Less than an hour before the start of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, one filled with teams trading up and down the board, the San Jose Earthquakes made a deal of their own, sending midfielder Darwin Ceren to the Houston Dynamo in exchange for up to $225,000 in allocation money.
The Quakes had a surplus of midfielders at the time of the trade — 12 players were already under contract — so getting some immediate value for one of them, Ceren, will give the team some flexibility in shaping the remainder of their roster in 2018.