2016 SuperDraft Player Profile: Jack Harrison

No.1 pick Jack Harrison getting used to the attention. - Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsFor weeks now it's been no secret that NYCFC were very high on college prospect Jack Harrison. Several weeks ago, the team reached out to the league in an attempt to place a Homegrown Player claim on the young midfielder. The league, however, denied this claim. Fast forward to this week, and there was much talk around the league regarding NYCFC potentially trading up to the number 1 pick, the assumption being so they could grab Jack Harrison, concerned he would not drop to them at 4th. And so it was, on the day of the SuperDraft, the Chicago Fire took Jack Harrison first overall, which was somewhat surprising given that most pundits viewed Joshua Yaro as the consensus number 1 pick. And so it seemed that NYCFC's dalliance with Jack Harrison had come to an end. Or so we thought.

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