The Bronx Blues weren’t supposed to shoot off a truckload of fireworks in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft last week. But thanks to some timely cash-splashing, they did precisely that.
$250,000 in General Allocation Money was enough to pry the #3 overall pick from Chicago, allowing NYCFC to draft Akron star man Jonathan Lewis.
$75,000 more in allocation funds bought back the #16 pick from Seattle. Welcome aboard, Kwame Awuah.
For good measure, Claudio Reyna & Co. made good use of the second round pick they had all along, going in for Xavier Musketeers forward Jalen Brown.