Why did MLS teams load up on players from Wake Forest and Maryland?
Six Wake Forest and five Maryland players went in yesterday’s SuperDraft. For those counting, 18 percent of the total draft pool came from those two schools. Los Angeles head coach Bruce Arena lauded Wake head coach Jay Vidovich and Maryland head coach Sasho Cirovski and how those two programs in particular develop players for MLS. “Those are the kind of kids that have had the right kind of training to take on this kind of challenge,” Arena said after taking Maryland defenders Omar Gonzalez and A.J. Delagarza with his first two picks. “Often we see the college kids aren’t prepared to take the challenge of professional soccer. If you get them out of the right programs, they’re going to be a step ahead of everybody. I think that’s the case with players out of Maryland and Wake Forest. Not that there aren’t other schools that don’t do it as well.” 3. How does a foreign coach with no SuperDraft experience approach the process? “It’s been an intriguing affair for me,” Colorado head coach Ga
