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LAFC nabs Joao Moutinho with 1st overall pick in MLS SuperDraft

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Expansion franchise Los Angeles FC selected defender Joao Moutinho with the first overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.

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Moutinho joins a backline that already boasts 2015 MLS Defender of the Year recipient Laurent Ciman and 24-year-old Walker Zimmerman.

A product of Sporting CP's famous academy, Moutinho played primarily as a left-back during his time at the Portuguese club and later as a centre-back at the University of Akron.

LAFC then acquired right-back Tristan Blackmon after trading $200,000 in allocation money to D.C. United for the third overall pick.

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