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Holy @#$% dude. My 'didn't watch any college soccer but read everything on internet' big board for Revs: 1. Walker Zimmerman 2. Eriq Zavaleta 3. Andrew Farrell 4. Erik Hurtado 5. Ashton Bennett 6. Deshorn Brown 7. Kory Kindle 8. Taylor Kemp 9. Emery Welshman 10. Dylan Tucker-Gagnes 11. Greg Cochrane 12. Jason Johnson 13. Mikey Lopez 14. Kyle Bekker 15. Tommy Muller 16. Ryan Finley 17. Kekuta Manneh 18. Don Anding 19. Blake Smith 20. Kofi Opare Would probably end up with CB - Zimmerman, LB - Cochrane/Kemp, and FW - Anding.
Or Bekker. Bekker and Alvarez seem to be consensus #2 and #3 picks. They're the only guys that everyone agrees would have been at #4.
Possible, but if Bekker was going to go before their #4, then it would be Toronto who would take him. If Toronto wanted him, why would they make this deal (unless they knew the Revs weren't taking him)? You don't help someone jump in front of you if they want the guy you want.
What Toronto didn't "help" us jump forward. We game them allocation money. Hypothetical: Toronto wanted him and we gave them allocation so we could get him. Isn't that the whole point of a trade?
Kyle McCarthy @kylejmccarthy In place here at #MLSSuperdraft. #NERevs expected to make Andrew Farrell the first overall pick just after noon today. #mls
Two Scenarios: 1.) Toronto had little to no interest in a defender, which is why they were desperate to drop back in the draft. They also have interest in bringing in Bekker, a Canadian player who would be a reach with the first pick. Trading down allows them to get the player they actually want plus some allocation money. 2.) Toronto prefers Zimmerman over Farrell. Given Chivas has already announced their pick to be Alvarez, TFC realized they could flip with New England's fourth pick and still get their desired guys while adding allocation money.
Trades allow teams to "help" each other. If Toronto and the Revs were vying for the same player, Toronto wouldn't have made the deal.
The downside of having the first pick: Having all these negative stats scrolling over and over on ESPN will waiting for the draft to start:
They got it right, whether he is the real deal we will find out. But, at least they didn't screw it up.