[MLS SUPERDRAFT] No. 1 pick Andrew Farrell, the son of missionaries who spent most of his childhood in Peru, follows in the footsteps of formerUniversity of Louisville teammates Austin Berry and Nick DeLeon, the MLS’s top rookies last season. None of the three was a youth national team player or highlyrecruited out of high school.

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