Orlando City
MLS Draft 2015 Live Stream: Time, Order, Orlando City’s Picks and How to Watch Online
Orlando City SC will select first overall today in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, presented by Adidas — if the Lions don’t trade the pick (and that’s a big if). In addition to pick No. 1, Orlando City currently owns picks 22 and 25 in the second round, No. 43 in the third round, and No. 63 in the fourth.
The first two rounds (42 total picks) are today, and the Lions will have 257 players to choose from. Rounds three and four will be handled via conference call on Jan. 20. We assume there are reasons they can't just do all four rounds today. Probably.
You can watch the SuperDraft live on MLSSoccer.com or on the embedded player at the bottom of this post. The draft will also be simulcast on SiriusXM FC Channel 94, with Joe Tolleson, John Harkes and Jonathan Yardley.
Draft Order
Here's how the first round went down:
Pick # |
MLS team |
Player |
POS. |
School |
1 |
Orlando City SC |
Cyle Larin |
F |
Connecticut |
2 |
Khiry Shelton |
F |
Oregon State |
|
3 |
Romario Williams |
F |
Central Florida |
|
4 |
Fatai Alashe |
MF |
Michigan State |
|
5 |
Nick Besler |
MF |
Notre Dame |
|
6 |
Alex Bono |
GK |
Syracuse |
|
7 |
Matt Polster |
D |
Southern Illinois |
|
8 |
Zach Steinberger |
MF |
Butler |
|
9 |
Clement Simonen |
D |
North Carolina State |
|
10 |
Connor Hallisey |
MF |
California |
|
11 |
Toronto FC |
Skylar Thomas |
D |
Syracuse |
12 |
Saad Abdul-Salaam |
D |
Akron |
|
13 |
Tim Parker |
D |
St. John’s |
|
14 |
Colorado Rapids |
Axel Sjoberg |
D |
Marquette |
15 |
Otis Earle |
D |
California-Riverside |
|
16 |
Seattle Sounders FC |
Cristian Roldan |
MF |
Washington |
17 |
Miguel Aguilar |
F |
San Francisco |
|
18 |
Leo Stolz |
MF |
UCLA |
|
19 |
Sergio Campbell |
D |
Connecticut |
|
20 |
Sporting Kansas City |
Amadou Dia |
MF |
Clemson |
21 |
Ignacio Maganto |
F |
Iona |
And Round 2:
Pick # |
MLS team |
Player |
POS. |
School |
22 |
Orlando City SC |
Conor Donovan |
D |
North Carolina State |
23 |
New York City FC |
Connor Brandt |
MF |
San Diego |
24 |
Portland Timbers |
Andy Thoma |
D |
Washington |
25 |
Orlando City SC |
Akeil Barrett |
MF |
Tulsa |
26 |
Joseph Greenspan |
D |
Navy |
|
27 |
Boyd Okwuonu |
D |
North Carolina |
|
28 |
Kingsley Bryce |
F |
St. Louis |
|
29 |
Toronto FC |
Wesley Charpie |
D |
South Florida |
30 |
Oumar Ballo |
D |
UMBC |
|
31 |
Dzenan Catic |
D |
Davenport |
|
32 |
Portland Timbers |
Christian Volesky |
F |
Southern Illinois |
33 |
Tyler Miller |
GK |
Northwestern |
|
34 |
Portland Timbers |
Kharlton Belmar |
F |
Virginia Commonwealth |
35 |
Sagi Lev Ari |
F |
Cal State-Northridge |
|
36 |
Houston Dynamo |
Rob Lovejoy |
F |
North Carolina |
37 |
Toronto FC |
Edwin Rivas |
F |
Cal State-Northridge |
38 |
Kay Banjo |
F |
UMBC |
|
39 |
Stefano Bonomo |
F |
California |
|
40 |
Seattle Sounders FC |
Oneil Fisher |
MF |
New Mexico |
41 |
Philadelphia Union |
Eric Bird |
MF |
Virginia |
42 |
Dan Metzger |
MF |
Maryland |
Current Orlando City Roster
Orlando City's 24-man roster, as it stands (unofficially, because some of these players haven't been formally announced yet):
Goalkeeper (3): Donovan Ricketts, Josh Ford, Tally Hall
Left Back (1): Luke Boden
Center Back (3): Aurelien Collin, Gustavo, Tommy Redding
Right Back (2): Rafael Ramos, Tyler Turner
Defensive Midfield (5): Darwin Ceren, Estrela, Amobi Okugo, Harrison Heath, Cristian Higuita
Attacking Midfield (7): Brek Shea, Kaka, Kevin Molino, Carlos Rivas, Tony Cascio, Lewis Neal, Pedro Ribeiro
Striker (3): Martin Paterson, Bryan Rochez, Danny Mwanga
Areas of Need
The biggest holes are on defense. The club particularly lacks depth at left back and center back. Orlando City could also use help at forward and right wing. The Lions won't be able to address all of their immediate needs through the draft, so they will need a few more signings before the season.
Even if Orlando City drafts to fill areas of need, few MLS rookies make an immediate impact, and drafted players might need a little seasoning with Orlando's USL Pro affiliate in Louisville.
This is your open thread, so feel free to utilize the comments section as our SuperDraft to discuss the selections in real time. All selections and trades will be chronicled in their own posts on The Mane Land. Are you ready?