Chicago Fire Nab Bone in MLS SuperDraft

With the 13th pick in the 2010 the Chicago Fire select....Corben Bone?

You know I'm on board with this pick simply on the basis of this kid's name. What a bad ass name. Sounds like a character Steven Segeal would play. As for the kid's actual soccer skills carrying over from Wake Forest to MLS that remains to be seen. Many analysts had the creative midfielder going much earlier in the draft so the Fire might have steal on their hands. Bone wasn't a star of the MLS combine which may have led to him dropping to the Fire. One of the needs Techinical Director Frank Kloppas said he was looking for was a creative midfielder.

Bone was one of the best soccer players in the NCAA this past season and was a MAC Hermann Award finalist. His numbers are pretty sweet: 38 assists and 15 goals in three years. We shall see how the drafting of Bone will affect the Fire's rumored off season moves. Here are the other draft picks the Fire made on Thursday.

26th Pick: UConn centerback Kwame Watson-Siriboe: Widely regarded as the second best center back outside of Corben Bone's teammate at Wake Forest Ike Opara. Many even predicted the Fire would select the 6 ft 3 in defender at 13. Center back is a position the Fire certainly needed some depth. Watson-Siriboe won't be expected to start right away with William Conde, C.J. Brown, and Dasan Robinson all on the books, but the kid has the potential to surprise us.

29th Pick: Maryland midfielder Drew Yates: Looks like second year men Baggio Husidsic and Peter Lowry will have some more competition next year with another midfielder being selected. Yates played four years at Maryland scoring 5 goals and notching 3 assists in his senior season. A number of people said Yates looked good at the MLS Combine.

45th Pick: Elon University defender Steven Kinney: Some more ammunition for the defensive ranks. Kinney had a strong combine playing both at center back and right back. He scored a header in his first game at the combine to help his team to a 4-1 win. Another nice pick up for the Fire.

51st Pick: Central Florida goalkeeper Sean Johnson: Young goalie with a lot of potential. Not a bad idea to use their late round draft pick on a project. Johnson will be learning behind one of MLS's best keepers in Jon Busch. Johnson has played with the US's U-20s. This kid could be the Fire's future goalkeeper down the road.