The 2021 MLS SuperDraft is set to take place Thursday as the league’s franchises select from more than 100 college soccer players in the three-round draft. The MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew has three draft picks, the final selection in Round One, a late second-round pick and an early selection in the third round.
Columbus owns the 27th overall pick after winning MLS Cup last December against the Seattle Sounders 3-0 in Columbus. This marks the latest first-round pick in franchise history after the club didn’t have its first round pick after winning MLS Cup in 2008.