CHICAGO – FC Cincinnati made the first MLS SuperDraft in the club’s history a memorable one, selecting Frankie Amaya with the No. 1 overall selection in the MLS SuperDraft at McCormick Place Friday.

Amaya became the sixth player in MLS SuperDraft history selected from UCLA with the first pick overall, the most of any school. Born on Sept. 26, 2000, Amaya is also the first player in 2000 or later to be selected on SuperDraft day.

FC Cincinnati came into the SuperDraft holding seven selections in the first two rounds, after making a landmark trade with the Philadelphia Union in the days leading up to the draft, acquiring all five of that club’s selections this year. FC Cincinnati then selected Logan Gdula of Wake Forest University with the 13th selection, before trading a pair of later selections.

FC Cincinnati made five selections in all, the most of any club. In the second round, the club had three selections, which they used to select Tommy McCabe (No. 29; Notre Dame), Jimmy Hague (No. 30; Michigan State University) and Ben Lundt (No. 37; University of Akron).

Holding the second selection in the first round, the San Jose Earthquakes selected Siad Haji of Virginia Commonwealth Univ., the first time a player from that school was selected that early in the MLS SuperDraft. Orlando City SC had the third selection overall, which they then used to select Santiago Patiño, from Florida International Univeristy.

Amaya and Haji were among the seven members of the Generation adidas class of 2019, all selected in the first round. Six were selected in the first 10 picks, including Griffin Dorsey (No. 6 by Toronto FC out of Indiana), Dayne St. Clair (No. 7 by Minnesota United FC out of Maryland), Tajon Buchanan (No. 9 by New England Revolution out of Syracuse) and John Nelson (No. 10 by FC Dallas out of North Carolina). The final member of the Generation adidas class, JJ Williams of the University of Kentucky, was selected by Columbus Crew SC at No. 18.

Three schools had two players selected in the first round: NCAA College Cup champions University of Maryland, UCLA and Michigan State Univ. It was the eighth time in MLS draft history UCLA saw multiple players selected in the first round, and the sixth time for the University of Maryland.

Players from 35 colleges and universities were represented in the 48 selections overall, led by Maryland with four. There were also players selected from 12 countries: USA, Canada, Benin, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Colombia, Ghana, Germany, Jamaica, Mexico, Scotland and Sweden.

Rounds 3 and 4 of the 2019 SuperDraft presented by adidas will be held via conference call Monday, beginning at 1 p.m. ET.

A round-by-round summary of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft follows:

ROUND 1

# TEAM PLAYER POS. HT WT DOB HOMETOWN CLUB/COLLEGE
1. CIN Frankie Amaya * MF 5-4 145 09/26/2000 Santa Ana, Calif. Univ. of California, Los Angeles
2. SJ Siad Haji * MF 5-8 150 12/01/1999 Manchester, N.H. Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
3. ORL Santiago Patiño FW 6-1 192 03/10/1997 Orlando, Fla. Florida International Univ.
4. DAL Callum Montgomery DF 6-3 185 05/14/1997 Victoria, B.C. Univ. of North Carolina Charlotte
5. COL % Andre Shinyashiki FW 5-9 150 06/11/1997 Sao Paulo, Brazil Univ. of Denver
6. TOR Griffin Dorsey * MF 6-0 160 03/05/1999 Evergreen, Colo. Indiana Univ.
7. MIN Dayne St. Clair * GK 6-3 165 05/09/1997 Pickering, Ont. Univ. of Maryland
8. HOU Sam Junqua DF 6-0 175 11/09/1996 Saratoga, Calif. Univ. of California
9. NE Tajon Buchanan * MF 6-0 152 02/08/1999 Brampton, Ont. Syracuse Univ.
10. DAL John Nelson * DF 5-9 160 07/11/1998 Medina, Ohio Univ. of North Carolina
11. NE DeJuan Jones MF 5-9 165 06/24/1997 Lansing, Mich. Michigan State Univ.
12. NYC # Luis Barraza GK 6-2 195 11/08/1996 Santa Teresa, N.M. Marquette Univ.
13. CIN Logan Gdula DF 5-11 160 10/13/1996 East Lyme, Conn. Wake Forest Univ.
14. DC Akeem Ward DF 5-7 150 01/05/1996 Vienna, Va. Creighton Univ.
15. MIN & Chase Gasper DF 6-0 185 01/25/1996 Alexandria, Va. Univ. of Maryland
16. NYR @ Roy Boateng DF 6-2 195 01/21/1996 Rohnert Park, Calif. Univ. of California, Davis
17. RSL Sam Brown MF 6-1 165 02/10/1996 Ann Arbor, Mich. Harvard Univ.
18. CLB JJ Williams * FW 6-4 200 01/04/1998 Montgomery, Ala. Univ. of Kentucky
19. LA # Emil Cuello MF 5-11 165 01/02/1997 Orem, Utah Southern Methodist Univ.
20. SEA Tucker Bone MF 5-11 160 01/23/1996 Granite Bay, Calif. U.S. Air Force Academy
21. KC Kamar Marriott DF 6-4 185 09/21/1996 Tampa, Fla. Florida Gulf Coast Univ.
22. NYR Janos Loebe FW 5-11 165 08/21/1995 Kierspe, Germany Fordham Univ.
23. POR Ryan Sierakowski FW 6-1 170 08/07/1997 McHenry, Ill. Michigan State Univ.
24. ATL Anderson Asiedu MF 5-6 155 06/12/1996 Hoboken, N.J. Univ. of California, Los Angeles

