The afternoon of Jan. 19 was one many soccer groups could celebrate.
When Wyatt Omsberg (Scarborough, Maine) was selected by Minnesota United with the 15th overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft, cheers could be heard from his home state — which has produced only a handful of professional soccer players — to Dartmouth College, where he’d starred as a defender.
The appreciation extended to the Premier Development League, where he stands as a prime example of what is possible for guys still chasing the dream at the third level of the U.S. soccer pyramid.