lazlo_80 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Sounds like Raposo signed a GA deal with MLS jordan, johnyb and saladroit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 That will damn near guarantee Rapaso getting a decent draft spot as long as he doesnt fall flat in predraft workouts etc. Sure hope he can stick with an MLS club. Allistar Johnson had 3g, 5a in 22games for Wake forrest, top drawer had him number 46 on the top 100 list. His little brother is at Maryland and got 4g, 4a and made the big ten all freshman team, so he is a chip off the old block (38th rated top rookie). Maybe some guys for the CPL to look at, Seniors, Duarte(mid) at Stjohns, Ferrin(mid/for) at Syracuse . And maybe a couple names to salt away, Matt Chandler CB, 6'6 soph Stjohns, started almost every game this season and Jalen Watson fresh CB, Penn st, ranked 67th best rookie this season in NCAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Rapaso was definitely the pick of the NCAA Canadians this year. Hopefully he doesn’t get buried on an MLS bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 two Canadians in MLS's list of the top 10 prospects in this year's superdraft... https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/01/03/2020-mls-superdraft-top-10-prospects-available-selection johnyb, Norrin Radd and Strait Red 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Alistar Johnson has been playing RB??? WHAT!!! Get him in that camp right now!! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 MLSSoccer Mock Draft has Raposo at 4, Johnston at 9, Harris at 20 https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/01/04/your-complete-mock-1st-round-2020-mls-superdraft-travis-clark johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Usually these mock drafts show Canadians going to Canadian teams but rarely works out. El Hombre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Those MLS guys are so lazy..they slot in Raposo and Johnston to be picked by Van and Montreal. Van at #4 has a real chance of grabbing one of the few guys that can walk right in and contribute. Usually there are only a handful of those players every year. Other mock drafts arent as high on our CDN kids, I've seen Raposo in mid first round and Johnston not in the first round at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Bison44 said: Those MLS guys are so lazy..they slot in Raposo and Johnston to be picked by Van and Montreal. Van at #4 has a real chance of grabbing one of the few guys that can walk right in and contribute. Usually there are only a handful of those players every year. Other mock drafts arent as high on our CDN kids, I've seen Raposo in mid first round and Johnston not in the first round at all. I've seen Johnston at 9 for the Impact elsewhere. Raposo might be a reach, but the GA class isn't that strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I personally don't think anyone in these drafts can walk in a contribute right away anymore. I only hope the Whitecaps draft Raposo because it's the only scenario in which it's likely he'll get loaned to a CPL team NVsoccer and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Are there any other canadians on the combine list? I cant see it on the MLS website, it's just pictures of houses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 With v2.0 they have Johnston at 9 Raposo at 10 Harris at 20 https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/01/08/2020-mock-superdraft-v2-0-final-prediction-thursday-travis-clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 https://sbisoccer.com/2020/01/the-sbi-2020-mls-mock-draft-final-version SBI has Raposo at 7 Harris at 10 and Johnston at 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I did a quick check for Canadians on the top teams in NCAA to see if there were any interesting upcoming prospects, and which players were seniors as they would likely be targets for CPL. Note that the stats are their 2019 season stats and points are based on NCAA formula of goals being worth 2 points. Not too many Seniors on top teams this year but the available ones are Massimo Ferrin, Brandon Duarte, Nikal Clarke-Smith, Abdou Samake and Mateo Restrepo. Ferrin especially looks interesting as he was only outscored by his Syracuse team mate, Ryan Raposo. However I had heard his name come up a few times on Twitter, so I would not be surprised if he was drafted in Round 3 or 4 later today Name Pos School Year GP G A Pts Notes Tani Oluwaseyi F/M St. John's Junior 20 11 5 27 GPS Academy Massimo Ferrin F Syracuse Senior 20 7 9 23 Vaughan Azzurri Malcolm Johnston M Maryland Freshman 20 4 4 12 Vaughan Azzurri Stephen Afrifa M FIU Freshman 18 3 3 9 Woodbridge Strikers Hilli Goldhar M Syracuse Sophomore 20 1 6 8 Sigma FC Brandon Duarte M St. John's Senior 20 2 3 7 Oakville Blue Devils Simon Triantafillou M Syracuse Junior 20 2 3 7 Sigma FC Preston Popp F Charlotte Sophomore 19 3 0 6 North Carolina FC Kyle Hiebert D Missouri Redshirt Junior 20 1 2 4 U18 National Team, PDL (WSA Winnipeg?) Jalen Watson D Penn State Freshman 15 1 2 4 Whitecaps Academy, Erin Mills SC Wumi Aladetmi F UC Davis Redshirt Freshman 18 1 2 4 Ronaldo Marshall F FIU Freshman 13 1 2 4 Woodbridge Strikers Jeremy Di Lallo F/M UCF Freshman 15 1 1 3 U19 Orlando City, Montverde Academy Brock Lindow M Kentucky Sophomore 15 1 1 3 Rohun Kawale M/D Rhode Island Freshman 19 1 1 3 IMG Academy Nikal Clarke-Smith D Virginia Tech Senior 16 1 0 2 Sheridan College Joel Harrison