, was selected third overall by the Montréal Impact.

 

Bono was the first player called into the U.S. men’s national team selected in the SuperDraft, currently with the senior squad in the January training camp in southern California. Conor Donovan, a member of the U.S. U-20 national team and a Generation adidas signing, was taken with the No. 22 selection overall by Orlando City SC.

 

Players from 33 colleges and universities were represented in the 42 selections overall. There were also players selected from 10 different countries: USA, Canada, Jamaica, France, Sweden, England, Germany, Spain, Bosnia and Israel.

 

For a complete recap of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, please visit: www.MLSsoccer.com. Hi-res photos from the draft are available HERE.

 

A round-by-round summary of the 2015 SuperDraft follows:




 

ROUND 1

 

#       TEAM      PLAYER          POS.      HT       WT       DOB           HOMETOWN                 CLUB/COLLEGE

1.         ORL            Cyle Larin*              FW          6-2          190         04/17/1995      Brampton, Ont., Canada       Univ. of Connecticut

2,         NYC            Khiry Shelton          FW          6-3          185         06/26/1993      Leander, Texas                      Oregon State Univ.

3.         MTL             Romario Williams* FW         5-11         182         08/15/1994      Portmore, Jamaica                Univ. of Central Florida

4.         SJ                Fatai Alashe            MF           6-0          170         10/21/1993      Northville, Mich.                    Michigan State Univ.

5.         POR            Nick Besler              MF           6-1          165         05/07/1993      Overland Park, Kan.              Univ. of Notre Dame

6.         TOR            Alex Bono*              GK           6-3          195         04/25/1994      Baldwinsville, N.Y.                Syracuse Univ.

7.         CHI              Matt Polster              DF           6-0          170         06/08/1993      Las Vegas, Nev.                     Southern Illinois Univ.-Edwardsville

8.         HOU            Zach Steinberger    MF          5-11         172         05/10/1992      San Diego, Calif.                   Butler Univ.

9.         TOR            Clément Simonin    DF           6-1          179         07/01/1991      Lorient, France                      North Carolina State Univ.

10.       KC               Connor Hallisey     MF           5-9          158         02/09/1993      Granite Bay, Calif.                 Univ. of California

11.       TOR            Skylar Thomas        DF           6-4          205         07/27/1993      Pickering, Ont., Canada       Syracuse Univ.

12.       KC               Saad Abdul-Salaam DF           6-4          185         09/08/1991      Gahanna, Ohio                     Univ. of Akron

13.       VAN             Tim Parker               DF           6-2          195         02/23/1993      Hicksville, N.Y.                      St. John's Univ.

14.       COL @        Axel Sjoberg            DF           6-7          210         03/08/1991      Stockholm, Sweden              Marquette Univ.

15.       DAL             Otis Earle                 DF           6-0          170         01/17/1992      London, England                  Univ. of California, Riverside

16.       SEA #          Cristian Roldan*     MF           5-8          165         06/03/1995      Pico Rivera, Calif.                  Univ. of Washington

17.       DC               Miguel Aguilar         FW          5-9          172         08/30/1993      Sacramento, Calif.                 Univ. of San Francisco

18.       NY               Leo Stolz                  MF          5-11         170         02/15/1991      Munich, Germany                  Univ. of California, Los Angeles

19.       CLB @        Sergio Campbell     DF           6-4          197         01/16/1992      Clarendon, Jamaica              Univ. of Connecticut

20.       KC               Amadou Dia             MF           5-9          146         06/08/1993      Highlands Ranch, Colo.      Clemson Univ.

21.       LA                Ignacio Maganto    FW          5-8          140         01/02/1992      Madrid, Spain                        Iona College

* Generation adidas

 

@ CLB trade No. 14 overall selection in 2015 and allocation amount to COL for No. 19 selection in 2015 and future considerations

# RSL trade No. 16 overall selection in 2015 to SEA for No. 27 selection in 2015 and allocation amount

 

ROUND 2

 

#       TEAM      PLAYER          POS.      HT       WT       DOB           HOMETOWN                 CLUB/COLLEGE

22.       ORL            Conor Donovan*    DF           6-2          176         01/08/1996      Fuquay-Varina, N.C.              North Carolina State Univ.

23.       NYC            Connor Brandt        MF           6-1          165         09/15/1992      Temecula, Calif.                     Univ. of San Diego

24.       POR            Andy Thoma            DF          5-11         165         04/29/1993      Los Alamos, N.M.                  Univ. of Washington

25.       ORL            Akeil Barrett             FW          5-7          130         07/07/1992      Kingston, Jamaica                Univ. of Tulsa

26.       COL            Joseph Greenspan DF           6-6          209         09/12/1992      Westfield, N.J.                       U. S. Naval Academy

27.       RSL #          Boyd Okwuonu       DF           5-9          170         02/24/1993      Edmond, Okla.                      Univ. of North Carolina

28.       CHI              Kingsley Bryce       FW          6-0          184         04/16/1993      Plano, Texas                          Saint Louis Univ.

29.       TOR            Wesley Charpie      DF           6-1          173         11/04/1992      Tarpon Springs, Fla.            Univ. of South Florida

30.       HOU $         Oumar Ballo             DF           6-2          190         04/02/1991      Baltimore, Md.                        Univ. of Maryland-Baltimore County

31.       PHI              Dzenan Catic          FW          6-3          185         05/26/1992      Jablanica, Bosnia                  Davenport Univ.

