2021 MLS SuperDraft Preview: Portland’s options with the eighth pick

Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe offseason calendar rolls along this Thursday, with the most SUPER of occasions: The 2021 MLS SuperDraft. While it has diminished in size and grandeur in years past, breakout stars from recent MLS seasons — such as Portland’s very own Jeremy Ebobisse — have shown that there is still value to be found in the draft, even if it doesn’t feel quite as “super” anymore.

The question of finding that value is complicated even more this year by the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption of college soccer. The entire college season calendar has been thrown off, with many conferences canceling their regular fall seasons and opting instead to play a…