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Chicago Fire trades tenth pick in MLS Draft; Drafts Jimenez at No. 26 [updating]

With the tenth overall pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft, the Chicago Fire selected... no one.

The club traded the pick at the last minute to the New York Red Bulls, and will receive $100k in general allocation money in return.

At number 26, the Fire took Jonathan Jimenez, a left back from Pacific.

Here’s the draft order so far:

  1. Inter Miami - Robbie Robinson, Forward, Clemson
  2. Inter Miami - Dylan Nealis, Defender, Georgetown
  3. Vancouver - Ryan Raposo, Midfielder, Syracuse
  4. Orlando - Daryl Dike, Forward, Virginia
  5. New England - Henry Kessler, Defender, Virginia
  6. Columbus - Miguel Berry, Forward, University of San Diego
  7. Houston - Garrett McLaughlin, Forward, SMU
  8. Montreal - Jeremy Kelly, Defender, UNC
  9. New York Red Bulls (from Chicago Fire) - Patrick Seagrist, Defender, Marquette
  10. Nashville - Alistair Johntson, Defender, Wake Forest
  11. San Jose - Tanner Beason, Defender, Stanford
  12. Nashville - Elliot Panicco, GK, UNC Charlotte
  13. FC Dallas - Nkosi Burgess, Defender, Seattle
  14. New York Red Bulls - Cherif Dieye, Midfielder, Lousiville
  15. Portland - Aaron Molloy, Defender, Penn State
  16. Dallas - Cal Jennings, Forward, Central Florida
  17. Minnesota - Noah Billingsley, Defender, UC Santa Barbara
  18. Toronto - Nyal Higgins, Defender, Syracuse
  19. Salt Lake - Dayonn Harris, Midfielder, Connecticut
  20. DC United - Simon Lefebvre, GK, Temple
  21. NYCFC - Jesus Perez, Midfielder, UIC
  22. Atlanta - Patrick Nielsen, Defender, Michigan State
  23. LAFC - Paulo Pita, GK, Marshall
  24. Toronto - Achara, Midfielder, Georgetown
  25. Chicago Fire - Jonathan Jimenez, Left Back, Pacific