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Live coverage of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft

I'll be hosting a live chat during the event and providing updates from around the NSCAA convention throughout the morning.

With their first pick in this year's draft, the fifth overall, the Philadelphia Union selected University of Maryland and U.S. Under-20 National Team goalkeeper Zac MacMath.

Yes, that means we've got another goalkeeping controversy on our hands. And yes, it means Peter Nowak has some real explaining to do.

MacMath spoke with reporters after the pick, and you can read the quotes here. I'll have a video interview with MacMath up on the blog tonight.

With their second pick, the 23rd overall, the Union selected University of North Carolina midfielder Michael Farfan. He is a versatile player and an attacking type, who was on the U.S. roster at the 2005 FIFA Under-17 World Cup. Other players on that squad included Jozy Altidore, Omar Gonzalez and Union midfielder Kyle Nakazawa. The team was coached by current Union assistant John Hackworth.

With their third pick, the 41st overall, the Union selected University of Maryland-Baltimore County forward/midfielder Levi Houapeu. I've seen him listed at both positions, and when in the midfield he's played as a winger. Houapeu, a native of the Ivory Coast, scored 15 goals in each of his last two seasons at UMBC, and in his junior year he also dished out 13 assists.

Follow along below for updates from the rest of the draft.

BALTIMORE - Greetings from the land of crab cakes and Black-Eyed Susans. This city's convention center, situated just a goal kick's length from Camden Yards, is the hub of the American soccer universe for the next few days.

(There's also some non-draft news at the end of the story - the reason why the club hasn't officially signed Colombian goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon yet is trouble with his transfer and visa paperwork.)

There are lots of other events going on as well, including a reporters' roundtable with newly-appointed U.S. women's national team technical director April Heinrichs. I've been told that U.S. Soccer Federation chief Sunil Gulati may also be in attendance, so there will be a lot to talk about.

And of course, there will be plenty of general soccer chatter on Pratt Street and in the convention center's hallways. So I'll be posting on Twitter throughout the morning. You can follow my updates in the console below, along with the latest MLS news and rumors from beat writers across the league.

Here is the latest SuperDraft order of selection as of late Wednesday night. Click here for MLS' live draft-tracker and a recap of all the picks that have been traded so far.

If you're on a mobile device, you can click here to follow along and send in comments.