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.
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
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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