2014 was a different era of Major League Soccer: I was becoming a serious fan of Toronto FC, and Cubo Torres was a dominating striker for Chivas USA. So it’s not completely unsurprising to say that the MLS SuperDraft was completely different from now, too.
On the face of it, the changes to the draft don’t seem all too remarkable. But when I think about it more, radical changes have happened to how the draft operates and how it is used within Major League Soccer. The last MLS SuperDraft was hosted virtually, some first-round picks weren’t even signed to the first team, the fourth round was axed, some teams (like Philadelphia) trade all their picks every season because they solely rely on their academies for domestic talent, etc.