2008 MLS SuperDraft
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The 2008 MLS SuperDraft, took place on January 18, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the ninth annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection was made by the Kansas City Wizards, after acquiring the selection from the expansion San Jose Earthquakes. It was followed by the Supplemental Draft.
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[edit] Draft day trades
- Los Angeles send Chris Albright to New England for allocation money.
- Real Salt Lake send Alecko Eskandarian to Chivas USA for allocation.
- Dallas trades 22nd overall pick and 31st overall pick to Columbus for a 2nd round pick and a 3rd round pick in 2010.
- Los Angeles trades 28th overall pick to Toronto FC for allocation money.
[edit] Round 1
|
Pick |
Player |
Pos. |
MLS Team |
Previous Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chance Myers | D/M | Kansas City Wizards[1] | UCLA Ventura County Fusion |
| 2 | Brek Shea | M | FC Dallas[2] | Generation adidas |
| 3 | Tony Beltran | M | Real Salt Lake | UCLA Los Angeles Storm |
| 4 | Sean Franklin | D/M | Los Angeles Galaxy | Cal State Northridge San Fernando Valley Quakes |
| 5 | Ciaran O'Brien | M | Colorado Rapids | UC Santa Barbara Tacoma Tide |
| 6 | Andy Iro | D | Columbus Crew | UC Santa Barbara |
| 7 | Patrick Nyarko | F | Chicago Fire[3] | Virginia Tech |
| 8 | Josh Lambo | GK | FC Dallas | Generation adidas |
| 9 | Julius James | D | Toronto FC[4] | Connecticut |
| 10 | Pat Phelan | D/M | Toronto FC[5] | Wake Forest |
| 11 | Roger Espinoza | M | Kansas City Wizards | Ohio State |
| 12 | Dominic Cervi | GK | Chicago Fire | Tulsa |
| 13 | Rob Valentino | D | New England Revolution | San Francisco San Jose Frogs |
| 14 | David Horst | D | Real Salt Lake[6] | Old Dominion Hampton Roads Piranhas |
[edit] Round 2
|
Pick |
Player |
Pos. |
MLS Team |
Previous Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Shea Salinas | M/F | San Jose Earthquakes | Furman Carolina Dynamo |
| 16 | Eric Brunner | D | Red Bull New York[7] | Ohio State Michigan Bucks |
| 17 | Alex Nimo | F | Real Salt Lake | Generation adidas |
| 18 | Michael Videira | M | New England Revolution[8] | Duke Cary RailHawks U23's |
| 19 | Eric Avila | M | FC Dallas[9] | UC Santa Barbara Ventura County Fusion |
| 20 | George Josten | M | Columbus Crew | Gonzaga Michigan Bucks |
| 21 | Ely Allen | F | Los Angeles Galaxy[10] | Washington |
| 22 | Ricardo Pierre-Louis | F | Columbus Crew[11] | Lee University Cape Cod Crusaders |
| 23 | Yomby William | D | Kansas City Wizards[12] | Old Dominion Hampton Roads Piranhas |
| 24 | Andrew Jacobson | M | D.C. United | California |
| 25 | Jonathan Leathers | D | Kansas City Wizards[13] | Furman Atlanta Silverbacks U23's |
| 26 | Peter Lowry | M/F | Chicago Fire | Santa Clara San Jose Frogs |
| 27 | Joe Germanese | M | New England Revolution | Duke Cary RailHawks U23's |
| 28 | Brian Edwards | GK | Toronto FC[14] | Wake Forest |
[edit] Round 3
|
Pick |
Player |
Pos. |
MLS Team |
Previous Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Julian Valentin | D | Los Angeles Galaxy[15] | Wake Forest |
| 30 | Mike Zaher | D | Toronto FC | UCLA San Fernando Valley Quakes |
| 31 | Ryan Miller | D | Columbus Crew[16] | Notre Dame Indiana Invaders |
| 32 | Luke Sassano | M/D | Red Bull New York[17] | California San Jose Frogs |
| 33 | Ryan Cordeiro | M/F | D.C. United[18] | Connecticut |
| 34 | Matt Allen | GK | Los Angeles Galaxy[19] | Creighton Des Moines Menace |
| 35 | Joseph Lapira | F | Toronto FC[20] | Notre Dame Baton Rouge Capitals |
| 36 | Adrian Chevannes | D | Colorado Rapids[21] | SMU |
| 37 | Brennan Tennelle | M | Real Salt Lake[22] | UC Santa Barbara |
| 38 | Dwight Barnett | F | Chicago Fire[23] | Lynn University Cape Cod Crusaders |
| 39 | Matt Marquess | D | Kansas City Wizards | Santa Clara San Jose Frogs |
| 40 | Stephen King | M | Chicago Fire | Maryland |
| 41 | Matt Britner | D | New England Revolution | Brown |
| 42 | Geoff Cameron | M | Houston Dynamo | Rhode Island Rhode Island Stingrays |
[edit] Round 4
|
Pick |
Player |
Pos. |
MLS Team |
