Aside from grabbing their first-choice player in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, it’s every club’s hope that they can find that late-round gem who will go on to do great things and become a massive contributor to their team.
It doesn’t always work out that way, as we’ve seen, but there are plenty of MLS regulars who have been snatched up later on in the drafts. For our purposes, we’re only counting players who were drafted past the second round — including all Supplemental Draft picks.
With rounds three and four of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft upon us, we present you with a list of arguably the top five late-round draft picks of all time.