MLS entered into a new era on Thursday, when, for the first time in its history, the league conducted its annual college draft remotely.



Instead of congregating at the annual United Soccer Coaches convention for a public draft, teams instead made their first- and second-round selections from their respective headquarters. ESPN and the league peeked into the war rooms of individual clubs for their Twitter broadcast of the event, which will conclude on Monday with the third and fourth rounds.



There were a few made-for-social media highlights (Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham surprised No. 1 overall pick Robbie Robinson with a Skype call [pictured]; Nashville GM Mike Jacobs and a busload of supporters made Jack Maher the No. 2 selection from outside of his family’s home in St. Louis), but, for the most part, the new format, details of which were first reported by The Athletic’s Pablo Maurer and Jeff Rueter back in November, was pretty...