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A delegation led by Dennis te Kloese and GBS made good use of the limited capital at their disposal, trading away their first round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft to NYCFC for the No. 19 selection and $75,000 in General Allocation Money.
With the No. 19 pick the LA Galaxy drafted Emil Cuello from Southern Methodist University. A playmaking No. 10, the Argentine born Cuello is a Boca Juniors fanatic who should obviously relish playing for GBS.
Welcome to Los Angeles, Emil Cuello ⚽ pic.twitter.com/PA1tj2OQqT
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) January 11, 2019
With the 36th pick LA selected a player Dennis te Kloese would later admit was on their radar in Oregon state forward Don Tchilao to cap a successful day of business.
The #LAGalaxy have selected Don Tchilao (Oregon State University) with the 36th pick in the @MLS #SuperDraft. pic.twitter.com/3LwJECv9yh
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) January 11, 2019
MLS SuperDraft Round 1 picks
1 - FC Cincinatti - Frankie Amaya (M) UCLA
2 - San Jose Earthquakes - Siad Haji (M) VCU
3 - Orlando City - Santiago Patino (F) FIU
4 - FC Dallas - Callum Montgomery (D) UNC-Charlotte
Colorado acquired the pick from Chicago via trade
5 - Colorado Rapids - Andre Shinyashiki (F) Denver
6 - Toronto FC - Griffin Dorsey (M) Indiana
7 - Minnesota United - Dayne St. Clair (G) Maryland
8 - Houston Dynamo - Sam Junqua (D) California
9 - New England Revolution - Tajon Buchanan (M) Syracuse
10 - John Nelson (D) UNC-Chapel Hill
New England acquired the pick from Vancouver via trade
11 - New England Revolution - DeJuan Jones (M) Michigan State
NYC acquired the pick from LA via trade
12 - NYCFC - Luis Barraza (G) Marquette
Cincinnati acquired the pick from Philly via trade
13 - FC Cincinatti - Logan Gdula (D) Wake Forest
14 - D.C. United - Akeem Ward (D) Creighton
15 - Minnesota United - Chase Gasper (D) Maryland
16 - NY Red Bulls - Roy Boateng (D) UC Davis
17 - Real Salt Lake - Sam Brown (M) - Harvard
18 - Columbus Crew - JJ Williams (F) Kentucky
19 - LA Galaxy - Emil Cuello (M) SMU
20 - Seattle Sounders - Tucker Bone (M) Air Force
21 - Sporting Kansas City - Kamar Marriott (D) Florida Gulf Coast
22 - New York Red Bulls - Janos Loebe (F) Fordham
23 - Portland Timbers - Ryan Sierakowski (F) Michigan State
24 - Atlanta United - Anderson Asiedu (M) UCLA