Since 2010, more than 70 percent of all players selected in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft have had experience competing and developing in USL League Two. Between the 2018, 2019, and 2020 drafts, 183 League Two alumni were chosen by clubs in the American top flight.
Although League Two teams didn't compete in 2020, the trend of former League Two players reaching MLS continued. In last Thursday's draft, 49 of the 75 players selected were League Two alumni, a total of just over 65 percent.
Take a look below at how clubs around MLS announced the arrival of their draftees, or click here to see an overview of every League Two product selected.
.@WakeMSoccer D.C.
— dcunited (@dcunited) January 21, 2021
Welcome, @mike3hype! pic.twitter.com/ZeLjfz2nDi
Full list of 2021 @MLS #SuperDraft players who've been number 1 in the SportsCenter Top 10 countdown
— Vancouver Whitecaps FC (@WhitecapsFC) January 21, 2021
- David Egbo#VWFC #ItTakesAVillage pic.twitter.com/MLkLz0seWP
With the 14th pick in the 2021 @MLS #SuperDraft, #LAFC select Daniel Trejo from @CSUNMensSoccer. pic.twitter.com/YicAahwoWW
— LAFC (@LAFC) January 21, 2021
"We feel that we got real value."#LAGalaxy general manager Dennis te Kloese on the newest member of the club @JoshDrack pic.twitter.com/thxqfCDWTv
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) January 22, 2021
Welcome to Orlando, Rio!#SuperDraft | #VamosOrlando pic.twitter.com/jmnm0bE5HO
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) January 21, 2021
Pick #21 is in: @AustinFC select @DukeMSOC defender Aedan Stanley (@astan_13). #SuperDraft pic.twitter.com/GtNWvCot8o
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) January 21, 2021
Round 1 pick 23
— Vancouver Whitecaps FC (@WhitecapsFC) January 21, 2021
The moment Javain Brown became a Whitecap#VWFC #ItTakesAVillage pic.twitter.com/CsZjg4RdNr
#InterMiamiCF selects defender Aimé Mabika (@TweetsbyAime) from University of Kentucky, as our 26th pick in Round 1 of #SuperDraft pic.twitter.com/ftOfWFygMN
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) January 21, 2021
Welcome to Orlando, @DerekDodson6! #SuperDraft | #VamosOrlando pic.twitter.com/3MpiR4hYRP
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) January 21, 2021
Welcome to San Jose, @t_will999!
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) January 21, 2021
Quakes select @CalMSoc’s Tommy Williamson with the 12th overall pick. pic.twitter.com/hfNvjlSoIu
Welcome to the squad, @nicky_0898!
— FC Dallas (@FCDallas) January 21, 2021
With the 15th overall pick, we select @SMUSoccerM's Nicky Hernandez! pic.twitter.com/msdfp1IICs
and with the #18th pick...
— Minnesota United FC (@MNUFC) January 21, 2021
...we've selected Nabilai Kibunguchy from the University of California, Davis pic.twitter.com/37pLg5zYbR
With the 20th overall pick, Nashville SC selects forward Irakoze Donasiyano from the @UVAMenSoccer.
— Nashville SC (@NashvilleSC) January 21, 2021
Live blog: https://t.co/xJKbC7fP4U#EveryoneN x #SuperDraft by @adidassoccer pic.twitter.com/sXDxt5zkAa
Adding more youth in defense. Welcome to Orlando, Brandon!#SuperDraft | #VamosOrlando pic.twitter.com/VouN1tuQz6
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) January 21, 2021
We selected a striker. #NERevs pic.twitter.com/ofDeDgkQv1
— New England Revolution (@NERevolution) January 21, 2021
With the 27th pick, #Crew96 selects Justin Malou from @ClemsonMSoccer.#SuperDraft | @adidassoccer pic.twitter.com/IhpQJblbFz
— Columbus Crew SC (@ColumbusCrewSC) January 21, 2021
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