* Generation adidas

% CHI trade No. 5 overall selection in 2019 to COL for No. 15 overall selection in 2019 and $100,000 general allocation money
& CHI trade No. 15 overall selection in 2019 to MIN for $50,000 general allocation money
# LA trade No. 12 overall selection in 2019 to NYC for No. 19 overall selection in 2019 and $75,000 general allocation money
@ CIN trade No. 16 and No. 25 overall selections in 2019 to NYR for $100,000 general allocation money

ROUND 2

# TEAM PLAYER POS. HT WT DOB HOMETOWN CLUB/COLLEGE
25. NYR @ Sean Nealis DF 6-4 185 01/13/1997 Massapequa, N.Y. Hofstra Univ.
26. SJ Sergio Rivas MF 5-11 150 10/03/1997 Albuquerque, N.M. Seattle Univ.
27. ORL Kamal Miller DF 6-0 185 05/16/1997 Pickering, Ont. Syracuse Univ.
28. COL Marcello Borges DF 5-10 155 09/13/1997 Kearny, N.J. Univ. of Michigan
29. CIN Tommy McCabe MF 5-11 174 04/04/1998 South Orange, N.J. Univ. of Notre Dame
30. CIN Jimmy Hague GK 6-4 190 08/28/1996 Walled Lake, Mich. Michigan State Univ.
31. MIN Hassani Dotson MF 5-11 170 08/16/1997 Federal Way, Wash. Oregon State Univ.
32. NYR ! Rece Buckmaster DF 5-8 145 07/07/1996 Auburn, Ind. Indiana Univ.
33. HOU + Andrew Samuels DF 5-9 150 05/15/1997 Tampa, Fla. Univ. of Maryland
34. MTL Amar Sejdic MF 5-10 158 11/29/1996 Louisville, Ky. Univ. of Maryland
35. VAN Brendan McDonough DF 6-2 190 12/27/1996 Matthews, N.C. Georgetown Univ.
36. LA Don Tchilao MF 6-0 175 08/20/1996 Chandler, Ariz. Oregon State Univ.
37. CIN Ben Lundt GK 6-6 220 09/24/1995 Berlin, Germany Univ. of Akron
38. ORL Tommy Madden MF 6-2 174 04/23/1997 Burtonsville, Md. Univ. of North Carolina Charlotte
39. TOR Adam Wilson MF 6-1 171 08/19/1997 Auchterarder, Scotland Univ. of Louisville
40. LFC Peter-Lee Vassell MF 5-10 155 03/15/1999 Saint James Parish, Jamaica Harbour View FC (JAM)
41. RSL Kyle Coffee FW 5-11 145 12/23/1995 Syracuse, Utah Univ. of Washington
42. COL Jacob Hauser-Ramsey DF 6-3 195 08/04/1995 Seattle, Wash. Univ. of Connecticut
43. NYC Abdi Mohamed DF 5-11 151 10/25/1996 Westerville, Ohio Univ. of Akron
44. SEA Joel Rydstrand MF 5-9 155 08/10/1995 Almunge, Sweden Creighton Univ.
45. KC Camden Riley MF 6-1 175 08/20/1996 Dallas, Texas Univ. of the Pacific
46. SJ Mamadi Camara MF 6-3 180 2/25/1995 Montreal, Qué. Simon Fraser Univ.
47. POR Lennart Hein DF 6-2 195 1/5/1995 Hamburg, Germany Saint Louis University
48. ATL Amir Bashti MF 5-9 150 3/21/1997 Cupertino, Calif. Stanford Univ.

