Congratulations to Northside High School grad (and Virginia Tech student) Daniel Pereira for being the number one pick in the recent Major League Soccer draft.
Pereira enters No. 1, Strickler No. 30 in MLS SuperDraft
News Highlights: Pereira enters No. 1, Strickler No. 30 in MLS SuperDraft
Story links BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech The men’s soccer team has three players – Daniel Pereira, Kristo Strickler and Mathijs Swaneveld – who qualify for the MLS SuperDraft 2021 on Thursday. And so far, two have been selected in the draft, with Pereira No. 1 to Austin FC and Strickler to No. 30 to Houston.
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Pereira will be the very first Tech men’s soccer player is the first to go overall and participate Tech soccer Michael Vick and Bruce Smith to become No. 1 in professional design. Pereira, a midfielder from Roanoke, Virginia, scored six goals and six assists in two years with the Hokies. The sophomore signed a Generation Adidas deal last week, joining Patrick Nyarko as the only other Tech player to receive the elusive honor. Strickler, a senior from Hil
“That dream and that idea just kept kind of growing,” Hope-Gund said, “and I was like, ‘You know what? This could be a possibility for me.’”
On Thursday, that possibility turned into reality. Orlando City selected Hope-Gund with the 19th overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft, one of several local players chosen by MLS teams in the first round.
His Hoyas teammate, forward Derek Dodson, also went to Orlando with the eighth pick. Virginia Tech standout Daniel Pereira was chosen by Austin FC first overall. Virginia’s Bret Halsey and Irakoze Donasiyano went to Real Salt Lake and Nashville SC, respectively, and Toronto FC selected Maryland’s Matt Di Rosa.
In first round of MLS draft, D.C. United doubles up on ACC talent
Steven Goff, The Washington Post
Jan. 21, 2021
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Until Thursday, D.C. United had not found itself in the top 10 of the MLS draft in seven years.
One pick was apparently not enough, so after taking Clemson attacker Kimarni Smith with its own selection at No. 4, United traded with Atlanta for the fifth choice and added Wake Forest defender Michael DeShields.
United did not relinquish much to acquire the additional first-rounder: $125,000 in financial considerations, known as general allocation money, spread over two seasons. It also swapped spots in the second round, dropping one place to No. 32 overall.