Philadelphia Union fans look back on January 9, 2019 as the day Ernst Tanner killed the MLS SuperDraft when he traded away their picks to FC Cincinnati for $150,000 in Garber bucks.
Sadly, the draft still continues to exist for any teams interested in using it — as evidenced by trades like the recent Kei Kamara deal that included a 2022 MLS SuperDraft pick — but the draft trade in 2019 is still an interesting moment. It was the day that the Union made clear their intentions moving forward, even if it was low hanging fruit to pick on the league’s archaic attempt at Americanizing soccer.