It’s very likely that no college soccer program played a larger role in shaping the 2016 MLS SuperDraft than the Tar Heels from North Carolina.
When the Chicago Fire took All-America defender Jonathan Campbell with the 12th pick in the first round inside Baltimore’s Convention Center, that selection marked the third player from the 2015 Tar Heel squad drafted in the first dozen picks - the first time three players were taken from the same collegiate program that early in a SuperDraft since 2011.
Midfielder Omar Holness was the first Carolina player to come off the board, going No.