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Nashville SC made two selections in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft on Dec. 18, drafting Kentucky defender Max Miller in the second round with the 50th overall pick and SMU midfielder Charles-Emile Brunet in the third round with the 80th overall pick.
Miller, who played for FC Cincinnati's youth team in MLS NEXT from 2019-20, was a three-year captain for the Wildcats and earned second team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in 2023. The Lexington, Kentucky native appeared in 53 games (46 starts) during his college career, recording two goals and 11 assists.
Brunet is from Canada and was a member of CF Montreal's academy as a teenager. He played for College Ahuntsic in Montreal and was a finalist for Canadian Collegiate Player of the Year in 2023. He played for Central Arkansas in 2024, totaling two goals and an assist, and had two goals and six assists in 20 games for the Mustangs this fall.
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Nashville had the No. 20 overall pick in the first round but traded it to Orlando City on Dec. 8 in exchange for defender Thomas Williams. It's the second year in a row NSC has traded away its first-round pick.
While youth academies have become the primary way for MLS teams to acquire young domestic players, the draft still provides an avenue for teams to find college players who may have slipped through the cracks. Defender Jack Maher was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 SuperDraft out of Indiana and has become a regular starter for Nashville, and 2023 first-round pick Wyatt Meyer appeared in several games this season.
Players do not have to sign immediately with the team that drafted them, though they can't be drafted a second time. Nashville will hold the rights to Miller and Brunet for two years, after which it will lose priority to sign them.
Nashville is coming off a 2025 season in which it went 16-12-6 and finished sixth in the Eastern Conference, losing to eventual MLS Cup champions Inter Miami in the first round of the playoffs. Nashville also won its first trophy in the U.S. Open Cup, beating Austin FC.
Jacob Shames can be reached by email at [email protected] and on X/Twitter @Jacob_Shames.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville SC 2026 MLS SuperDraft picks Max Miller, Charles-Emile Brunet
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Miller, who played for FC Cincinnati's youth team in MLS NEXT from 2019-20, was a three-year captain for the Wildcats and earned second team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in 2023. The Lexington, Kentucky native appeared in 53 games (46 starts) during his college career, recording two goals and 11 assists.
Brunet is from Canada and was a member of CF Montreal's academy as a teenager. He played for College Ahuntsic in Montreal and was a finalist for Canadian Collegiate Player of the Year in 2023. He played for Central Arkansas in 2024, totaling two goals and an assist, and had two goals and six assists in 20 games for the Mustangs this fall.
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Nashville had the No. 20 overall pick in the first round but traded it to Orlando City on Dec. 8 in exchange for defender Thomas Williams. It's the second year in a row NSC has traded away its first-round pick.
While youth academies have become the primary way for MLS teams to acquire young domestic players, the draft still provides an avenue for teams to find college players who may have slipped through the cracks. Defender Jack Maher was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 SuperDraft out of Indiana and has become a regular starter for Nashville, and 2023 first-round pick Wyatt Meyer appeared in several games this season.
Players do not have to sign immediately with the team that drafted them, though they can't be drafted a second time. Nashville will hold the rights to Miller and Brunet for two years, after which it will lose priority to sign them.
Nashville is coming off a 2025 season in which it went 16-12-6 and finished sixth in the Eastern Conference, losing to eventual MLS Cup champions Inter Miami in the first round of the playoffs. Nashville also won its first trophy in the U.S. Open Cup, beating Austin FC.
Jacob Shames can be reached by email at [email protected] and on X/Twitter @Jacob_Shames.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville SC 2026 MLS SuperDraft picks Max Miller, Charles-Emile Brunet
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