Hudson Valley Resident Selected in Major League Soccer Draft

The all-time leading scorer for a Hudson Valley high school’s soccer program saw his dream become a reality when he was drafted into the pros.

With the 32-overall pick in the 2018 Major League Soccer Superdraft, the Columbus Crew SC selected Millbrook’s Eddie Opoku.

The 21-year-old forward was born in Ghana and came to to the Hudson Valley at age 15 through the Right to Dream Academy, a program that allows talented African soccer players to attend boarding school in the United States.

Opoku attended high school at the Millbrook School where he set the boy’s soccer program record for career goals, 85, and points, 115.

During his time playing high school soccer in the Hudson Valley, he was rated as the 34th best prospect in the nation in 2015 by College Soccer News. After high school, he played soccer at the University of Virginia.

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