2004 MLS SuperDraft


















2004 MLS SuperDraft
General Information
SportSoccer
Date(s)January 16, 2004
Time10:00am (ET)
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina
Network(s)Fox Sports World
Overview

60 total selections
First selection
Freddy Adu, D.C. United
Most selections
Chicago Fire
(10 selections)
Fewest selections
D.C. United
New England Revolution
(4 selections)

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The 2004 MLS SuperDraft, held in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 16, 2004, was the fifth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The draft was most notable at the time for the selection of one of the youngest athletes in American sporting history, Freddy Adu, with the first pick by D.C. United.


The draft also included Clint Dempsey (1st round) and teenager Michael Bradley (4th round). Both players went on to earn over 120 caps with the U.S. national team; additionally, after an initial stint in MLS, both players had successful careers in Europe, and returned to MLS as designated players.




Contents





  • 1 Player selection

    • 1.1 Round one

      • 1.1.1 Round one trades



    • 1.2 Round two

      • 1.2.1 Round two trades



    • 1.3 Round three

      • 1.3.1 Round three trades



    • 1.4 Round four

      • 1.4.1 Round four trades



    • 1.5 Round five

      • 1.5.1 Round five trades



    • 1.6 Round six

      • 1.6.1 Round six trades



    • 1.7 Trade Note



  • 2 Notable undrafted players


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References




Player selection


Any player whose name is marked with an * was contracted under the Project-40 program.




*
Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team


Round one

























































Pick #MLS TeamPlayerPositionAffiliation
1
D.C. United[R1 trade 1]

United States *Freddy Adu
F
Project-40
2Columbus Crew
United States *Chad Marshall
D
Stanford University
3Los Angeles Galaxy
Zimbabwe Joseph Ngwenya
F
Coastal Carolina University
4
Kansas City Wizards[R1 trade 2]

United States Matt Taylor
F
UCLA
5
San Jose Earthquakes[R1 trade 3]

United States *Ryan Cochrane
D
Santa Clara University
6
Dallas Burn[R1 trade 4]

Honduras Ramón Núñez
M
SMU
7
Dallas Burn[R1 trade 5]

United States *Clarence Goodson
D
University of Maryland
8New England Revolution
United States *Clint Dempsey
M
Furman University
9
Chicago Fire[R1 trade 6]

United States Scott Buete
M
University of Maryland
10San Jose Earthquakes
United States *Steve Cronin
GK
Santa Clara University


Round one trades




  1. ^ #1: Dallas Burn → D.C. United. 2003-11-18: D.C. United acquired this pick from Dallas in exchange for an allocation.[ref 1] The trade was engineered by Major League Soccer to ensure that top draft pick Freddy Adu could play for his hometown club.


  2. ^ #4: D.C. United → Dallas Burn → Kansas City Wizards. 2004-01-16: Kansas City acquired this pick, defender Shavar Thomas, and a conditional second round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft from Dallas in exchange for the #7 pick, midfielder Eric Quill, and midfielder Carey Talley.[ref 2] Dallas had acquired this pick, a sixth-round 2004 SuperDraft pick, and forward Ali Curtis from D.C. United in exchange for forward Ronald Cerritos on 2003-08-19.[ref 3]


  3. ^ #5: Colorado Rapids → San Jose Earthquakes. 2003-08-19: San Jose acquired this pick, a third-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft, and a fourth-round selection in the 2005 SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for goalkeeper Joe Cannon.[ref 4]


  4. ^ #6: MetroStars → Los Angeles Galaxy → Dallas Burn. 2003-07-11: Dallas acquired this pick, defender Ezra Hendrickson and forward Gavin Glinton from Los Angeles in exchange for defender Ryan Suarez, midfielder Paul Broome, midfielder Antonio Martínez, and the #11 pick (originally a conditional selection).[ref 5] Los Angeles had acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft on 2003-01-17.[ref 6]


  5. ^ #7: Kansas City Wizards → Dallas Burn.2004-01-16: Dallas acquired this pick, midfielder Eric Quill, and midfielder Carey Talley from Kansas City in exchange for the #4 pick, defender Shavar Thomas, and a conditional second-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 2]


  6. ^ #9: Chicago Fire → New England Revolution → Chicago Fire. 2004-01-16: Chicago re-acquired this pick from New England in exchange for a player allocation due to the retirement of midfielder Peter Nowak.[ref 2] Earlier in the day, New England had acquired this selection from Chicago to complete the transaction that sent Nowak from Chicago to New England on 2003-01-03. Chicago also received the #18 pick in the 2004 SuperDraft from New England to complete the trade.[ref 7]




Round two

























































Pick #MLS TeamPlayerPositionAffiliation
11
Chicago Fire[R2 trade 1]

United States Leonard Griffin
D
UCLA
12Columbus Crew
United States Chris Wingert
D
St. John's University
13Los Angeles Galaxy
United States *Josh Gardner
M
University of Cincinnati
14
Los Angeles Galaxy[R2 trade 2]

United States *Ned Grabavoy
M
Indiana University
15Colorado Rapids
United States Adolfo Gregorio
M
UCLA
16
Colorado Rapids[R2 trade 3]

