2021 MLS Superdraft Preview
The Superdraft is coming up on 1/21 so I expect one of the STF writers will be writing up a lengthy preview. I hope so, because I don't know enough about the prospects to have a good sense of what the options are. I have done a tiny bit of digging though, because I couldn't wait. I see us having the following positions of need: right back depth, left back depth, central defender/center back depth, a MF replacement for Flores, and possibly a winger.
As we have young players at right and left fullback and no veteran depth at either position right now, we may look elsewhere to fill at least one of those spots. The rumor that we may be picking up Josecarlos van Rankin seems to have legs and would give us relatively young and experienced depth on the right. We still need at least one more fullback option that can play left or both sides. As hyped as Bravo is, we still want some competition there, a substitute, or a back up plan, if not all of the above rolled into one. Matt Di Rosa and Josh Drack seem like the best picks in the draft if we want to go young. I feel we should keep in mind that we won't have T2 to provide minutes for youth prospects in 2021, so we may not want to bring in a young player who will struggle to find minutes. Seems cruel to me at least. I'd like to see someone in their late 20s or early 30s who still has gas in the tank, is reliable, hungry, but has reasonable expectations. Once again, I'm lamenting the loss of Zarek. It also seems like, with Farfan's departure, the FO may understand that other young prospects might feel similarly stymied by the signing of Bravo.