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Former Pitt soccer player Edward Kizza chosen in first round of MLS Draft

Jerry DiPaola
By Jerry DiPaola
1 Min Read Jan. 21, 2021 | 5 years Ago
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Former Pitt soccer player Edward Kizza, who set school goal-scoring records over his 53-game, three-year career, was drafted Thursday by the New England Revolution with the 24th selection in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft.

Kizza is the first Pitt player selected in the first round by the MLS in the 25-year history of the draft.

Kizza scored 31 goals, nine of them game-winners, from 2017-2019. In 2018 and 2019, he recorded the two best per-game scoring averages in Pitt men’s soccer history (.833 and .6). His 15 goals in ‘18 were the most in one season at Pitt in 64 years.

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Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.

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