MLS Draft Preparation: SB Nation Has You Covered

The importance of the MLS SuperDraft has not risen to the level of, say, the NFL Draft and doesn’t seem to be on its way there. As Brian Straus at AOL Fanhouse pointed out, just one player drafted in the post-2000 SuperDraft era has gone on to win an MVP in MLS. That’s not to say it’s an irrelevant tool, just that championships are not often won and loss on draft day.

Picking at No. 10 in Thursday’s SuperDraft, Sporting KC will likely miss out on some of the “can’t-miss” prospects that are expected to be snatched up in the first five picks. And while the general consensus seems to be that once those guys are gone there are no sure things, there is an overarching belief that there are potentially another 20-30 guys that could be good MLS players. Among those players that could be very good is Cal center back AJ Soares, and that’s who The Daily Wiz’s Andy Edwards is really hoping to fall to them.

In recent days, though, another name has caught Edwards’ eye: Jalil Anibaba. He has less pedigree than Soares, but has looked very strong in the MLS Combine. He is another player that could replace Conrad.

There is so much MLS SuperDraft information out there right now that it’s actually getting hard to sort through it all. Luckily, SB Nation has your answer: Just stay here.

Over the last few weeks, this site as well as many of our MLS team sites have been conducting mock drafts, looking at the success of young goalkeepers and providing more profiles than you can possibly ever fully process. With that said, it’s time to give you a one-stop shop where you can find out more of that information as we prepare for Thursday’s MLS SuperDraft.