SEATTLE, WASH. – Sounders FC today picked up two players in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft presented by adidas. With only one pick coming into today, the Rave Green traded a 2022 second round selection to Inter Miami CF for Oregon State defender Joe Hafferty, a former Sounders FC Academy product and today’s 37th overall selection. The club then drafted goalkeeper TJ Bush out of James Madison with the 80th overall pick in the third round.
Hafferty, 22, was a two-time All-Pac-12 selection, including a First Team nod in 2019. He started 50 of his 53 appearances over three seasons for the Beavers before seeing his senior year called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.