From Last Word on Soccer, by Matt Pollard and Joe Hojnacki
Podcast (January 6, 2017) – Happy New Year internet! This week on Last Word Soccer Club Radio, Matt Pollard and Joe Hojnacki are doing a full break down of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft!
Last Word SC: Preliminary 2017 MLS SuperDraft Preview And January Camp Roster!
In segment one, Matt is joined by Benny Lafortune to talk about the draft from a player’s perspective. Benny plays college soccer at St. John’s University. He talks about how seriously players are taking the combine and what to look for in later rounds now that MLS teams have USL affiliates. Matt and Benny break down the Generation Adidas players and talk about who they think the future stars are.
In the second stanza, Matt is joined by Jeff Reuter of FiftyFive.One to talk about Minnesota United FC’s draft prosects. Jeff gives his take on the team’s off-season so far and Adrian Heath’s style of play. The two go back and forth on Minnesota having the first overall pick and whether it will be UCLA’s Abu Danladi or Duke’s Jeremy Ebobisse.
In the Round Table, Joe jumps in. The guys talk briefly on Bob Bradley getting sacked and whether it was fair or not. We do an in depth break down of Bruce Arena’s USMNT roster for January Camp. The guys finish off with some rants about the SuperDraft.
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Matt Pollard is a Featured Columnist at Last Word on Soccer and Environmental Engineer. When he’s not saving pipelines and cleaning up messes, he’s getting his butt kicked by Insanity, falling down the Rocky Mountains, or watching sports. His first sports love was the LA Kings, though MLS didn’t exist at the time. Once called the Shakespeare of LWOS, he covers the LA Galaxy, Colorado Rapids, and Saint Louis FC. Like the Galaxy, he too was handcrafted in LA.
Joe Hojnacki is managing editor of Last Word on Soccer. A lifelong resident of the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, he supports Detroit City FC locally, Portland Timbers nationally, and Arsenal globally. He’s also a homebrewer, amateur astronomer, pathetic Detroit Lions fan and baseball nerd. In addition to Last Word SC, he hosts the Crowding the Plate Podcast over at Last Word’s MLB arm, Last Word on Baseball.
