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MLS Draft 2017: Orlando City Selects Danny Deakin with No. 64 Pick in Third Round

After leaving the first two rounds of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft empty handed, Orlando City SC made its first and only selection in the event this afternoon. The Lions picked 23-year-old England native midfielder/forward Danny Deakin out of the University of South Carolina at No. 64 in the third round. Previously, the MLS website had shown Orlando City with a fourth-round pick at No. 74 but that selection was traded away to Real Salt Lake in October of 2014 when the club signed Yordany Alvarez. RSL passed on the selection.

Deakin played 20 matches in 2016, recording seven goals and six assists for the Gamecocks — finishing second on the team in goals and first in assists.