2007 MLS SuperDraft

2007 MLS SuperDraft

Date(s)	January 12, 2007
Time	12:00pm (ET)
Location	Indianapolis, Indiana
Network(s) (US)	ESPN2
Picks
First selection	Maurice Edu, Toronto FC
Fewest selections	Chivas USA New York Red Bulls Real Salt Lake (2 selections)
Most selections	FC Dallas New England Revolution (6 selections)
Overall selections	52

The 2007 MLS SuperDraft, was held in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 12, 2007. It was the eighth annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection belonged to expansion team Toronto FC.

The SuperDraft was followed by the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft.

Player Selection

Any player whose name is marked with an * was contracted under the Generation Adidas program.

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

Round one

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	Toronto FC	*Maurice Edu	M	Maryland
2	Chicago Fire[R1 trade 1]	*Bakary Soumaré	D	Virginia
3	Kansas City Wizards	Michael Harrington	D	North Carolina
4	Real Salt Lake	*Chris Seitz	GK	Maryland
5	New England Revolution[R1 trade 2]	Wells Thompson	M	Wake Forest
6	Colorado Rapids[R1 trade 3]	*Nico Colaluca	M	Virginia
7	Chivas USA	John Cunliffe	F	Fort Lewis College
8	Chicago Fire	Jerson Monteiro	F	Alabama-Birmingham
9	FC Dallas	*Anthony Wallace	D/M	South Florida
10	Toronto FC[R1 trade 4]	Andrew Boyens	D	New Mexico
11	D.C. United	*Bryan Arguez	D/M	Generation adidas
12	New England Revolution	*Amaechi Igwe	D	Santa Clara
13	Houston Dynamo	John Michael Hayden	M	Indiana

Round one trades

1. #2: Columbus Crew → Chicago Fire. 2007-01-12: Chicago acquired this pick and forward Ryan Coiner from Columbus in exchange for forward Andy Herron.^{[ref 1]}
2. #5: Los Angeles Galaxy → New England Revolution. 2007-01-12: New England acquired this pick from Los Angeles in exchange for a partial allocation and a second-round selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft.^{[ref 2]}
3. #6: New York Red Bulls → Colorado Rapids. 2006-04-21: Colorado acquired this pick, the #32 pick, and forward Thiago Martins from New York in exchange for forward Peguero Jean Philippe.^{[ref 3]}
4. #10: Colorado Rapids → Los Angeles Galaxy → Toronto FC. 2007-01-12: Toronto FC acquired this pick from Los Angeles in exchange for a partial allocation.^{[ref 2]} Los Angeles had acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for forward Jovan Kirovski on 2005-09-13.^{[ref 4]}

Round two

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
14	FC Dallas[R2 trade 1]	*Fuad Ibrahim	F	Generation adidas
15	Columbus Crew	Brad Evans	M	UC Irvine
16	Los Angeles Galaxy[R2 trade 2]	Robbie Findley	F	Oregon State
17	Colorado Rapids[R2 trade 3]	Greg Dalby	M/D	Notre Dame
18	FC Dallas[R2 trade 4]	Andrew Daniels	D	Brown
19	New York Red Bulls	Dane Richards	F	Clemson
20	Los Angeles Galaxy[R2 trade 5]	Josh Tudela	M	Indiana
21	Chicago Fire	Nate Norman	M	Notre Dame
22	FC Dallas	Ryan Guy	F	San Diego
23	Los Angeles Galaxy[R2 trade 6]	Ty Harden	D	Washington
24	D.C. United	Brad North	F	Northwestern
25	New England Revolution	Ryan Solle	M	Wake Forest
26	Houston Dynamo	Corey Ashe	M	North Carolina

Round two trades

1. #14: Toronto FC → FC Dallas. 2006-11-17: FC Dallas acquired this pick and defender Adrian Serioux from Toronto in exchange for midfielder Ronnie O'Brien.^{[ref 5]}
2. #16: Kansas City Wizards → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2006-12-15: Los Angeles acquired this pick and a second-round selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft from Kansas City in exchange for goalkeeper Kevin Hartman.^{[ref 6]}
3. #17: Real Salt Lake → Colorado Rapids. 2005-02-23: Colorado acquired this pick from Real Salt Lake in exchange for forward Jordan Cila.^{[ref 7]}
4. #18: Los Angeles Galaxy → Colorado Rapids → FC Dallas. 2007-01-12: FC Dallas acquired this pick and a second-round selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for defender Greg Vanney, salary cap considerations, and a third-round selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft.^{[ref 8]} Colorado had acquired this pick, forward Herculez Gomez and defender Ugo Ihemelu from Los Angeles in exchange for the #23 pick and goalkeeper Joe Cannon on 2006-12-01.^{[ref 9]}
5. #20: Chivas USA → Real Salt Lake → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2005-06-29: Los Angeles acquired this pick from Real Salt Lake in exchange for defender Paul Broome.^{[ref 10]} Real Salt Lake had acquired this pick from Chivas USA in exchange for defender Douglas Sequeira on 2005-02-25.^{[ref 11]}
6. #23: Colorado Rapids → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2006-12-01: Los Angeles acquired this pick and goalkeeper Joe Cannon from Colorado in exchange for pick #18, forward Herculez Gomez and defender Ugo Ihemelu.^{[ref 9]}

