HTIOT Picks Akeem Ward In The 2019 SBNation Mock MLS SuperDraft

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY SportsWith the 2019 MLS SuperDraft less than 72 hours away, it’s time for an annual tradition: the SBNation Mock Draft.

Every year during Draft Week, every MLS Team Brand in the SBN network selects one staff member to represent their team in the Mock Draft. This year, that honor has fallen to yours truly.

I feel the need to include a very large and obvious caveat here, which is that guessing what the Chicago Fire are going to do in the Draft is very much an exercise in futility. For starters, recent history suggests that the Fire will concoct a late deal that knocks them down the selection order in exchange for MLS Allocation Money or maybe a non-rookie depth player…