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Don’t Give up on Khiry Shelton Just Yet

The club’s first ever SuperDraft selection is not what many hoped he might be. But maybe he’s something else altogether.

It seems like years ago now, but it was only last winter when Jason Kreis selected Khiry Shelton as the club’s first ever MLS SuperDraft selection, the number 2 pick overall after Cyle Larin. The reason the team had the second pick is a transgression many won’t soon forget, and along with that and the fact both were drafted by expansion clbus coming in at the same time in MLS, there is an unavoidable connection between both players.