The Philadelphia Union made headlines on Wednesday night when the Major League Soccer club sold all five of its draft picks to FC Cincinnati for cash in the league’s allocation money system.
The Union had the 13th, 29th, 37th, 61st and 85th picks overall before selling them off. Union sporting director Ernst Tanner told reporters on a conference call following the sell-off that while a handful of players in this year’s draft might make it, he didn’t expect any of them to be available outside of the top 10.