D Michigan Junior 19 1 0 2 Whitecaps Res, Surrey United SC Abdou Samake D Michigan Senior 22 0 2 2 Montreal Impact Academy Matt Chandler D St. John's Junior 20 0 1 1 Markham FC Justyn Thomas D Wake Forest Junior 18 0 0 0 Vaughan Azzurri, TFC Academy, U15 National Team Mateo Restrepo D UC Santa Barbara Senior 19 0 0 0 TFC Academy, FC Ingolstadt U19, U18 National Team Demarre Montoute D Marshall Freshman 11 0 0 0 Vaughan Azzurri Luka Gavrab G St. John's Redshirt Freshman 18 0 0 0 GPS Academy, Hamilton Croatia Malcolm Duncan D Providence Junior 23 0 0 0 Sigma FC Rimi Olatunji G Providence Redshirt Freshman 2 0 0 0 TFC Academy Sosa Emovon F Michigan Sophomore 6 0 0 0 National Team ID Camp Marques Antoine D Maryland Freshman 7 0 0 0 Montreal Impact Academy, U17 National Team David Viscosi D Wright State Freshman 5 0 0 0 johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) ?? That is a quick check?? Very impressive my young padawan. You'll have to cut and paste that list onto the 2020 NCAA thread. Personally I think guys like Duarte, Ferrin, Restrepo etc are probably better off keeping an eye on CPL. Half the MLS clubs wont use their 3-4th rounds picks and if you do get picked its basically a toss up whether they;ll even get signed to a USL affiliate or just go unsigned. With CPL teams building their rosters now, they could sign with a team like Valour, get 20 pro games this summer to showcase the talents. Edited January 13, 2020 by Bison44 red card, deschamp86 and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 50 minutes ago, Bison44 said: ?? That is a quick check?? Very impressive my young padawan. You'll have to cut and paste that list onto the 2020 NCAA thread. Personally I think guys like Duarte, Ferrin, Restrepo etc are probably better off keeping an eye on CPL. Half the MLS clubs wont use their 3-4th rounds picks and if you do get picked its basically a toss up whether they;ll even get signed to a USL affiliate or just go unsigned. With CPL teams building their rosters now, they could sign with a team like Valour, get 20 pro games this summer to showcase the talents. Haha quick as in I just scanned the hometowns on the rosters quickly. Could have missed a few (we have a lot more Canadians in top NCAA programs than we used to) and some Canadians could have their hometowns listed as being outside of Canada. I agree that they would be better off. Hopefully they think that way as well like Zajac did last year. I just feel like a Canadian team might draft a guy like Ferrin since Vaughan had done so well in the draft this year and he put up solid numbers as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Ferrin et al might get a flyer from a CDN team, but that might mean a loan to a CPL team anyway. Whatever happend to Matt Constant? He only played 12g with Northcarolina but was pretty highly touted before he transfered from New mexico. That kid has Manitoba roots, come home....Valour need someone...anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Looks like I missed Seattle. Added a couple seniors including Avila-Good who was drafted by the Sounders 78th overall (Though there were some passes before, so does it really count as 78??) Julian Avila-Good M Seattle Senior 23 1 3 5 Winnipeg South End United, U15 National Team Thomas Mickoski D Seattle Senior 20 0 4 4 TFC Academy, U17 National Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Of the 52 picks in round 3 and 4, 27 teams passed on their pick, time to drop to 2 or 3 rounds or eliminate entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 its nothing new..last year there were 75 picks on a possible 96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Nothing new, so why keep doing it? They are scaling the draft down in almost every other sense. Now there are more and more MLS teams picking, the talent is gone quicker and quicker. Its telling that right off the bat in round 3 teams were passing. With MLS academies getting more and more established they dont need or want to draft 4 22 year olds every year. shamrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 78 picks is the equivalent of three rounds..they will probably go down to two or three..but a lot of teams have reserve teams and need players other than just 19 year old academy players..and expansion teams need to build 1-2 squads quickly so its useful for them to get players or to make trades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 8:53 AM, Big_M said: 78 picks is the equivalent of three rounds..they will probably go down to two or three..but a lot of teams have reserve teams and need players other than just 19 year old academy players..and expansion teams need to build 1-2 squads quickly so its useful for them to get players or to make trades What would stop those teams from simply offering those players that weren't selected in a slimmed down, 2-round draft free agent contracts, if they needed the bodies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, SthMelbRed said: What would stop those teams from simply offering those players that weren't selected in a slimmed down, 2-round draft free agent contracts, if they needed the bodies? Nothing, thats how the USL teams pick up the college players a la Comsia last year with North carolina or Didic with swope park. And any MLS squads that are hard up can do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Will Baynham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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