Toronto FC’s first draft picks have had a wide range of experiences since their MLS SuperDraft days:

2007: Maurice Edu, first overall

The midfielder from the University of Maryland, a Generation Adidas player at the draft, made 25 appearances and scored four goals in his first season, winning him the league’s rookie of the year honour. The success of that year earned Edu a transfer from Toronto to Rangers FC of the Scottish Premier League. After stints in Engand and Turkey, Edu returned to the MLS in 2014 and now captains the Philadelphia Union.

2008: Julius James, ninth overall

James, a defender from the University of Connecticut, played 13 games for Toronto in his inaugural MLS year. He wsa moved to the Houston Dynamo in a trade for Dwayne DeRosario following the 2008 season, making 82 league appearances with Houston, DC United and Columbus Crew between 2009 and 2012. That year, Columbus declined the option on James’ contract; he now plays for the San Antonio Scorpions in the North American Soccer League.

2009: O’Brian White, fourth overall

White, a Toronto native also from the University of Connecticut, spent two seasons with Toronto FC, scoring four goals in 33 appearances. Vancouver Whitecaps selected the striker in the 2010 expansion draft; he was then almost immediately traded to the Seattle Sounders. White underwent two surgeries to remove a blood clot in his left leg in 2011. The Sounders bought out his contract a year later because of the health issue. He hasn’t played professionally since.

2010: Zachary Herold, 24th overall

Toronto’s top pick came in the second round in 2010. But before playing his first game, then 17-year-old Herold, once a fixture with the United States’ under-17 men’s national team, was forced to retire. During pre-season medicals, doctors learned Herold suffered from a condition called HCM, which causes abnormal thickening of a part of the heart muscle. In Herold’s case, strenuous exercise could have caused a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm, or arrhythmia.

2011: Demitrius Omphroy, 26th overall

Omphroy, a defender with the University of California, played only one minute for Toronto FC. He made headlines for his battle with multiple sclerosis, diagnosed with the autoimmune disease almost a year before signing with the Reds. The club released Omphroy after his first season. He went on to play in the Philippines for a year and is now a singer, songwriter, filmmaker as well as an advocate for MS research.

2012: Luis Silva, fourth overall

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The University of California-Santa Barbara midfielder spent two seasons with the Reds, winning the Canadian championship in his first year. After making 33 appearances and scoring five goals for Toronto, he was acquired by DC United, where he spent three seasons. Silva moved to Real Salt Lake in 2015. Now out of contract with the Western Conference team, Silva is reportedly training with Mexican side Tigres.

2013: Kyle Bekker, third overall

The midfielder from Oakville made 29 appearances with the Reds over two seasons. Bekker was traded to FC Dallas in January 2015. He played eight times for last year’s Western Conference champions before he was sent back east, joining the Montreal Impact in July. Bekker suited up for 178 minutes in four games with the Impact, including 13 minutes of the knockout round playoff win against Toronto.

2014: Nick Hagglund, 10th overall

Defender Hagglund is one of only two Toronto FC No. 1 draft picks that remain with the club. He started 23 of 25 appearances for the Reds in his first season here, a year in which Toronto gave up 54 goals. The 23-year-old’s starts were less consistent in 2015, with the acquisition of fellow defenders Josh Williams, Damien Perquis and Ahmed Kantari: he only got onto the field 12 times last year.

2015: Alex Bono, sixth overall

The Generation Adidas player is the only goalkeeper Toronto has selected with its first pick. Bono’s name made a single appearance on the team sheet in his first season with the Reds, when he was an unused substitute against Philadelphia Union in July. But with Joe Bendik’s recent trade to Orlando and Toronto declining the option on Chris Konopka’s contract, Bono could be in the fight for backup goalkeeper this year.