WFU Soccer: The Franchise

I always enjoyed watching my friend Vicente Bastidas as he starred for the Wake Forest soccer team, typically ranked in the top five in the country. Then, a couple years after we graduated, they went to three straight College Cups (Final Fours) and won a National Championship.

This past week, they set the record with four first round draft picks. Pretty impressive for Jay Vidovich and his squad.

Excerpt from this article:

San Jose selected Wake Forest defender Ike Opara with the third overall pick. Opara marked the first of a MLS-record four first-round draft picks out of the same school. Demon Deacons teammates Zack Schilawski (ninth overall to New England), Corben Bone (13th overall to Chicago) and Austin Da Luz (14th overall to New York) rounded out the complement.

"We call it the franchise because (Wake has) produced so many players," Opara said.