LOS ANGELES—Canadians Kwame Awuah and Brian Wright went in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft on Friday, followed by teenagers Adonijah Reid and Shamit Shome in the second.
The haul was in part due to new league initiatives making young talent from north of the border more accessible to American teams. But each of the four brings something attractive to the table.
New York City FC traded up to No. 16 to get Awuah, a versatile UConn product the club plans to use as a left fullback. New England used the 20th pick to take Wright, a talented frontman who left the University of Vermont as its second-leading career scorer.