! CHI trade No. 32 overall selection in 2019 to NYR for the rights of a player to be named later
+ NE trade No. 33 overall selection in 2019 and natural third-round and fourth-round selections in 2020 to DC for natural second-round selection in 2020. DC trade No. 33 overall selection in 2019 to HOU for player to be named later.

TEAM-BY-TEAM SELECTIONS:
Atlanta United (2): Anderson Asiedu (24); Amir Bashti (48)
Chicago Fire (0)
FC Cincinnati (5): Frankie Amaya (1); Logan Gdula (13); Tommy McCabe (29); Jimmy Hague (30); Ben Lundt (37)
Colorado Rapids (3): Andre Shinyashiki (5); Marcello Borges (28); Jacob Hauser-Ramsey (42)
Columbus Crew SC (1): JJ Williams (18)
D.C. United (1): Akeem Ward (14)
FC Dallas (2): Callum Montgomery (4); John Nelson (10)
Houston Dynamo (2): Sam Junqua (8); Andrew Samuels (33)
Sporting Kansas City (2): Kamar Marriott (20); Camden Riley (45)
LA Galaxy (2): Emil Cuello (19); Don Tchilao (36)
Los Angeles Football Club (1): Peter-Lee Vassell (40)
Minnesota United FC (3): Dayne St. Clair (7); Chase Gasper (15); Hassani Dotson (31)
Montréal Impact (1): Amar Sejdic (34)
New England Revolution (2): Tajon Buchanan (9); DeJuan Jones (11)
New York Red Bulls (4): Roy Boateng (16); Janos Loebe (22); Sean Nealis (25); Rece Buckmaster (32)
New York City FC (2): Luis Barraza (12); Abdi Mohamed (43)
Orlando City SC (3): Santiago Patiño (3); Kamal Miller (27); Tommy Madden (38)
Philadelphia Union (0)
Portland Timbers (2): Ryan Sierakowski (23); Lennart Hein (47)
Real Salt Lake (2): Sam Brown (17); Kyle Coffee (41)
San Jose Earthquakes (3): Siad Haji (2); Sergio Rivas (26); Mamadi Camara (46)
Seattle Sounders FC (2): Tucker Bone (20); Joel Rydstrand (44)
Toronto FC (2): Griffin Dorsey (6); Adam Wilson (39)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (1): Brendan McDonough (35)

COLLEGE-BY-COLLEGE SELECTIONS:
U.S. Air Force Academy (1): Tucker Bone
Univ. of Akron (2): Ben Lundt; Abdi Mohamed
Univ. of California (1): Sam Junqua
Univ. of California, Davis (1): Roy Boateng
Univ. of California, Los Angeles (2): Frankie Amaya, Anderson Asiedu
Univ. of Connecticut (1): Jacob Hauser-Ramsey
Creighton Univ. (2): Joel Rydstrand; Akeem Ward
Univ. of Denver (1): Andre Shinyashiki
Florida Gulf Coast Univ. (1): Kamar Marriott
Florida International Univ. (1): Santiago Patiño
Fordham Univ. (1): Janos Loebe
Georgetown Univ. (1): Brendan McDonough
Harvard Univ. (1): Sam Brown
Hofstra Univ. (1): Sean Nealis
Indiana Univ. (2): Rece Buckmaster; Griffin Dorsey
Univ. of Kentucky (1): JJ Williams
Univ. of Louisville (1): Adam Wilson
Marquette Univ. (1): Luis Barraza
Univ. of Maryland (4): Chase Gasper; Dayne St. Clair; Andrew Samuels; Amar Sejdic
Univ. of Michigan (1): Marcello Borges
Michigan State Univ. (3): Jimmy Hague; DeJuan Jones; Ryan Sierakowski
Univ. of North Carolina Charlotte (2): Tommy Madden; Callum Montgomery
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1): John Nelson
Univ. of Notre Dame (1): Tommy McCabe
Oregon State Univ. (2): Hassani Dotson; Don Tchilao
Univ. of Pacific (1): Camden Riley
Saint Louis Univ. (1): Lennart Hein
Seattle Univ. (1): Sergio Rivas
Simon Fraser Univ. (1): Mamadi Camara
Southern Methodist Univ. (1): Emil Cuello
Stanford Univ. (1): Amir Bashti
Syracuse Univ. (2): Tajon Buchanan; Kamal Miller
Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (1): Siad Haji
Wake Forest Univ. (1): Logan Gdula
Univ. of Washington (1): Kyle Coffee

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.