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The sleepy second and third rounds of the MLS SuperDraft are in the books. Nashville SC used the No. 50 overall pick (acquired in a trade with St. Louis City SC for Nashville’s natural first-round pick, No. 17 overall) to select Cal defender Kevin Carmichael, and the No. 75 overall pick on Notre Dame midfielder Bryce Boneau.
Carmichael recently finished his junior season, so he has a stay-or-go decision as it relates to forgoing his NCAA eligibility to begin his professional career (likely in Huntsville). The SoCal native started every game for the Bears this season – many of them alongside fellow NSC Draft pick Wyatt Meyer – and joined Meyer on the All-Pac-12 first team. Like Meyer, both his parents were college athletes, playing football and softball at Cal State-Northridge.
Boneau was a redshirt sophomore this Fall, and like Carmichael will have to decide (along with his college coaches, with some guidance from Nashville SC) how to handle his college-v-pro choice. He was the Gatorade National Player of the Year as a high school senior in the Dallas area. At 5-10, 160, he’s a defense-first midfielder (four goals and 10 assists in 34 college games). He helped lead the Irish to the NCAA Championship Game, where they fell to fellow ACC squad Clemson.
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