The Official 2025 MLS SuperDraft thread (Friday, 12/20/24) [R]

Discussion in 'San Jose Earthquakes' started by OWN(yewu)ED, Jun 22, 2024.

  1. OWN(yewu)ED

    OWN(yewu)ED Member+

    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Am I angry. Yes. Am I heavily buzzing already for brunch? also yes. And we are gonna suck and also not get first overall pick. I’m also done trying to make midfielders and forwards from the draft work. Get the best center back or goalkeeper at two and be done with it because other positions never pan out
     
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  2. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Our non-attacking picks have generally panned out - Marie, Munie, Beason, Ricketts (maybe - if he'd ever get back from injury - he looks promising). I mean none of these guys are going to be all-stars but they are at least contributing to the team. And for the superdraft these days, that's about the best you can hope for. You're not generally going to get a star player.

    If we were going to draft for need, I'd be looking seriously at d-mid this year. If we could even get a serviceable backup that would be a win in my book.
     
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  3. Kaitlyn

    Kaitlyn Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 25, 2014
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Leroux can play dmid. But i doubt he ever plays 1st team ball.
     
  4. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Does the expansion team still pick before the MLS Wooden Spoon “winner” or has that been changed in recent years? :confused:

    GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! :cool:


    -G
     
  5. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why would that be changed?
    If an expansion team didn't pick first, where would they even pick??
     
  6. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    OK, time to start looking at the Stanford roster to see who our #2 pick in the superdraft will be. :thumbsup:
     
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  7. OWN(yewu)ED

    OWN(yewu)ED Member+

    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Its almost as if we have done this before, or something
     
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  8. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  9. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  10. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh great here we go again...
     
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  11. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    I'm especially anxious to sign those Stanford attackers who secured the 0-0 tie with N.C. State :).
     
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  12. OWN(yewu)ED

    OWN(yewu)ED Member+

    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hell, thats literally exactly what we are looking for. Sign them all up!
     
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  13. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pretty much the only college player I've seen mentioned in relation to the upcoming superdraft...

    Emil Jaaskelainen
    - famous pro dad
    - scores goals: 14 goals and 6 assists in 13 games
    - tall (6'3") target forward (Ebo replacement, we don't have many strikers in the academy pipeline)
    - Akron has produced plenty of MLSers

    draft him!

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    https://nc-analytics.medium.com/2024-mls-superdraft-gems-2e59d5308095

    That sad, the son of former Premier League goalkeeper Jääskeläinen has something that I’m looking for — sheer physical domination as a target forward. Of the 20 forwards sampled, he almost doubled the best of the field in aerials attempted and won, and comfortably led in aerial win percentage. He managed to lead the sample in shots per game and put up a whopping 0.61 xG per game, and if I had to guess a huge percentage of that was off his head.​
     
  14. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Paul Harvey, eh. "And that's the rest of the story".

    We would just have to hope that San Diego doesn't take him.
     
  15. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Kimani Stewart-Baynes also looks interesting. Elite speed, only 18, so further room for development, and very active dribbler. Looks like he's right-footed so he could play left-side attacker for us as inverted winger. Play him and Ricketts on the left side and terrorize :).
     
  16. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Only one player can be taken before the Quakes selection, I don't think anyone is saying he'll be the #1 pick
    That article is from last year... "2024 SuperDraft"

    Kimani Stewart-Baynes (born January 17, 2005) is a professional soccer player who plays for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids.

    In December 2023 ahead of the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, Stewart-Baynes signed a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer.[11][12] At the draft, he was selected in the first round (fourth overall) by the Colorado Rapids.​
     
  17. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    #17 JazzyJ, Oct 13, 2024
    Last edited: Oct 13, 2024
    Perfect, now we can see how that would have worked out! Apparently, not great... but he's still only 19... At least he made the team.

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    As for the tall forward guy, I don't know, I'm getting Adam Jahn vibes... Except Adam didn't look quite this geeky. :)

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  18. TyffaneeSue

    TyffaneeSue moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 15, 2003
    Upstairs
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    The season's not over and yet our #1 news story is about an event more than two months away. I guess we can dream.
     
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  19. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    We're well into "next year" mode.
     
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  20. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Emil Jaaskelainen's dad Jussi had 56 caps for Finland and had almost 600 appearances between Bolton, West Ham, and Wigan. Adam Jahn is some rich kid from the golf club enclave of El Macero. Jahn had 24 goals in 73 games at Stanford. Emil has 14 goals 6 assists in 13 games at Akron. But yes they are both 6'3" target forwards.
     
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  21. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    It was a joke. I know they are different players. He does look geeky, I will say that. But geeks can score goals too.
     
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  22. Defender

    Defender Member

    Joe's Plumbing 86ers
    Feb 16, 2001
    San Francisco CA
    Club:
    Atlanta Silverbacks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Legit question. Are there any “good” players available in the draft that aren’t already claimed by homegrown status?

    I thought the draft was as relevant as Chivas USA.
     
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  23. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's too soon to judge players from last year's draft but #3 pick Logan Farrington has 4 goals 8 assists for FC Dallas this season... he's played 1200 minutes for a team that has plenty of homegrowns.

    As for 2023:
    #3 pick Moise Bombito is already a regular CB for the Canadian national team and after a year and a half Colorado sold him to Nice for $7.7 million which could reach $10.7 million with add-ons.

    #6 pick Duncan McGuire was almost sold to Blackburn but there was a clerical error, in any case he's got 23 goals 6 assists for Orlando City over two seasons.

    #12 pick Patrick Agyemang has 9 goals 5 assists for Charlotte this season.

    #14 pick Max Arfsten played for Quakes 2 before being drafted by Columbus and has 5 goals 8 assists this season... Matt Doyle was recently wondering if he would be the best player on the Quakes.

    #25 pick Emeka Eneli was moved from forward to defensive midfield and has played 2600 minutes for RSL this season.

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    I don't know if there's any MLS team that couldn't benefit from adding a player at that level, but given the 2024 Quakes are one of the worst teams in MLS history they certainly could!
     
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  24. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Alex Harris ('05)... would a kid from Cornell accept a Generation Adidas deal from MLS to enter the draft?

    Harris has 11G, 3A in 916 minutes this season in his sophomore year. This was after 12G, 4A in 1143 minutes last season where plenty of people thought he was the best Freshman in the country. I've never seen Harris play, but from the highlights I've seen and how he's been described to me I gather he's a speedster forward. Capable as a winger or a #9.
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  25. Kaitlyn

    Kaitlyn Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 25, 2014
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The draft is such a terrible concept in soccer... Late rounders > first rounders usually.
     

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