By Anonymous (not verified), January 11, 2022
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Thank you, NYCFC
New York City FC Drafts Three Players in2022 MLS SuperDraft
NEW YORK, N.Y., January 11, 2022 – New York City FC (NYCFC) today drafted Forwards Kevin O’Toole, Kingsford Adjei and El Mahdi Youssoufi in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft.O’Toole was selected with the 34th overall pick in the Second Round after NYCFC traded down from their 28th pick in the First Round via a trade with FC Dallas in exchange for $50,000 General Allocation Money. The Princeton University Forward played 17 games, starting in 14, contributing seven goals and nine assists in 2021 for the Tigers. The Montclair, N.J., native was a 2021 All-American and a two-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year.With the 56th overall pick in the Second Round, the reigning MLS Cup champions selected Forward Kingsford Adjei from the University of Dayton. The Ghanaian native scored five goals and provided three assists and led the team in shots on goal in fifteen games for the Flyers. The senior was named to the A-10 First Team three years in a row.The St. Francis Brooklyn Forward was selected with the final pick of the 2022 MLS SuperDraft. Youssoufi, played 16 games with the Terriers in 2021, tallying 13 goals and two assists while becoming just the third player in program history to be named NEC Player of the Year while earning All-Northeast First Team honors.
We followed the whole of the first round of this MLS Sperdraftt, usually conducteed at the USC Soccer Conveention. We did make special mention of Youssoufi as he had played his collegiate soccer locally. He may very well be not only the last drafted, but impactful, all those goals.
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| ABOUT NEW YORK CITY FCNew York City Football Club (NYCFC) is an American professional soccer team that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Eastern Conference of the League. It was announced as the League's 20th franchise on May 21, 2013 and is the first and only MLS Club located within the five boroughs of New York City. NYCFC kicked off its inaugural MLS season in March 2015 and is majority owned by City Football Group (CFG). Since its inaugural season, the Club has qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs the last six consecutive seasons. In 2021, NYCFC won the MLS Cup in the Club's first ever appearance, becoming the first professional sports franchise based in New York to win a championship in a decade. NYCFC’s Academy currently features teams from the U-12 to U-18 age groups and became the first Academy in the country to win back-to-back national titles at the U-19 level. NYCFC proudly supports City in the Community (CITC) foundation to use the power of soccer to uplift communities; one of the programs, New York City Soccer Initiative (NYCSI) is a first-of-its-kind public-private community partnership to open 50 mini-soccer pitches in underserved NYC neighborhoods in five years. |
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