Previous Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Keith Savage | M/F | Chivas USA[24] | West Florida Central Florida Kraze |
| 44 | David Roth | M | Red Bull New York[25] | Northwestern Chicago Fire Premier |
| 45 | Jamil Roberts | D | FC Dallas[26] | Santa Clara |
| 46 | Brandon McDonald | M | Los Angeles Galaxy | San Francisco San Jose Frogs |
| 47 | Brian Grazier | M | Colorado Rapids | Saint Louis |
| 48 | Steve Lenhart | M | Columbus Crew | Azusa Pacific Southern California Seahorses |
| 49 | Scott Campbell | M | Colorado Rapids[27] | North Carolina |
| 50 | Ben Nason | M | FC Dallas | Virginia Tech |
| 51 | Matt Hatzke | D | Los Angeles Galaxy[28] | Santa Clara |
| 52 | Tony Schmitz | M | D.C. United | Creighton |
| 53 | Rauwshan McKenzie | D | Kansas City Wizards | Michigan State Chicago Fire Premier |
| 54 | Austin Washington | D | Chicago Fire | Gonzaga Spokane Spiders |
| 55 | Spencer Wadsworth | F | New England Revolution | Duke |
| 56 | Jeremy Barlow | M | Houston Dynamo | Virginia |
[edit] Notes
- ^ acquired from the San Jose Earthquakes for Nick Garcia. Link
- ^ acquired from Toronto FC for Richard Mulrooney and partial allocation.
- ^ acquired from Red Bull New York for head coach Juan Carlos Osorio.
- ^ acquired from Chivas USA for Paulo Nagamura.
- ^ acquired from D.C. United for Rod Dyachenko.
- ^ acquired from Toronto FC along with Alecko Eskandarian for Jeff Cunningham. The pick originally belonged to the Houston Dynamo, which was traded to Toronto FC along with Kevin Goldthwaite for Richard Mulrooney.
- ^ acquired from Toronto FC along with a partial allocation for Marvell Wynne.
- ^ acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy along with the 5th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for a partial allocation.
- ^ acquired from the Colorado Rapids for Greg Vanney and the 36th pick.
- ^ acquired from Red Bull New York along with the 45th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for John Wolyniec.
- ^ acquired from FC Dallas along with the 31st pick for 2nd and 3rd round picks in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft.
- ^ acquired from Chivas USA for Alex Zotinca.
- ^ acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy for Shavar Thomas. The pick originally belonged to the Kansas City Wizards, which was traded along with the 16th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for Kevin Hartman.
- ^ acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy for an allocation. The pick originally belonged to the Houston Dynamo, which was traded along with Kelly Gray for Nate Jaqua.
- ^ acquired from the San Jose Earthquakes for head coach Frank Yallop.
- ^ acquired from FC Dallas along with the 22nd pick for 2nd and 3rd round picks in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. The pick originally belonged to Real Salt Lake, which was given to Dallas as a penalty for Salt Lake violating league procedure and business etiquette in speaking with and hiring Dallas goalkeeper coach Jeff Cassar.
- ^ acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy for Clint Mathis.
- ^ acquired from the Colorado Rapids along with the 32nd pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for Brandon Prideaux .
- ^ acquired from the Columbus Crew for Stefani Miglioranzi.
- ^ acquired from the Colorado Rapids along with an allocation and the rights to Riley O'Neill for Conor Casey. The pick originally belonged to Red Bull New York, which was traded along with a 4th round pick in the 2009 MLS Supplemental Draft for Hunter Freeman.
- ^ acquired from FC Dallas along with Greg Vanney for the 19th pick.
- ^ acquired from Chivas USA for Atiba Harris.
- ^ acquired from D.C. United for Jerson Monteiro.
- ^ acquired from the San Jose Earthquakes for Preston Burpo.
- ^ acquired from Toronto FC for Abbe Ibrahim.
- ^ acquired from Real Salt Lake for the 48th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.
- ^ acquired from Red Bull New York.
- ^ acquired from Red Bull New York for Santino Quaranta. The pick originally belonged to Chivas USA who gave the pick to Real Salt Lake, who traded it to New York for Nick Rimando.
| Preceded by 2007 |
MLS SuperDraft 2008 |
Succeeded by 2009 |
