Team of the Matchday: Austin FC make statement, Messi & Benteke dazzle
Austin FC kept rolling and big-name forwards kept producing, amounting to easy picks for the Matchday 11 Team of the Matchday presented by Audi.
Jáder Obrian joined Austin FC on December 14, 2023 when the Club selected him with the first pick of the Major League Soccer (MLS) Re-Entry Draft Stage 1.
A 28-year-old attacker originally from María la Baja, Colombia, Obrian had 17 goals and 13 assists in 94 career MLS appearances during his first three seasons in the league with FC Dallas. He also scored in an MLS Cup Playoff match in November 2023 against Seattle.
Prior to moving to MLS ahead of the 2021 season, Obrian scored 24 goals in 61 Colombian Categoría Primera A matches during two (2) seasons with Águilas Doradas. He also played for Deportes Tolima (2016-2018) and Uniautónoma (2015) in Categoría Primera A, in addition to a brief loan spell with Cúcuta Deportivo in 2018 while the club was competing in the Colombian second division.