Canada Adrian Cann
D
University of Louisville
17Kansas City Wizards
United States Will Hesmer
GK
Wake Forest University
18
MetroStars[R2 trade 4]

United States Seth Stammler
D
University of Maryland
19Chicago Fire
United States Matt Pickens
GK
SMS (now Missouri State)
20
Chicago Fire[R2 trade 5]

Ghana Sumed Ibrahim
M
University of Maryland


Round two trades




  1. ^ #11: Dallas Burn → Los Angeles Galaxy → MetroStars → Chicago Fire. 2004-01-14: Chicago acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, from MetroStars to complete the trade for coach Bob Bradley.[ref 8] Chicago had previously acquired forward Rodrigo Faria as compensation for MetroStars hiring Bradley on 2002-10-22. MetroStars had acquired this pick from Los Angeles in exchange for a first-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft and future considerations earlier on 2004-01-14.[ref 8] Los Angeles had acquired this pick, defender Ryan Suarez, midfielder Paul Broome, and midfielder Antonio Martínez from Dallas in exchange for the #6 pick, defender Ezra Hendrickson and forward Gavin Glinton on 2003-07-11.[ref 9]


  2. ^ #14: D.C. United → Chicago Fire → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2004-01-16: Los Angeles acquired this pick from Chicago in exchange for the lowest of LA's three first-round selections in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 2] Chicago had acquired this pick from D.C. United in exchange for forward Hristo Stoitchkov on 2003-01-27.[ref 10]


  3. ^ #16: MetroStars → Columbus Crew → Colorado Rapids. 2004-01-14: Colorado acquired this pick and a conditional selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft from Columbus in exchange for defender Robin Fraser.[ref 11] Columbus had acquired this pick and defender Nelson Akwari from MetroStars in exchange for the #17 pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft on 2003-01-17.[ref 6]


  4. ^ #18: New England Revolution → Chicago Fire → MetroStars. 2004-01-16: MetroStars acquired this pick from Chicago in exchange for a natural second-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 2] Earlier in the day, Chicago had acquired this pick from New England in exchange for the #9 pick to complete the transaction that sent midfielder Peter Nowak from Chicago to New England on 2003-01-03.[ref 7]


  5. ^ #20: San Jose Earthquakes → Chicago Fire. 2003-08-20: Chicago acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, from San Jose in exchange for forward Rodrigo Faria.[ref 12]




Round three

























































Pick #MLS TeamPlayerPositionAffiliation
21
MetroStars[R3 trade 1]

United States Zach Wells
GK
UCLA
22
Los Angeles Galaxy[R3 trade 2]

United States Memo Arzate
M
UC Santa Barbara
23
New England Revolution[R3 trade 3]

United States Jeremiah White
F
Wake Forest University
24
D.C. United[R3 trade 4]

United States Kevin Ara
M
Harvard University
25
Colorado Rapids[R3 trade 5]

United States Kevin Taylor
D
University of Michigan
26MetroStars
Canada Olivier Occéan
F
So. Connecticut State University
27
San Jose Earthquakes[R3 trade 6]

New Zealand Mike Wilson
M
Stanford University
28
Chicago Fire[R3 trade 7]

Jamaica Khari Stephenson
M
Williams College
29
Dallas Burn[R3 trade 8]

United States Ty Maurin
M
UCLA
30San Jose Earthquakes
United States Lindon Pecorelli
M
University of Connecticut


Round three trades




  1. ^ #21: Dallas Burn → MetroStars. 2003-12-03: MetroStars acquired this pick and defender Tenywa Bonseu from Dallas in exchange for defender Steve Jolley.[ref 13]


  2. ^ #22: Columbus Crew → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2003-07-31: Los Angeles acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, from Columbus in exchange for forward Alex Pineda Chacon.[ref 9]


  3. ^ #23: Los Angeles Galaxy → New England Revolution. 2003-08-08: New England acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection) and a conditional 2005 MLS SuperDraft pick from Los Angeles in exchange for the rights to forward Diego Serna. The 2005 pick was contingent on Serna remaining with Los Angeles in 2004. This condition was not met so LA kept its 2005 pick.


  4. ^ #24: D.C. United → Kansas City Wizards → D.C. United. 2004-01-16: D.C. United re-acquired this pick from Kansas City in exchange for D.C. United's natural second-round and third-round selections in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 2] On 2002-07-29, Kansas City had acquired this selection and a second-round pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft from D.C. United in exchange for a Discovery Pick.[ref 14]


  5. ^ #25: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew → Colorado Rapids. 2004-01-16: Colorado re-acquired this pick from Columbus in exchange for the rights to defender Steven Herdsman and the conditional pick in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft that was traded to Columbus in the Robin Fraser trade two days earlier (see pick #16 above).[ref 2] Columbus had acquired this pick and the #58 pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for the #27 pick in the 2003 SuperDraft on 2003-01-17.[ref 15]


  6. ^ #27: Kansas City Wizards → San Jose Earthquakes. 2003-01-17: San Jose acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, and a second-round selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft from Kansas City in exchange for defender Jimmy Conrad.[ref 16]


  7. ^ #28: New England Revolution → Chicago Fire. 2003-01-03: It is believed, though not confirmed, that this is the conditional pick received by Chicago from New England in exchange for midfielder Peter Nowak.


