Good Friday morning Caps fans, hope you all are headed off to spend time with family for those of you who are celebrating Christmas. We won’t have a column on Monday to recover from the holiday but check back in a week’s time for all of your news.
True to form, the Caps went off in a somewhat unexpected direction, trading $225,000 in GAM for the number five pick to select J.C. Ngando, a French attacking midfielder from UNC Greensboro. More on this in a moment.
They followed this up with a Canadian, Syracuse striker Leconte Johnson, a guy who one has to imagine will be given a chance to make an impact as a depth striker, perhaps in the Tos Ricketts mold (though I’d bet he’ll start in MLS NEXT Pro).