Rashid Nuhu became the fourth ex-Fordham player on the Red Bulls. (Photo courtesy of the Fordham SID)

The Red Bulls selected Fordham goalkeeper Rashid Nuhu with the No. 70 pick for their lone third round selection of the MLS SuperDraft Tuesday afternoon, joining former Rams teammate Janos Loebe, who was chosen in the first round in Chicago Friday.

In the fourth round, New York drafted Princeton University Sean McSherry and West Virginia midfielder Joey Piatczyc with the No. 78 and No. 84 picks, respectively.

Rashid Nuhu (No. 70)
Goalkeeper * 6-1 * 175 lbs. * Accra, Ghana

Nuhu tallied back-to-back First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors in his final two years at Fordham as he tallied 17 of his 30 shutouts during his junior and senior campaign. In four years, the Accra, Ghana, native, tallied a sub-one goals-against average (0.93) and a .771 save percentage with 242 saves and 30 shutouts overall.

Nuhu joins teammate and Red Bulls Loebe as the fourth Fordham player selected by the Bulls. Nuhu joins Red Bull II head voach John Wolyniec (seventh overall, 1998) and goalkeeper Ryan Meara (31st overall, 2012) and Loebe as Fordham graduates.

Sean McSherry (No. 78)
Midfielder * 5-9 * 160 lbs. * Freehold, N.J.

McSherry, a two-time All-Ivy League selection, was a four-year letterman at Princeton. The Freehold, New Jersey, native tallied seven goals and nine assists in 47 matches played.

Joey Piatczyc (No. 84)
Midfielder * 5-8 * 158 lbs. * Lee’s Summit, Mo.

Piatczyc capped off his four-year campaign at West Virginia with an All-America Second Team nod in 2018. The Lee’s Summit, Missouri, native recorded eight goals and 10 assists, including five game-winning goals, in 17 matches played during his senior season to earn All-American honors. Piatczyc recorded 12 goals and 35 assists in 69 games played for his career as a Mountaineer.

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.