FC Dallas picks up 2020 SuperDraft first round pick from D.C. United

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports5/3/19 Update: FC Dallas announced today that it has acquired D.C. United’s natural first round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for $100,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM). Additionally, the club announced that it has waived defender Marquinhos Pedroso, who was subsequently claimed by D.C. United off waivers.

Injuries, a new system and head coach could be to blame for the fall of Marquinhos Pedroso in Dallas this year. The fullback as been traded to D.C. United in exchange for a first round draft pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.

Washington Post reporter Steve Goff first reported the trade on Tuesday morning, saying that FC Dallas would keep the cost…