LOS ANGELES, CA – Vancouver Whitecaps FC selected right back Jakob Nerwinski and centre back Francis de Vries in the first two rounds of Friday’s 2017 MLS SuperDraft.
What exactly do they bring to the table? Let’s take a closer look.
JAKOB NERWINSKI: RIGHT BACK (SEVENTH OVERALL)
First and foremost, Nerwinski addresses a positional need for Vancouver.
The ‘Caps needed to strengthen the right back position after the departures of 2016 loanees Fraser Aird and Jordan Smith. They’ve now done that with Nerwinski and Sheanon Williams, who was acquired from Houston Dynamo earlier in the offseason.