After owning the 2016 MLS SuperDraft with three of the top six picks, the Philadelphia Union front office staff will be spectators for the first round of the draft when it comes around again in Los Angeles in January.
While that’s not necessarily a bad thing - even a struggling Alejandro Bedoya is better than the 11th overall pick that went to Chicago Fire to acquire him - it means that it’s highly unlikely any of the four picks the Union end up drafting will play anywhere but Bethlehem next season.
The first pick for the Union won’t come until the second round with the 33rd overall selection, and it will be followed by another that will depend on the performance of the Colorado Rapids in the playoffs (thanks, Zac MacMath).