  8. ^ #29: Chicago Fire → Dallas Burn. 2003-01-17: Dallas acquired this pick from Chicago in exchange for the #35 pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 16]




Round four

























































Pick #MLS TeamPlayerPositionAffiliation
31Dallas Burn
United States David Wagenfuhr
D
Creighton University
32Columbus Crew
United States Jamal Sutton
F
SMS (now Missouri State)
33Los Angeles Galaxy
Republic of Ireland David McGill
M
UC Santa Barbara
34D.C. United
United States Josh Gros
M
Rutgers University
35Colorado Rapids
Bermuda Kevin Richards
D
University of Notre Dame
36MetroStars
United States *Michael Bradley
M
Project-40
37Kansas City Wizards
United States Jay Alberts
M
Yale University
38
Chicago Fire[R4 trade 1]

United States Denny Clanton
D
University of Dayton
39Chicago Fire
United States Phil Hucles
D
The College of William & Mary
40San Jose Earthquakes
Croatia Marin Pusek
M
UAB


Round four trades




  1. ^ #38: New England Revolution → Chicago Fire. 2003-04-11: Chicago acquired this pick from New England in exchange for the rights to midfielder Jason Moore.[ref 17]




Round five

























































Pick #MLS TeamPlayerPositionAffiliation
41
Columbus Crew[R5 trade 1]

United States Adom Crew
M
Brown University
42Columbus Crew
United States Luke Vercollone
M
Seton Hall University
43Los Angeles Galaxy
United States Jason Perry
D
Oakland University
44D.C. United
United States Kevin Hudson
M
SMU
45Colorado Rapids
United States Gary Sullivan
D
Adelphi University
46MetroStars
United States Johnny David
M
Fairleigh Dickinson University
47Kansas City Wizards
United States Justin Detter
F
University of Notre Dame
48
Kansas City Wizards[R5 trade 2]

United States Ryan Barber
D
UMKC
49Chicago Fire
United States Ian Pilarski
M
Cornell University
50San Jose Earthquakes
United States Tighe Dombrowski
M
UW-Milwaukee


Round five trades




  1. ^ #41: Dallas Burn → Columbus Crew. Must Confirm. 2003-08-20: Columbus acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, from Dallas in exchange for defender Brian Dunseth.


  2. ^ #48: New England Revolution → Kansas City Wizards. 2003-08-20: Kansas City acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection), forward Chris Brown, and forward Darío Fabbro from New England in exchange for forward Wolde Harris and midfielder Jorge Vázquez.[ref 18]




Round six

























































Pick #MLS TeamPlayerPositionAffiliation
51
Chicago Fire[R6 trade 1]

Australia Ryan McGowan
M
Seton Hall University
52Columbus Crew
United States Matthew Haefner
GK
University of Pennsylvania
53Los Angeles Galaxy
United States Alan Gordon
F
Oregon State University
54
Dallas Burn[R6 trade 2]

El Salvador Edwin Miranda
D
Cal State Northridge
55Colorado Rapids
Colombia John Pulido
M
Florida International University
56
New England Revolution[R6 trade 3]

Canada Félix Brillant
F
Franklin Pierce College
57
Los Angeles Galaxy[R6 trade 4]

United States Chris Aloisi
D
Syracuse University
58New England Revolution
Wales Andy Dorman
M
Boston University
59Chicago Fire
United States Tony McManus
D
UAB
60
MetroStars[R6 trade 5]

United States Jeff Parke
D
Drexel University


Round six trades




  1. ^ #51: Originally belonged to Dallas Burn → . More info needed.


  2. ^ #54: D.C. United → Dallas Burn. 2003-08-19: Dallas acquired this pick, a first-round 2004 SuperDraft pick, and forward Ali Curtis from D.C. United in exchange for forward Ronald Cerritos.[ref 3]


  3. ^ #56: MetroStars → New England Revolution. 2003-01-17: New England acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for the #49 pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 16]


  4. ^ #57: Kansas City Wizards → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2003-01-17: Los Angeles acquired this pick from Kansas City in exchange for the #60 pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 9]


  5. ^ #60: San Jose Earthquakes → MetroStars. 2004-01-16: MetroStars acquired this pick from San Jose in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. As the 2005 SuperDraft was reduced to four rounds, San Jose received a second-round selection in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft from MetroStars to complete the trade.[ref 13]




Trade Note


  • MetroStars received a conditional 2004 SuperDraft pick from Chicago Fire in exchange for the rights to midfielder Andy Williams on 2003-03-27. Instead of the conditional pick, MetroStars received defender Edgar Bartolomeu from Chicago on 2003-06-25 to complete the trade.


Notable undrafted players



  • Clyde Simms (MF, East Carolina University) — 220 MLS appearances.


See also


  • Draft (sports)

  • Generation Adidas

  • Major League Soccer

  • MLS SuperDraft


References






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