Normally, the MLS SuperDraft is a big day for D.C. United, who have established themselves as one of the league’s best teams when it comes to draft day. They currently start three players they picked up in past drafts, and they’d start four if Perry Kitchen had been re-signed. That doesn’t even count strong players like Julian Buescher, either.
But the times, they are a-changin’. United could well end up signing the best college player of all, but if Ian Harkes joins the Black-and-Red it won’t be via the draft. United added a key player who, like many players to be selected today, turned 22 during his first MLS season.