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Minnesota United selects Abu Danladi 1st overall in 2017 MLS SuperDraft

Kirby Lee / USA TODAY Sports

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UCLA winger Abu Danladi is quite highly touted and boasts the added bonus of having signed a Generation Adidas contract, a combination that made him too lucrative an option for expansion outfit Minnesota United to pass up Friday with the first overall pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.

The 21-year-old Ghanaian made 42 appearances over three seasons with UCLA, scoring 18 goals and recording 18 assists in that time. Last season, Danladi scored seven goals and recorded two assists in only 11 appearances, as his season was cut short by injury.

The versatile forward/winger joins a Minnesota United team coming into MLS for its inaugural season, and will compete with Femi Hollinger-Janzen and Christian Ramirez up top or Miguel Ibarra and Johan Venegas out wide.

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