Round three

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
27	Toronto FC	Richard Asante	D/M	Syracuse
28	FC Dallas[R3 trade 1]	Scott Jones	M	UNC-Greensboro
29	Kansas City Wizards	Edson Elcock	M	Old Dominion
30	Real Salt Lake	Steven Curfman	M	Wake Forest
31	Colorado Rapids[R3 trade 2]	Omar Cummings	F	Cincinnati
32	D.C. United[R3 trade 3]	Jay Needham	D	Southern Methodist
33	New York Red Bulls[R3 trade 4]	Siniša Ubiparipović	M	Akron
34	Chicago Fire	Mike Banner	M	SIU-Edwardsville
35	Colorado Rapids[R3 trade 5]	Nick LaBrocca	M	Rutgers
36	Colorado Rapids	Justin Hughes	GK	North Carolina
37	D.C. United	Ricky Schramm	F	Georgetown
38	New England Revolution	Bryan Byrne	M	UC Santa Barbara
39	Houston Dynamo	Mike Sambursky	F	South Carolina

Round three trades

1. #28: Columbus Crew → FC Dallas. 2006-01-20: FC Dallas acquired this pick from Columbus in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft.^{[ref 12]}
2. #31: Los Angeles Galaxy → Colorado Rapids. 2006-04-07: Colorado acquired this pick from Los Angeles in exchange for forward Cornell Glen.^{[ref 13]}
3. #32: New York Red Bulls → Colorado Rapids → D.C. United. 2006-12-15: D.C. United acquired this pick and a third-round selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for defender Brandon Prideaux.^{[ref 14]} Colorado had acquired this pick, the #6 pick, and forward Thiago Martins from New York in exchange for forward Peguero Jean Philippe on 2006-04-21.^{[ref 3]}
4. #33: Chivas USA → New England Revolution → Columbus Crew → Chivas USA → New York Red Bulls. 2006-11-27: New York acquired this pick and a designated player slot from Chivas USA in exchange for midfielder Amado Guevara.^{[ref 15]} Chivas USA had re-acquired this pick (as a conditional pick) from Columbus in exchange for defender Ezra Hendrickson on 2006-04-28.^{[ref 16]} Columbus had acquired this pick and a second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft from New England in exchange for an allocation on 2006-01-20.^{[ref 17]} New England had acquired this pick (as a conditional pick) and a second-round 2006 selection from Chivas USA in exchange for salary considerations on 2005-09-10.^{[ref 18]}
5. #35: FC Dallas → Colorado Rapids. 2006-02-14: Colorado acquired this pick and a third-round selection in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft from FC Dallas in exchange for the use of a Youth International slot in 2006.^{[ref 19]}

Round four

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
40	Toronto FC	Jeffrey Gonsalves	F	Rhode Island
41	Columbus Crew	Aaron Chandler	F	San Francisco
42	Kansas City Wizards	Kurt Morsink	M	James Madison
43	FC Dallas[R4 trade 1]	Tommy Krizanovic	F	Jacksonville
44	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tally Hall	GK	San Diego State
45	Los Angeles Galaxy[R4 trade 2]	Bobby Burling	D	Loyola Marymount
46	Chivas USA	Cameron Dunn	D	UC Irvine
47	Chicago Fire	Simon Omekanda	F	Penn State
48	New England Revolution[R4 trade 3]	Adam Cristman	F	Virginia
49	Columbus Crew[R4 trade 4]	Ben Hunter	F	North Carolina
50	D.C. United	Luis Robles	GK	Portland
51	New England Revolution	Kyle Helton	D	Duke
52	Houston Dynamo	Eric Ebert	M	California

Round four trades

1. #43: Real Salt Lake → FC Dallas. 2005-01-19: FC Dallas acquired this pick from Real Salt Lake in exchange for the rights to defender Brian Dunseth.^{[ref 20]}
2. #45: New York Red Bulls → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2006-08-17: Los Angeles acquired this pick and a second-round selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft from New York in exchange for forward John Wolyniec.^{[ref 21]}
3. #48: FC Dallas → Real Salt Lake → New England Revolution. 2007-01-12: New England acquired this pick from Real Salt Lake in exchange for forward Kyle Brown.^{[ref 22]} Earlier the same day, Real Salt Lake had acquired this pick from FC Dallas in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft.^{[ref 23]}
4. #49: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. 2006-01-20: Columbus acquired this pick, originally a conditional pick, from Colorado in exchange for defender Chris Wingert.^{[ref 24]} The pick became a fourth-rounder when Wingert failed to start 8 games for Colorado in 2006.

See also

• Draft (sports)
• Generation Adidas
• Major League Soccer
• MLS SuperDraft

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