Canada’s Bombito selected third by Colorado Rapids in MLS SuperDraft

Montreal’s Moise Bombito, a junior defender on the University of New Hampshire, has been chosen third total by the Colorado Rapids on the MLS SuperDraft.

Bombito was named 2022 America East Defender of the Year and a second-team all-American choice, after serving to lead a defence that ranked third within the NCAA with a 0.5 goals-against common.

He was third on New Hampshire with 4 objectives and tied for second with two game-winners. The Wildcats posted 11 shutouts and outscored the opposition 38-12.

Bombito was a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy awarded to the highest participant in U.S. school soccer and attended the current MLS College Showcase.

Bombito was certainly one of eight gamers named to the Generation Adidas class forward of the draft.

Generation Adidas is a joint program between Major League Soccer and Adidas that sees prime collegiate underclassmen and youth nationwide staff gamers signed by MLS to contracts and made obtainable within the draft. Their preliminary salaries don’t depend in opposition to a staff’s wage cap.

The Rapids acquired the third decide within the draft from Toronto FC as a part of a July 8 commerce that introduced midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye to Toronto.