32.       POR            Christian Volesky   FW          6-1          175         09/15/1992      Henderson, Nev.                   Southern Illinois Univ.-Edwardsville

33.       SEA %         Tyler Miller              GK           6-4          195         03/12/1993      Woodbury, N.J.                     Northwestern Univ.

34.       POR            Kharlton Belmar      FW         5-11         160         12/01/1992      Virginia Beach, Va.                Virginia Commonwealth Univ.

35.       CLB             Sagi Lev-Ari            FW          6-1          189         07/04/1989      Haifa, Israel                            California State Univ. Northridge

36.       HOU            Rob Lovejoy           FW          6-0          158         10/23/1991      Greensboro, N.C.                  Univ. of North Carolina

37.       TOR            Edwin Rivas            FW         5-11         170         01/08/1992      Los Angeles, Calif.                California State Univ. Northridge

38.       VAN             Kay Banjo                FW          6-0          186         12/03/1992      Upper Marlboro, Md.             Univ. of Maryland-Baltimore County

39.       NY               Stefano Bonomo    FW          6-2          170         01/25/1993      Hillsborough, Calif.               Univ. of California

40.       SEA             Oniel Fisher            MF           5-9          145         11/22/1991      Portmore, Jamaica                Univ. of New Mexico

41.       PHI              Eric Bird                   MF          5-11         170         04/08/1993      Virginia Beach, Va.                Univ. of Virginia

42.       DC               Dan Metzger            MF          5-10         163         08/06/1993      Holmdel, N.Y.                         Univ. of Maryland

 

$ KC trade No. 30 overall selection in 2015 to HOU for future considerations

% NE trade No. 33 overall selection in 2015 to SEA for future considerations

 

TEAM-BY-TEAM SELECTIONS:

 

Chicago Fire (2): Matt Polster (7); Kingsley Bryce (28)

Colorado Rapids (2): Axel Sjoberg (14); Joseph Greenspan (26)

Columbus Crew SC (2): Sergio Campbell (19); Sagi Lev-Ari (35)

D.C. United (2): Miguel Aguilar (17); Dan Metzger (42)

FC Dallas (1): Otis Earle (15)

Houston Dynamo (3): Zach Steinberger (8); Oumar Ballo (30); Rob Lovejoy (36)

Sporting Kansas City (3): Connor Hallisey (10); Saad Abdul-Salaam (12); Amadou Dia (20)

LA Galaxy (1): Ignacio Maganto (21)

Montréal Impact (1): Romario Williams (3)

New England Revolution (0)

New York Red Bulls (2): Leo Stolz (18); Stefano Bonomo (39)

New York City FC (2): Khiry Shelton (2); Connor Brandt (23)

Orlando City SC (3): Cyle Larin (1); Conor Donovan (22); Akeil Barrett (25)

Philadelphia Union (2): Dzenan Catic (31); Eric Bird (41)

Portland Timbers (4): Nick Besler (5), Andy Thoma (24); Christian Volesky (32); Kharlton Belmar (34)

Real Salt Lake (1): Boyd Okwuonu (27)

San Jose Earthquakes (1): Fatai Alashe (4)

Seattle Sounders FC (3): Cristian Roldan (16); Tyler Miller (33); Oniel Fisher (40)

Toronto FC (5): Alex Bono (6); Clement Simonin (9); Skylar Thomas (11); Wesley Charpie (29); Edwin Rivas (37)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2): Tim Parker (13); Kay Banjo (38)

 

COLLEGE-BY-COLLEGE SELECTIONS:

 

Univ. of Akron (1): Saad Abdul-Salaam

Butler Univ. (1): Zach Steinberger

Univ. of California (2): Stefano Bonomo; Connor Hallisey

Univ. of California, Los Angeles (1): Leo Stolz

Univ. of California, Riverside (1): Otis Earle

California State Univ., Northridge (2): Sagi Lev-Ari; Edwin Rivas

Univ. of Central Florida (1): Romario Williams

Clemson Univ. (1): Amadou Dia

Univ. of Connecticut (2): Sergio Campbell; Cyle Larin

Davenport Univ. (1): Dzenan Catic

Iona College (1): Ignacio Maganto

Marquette Univ. (1): Axel Sjoberg

Univ. of Maryland (1): Dan Metzger

Univ. of Maryland-Baltimore County (2): Oumar Ballo; Kay Banjo

Michigan State Univ. (1): Fatai Alashe

U.S. Naval Academy (1): Joseph Greenspan

Univ. of New Mexico (1): Oniel Fisher

Univ. of North Carolina (2): Rob Lovejoy, Boyd Okwuonu

North Carolina State Univ. (2): Conor Donovan; Clement Simonin

Northwestern Univ. (1): Tyler Miller

Univ. of Notre Dame (1): Nick Besler

Oregon State Univ. (1): Khiry Shelton

St. John’s Univ. (1): Tim Parker

Saint Louis Univ. (1): Kingsley Bryce

Univ. of San Diego (1): Connor Brandt

Univ. of San Francisco (1): Miguel Aguilar

Univ. of South Florida (1): Wesley Charpie

Southern Illinois Univ.-Edwardsville (2): Matt Polster; Christian Volesky

Syracuse Univ. (2): Alex Bono; Skylar Thomas

Univ. of Tulsa (1): Akeil Barrett

Univ. of Virginia (1): Eric Bird

Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (1): Kharlton Belmar

Univ. of Washington (2): Cristian Roldan; Andy Thoma

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