KANSAS CITY, MO -- Chivas USA out of Los Angeles, picked former Traverse City West soccer star Casey Townsend with the No. 5 pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Townsend was widely considered to be one of the best pure scorers available. In his freshman year at Maryland, Townsend scored 11 goals for the Terps as they made a run to a national championship. His stock was high at the time, but he opted to stay in school. Injuries kept him from matching that goal tally in his sophomore and junior seasons, but Townsend finally became the healthy and consistent player he was in 2008 during this season, scoring 17 goals for Maryland.
