FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Bruce Arena and his staff worked the phones during the early stages of Thursday afternoon’s MLS SuperDraft. Arena had his sights firmly set on University of Virginia center back Henry Kessler, but he wasn’t confident the Generation adidas signing would still be on the board by the time the New England Revolution selected at sixth overall, so he explored moving up.
New England’s attempts to trade up didn’t materialize, however, and they were left to sweat it out as the first five picks came off the board. Robbie Robinson to Inter Miami at No 1.