2004 MLS SuperDraft

2004 MLS SuperDraft
Date(s) January 16, 2004
Time 10:00am (ET)
Location Charlotte, North Carolina
Network(s) (US) Fox Sports World
Picks
First selection Freddy Adu, D.C. United
Fewest selections D.C. United
New England Revolution
(4 selections)
Most selections Chicago Fire
(10 selections)
Overall selections 60

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

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 Team Player Position Affiliation
1 D.C. United[R1 trade 1] *Freddy Adu F Project-40
2 Columbus Crew *Chad Marshall D Stanford University
3 Los Angeles Galaxy Joseph Ngwenya F Coastal Carolina University
4 Kansas City Wizards[R1 trade 2] Matt Taylor F UCLA
5 San Jose Earthquakes[R1 trade 3] *Ryan Cochrane D Santa Clara University
6 Dallas Burn[R1 trade 4] Ramón Núñez M SMU
7 Dallas Burn[R1 trade 5] *Clarence Goodson D University of Maryland
8 New England Revolution *Clint Dempsey M Furman University
9 Chicago Fire[R1 trade 6] Scott Buete M University of Maryland
10 San Jose Earthquakes *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 Team Player Position Affiliation
11 Chicago Fire[R2 trade 1] Leonard Griffin D UCLA
12 Columbus Crew Chris Wingert D St. John's University
13 Los Angeles Galaxy *Josh Gardner M University of Cincinnati
14 Los Angeles Galaxy[R2 trade 2] *Ned Grabavoy M Indiana University
15 Colorado Rapids Adolfo Gregorio M UCLA
16 Colorado Rapids[R2 trade 3] Adrian Cann D University of Louisville
17 Kansas City Wizards Will Hesmer GK Wake Forest University
18 MetroStars[R2 trade 4] Seth Stammler D University of Maryland
19 Chicago Fire Matt Pickens GK SMS (now Missouri State)
20 Chicago Fire[R2 trade 5] 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 Team Player Position Affiliation
21 MetroStars[R3 trade 1] Zach Wells GK UCLA
22 Los Angeles Galaxy[R3 trade 2] Memo Arzate M UC Santa Barbara
23 New England Revolution[R3 trade 3] Jeremiah White F Wake Forest University
24 D.C. United[R3 trade 4] Kevin Ara M Harvard University
25 Colorado Rapids[R3 trade 5] Kevin Taylor D University of Michigan
26 MetroStars Olivier Occean F So. Connecticut State University
27 San Jose Earthquakes[R3 trade 6] Mike Wilson M Stanford University
28 Chicago Fire[R3 trade 7] Khari Stephenson M Williams College
29 Dallas Burn[R3 trade 8] Ty Maurin M UCLA
30 San Jose Earthquakes 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 Team Player Position Affiliation
31 Dallas Burn David Wagenfuhr D Creighton University
32 Columbus Crew Jamal Sutton F SMS (now Missouri State)
33 Los Angeles Galaxy David McGill M UC Santa Barbara
34 D.C. United Josh Gros M Rutgers University
35 Colorado Rapids Kevin Richards D University of Notre Dame
36 MetroStars *Michael Bradley M Project-40
37 Kansas City Wizards Jay Alberts M Yale University
38 Chicago Fire[R4 trade 1] Denny Clanton D University of Dayton
39 Chicago Fire Phil Hucles D The College of William & Mary
40 San Jose Earthquakes 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 Team Player Position Affiliation
41 Columbus Crew[R5 trade 1] Adom Crew M Brown University
42 Columbus Crew Luke Vercollone M Seton Hall University
43 Los Angeles Galaxy Jason Perry D Oakland University
44 D.C. United Kevin Hudson M SMU
45 Colorado Rapids Gary Sullivan D Adelphi University
46 MetroStars Johnny David M Fairleigh Dickinson University
47 Kansas City Wizards Justin Detter F University of Notre Dame
48 Kansas City Wizards[R5 trade 2] Ryan Barber D UMKC
49 Chicago Fire Ian Pilarski M Cornell University
50 San Jose Earthquakes 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 Team Player Position Affiliation
51 Chicago Fire[R6 trade 1] Ryan McGowan M Seton Hall University
52 Columbus Crew Matthew Haefner GK University of Pennsylvania
53 Los Angeles Galaxy Alan Gordon F Oregon State University
54 Dallas Burn[R6 trade 2] Edwin Miranda D Cal State Northridge
55 Colorado Rapids John Pulido M Florida International University
56 New England Revolution[R6 trade 3] Félix Brillant F Franklin Pierce College
57 Los Angeles Galaxy[R6 trade 4] Chris Aloisi D Syracuse University
58 New England Revolution Andy Dorman M Boston University
59 Chicago Fire Tony McManus D UAB
60 MetroStars[R6 trade 5] 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

See also

References

    1. ↑ Associated Press (2003-11-19). "14-year-old signs with MLS". Deseret News. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Freddy Adu Selected No. 1 in 2004 SuperDraft by D.C. United". Our Sports Central. 2004-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
    3. 1 2 "MLS Preview". Yahoo! Sports. 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    4. ↑ "Quakes trade Cannon to Rapids". San Francisco Chronicle. 2003-08-20. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    5. ↑ Gutierrez, Paul (2003-07-12). "Galaxy Trades for Suarez". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    6. 1 2 "MetroStars Weekly Report". Our Sports Central. 2004-01-12. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    7. 1 2 "Fire Selects Record Ten at Today's MLS SuperDraft". Our Sports Central. 2004-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    8. 1 2 "MetroStars Execute Trade with Los Angeles". Our Sports Central. 2004-01-14. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    9. 1 2 3 "Galaxy Looking for Next Star at 2004 MLS SuperDraft". Our Sports Central. 2004-01-13. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    10. ↑ "Bulgarian connection". SI.com. 2003-01-28. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    11. ↑ "Crew Acquires Fraser from Colorado". Our Sports Central. 2004-01-14. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    12. ↑ Chapin, Dwight (2003-08-23). "Quakes sit pretty atop MLS". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    13. 1 2 "MetroStars Pick Six In 2004 MLS SuperDraft". Our Sports Central. 2004-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
    14. ↑ "Wizards Attendance Showing Growth for Fourth Consecutive Year" (Press release). Kansas City Wizards. 29 July 2002. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
    15. ↑ "Rapids Add Four Players at MLS SuperDraft". MLSSoccer.com. 2003-01-17. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    16. 1 2 3 "Major League Soccer Draft - 2003". ESPNSoccernet.com. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    17. ↑ "New England Revolution Team Records 2008" (PDF). New England Revolution. 2008. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
    18. ↑ "Wizards swap Brown, Fabbro for New England's Harris, Vazquez". USA Today. 2003-08-20. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
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