'Caps Grab a Pair from MLS SuperDraft

By Sean McCaffery, January 11, 2020

Midfielder Ryan Raposo & GK Daniel Gagliardi are now in the fold, the midfielder out of Syracuse is in the CNT program and is a Generation adidas player, #4 overall in the draft, right after Long Islander Dylan Nealis. Gagliardi from FIU and former St. John's Asst. Ben Malue went #32, very high for a 'keeper. 

Raposo:

-19 goals and 14 assissts for 38 games, 36 starts in his pair of years with the Orangemen.

-All-ACC First Team as a soph, All-ACC Freshman in 2018.

-U-15 CNT in 2014, MVP of the Canada Games in 2017.

-Team leading 7 assists in 2018, he set the school mark in goals for a soph. at 15.

-From Hamilton Ontario, he was the captian for his province's team and MVP in 2017.

-Plays as both an attacking midfielder and winger, with training time under his belt from a few German sides: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, FSV Mainz 05 & SV Sandhausen.

-A product of a few youth systems, Toronto FC, Burlington Youth Soccer Club & Vaughan Sc.

-Being a Generation adidas player is a great help for the team as the union with the outfitter and MLS takes top underclassman and YNT players in the SuperDraft off the team's budget. 

Gagliardi

-18 games with a .93 GAA, 67 saves, good for a 10-3-4 record and half his wins shutouts in 2019.

-A product of the Plantation SC & the highly successful Kendall SC.

-2019 had him as an All-C-USA 3rd team red shirt senior.

_A vet of USL League 2 with IMG Academy, Montverde Academy & Des Moines Menace as well as NPSL team Storm FC.

-At 22 he had 4 years of play for the Panthers, with 30 starts in 33 games, giving up a paltry 37 goals with 122 saves, and a great 20-5-4 record, 8 of the wins blank sheets.

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