NEW YORK – Alex Shinsky was selected by the Chicago Fire in the fourth round of the Major League Soccer SuperDraft Tuesday.
Shinsky – who was taken 68th overall - joins the Fire after serving as a senior captain for the Terps while making 56 career appearances at Maryland. The midfielder/forward scored three goals and tallied seven assists during his four-year stint in College Park and was named First Team All-Big Ten as a senior. Shinsky helped Maryland to three consecutive conference regular season and tournament championships and pair of trips to the College Cup in 2012 and 2013.
A native of York, Pa. and a U.S. youth international, Shinsky scored the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over Malawi in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria.
Shinsky became the 38th player head coach Sasho Cirovski has had chosen in the MLS Draft.
"We couldn't be more proud of Alex,” Cirovski said. “It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to this point for Alex and we know he will represent Terp Nation with pride as he begins this new chapter in Chicago.”
2015 – Alex Shinsky, fourth round (68th overall)
2015 – Dan Metzger, second round (42nd overall)
2014 – Patrick Mullins, first round (11th overall)
2014 – Schillo Tshuma, first round (17th overall)
2013 - John Stertzer, first round (12th overall)
2013 - Taylor Kemp, first round (17th overall)
2012 - Casey Townsend, first round (fifth overall)
2011 - Zac MacMath, first round (fifth overall)
2011 - Billy Cortes, third round (38th overall)
2011 - Jason Herrick, third round (45th overall)
2010 - Drew Yates, second round (29th overall)
2010 - Kevin Tangney, third round (35th overall)
2009 - Omar Gonzalez, first round (third overall)
2009 - Rodney Wallace, first round (sixth overall)
2009 - Jeremy Hall, first round (11th overall)
2009 - A.J. Delagarza, second round (19th overall)
2009 - Graham Zusi, second round (23rd overall)
2008 - Stephen King, third round (40th overall)
2007 - Maurice Edu, first round (first overall)
2007 - Chris Seitz, first round (fourth overall)
2006 - Jason Garey, first round, (third overall)
2006 - Marc Burch, second round (24th overall)
2006 - Michael Dello-Russo, fourth round (42nd overall)
2006 - Kenney Bertz, fourth round (47th overall)
2005 - Domenic Mediate, second round (23rd overall)
2005 - Abe Thompson, supplemental draft second round (16th overall)
2005 - Noah Palmer, supplemental draft third round (25th overall)
2004 - Clarence Goodson, first round (seventh overall)
2004 - Scott Buete, first round (ninth overall)
2004 - Seth Stammler, second round (18th overall)
2004 - Sumed Ibrahim, second round (20th overall)
2002 - Taylor Twellman, first round (second overall)
2001 - Nick Downing, second round (21st overall)
2000 - Dan Califf, first round (sixth overall)
1999 - Keith Beach, second round (17th overall)
1999 - Randy Merkel, third round (33rd overall)
1998 - Leo Cullen, first round (first overall)
1998 - R.T. Moore, third round (34th overall)
